GTI without the red stripes through the headlights

[Bill_the_Bear]

Err the roof spoiler is very small.  One of the first things I thought when I saw it in person was that it was tiny.

We've been over this before I'm sure, no one is looking for a overblown show off machine, I'm talking about it being just a tiny bit more aggressive though.  Just a little bit.  Details like badges don't do it for me, if anything they are purely show off items.  I like to have the nice wheels, and a body kit such that people look and think "hmm, that Golf looks good... Dunno why, but its nice!"

[AAddict]

Err the roof spoiler is very small.  One of the first things I thought when I saw it in person was that it was tiny.

We've been over this before I'm sure, no one is looking for a overblown show off machine, I'm talking about it being just a tiny bit more aggressive though.  Just a little bit.  Details like badges don't do it for me, if anything they are purely show off items.  I like to have the nice wheels, and a body kit such that people look and think "hmm, that Golf looks good... Dunno why, but its nice!"

It's all too easy to make the car look tacky or bit too 'try hard'. I think the MK7 GTI has just the right balance, it separates itself well from the regular golf with it's bigger bumpers, hexagon grills, rear diffuser sideskirts, looks lower and wider and much more masculine than the MK6. The lights make it stand out too, as not many will be stumping up for those one regualr models. I think it looks pretty special, without being shouty, something the GTI has always done well in my opinion.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Personally I'd add an inch all round, spoiler and body kit.  An inch is far too little to get into tacky territory.  Would make the car look much more exclusive though rather than just another golf variant... IMO of course.

[AAddict]

Personally I'd add an inch all round, spoiler and body kit.  An inch is far too little to get into tacky territory.  Would make the car look much more exclusive though rather than just another golf variant... IMO of course.

I'm not sure how making the bumpers even bigger and adding a halfords style spoiler will make it look more exclusive...IMO 

[Bill_the_Bear]

You guys seem to think that any change proposed means maximum chav-age. Im talking about a small change!!  Nothing even remotely close to a VXR for example.

[matchboy]

You guys seem to think that any change proposed means maximum chav-age. Im talking about a small change!!  Nothing even remotely close to a VXR for example.

So small that we wouldn't be able to notice the difference! 

[Bill_the_Bear]

Can't win, I give up!

[matchboy]

Can't win, I give up!

 

[Gryzor]

Err the roof spoiler is very small.  One of the first things I thought when I saw it in person was that it was tiny.

We've been over this before I'm sure, no one is looking for a overblown show off machine, I'm talking about it being just a tiny bit more aggressive though.  Just a little bit.  Details like badges don't do it for me, if anything they are purely show off items.  I like to have the nice wheels, and a body kit such that people look and think "hmm, that Golf looks good... Dunno why, but its nice!"

Tiny relative to what?  The non-existent one on a standard Golf?

With all due respect, whenever a topic gets brought up that has been discussed before, we don't need reminding about it every time.  In an active forum full of members that are passionate about the topic and their decision, threads will get duplicated and topics will come up across seemingly unrelated threads.

That said, to be honest badges don't really do it for me either.  However, I think that as a car it's perfectly understated, yet different enough from a standard golf in all of the ways listed previously.

[Philip James]

The front of the Mk5 is the most aggressive looking of all. They've scaled it back in the 6 & 7.