Introducing Almond's Mk2 GTI

[Almond]

Posted my intro in the Newb corner, now that I have some pics thought I'd put them in the right spot. This is my new Mk2 GTI and today I finally got around to giving it a good wash, spent waaaaaay too many hours blackening those bumpers, but it looks much better than the grey they were this morning.

Just planing on keeping it original as possible thankfully it's in pretty good nick considering it's age.

[Vista]

Looking sweet! Nice work.

Good job on the bumpers too, did you use wd-40 for that?

[ryana89]

Ahhh good to see another one still in good condition out there.
I bought mine recently from your area of QLD.... they seem to be breeding down there

Sorry for being a little rude but how many things don't work on it (eg A/C , heater, dash lights).
In my opinion the problems give the car its own little attitude and fixing them is a great way to get to learn about your car.

As for the bumpers, I can agree, they're never black or shiny enough

Is this your first VW?

Enjoy it, there great little cars.

[Almond]

No WD40, used a product called Forever Black which is a plastic dye. It looks good at the moment interested to see how it holds up though.

[qsz]

i used a similar product on my wife's Mk3 cab a few years ago and it lasted for about 12 months.

[Almond]

Ahhh good to see another one still in good condition out there.
I bought mine recently from your area of QLD.... they seem to be breeding down there

Sorry for being a little rude but how many things don't work on it (eg A/C , heater, dash lights).
In my opinion the problems give the car its own little attitude and fixing them is a great way to get to learn about your car.

As for the bumpers, I can agree, they're never black or shiny enough

Is this your first VW?

Enjoy it, there great little cars.

Heater is really weak, no lights behind the A/C, it takes 2 goes to get into 5th gear!

[Jarred]

Heater is really weak, no lights behind the A/C, it takes 2 goes to get into 5th gear!

Sounds like my mk 2 nearly!

looks pretty tidy! Nothing like sexy clean black trims, that's for sure!

[DangerDan]

Mk2's are falling out of the sky, great to see such enthusiasm!!!

[Water Boy]

Looks good mate!

[RedMk2Gti]

Really Nice, Red Mk2 Gti FTW

[GoLfMan]

nice mate!

where did you get that "forever black" stuff??

I need it for my fading trims on my Polo

[koztek55]

nice mate!

where did you get that "forever black" stuff??

I need it for my fading trims on my Polo

Supercheap sell it, i remember about a year ago it was about 34$ which isnt to bad, we used it on spydas old mk2 and it came up mickeyyy. i used shoe polish on my bars as an alternate method, and the came up nastyyy, so just resprayed them lol

[GoLfMan]

Supercheap sell it, i remember about a year ago it was about 34$ which isnt to bad, we used it on spydas old mk2 and it came up mickeyyy. i used shoe polish on my bars as an alternate method, and the came up nastyyy, so just resprayed them lol

cheers brew!

will get my hands on some next time I clay and wax the car

[Almond]

Supercheap or Autobarn it'll set you back $20

[Jarred]

kiwi shoe polish cost $4! woot. and providing there isn't any previous crap on there, it'll look ace. (my mk 2 has it, so did the audi)