It’s not CF…but I like it!

[Hilton_K]

Good indea on the inserts, the CF OSIR's look a wee bit tacky for my liking.

Be perfect if it was a brushed alloy look like the GTI insertsa on the doors etc...

[davefish]

lsc, that's a nice little mod. Could you provide a link to the seller of those inserts please? I presume you take out the originals rather than glueing a cover on? Also, which bodyshop did you use? I'm going to look at doing this. I reckon a brushed aluminium look would suit my R32. The cabin is very grey and could do with a bit of tasteful contrast imo.

[Top Cat]

I did the ash-tray cover the other day  £7 it fit's like a glove and is a perfect match with the brushed alu look on the door trim.
Cant argue for 7 quid.

[SteveP]

Looks good TC 

I may have missed it from earlier in the thread, but is £7 the price for the ashtray lid from the stealers?

[Top Cat]

Looks good TC 

I may have missed it from earlier in the thread, but is £7 the price for the ashtray lid from the stealers?

No it's the price for the vinyl sticky thingy i have been looking into vinyl for a different mod so i bought this to see how good the match was with the door trim, the ashtray replacement is stainless steel although it look's good it wasn't a match.

[SteveP]

Arrrhhhh I see, still looks good for a piece of vinyl 

My old MK5 GTI (05 Plate) had just a brushed alu ashtray lid but plain black plastic surround (which I believe matched the door trims etc), I just though you might be able to still buy these? 

[Jimp]

I did the ash-tray cover the other day  £7 it fit's like a glove and is a perfect match with the brushed alu look on the door trim.
Cant argue for 7 quid.

That's the same as mine. Looks fab doesn't it? 

[lsc]

lsc, that's a nice little mod. Could you provide a link to the seller of those inserts please? I presume you take out the originals rather than glueing a cover on? Also, which bodyshop did you use? I'm going to look at doing this. I reckon a brushed aluminium look would suit my R32. The cabin is very grey and could do with a bit of tasteful contrast imo.

heres the link to German ebay http://cgi.ebay.de/Mittelkonsolenblenden-Silber-Golf-5-V-R32-GTI-Jetta-Eos_W0QQitemZ250273010503QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250273010503

Not sure if it was just a one-off as the seller doesn't seem to have an ebay shop. Yes the originals just unclip. Not sure if a bodyshop can replicate brush aluminium though otherwise I would have gone that route myself. I'm in Scotland so doubt you'd be able to use the same bodyshop.

[TagnuT]

Those stainless steel ashtrays from early GTi’s are like gold dust you'll only get one from a breakers yard these days as they were discontinued, so you were lucky.

I fitted a cover when I got mine. Got it from VW. The colour is slightly darker, its a perfect match for the DSG surround

Would be interesting to know the part numbers for that Tagnut and whether you can get the surround to go with it

Yep, you can get both the surround and the lid. It is darker than the early GTI lids and does not have as much of a "brushed" finish to it. I don't have the numbers on me at the moment. But I did get them off a posting on here.

[TagnuT]

Here you are.

Part numbers 1ko-857-351-b-7av & 1ko-863-487-b-7av.

Pretty sure they are the ones, check with the parts guy at the dealer. *They are darker than the dashboard trim*

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=57660.0

Link to fitting guide:-

http://diy.oempl.us/article_info.php?articles_id=23&osCsid=e6b92d8b29a020bfdcc5bab31fa1a177