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Offline frank galager

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Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« on: 22 January 2011, 11:12 »
Hello new to the forum. spent some time fixing up a mk3 golf gti 8v. Its running like a treat! Now im thinking of the exterior.

Don't wanna go nuts on it. Some tips on mods I can do myself that aren't gonna cost the earth would be great.

just want it to look original



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Offline snifferdog

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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #1 on: 22 January 2011, 11:27 »
Lowered and an exhaust are the best places to start if you ask me.
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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #2 on: 22 January 2011, 11:43 »
I'm happy with the ole long beach alloys on mine as they're in good nic still but wheels do make a car, so a good external mod in my opinion without going silly..
I'd love some original type BBS alloys though..  :cool:
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Offline frank galager

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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #3 on: 22 January 2011, 12:11 »
Yup got some JOM coilovers on the way to get it lowered, hear there quite good for the price. and was looking at some new wheels. or maybe spraying the originals as in the pic posted by snifferdog. I like that.

Exhausts, what's a good one for a mk3 that's not gonna break the bank! 
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Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #4 on: 22 January 2011, 12:42 »
Jetex or supersprint are probably your best bet for quality.
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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #5 on: 22 January 2011, 12:53 »
Nice car! Well I would say that as it's identical to mine!  :grin:

You seem to be missing a few parts though: bee sting arial and GolfGTI.co.uk stickers!

Hoe about a VR6 splitter / chin spoiler? That's what I'm going to do to mine soon.

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Offline frank galager

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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #6 on: 22 January 2011, 13:07 »
Yeah had the aerial someone half inched the one off of my wife's mk4, guess where mine went lol. yeah was thinking about the vr6 splitter think I'll get one off ebay. good call.

As for the coilcovers, got some JOM's for £90 quid never used so i thought it would be rude not too!

How about getting rid of some of the plastic? maybe spraying the bumper or something? anyone know anything about that?
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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #7 on: 22 January 2011, 13:14 »
The bumpers/plastic work does suffer the 'fade to grey' with age..there's lots of comments on here about how to get them back to black if that's what you want, temporarilly that is or more permanent with a spray job.
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Offline snifferdog

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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #8 on: 22 January 2011, 13:14 »
Sparying the wheels is easy peasy and you could paint the calipers red while youre there.  :wink:

Heres how I did mine -

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=173605.0
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Re: Any advice on some good exterior body mods i can do to my mk3 gti.
« Reply #9 on: 22 January 2011, 13:15 »
linseed oil can work wonders on the plastics.
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