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Offline flipflops

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Black pack removal
« on: 02 October 2025, 21:05 »
Silly question, looking at a few cars at the moment all of which seem to be specced with black pack, it looks to be a grill and headlight swap to restore the red stripe, ideally I'd like to find one without the black pack, has anyone considered this?

Offline fredgroves

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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #1 on: 02 October 2025, 22:53 »
Headlights will be replacement whole units of a led matrix design... That's going to be really, really expensive.

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Offline JoeGTI

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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #2 on: 02 October 2025, 23:03 »
As above, will cost you a fortune. It’s akin to asking how much to repaint the car a different colour. Much cheaper and much less hassle to find a car in the spec you want.
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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #3 on: 03 October 2025, 20:58 »
Yeah I did think they could be pretty expensive, however if it was a bolt off / on job or swap with someone who wanted the black pack then worth considering. I'd prefer to get the right spec if possible tho

Offline Dogman12

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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #4 on: 10 October 2025, 12:43 »
You can change the middle section and add a red stripe over there instead of black. Leave headlights as it is. You will still have a red stripe in it. (just like MK8 GTI without Matrix headlights but just with Led Plus optics, totally alright).

Offline Watts

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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #5 on: 10 October 2025, 17:58 »
Mine is a Black Edition and I think it looks great especially being a white car.
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Offline Exonian

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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #6 on: 12 October 2025, 16:32 »
I get all the heritage stuff around the red stripe but personally I’m a big fan of the Black Pack. The darker lights look  :cool:

Would I pay the UK RRP for the styling pack? Absolutely not, but in €-Land it’s much cheaper and on a used car it’s essentially free. Same goes for the Akra. £4K - no way! But on a used car it’s priced in and a nice to have.
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Re: Black pack removal
« Reply #7 on: 12 October 2025, 16:59 »
The darker lights look  :cool:

I say to my OH that the car is wearing shades!

Likewise if I had bought new, I would not have paid for the Black or Performance Packs. I'd have added the sunroof and black Estorils. But I really like the car as is.
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2015 Tornado Red 3dr GTI PP, manual, Santiagos, Audi short shifter.