adrian13's RS golf TDI Build

[lhennessy]

Why don't you go to a hardware store and get some electrical tape to see how it looks? If that seems to hold then even better haha
I was gonna do that. Need to get the bumper first tho haha what's the stripe actually made from I havnt been close enough to touch or see in enough detail.

If you can actually take the stripe out lemme know coz I'd just spray it then

[adrian13]

Could do that but dont think electrical tape will look very nice haha its built in with the honeycomb grill so yeah can take the mouth grill off but not the stripe itself...might have to ask a panelbeater to spray it for me, that and the tdi badges

[lhennessy]

Yeh I was joking hahajust more to see the colour.
You could just get a spray can and do it just take the grille out and them tape it all off

[Gigitt]

i remeber seeing others trying to recolour the stripe in the grille.

lecky tape - ghetto will last about 2 weeks then start looking crap as the edges peel back does not have good sticky properties and over time will break down into a gooy sticky mess.

someone did take it off but had to break all then liitle clips that the strip is held on by - biatch of a job - i think they are those melted plastic tabs. painted it then stuck it back with some hot glue or something!

doing a good mask job then Sraypainting it OR Plasti-dip, is the more common option overseas.

[lhennessy]

Yeh that's what I'm thinking either just simply spray or plasti dip

[adrian13]

Not keen on snapping clips but may have to resolve to it...plastidip dont stock teal as of yet and its hard to get tape or 3M wrap in that colour so i will resolve with spraypainting it hope it turns out okay haha

[lhennessy]

+1 I will be doing it when I get my GTI front. It should be fine along as you mask it off really good. Just be very particulate about not letting any space for drip or over spray.

[getjet]

Not keen on snapping clips but may have to resolve to it...plastidip dont stock teal as of yet and its hard to get tape or 3M wrap in that colour so i will resolve with spraypainting it hope it turns out okay haha

You'll end up snapping some tabs if you change the front grills. Very frustrating...

The red strip on the GTI grill looks like a PITA to get off so id be interested in some tips if you have a crack.

If you google "Mk5 teal" there are a few golfs with teal accents. Looks good.

[lhennessy]

Yeh I'm planing on just leaving it in to not do any damage and just spray but now I'm thinking of just doing a chrome grille (r32/jetta)

[mk5_tdi]

The bad Adrian has is the same one I purchased. The red strip is easy to remove. I've done it and had it painted body colour

[adrian13]

Oh sweet man how'd you manage that? Would be interesting to see it..might troll your page for a bit i wonder if badges can be painted and if so how complicated they will be...

[mk5_tdi]

once you pull the center grille off, spin it around and you will see all the clips going into it from the red surround. Use use a small flat headed screwdriver and push them out, starting from the top two sides first.
Can show you a pic of mine once it was finished if you want?

[adrian13]

That would be great champion! Thanks for letting me knkw otherwise i would've rippes it off the grille haha

[mk5_tdi]

Not best pics, however first is of the trim painted on grille and second of trim itself.
You can see the little tabs it has, just poke them through with a small flat headed screw driver and it'll come out
The red you wont see, it's not painted cause it was taped down so could be painted properly

[adrian13]

well that clarifys a fair bit haha thanks heaps champ really appreciate it! I'll be painting the strip in teal as soon as the rims arrive!