Open up the side honeycomb parts around dim lights

[08micsta]

Be right back. Gonna look for a "New Bunny" thread on VW Vortex.

Miike

[RedRobin]

....Mike, I've just looked on GOLFMKV and many of the American boys buy the open ones aftermarket from oempl.us. They are much more into very heavy duty modding as well! Too much methinks sometimes!
 

[08micsta]

HEy.

Was just on VWVortex.
Looked at a random post of a 2008 GTI and it had the closed grills. So I am left to assume you are correct 

Gonna look for a post for this sort of topic. Cos as you said. The Americans are way into heavy duty modding 

[RedRobin]

....I found a topic on GOLFMKV where a GTI owner from Miami Beach was specifically asking where to get the open vents he had seen somewhere.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33623&highlight=fog+vents

[08micsta]

And I found this one with a 2006 GTI and its not dsg as far as I know...With open grills.


http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3675139

Hmmm. So... My moms car is a 2006 plate and we dont have open grills.
So maybe American GTi's before 2008 (WHich I believe there were a lot of changes made to the GTI range) had the open grills but the 2008 models came out with closed grills...

Time to look for a 2007 GTI 

Mike

[08micsta]

Ok. Found. Manual GTI. 2007 model

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3159887

No square cut grills???

So its a 2006 to 2008 change then? Gonna look for a DSG 2007 model. IF that does not help. Then will email my stealer friend 

[RedRobin]

And I found this one with a 2006 GTI and its not dsg as far as I know...With open grills.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3675139

....Yes, but how do you know if the owner didn't buy aftermarket open grills?

[08micsta]

Robin. I have reached my conclusion.

All GTI models from 2005 to 2006 came with the open grills. However in 2007 they closed the grills for both DSG and manual cars. My proof:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3360803

Look at the dates on the pics...
So. to finish. The question is. When the did the Euro Gti's stop getting open grills? Or did they ever get them?

Mike

[08micsta]

And the conculsion... AGAIN!
Euro Gti's did not get open grills...

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=47394.0

2006 GTI with DSG.

So maybe it was just a cooling thing in America and with the 2006 to 2007 changes they cancelled the open grills due to them not being needed.

So:

2007 and under got open grills in America only.

Europe and South Africa never got open grills to start with...

Does this sound right?

Anyway supper time now. This research has made me hungry 

[Peskarik]

The GTI grills with the big square cut outs (or whatever they are called) are for American GTi's. Over there the first mod is to remove them and fit the universal ones as seen on Phils car.

....Not so, according to my sources - The 'square cut' vents were on the early DSG Mk5 GTI's because VW thought that the DSG oil cooler would need more venting. But they found it wasn't necessary and the vents didn't help anyway. So they were dropped from the production line....So I'm told.

However, some of us don't like the 'imitation vent' appearance of the closed ones and bought OEM square cuts from FischerSport.

THERE YOU GO! I'll get those too.