New Front End Mod(s)

[StrangeUsername]

I finally got around to painting my new fog covers, front and rear badges. I also plasti-dipped the front grill and bumper. Yes, I intended for the upper and lower grill to have a somewhat textured look and the bumper piece to look flat black. The front and rear badges were done in a Rustoleum "Metallic Black" and also clearcoated. Let me know what you think.

Also, I need a little help getting the new fog covers to shine like the rest of the car. I used about 5 coats of VW Reflex Silver paint, lightly sanded w/ 400 grit sandpaper in between coats, and then did about 4 coats of clearcoat; also sanding in between coats. Do I need to use a rubbing compound?

Before

After

Before

After

 

[GTI_ROXY]

Whats up Gurl, Looks great. Great to see other girls on the board. I did something similar but i painted my emblem pink.

~ ROXY :eyebulge:

 

[AxMan]

The flat black center looks good but I'm not digging the fog light grills

 

[Rabbit GTI]

the fog covers are interesting...I think the openings other than the fog light holes are what does it in for being kinda meh. props for being different though.

 

[2k8MkV]

The flat black center looks good but I'm not digging the fog light grills

x2

 

[pakubear]

Whats up Gurl, Looks great. Great to see other girls on the board. I did something similar but i painted my emblem pink.

~ ROXY :eyebulge:

post pix please...:biggrin:
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[Skeletor]

The flat black center looks good but I'm not digging the fog light grills

agreed

 

[DarkstaR]

grr don't be tacky!

 

[StrangeUsername]

grr don't be tacky!

What's tacky? :iono:

 

[<{FleshFixxer}>]

are those the carbon fiber Osir fog covers??
lookin good!:w00t:

 

[StrangeUsername]

are those the carbon fiber Osir fog covers??
lookin good!:w00t:

I'm not sure if they're OSIR, but they do look very similar. I got these off of eBay and they are fiberglass.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43699&page=3&highlight=osir

How can I get the paint to shine though?

 

[07Noside]

I'm not sure if they're OSIR, but they do look very similar. I got these off of eBay and they are fiberglass.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43699&page=3&highlight=osir

How can I get the paint to shine though?

definately not OSIR. just look alikes.

 

[Cybe]

how do i get them to shine?

Real two-part clearcoat and a cut/buff job.


The rear emblem looks great. I'd just go ahead and plastidip the fog grilles though. Actually.. I might do that.

 

[Bad hare]

fogs :barf:

 

[spacecity.gti]

as mentioned above by others; I'm really really not feeling the fog covers, or the mesh in the opening..

but whatever floats your boat.