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Smoked wind deflectors on a 5dr Tornado Red GTD Yay or Nay?!?!

Yay
5 (14.3%)
Nay
30 (85.7%)

Total Members Voted: 35

Voting closed: 25 April 2014, 18:05

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Offline TheCarMadDad

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Wind deflectors
« on: 26 March 2014, 17:05 »
I'm getting the bug to start buying things before i've even got my GTD. Tempted to make wind deflectors my first buy.

They are a similar colour to the rear tints so I was thinking they would compliment the windows?!
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Offline Gnasher

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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2014, 03:49 »
I'm not a massive fan of the wind deflectors on the golf due to the flush fitting windows. On older cars without the flushcwindows I like them though as they sit almost flush with the door frame.
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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #2 on: 27 March 2014, 07:43 »
I got a pair of the climair ones when I first got my car.
They look the bee knees.
However the window operation is proper under strain.
The gloss black vertical panel on the outside of the door also gets a good old doing over.
Took mine out straight away with no regrets. They may well have bedded in given time but I'd rather have a the window function properly rather than cringe every time you open the window.

Cannot comment on the ones from vw but would have thought they are designed to fit in the same way.
Would be interested to see any comments from owners of the vw ones !!

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Offline Mohsin

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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #3 on: 27 March 2014, 08:43 »
My thoughts:

I personally think wind deflectors is a very 'JDM' thing to do...I had them on my type R and it was a very common mod and looked like it should have come out of the factory like that (as they do in Japan).

I think they don't look all that great on German cars! Sorry!
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Offline JoeGTI

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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #4 on: 27 March 2014, 09:14 »
They're a bit too halfords stick-on-tat for my liking. I also think they're likely to put a lot of extra strain on the window lifting mechanism, potentially causing hassle and problems with that down the road.
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Offline GTI7me

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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #5 on: 27 March 2014, 09:37 »
I think they look good on a 3dr. Not so good on a 5dr.

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Offline monsta

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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #6 on: 27 March 2014, 09:42 »
Don't forget the added wind noise, who wants that?
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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #7 on: 27 March 2014, 12:51 »
Its each to their own, I personally like it and will be buying some. I think it'll look good with the 3 door in DBP. However, I want the darker tint WD, but no idea what tint comes with them. Il defo post pics if/when I find them
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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #8 on: 27 March 2014, 18:27 »
I really like them. I received my car with them on today. 3 door version and the p/s cracked when the mirror folded up. i think they might not have been fitted properly tho.

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Offline CraigW

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Re: Wind deflectors
« Reply #9 on: 27 March 2014, 18:48 »
I just don't see the point of these things. If it's purely to make the car look better somehow well it fails miserably in my eyes. Ruins the lines of the car completely
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