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Offline johnboylds

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MK7 GTD diffuser options
« on: 16 January 2014, 22:44 »
Hi guys, looking at getting a MK7 GTD, but rather like the MK6 GTD I've got now I feel the look of the car is let down by the boring rear diffuser.

On my MK6 I eventually fixed the problem by finding a diffuser that had a GTI style to it but fitted the standard tailpipes (kinda similar to this: http://i.imgur.com/HHKLD.jpg)

Is there anything similar available for the MK7? I want something that looks as OEM as possible but more exciting than the plain standard GTD one!

Cheers,

John

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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2014, 07:56 »
something like that should have been on the gtd from the start!
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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2014, 07:58 »
gotta save something for the FL :smiley:
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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2014, 08:12 »
I've thought this for a while, that whilst the GTD gets the full front end from the GTI, the rear bumper is bog standard Golf 7 (pretty much the same as an SE, GT etc). When those guys fit chromed tailpipe tips (as a lot of them do), from the rear (apart from the LED lights), the rears looks very similar. Would have been nice if VW had given us a honeycombed rear diffuser identical to the GTI, but with the cut-out on one side for the dual pipes. Having the different exhaust exits between the GTi and GTD would still have left enough differentiation between them ?

The Part that Graham showed is from the new R-Line models (not sure if we get that in the UK). So the question is, does this fit the GTD bumper, or is there a very slight difference in profile between the GTD units and SE / GT ones (if so it's so small as to be unnoticeable).

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Just answered my own question. Went onto the Ebay.de and there's quite a few rear bumpers from the R-Line models for sale, so I grabbed one of the better photos and compared it to a photo of the rear of my GTD (from a very similar angle), and the bumpers are a totally different shape as are the diffusers. So the R-Line ones won't fit unless you change the whole bumper.
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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2014, 08:23 »
I've thought this for a while, that whilst the GTD gets the full front end from the GTI, the rear bumper is bog standard Golf 7 (pretty much the same as an SE, GT etc). When those guys fit chromed tailpipe tips (as a lot of them do), from the rear (apart from the LED lights), the rears looks very similar. Would have been nice if VW had given us a honeycombed rear diffuser identical to the GTI, but with the cut-out on one side for the dual pipes. Having the different exhaust exits between the GTi and GTD would still have left enough differentiation between them ?

The Part that Graham showed is from the new R-Line models (not sure if we get that in the UK). So the question is, does this fit the GTD bumper, or is there a very slight difference in profile between the GTD units and SE / GT ones (if so it's so small as to be unnoticeable).

**edit**

Just answered my own question. Went onto the Ebay.de and there's quite a few rear bumpers from the R-Line models for sale, so I grabbed one of the better photos and compared it to a photo of the rear of my GTD (from a very similar angle), and the bumpers are a totally different shape as are the diffusers. So the R-Line ones won't fit unless you change the whole bumper.

I was going to say yes.... http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407
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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2014, 08:29 »
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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #7 on: 17 January 2014, 08:35 »
I'm not quite up-to-date on the GTD facts, but isn't this a bit different then what the GTD gets as standard?

http://www.kunzmann.de/shop/en/exterieur-genuine-volkswagen-golf-7-gtd-diffusor.htm
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Re: MK7 GTD diffuser options
« Reply #8 on: 17 January 2014, 09:48 »
I'm not quite up-to-date on the GTD facts, but isn't this a bit different then what the GTD gets as standard?

http://www.kunzmann.de/shop/en/exterieur-genuine-volkswagen-golf-7-gtd-diffusor.htm

Thats a god cheap find, no doubt it may need wrapping or spraying if you want it proper black but still
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