Will this be the next mod for the "2"???

[Golfer]

Hey everyone!

OK, so I just got back from Sydney, and was well impressed with all the nice watercoolers down there!

Sitting next to some nice Mk2's, I noticed that my little "2", while looking resplendent in her small bumpers, she looked a little anorexic... Then I remembered something I had hiding up in the ceiling of my garage that might just help fatten the old girl up a little bit...



The piece at the front is the 8 valve GTI front lip (for when I put "Operation Coilover" into effect) as I currently have the deeper 16v lip fitted to the car. The rest of the parts are, obviously, a complete set of arches and rubbing strips (in mint condition) to suit a 3dr Mk2...

Only problem is that there is no return from this mod. The holes for the rubbing strips were deleted in the panel shop, so I'd have to drill new holes...

Still I think they'd look sweet, but I thought I'd throw it to you guys...


Should I fit them???


Thanks in advance for your input everyone...

Cheers!
JHN

[Antdragonist]

first vote! woohoo!

first vote! woohoo!
do it john, do it

[99gti]

Yup - I much prefer it wit them on. Especialy seeing it side by side with other Mk2's, I thought the strips were a good thing for the Mk2.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Then I remembered something I had hiding up in the ceiling of my garage

hehehe, i like the way you remembered about parts. parts liek those ones lol.

IMO i like the way '2' looks now. do u wanna look like other mk2's?


Either way you choose it woudl look good.

[velly_16v_cab]

step away from the arches!!!

they look great on bigbumper mk2's

pants on small bumpers (IMO of course )

[Jarred]

get a test fit going on i say. cause then clean look is good, but who knows? mock them up with blu tac, should give a decent indication..

[bsting]

Smalls with



Without - looks much better and cleaner with the arch covers on too

[Jarred]

that white one looks good. maybe just the arch trims then?

[aliasmk2]

I reckon that VW does not play dice, when they do something they do it for a reason, after great thought & a lot of trial
I like the factory look & think you should put it all on, but try to avoid any drilling. So try to fing some sort of adhesive to see how it goes for a while & if you don't jell to the look you still have all of your styling options.

[velly_16v_cab]

as i said...without

[joshyd-mk2gti]

NO! small bumpers with no arches looks the good. get it lowered first, then take another look.

[Water Boy]

No John please dont do it... It is so clean as is and different not having the flares...

Please of the love of dubs dont

[ausgolfer]

I think lots of factors come into play, including the color of the car!

For your color choice and the small bumpers, I think it would look better WITHOUT the arches and side trims.

But never hurts to mock it up for a look.

I think you can get little rear arch spats for non gti mk2's which would fit on nicely to the front edge of the rear arches. Which could break up the large area of one color with a touch of black.

[GOLFBALLS]

Dont you have the small bumper GTI trim set? That is the best with the small bumpers IMO.
Do those big bumper type wheel arch covers you got there even fit properly with small bumpers?
It'd be sweet if you could do all small bumper trim, except use the fatter side sill covers/skirts from the big bumpr set...

[Golf Loon]

Just arches, no sidestrips, or as Carl says the CL ones, although they are real hard to get.