GTI RED BADGES

[SCOTTE]

I have noticed on here and online that some GTI cars come with Red badges and others with silver, Can anyone confirm the reason for the reason please?

Thanks

[phazer]

Originally all GTI's came with silver badges but then sometime in 2014 I think?? VW decided that the Performance Pack spec'd cars would have the red badges, so that's the difference.

[SCOTTE]

Ah right Thanks for that. so its only the cars with Performance pack that have Red badges from 2014 on. I just seen a pic of a 16 plate GTI with silver badges which would indicate no performance pack then.

[mjh_056]

Ah right Thanks for that. so its only the cars with Performance pack that have Red badges from 2014 on. I just seen a pic of a 16 plate GTI with silver badges which would indicate no performance pack then.

Would be careful with that assumption, badges are easily changed so always check the provenance properly of car buying ..

[Bungleaio]

Front brakes are the easiest way to tell if it's a PP or not. They are a lot bigger than the standard ones. They can be changed though so checking the option for putting the diff in sport is present is the only real way other than checking with VW.

[Jedi1971]

My gti pp Aug 15 model has red grill & silver rear badge which VW have confiied to me is the official designation on both gti & gti PP from may15 prior to that PP models had red badges !

[GeoBog]

Front brakes are the easiest way to tell if it's a PP or not. They are a lot bigger than the standard ones. They can be changed though so checking the option for putting the diff in sport is present is the only real way other than checking with VW.

Rear brakes are another way of telling the PP from standard GTI. PP rear brakes are ventilated and a bit bigger than the non-ventilated brakes on standard GTI. It's quite easy to check this by looking at the rotors if they are double or single.

[miniman]

My gti pp Aug 15 model has red grill & silver rear badge which VW have confiied to me is the official designation on both gti & gti PP from may15 prior to that PP models had red badges !

To confirm, all pp gti's have red badges front and rear

[p3asa]

My gti pp Aug 15 model has red grill & silver rear badge which VW have confiied to me is the official designation on both gti & gti PP from may15 prior to that PP models had red badges !

To confirm, all pp gti's have red badges front and rear

All that red badges front and rear confirm is that it has red badges front and rear 
Not being a smart arse or anything but quite a few folk on here without PP have swapped their badges to red.
And I could be wrong but I think I have read on here that someone with PP changed their rear red badge back to silver as it clashed with the red paint.

[Running Man]

Silver is very regal - some might say like the Crown Jewels of a Golf GTI.