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Offline davewilliams000

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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #30 on: 12 April 2016, 18:23 »
I went for the two tone colour edging on mine (blue for an R) and added a logo which finishes them off nicely.
When you say you added a logo was this the genuine R logo or just a letter R as I can't see anywhere to upload one. I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.

Quite fancy a set of those mats myself... will see after pay day. Think I would go black edge with grey stitching and a GTD logo. These cars should come with specific mats like this as standard really, as it would make it look just a bit more special.
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #31 on: 12 April 2016, 23:15 »
........ I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.


Maybe its a typo you have made or maybe I'm wrong but I always thought the GTI was all capitals rather than how you have put it above GTi

Anyone know for sure?
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #32 on: 13 April 2016, 01:12 »
........ I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.


Maybe its a typo you have made or maybe I'm wrong but I always thought the GTI was all capitals rather than how you have put it above GTi

Anyone know for sure?

Yes, for the Golf GTI VW have traditionally used a serif font with all three letters in capitals. :nerd:
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #33 on: 13 April 2016, 07:20 »
I used all capitals in the thread title so it must be correct  :wink:
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #34 on: 13 April 2016, 07:54 »
........ I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.


Maybe its a typo you have made or maybe I'm wrong but I always thought the GTI was all capitals rather than how you have put it above GTi

Anyone know for sure?

Yes, for the Golf GTI VW have traditionally used a serif font with all three letters in capitals. :nerd:

Dam, I have always used GTi and I have had 4 over the years. I must be more dyslexic than I thought.

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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #35 on: 13 April 2016, 08:00 »
I went for the two tone colour edging on mine (blue for an R) and added a logo which finishes them off nicely.
When you say you added a logo was this the genuine R logo or just a letter R as I can't see anywhere to upload one. I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.

Genuine R logo.  I sent them several pictures of the genuine R logo. There isn't the facility on their website to upload an image so in the 'add logo' box I wrote down I wanted the genuine logo and would email pics.  I placed the order and when I got the confirmation email, I replied attaching some images of the logo.  Just do the same with a GTI logo.   :smiley:
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #36 on: 13 April 2016, 08:03 »
I went for the two tone colour edging on mine (blue for an R) and added a logo which finishes them off nicely.
When you say you added a logo was this the genuine R logo or just a letter R as I can't see anywhere to upload one. I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.

Quite fancy a set of those mats myself... will see after pay day. Think I would go black edge with grey stitching and a GTD logo. These cars should come with specific mats like this as standard really, as it would make it look just a bit more special.

That combo would look very nice in a GTD.

They should come with better mats as standard, but don't.  :sad:  Still the standard mats come in handy as a set of winter mats.  Better than rubber ones IMO as mud sticks better to the carpet fabric and saves it rolling around the footwell as it does with rubber ones.   Good mats come out spring time and get tucked away just before winter.
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #37 on: 13 April 2016, 09:21 »
........ I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.


Maybe its a typo you have made or maybe I'm wrong but I always thought the GTI was all capitals rather than how you have put it above GTi

Anyone know for sure?
Not a typo, but yeah, wrong. I'd gotten into the habit of using a lowercase I for GTI's/TDI's etc.

Thanks for the info, Booth11.
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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #38 on: 13 April 2016, 14:20 »
I went for the two tone colour edging on mine (blue for an R) and added a logo which finishes them off nicely.
When you say you added a logo was this the genuine R logo or just a letter R as I can't see anywhere to upload one. I've been looking for some mats with the genuine GTi logo with the exact font but all I can find are horrible cheap copies, or American ones, or Mk6 ones.

Genuine R logo.  I sent them several pictures of the genuine R logo. There isn't the facility on their website to upload an image so in the 'add logo' box I wrote down I wanted the genuine logo and would email pics.  I placed the order and when I got the confirmation email, I replied attaching some images of the logo.  Just do the same with a GTI logo.   :smiley:

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Re: Thought on the GTI
« Reply #39 on: 13 April 2016, 16:00 »
I'm not sure about the red trim. I think all black or grey with the GTI logo in very small red letters is the way forward for me.
Suits my personality better I believe :grin:
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