Looks great @Exonian 
. Agree with @BillSan; white is the best colour for a performance Golf.
Your picture of your Estoril alloy triggered my OCD alarm 
. I’d have to break with tradition and have the tyre valve stem align with the top - rather than the bottom - of the ‘R’ logo on the centre cap, so it’s oriented the same way as the small ‘R’ badge on the rim of the wheel.
That’s it - Asker’s mk6 was called Wolfgang! I seem to remember he had a bit of an obsession with panel gaps and nothing less than millimetre perfect was acceptable.
As you know, I have a bit of a thing for white Golfs… 😁
The ‘upside-down’ opposing R thingy bugs me too!
I’ll try and find a puller to remove the centre cap so I can re-orientate it when it stops raining.
I just spent 15 minutes removing the rear window dealer sticker between showers.
And yes, Asker did indeed obsess about the small but important details of fit and finish to the minutest degree. A great character much missed from the forum boards, he could certainly row us all along.
Lovely looking Golf R Exonian, I agree they do look great in white, a lot of performance cars do. Hope it brings you lots of smiles!!
Thank you Beebopper
I really thought you were a DCC hater...
You are really correct!
I had a limited list of vehicles to choose from and this one won the coin toss.
Every YouTuber insists DCC is a must have so I’m willing to put my money where my mouth/keyboard is and see for myself how it works for me second time round.
The ride on certain roads with non-adaptive dampers with R suspension could be pretty violent so I’ll see if things are better with DCC.
Generally I prefer the predictability of non-adaptive which are a pretty well judged compromise on most Golfs. Firm, non floaty, instant turn in with no initial lean but reasonably comfortable. Let’s see if DCC can improve things further.
Mixed thoughts so far but not overly negative.
Lapiz/Black two tone, Warmenaus, dcc, pano roof, akra and area view. The white with the contrasting black gloss looks great. I'm a fan of dcc on the 8.5, loads of adjustment, it will be interesting to see what your thoughts are once you've lived with it for a while.
I had a feeling yours would be along those lines of spec
Although open minded about which model of performance Golf to go for next, I was definitely swaying towards a Clubsport or Ed50 next year until I was passing my local dealer a month or two ago and I spotted out of the corner of my eye a Lapiz Black Edition on the forecourt.
I immediately came right back around at the next roundabout and parked up to investigate.
It was similarly specced to yours, blue with black roof, black Warmenau, Akra, HK and no doubt a few more extras. No sunroof and a cloth interior. It was love at first sight!
Suddenly I went from 80/20 Clubby/ R BE to 50/50 or even 40/60 !!
I walked around the forecourt a bit more and the two dealer demos were parked side by side.
One was a white Clubsport with Queenstowns and Performance Pack and the other was a Lapiz / black roof but otherwise standard R BE (black Estorils and black exhaust) and literally and literally I was unable to split which I preferred.
The writing was on the wall for poor Daisy from that moment.
