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Offline bigman_10

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Rat look mk2?
« on: 11 January 2008, 17:39 »
what do you rekon to the rat look? my 1.3 mk2 is mechanically sound as i've replaced virtualy all the suspension and braking components and fully serviced the engine (although it is stuggling in cold weather, thts tomorrows job!) so its fairly sound. however it is a 1.3 so the resale value isn't amazing i rekon 250 300 quid (is tht about right) The problem lies with the paint work i've currently got a bluey grey bonnnet with an alpine white body, thers a bit of surface rust tht i need to get sorted soon and i dont want to pay for a proper paint job to sort the bonnet out. I want to give a full body respray a go, however if i tried my hardest and it ended up looking dodgey i wouldn't be able to live with myself so i was thinking of going for a matt black paint and making the car into a rat look. I think it'd look alright if i sorted out its stance and made a decent job of it. (the main reason is i dont think it would show up as much if i made a mess of the resray) but what do other people rekon, i'm 18 and a student so it'd suit my look as most students these days go for the 'rat look' hair and just woke up look. (or so my dad likes to think) but am i just being a k.n.o.b or would be worth it??? sorry about the mini essay i got a bit carried away!!!

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chris.

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #1 on: 11 January 2008, 17:46 »
i think you should go for it mate!
I love the rat look (aslong as it isnt too rat then it just looks sh!t)

I was looking into spraying my car matt black a while ago but decided to leave it til i get a mk3 GTI :P

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #2 on: 11 January 2008, 17:51 »
ex of mine has a mk2 that had been hand painted in maseonary paint lol.

looked awesome as rat look. she had black paint steelies on it so. looked top great.

but dont use maseonary paint lol. it flakes off easy and some comes off with rain lol

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #3 on: 11 January 2008, 17:53 »
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=65746.0

Looked a bit silly, got broken into twice, and finally went off to the great scrapyard in the sky. But it was kinda fun while it lasted.
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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #4 on: 11 January 2008, 18:00 »
Love this rat  :drool:


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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #5 on: 11 January 2008, 18:16 »
^ I agree it looks ace, but the tyres sticking out past the arches that much is "slightly" illegal!

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #6 on: 11 January 2008, 18:23 »
yeah i know ... he never had trouble from the fuzz tho  :laugh:

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #7 on: 11 January 2008, 19:52 »
yh if i didn't get black tht would be it i rekon. is it called olive somthing coz it looks mental. i rekon i'm gonna do it when this typical english weather gets better so the paint has just a little tiny chance of drying lol!

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #8 on: 11 January 2008, 21:01 »
What is it with people and rat look Golfs. It's just a waste of a good car. :rolleyes:

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Re: Rat look mk2?
« Reply #9 on: 11 January 2008, 21:14 »
Its called Nato Green i do believe ...

What is it with people and rat look Golfs. It's just a waste of a good car. :rolleyes:

i dunno i guess its like marmite