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Offline Ceefeesh

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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #260 on: 14 June 2022, 15:01 »
A very small addition today. Ordered an airbag delete sticker from EZmods. On request he reproduced one I had bought from him several years ago. In minutes he had it done and added to the web site. Really good service from Eugene. I think king monkey commented on this recently too. Excuse the awful picture.

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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #261 on: 14 June 2022, 18:40 »
They look good! Eugene is absolutely brilliant. He’s very open to making things from scratch.
Current: Clubsport45, white, DCC.

Past: Mk5 gti blue graphite, mk6 gti carbon grey, mk6 gti edition 35 candy white, Mk7 pp gti tornado red, 2016 Audi S3 sportback, 2019 7.5 Golf R.

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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #262 on: 14 June 2022, 20:57 »
A very small addition today. Ordered an airbag delete sticker from EZmods. On request he reproduced one I had bought from him several years ago. In minutes he had it done and added to the web site. Really good service from Eugene. I think king monkey commented on this recently too. Excuse the awful picture.



I was going to buy a couple of these, but decided to replace the whole visor with a LHD one from AliExpress,, a bit of a PITA to fit but worth it in my opinion, the visors are exactly the same as the mk7 ones, although the Mk8 ones are a tad lighter in shade, but you’d never know once it’s fitted, the mk7 version appears to be better quality too. £17.23 | 5GG857551 Black Front Sun Visor Panel With Makeup Mirror For VW Golf 7 SportsVan Jetta MK7 T-Cross Passat B8 CC E-Golf T-Roc
https://a.aliexpress.com/_vUvpDa
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2022 Mk8 GTI DSG, Kings Red.
2020 BMW M135i xDrive, Storm Bay Metallic.
2016 Mk7 GTI DSG, Carbon Grey.
2010 Mk6 GTI Manual, Carbon Grey.
2009 Mk6 GTI DSG, Black Pearl.
2008 Mk5 GT sport DSG, Glacier White.
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Offline simonwhite2000

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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #263 on: 15 June 2022, 14:47 »
Some interesting work-arounds being discussed here. I have owned an Up GTI for nearly 3 years and I can’t see one of their GTI kick plates being the answer: the doors on the 3 door Up are loooong so I highly doubt them plates fitting within a Golf 8’s 5 door frame. Equally the 5 door Up plates will look stupidly out of place in terms of length.

Step in the facelifted Polo A0 GTI. As a result of some classic ill-judged equipment spec decisioning from VW, the Polo GTI gets the kick plates pictured below as STANDARD. Just how the Up GTI does.



Pros:
- Current Polo is similar in dimensions to Golf 8 and is 5 door only. I’m not sure on exact door sill measurements but being an MQB car it won’t be far away. It may even look made to measure when fitted.
- Facelifted Polo GTI gets the updated GTI font so there is continuity with Golf 8 GTI’s design, as the pic demonstrates.
- OEM VW quality can be trusted and they’d look well at home I think. That can’t be said for most of the ghastly aftermarket options.

Cons:
- OEM VW parts price premium
- While the pic is a screenshot from the online shop of a VW dealership group in Germany, it isn’t possible to order directly from these guys (extra postage admin caused by Brexit I think). So it’ll require a trip/call to your local VW dealer.
- I also don’t have an accurate part number so it may take a conversation with the parts manager to ensure the rights ones are ordered… unless anybody is a member of a Polo forum or someone has access to ETKA?

Discuss!

We are on the same vein here! I also spotted the Polo GTI ones, they are €89 each! (Confirmed with my VW dealer contact in Germany) I like the fact they are OEM and have the new GTI logo font. I'm just waiting on him to confirm there not illuminated as in the UK spec it says they are...if there not, we could be onto a nice little workaround here!

Apologies if this is the same as what you found, but see below...
https://shop.ahw-shop.de/original-vw-polo-6-2g-gti-facelift-einstiegsleisten-vorn-design-elox-alu-sport-dekor-leisten?c=7748

Happy to be the Guinea pig here and order some up to check if they'd work.....(Will have to speak sweetly to my local dealer to see if he would let me offer upto a Mk8 as mine is still waiting for a confirmed build date)

These are 480mm long and 36mm wide....

The cut out for the plastic kick plate on MK8 is just under 485mm long and about 27mm wide from a quick measurement.




I am staggered to see a piece of black plastic instead of an actual kickplate on the GTI. Serious cost cutting there! Even a non-illuminated one would of been ok
Awaiting: Mk8 GTI CS
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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #264 on: 16 June 2022, 17:19 »
Bought these today with the GTI logo, picking up on conversations from the what have you done to your Mk 8 today thread.



I’ll update when I get them. Thanks to JoeGTI and king monkey for highlighting them. 👍
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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
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Looks good, how does it sound?
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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #267 on: 17 June 2022, 17:54 »


Looks good, how does it sound?

Bit fruitier on cold start. Pretty quiet at idle. Definitely louder in the cabin but doesn’t seem to be droney (yet to test on the m’way). Not sure what it’s like from the outside but I think it’s a decent compromise of ‘more’ without being anti-social. I like the look it gives the black end.

Offline simonwhite2000

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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #268 on: 18 June 2022, 11:21 »



Looks good, how does it sound?

Have you got a link to this system mate?
Awaiting: Mk8 GTI CS
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Offline Tallpaul

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Re: What have you bought for your Mk8?
« Reply #269 on: 18 June 2022, 14:18 »

Have you got a link to this system mate?

It’s this one. Not sure if they have a Clubsport version or not. The only difference is where tips align, you’d need to check with Milltek:

https://millteksportexhausts.co.uk/product/80mm-opf-gpf-back-system/