Golf R32 - a fixer upper

[CharlySkunkWeed]

@Gaz VW

Lothian Auto parts uk on ebay. The quality was great, fitment was fine bar one hole on one wing needed oval'd to get it perfect with the door line. Took a wee bit of adjustments to line it up perfect but no different to fitting any panel. Not that I've ever done it before but all the gaps lined up once I'd finished.
Paint matching isn't as good as I initially thought but because its black it's not as obvious. Only in the full sunlight its noticable. As previously stated, there's 5 or 6 "variants" for my paint code. That means its pot luck if they use the same variant. My paint has a blue flake, whereas the wings are gold flake. Apparently you can post them your petrol flap and they paint match it but I found that out too late.
If I'd have know I was getting the other bits painted , I'd have just got wings repaired at the same time. But hindsight is a wonderful thing.
For £200 I'm happy enough. Wonder how much it would cost to fix rust and get painted in a shop ? I still think it was the cheaper option and at least they're 100% rust free.

 

[jimc]

@CharlySkunkWeed car looked super today mate was waiting to pull out of Lidl when i spotted you

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

@CharlySkunkWeed car looked super today mate was waiting to pull out of Lidl when i spotted you

Cheers mate.
Wasn't paying attention as I was trying to gauge the queue driving past

 

[Father Stack]

@Gaz VW

Lothian Auto parts uk on ebay. The quality was great, fitment was fine bar one hole on one wing needed oval'd to get it perfect with the door line. Took a wee bit of adjustments to line it up perfect but no different to fitting any panel. Not that I've ever done it before but all the gaps lined up once I'd finished.
Paint matching isn't as good as I initially thought but because its black it's not as obvious. Only in the full sunlight its noticable. As previously stated, there's 5 or 6 "variants" for my paint code. That means its pot luck if they use the same variant. My paint has a blue flake, whereas the wings are gold flake. Apparently you can post them your petrol flap and they paint match it but I found that out too late.
If I'd have know I was getting the other bits painted , I'd have just got wings repaired at the same time. But hindsight is a wonderful thing.
For £200 I'm happy enough. Wonder how much it would cost to fix rust and get painted in a shop ? I still think it was the cheaper option and at least they're 100% rust free.

I spoke to the guy who does any painting for me and he said if I was able to get two painted wings for £200 to go with that. So just ordered one there to test the fit/colour match. Cheers!

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

I spoke to the guy who does any painting for me and he said if I was able to get two painted wings for £200 to go with that. So just ordered one there to test the fit/colour match. Cheers!

That's the thing, can't really beat the price.

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

Genuine wheels arrived today. Will pick up tyres this week from @RubberLover then get them left to @polishingalloys for a much needed refurb. Thinking a deep silver. Not grey but not bright silver either.
And I've inquired with @Blackwater Graphics on what my options are with centre cap badges as these ones are missing the VW emblems which leaves 4 holes and an awkward shaped surface to cover. Any ideas are welcome.

 

[RevT]

Are the caps definitely not available through the dealers anymore?

 

[TheDaniel]

Silver with a bit of pop will look good! Bit fresher than the standard wheel silver I think.

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

Are the caps definitely not available through the dealers anymore?

They are . . . . .£130. No thanks.

Silver with a bit of pop will look good! Bit fresher than the standard wheel silver I think.

Standard silver does nothing for me. I'll need to get a look to see what Michael can do for me. Any suggestions on a nice silver ? Or is it just a matter of seeing his samples?

 

[sam_9n]

I asked for silver when I got my comps done for comparison. I just like the bright silver colour for wheels personally.

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

I asked for silver when I got my comps done for comparison. I just like the bright silver colour for wheels personally.

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I dont know. The wheels I have on are silver and i think they look too plain or something. Almost white. Would like something a bit deeper. Seen this but cant tell if it's just lighting

 

[mark19]

What about something like this. Had taken a screen of it a while ago for my mate getting his wheels done.

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

What about something like this. Had taken a screen of it a while ago for my mate getting his wheels done. View attachment 285465

I worry that it strays into more grey than silver. I'd like to keep this set an OEM type colour , just not generic bright silver. I'd say a nice metallic silver will do well.

 

[TheDaniel]

R34 Z-Tune Silver KY0

 

[Snoopcousins]

Car Looks great, tho I like the standard silver colour on the black R32, that’s what I had and looks great.
H&R springs really help the stance too...

 

[jonny.92]

Car Looks great, tho I like the standard silver colour on the black R32, that’s what I had and looks great.
H&R springs really help the stance too...

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Perfect, proper silver suits them to the ground

 

[dh1079]

Try getting centres 3d printed ?? Think there was another member getting centres done for Courtney sports for a Vauxhall

 

[Gambit]

they need to be bright silver to work with the bright silver grill imo

Also, id say just buy the centre caps, you'll do that much dicking about trying to find something you'll just waste more money & time and never been happy with them...that's generally how I find it works

 

[Snoopcousins]

they need to be bright silver to work with the bright silver grill imo

Also, id say just buy the centre caps, you'll do that much dicking about trying to find something you'll just waste more money & time and never been happy with them...that's generally how I find it works

Yes- just buy the centre star Caps - think they’re £150 for all 4 from GSF.
I ran mine without the centre star caps and just using centre round VW cap and plastic nut covers and looked well enough

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

they need to be bright silver to work with the bright silver grill imo

Also, id say just buy the centre caps, you'll do that much dicking about trying to find something you'll just waste more money & time and never been happy with them...that's generally how I find it works

That's how everything I do turns out
Someone sent me this on FB, their local graphics company made them. Look dead on fitted.

 

[southsky sunrise]

Try getting centres 3d printed ?? Think there was another member getting centres done for Courtney sports for a Vauxhall

@brendy7

 

[Gambit]

That's how everything I do turns out
Someone sent me this on FB, their local graphics company made them. Look dead on fitted. View attachment 285517View attachment 285518

That decal doesnt look too bad to be fair though id be more annoyed at the colour deviation between wheel & centre cap in his pic lol

but think i prefer the look of just centre cap with stud covers that @Snoopcousins car has in the pic above

 

[Snoopcousins]

Centre cap and stud covers from GSF were less than £50 all in I think

 

[Lyons]

£93 for a set of genuine ones on eBay from Latvia. I think I’d probably end up going for those rather than dicking about with alternative badges etc, which will end up wrecking your head!

that said, looking at your photo I’d probably be tempted to get Micheal to paint the whole cap, then just get a VW badge/gel sticker the size of the current VW, thus leaving the area where the corroded chrome ring is in silver. If that makes sense?!

 

[Snoopcousins]

£93 for a set of genuine ones on eBay from Latvia. I think I’d probably end up going for those rather than dicking about with alternative badges etc, which will end up wrecking your head!

that said, looking at your photo I’d probably be tempted to get Micheal to paint the whole cap, then just get a VW badge/gel sticker the size of the current VW, thus leaving the area where the corroded chrome ring is in silver. If that makes sense?!

Think the colour match is the issue...
My wheels were refurbed by Michael and he didn’t want to do the star centre caps....
New ones then might be a slightly different shade of silver?