I mentioned doing this is my dubries page and got an absolute slating! Was goin to do my bonnet in satin black and put a roof rack on like on your bug, then just drop her right down and leave it as is. The main arguement was that the reason it hasnt been done on a mk3 is coz it would look sh!t. Iv kinda changed my mind now as I dont want to have to explain to people that I want it to look like i don't give a sh!t about it, although theres always goin to be that bit of me that wondered if it woulda looked ok.
If you are not goin to get it repaired then i say give it a go. Will get people talking if nothing else!