Black Trim Removal or Paint?

[rayray086]

Haha believe it or not, they're 15's in that pic. The centre-piece is much smaller compared to the 16"+ sizes. The immense dish on the wheels in that pic kinda makes it a lot larger, but I can very confidently say that they're 15's, or at least centres for the 15" with +1 size lips (making them 16", but doubt that).

[TVB]

Here we go… I’ve finally received my parts from Germany. It took almost 3 months to get them. The guy I was dealing with was a proper clown. Others may have had better experiences with this company but he said a couple of things in emails to me which pissed me off. I’m talking about Mike at German Car Performance. Firstly he tells me he will send the invoice and tracking number once he gets my money. He got my money…didn’t hear anything for two weeks. Then he tells me the parts were held up at German Customs. It’s now nearly four weeks. Then I finally get the invoice but no tracking number. Six weeks. Get tracking number only to discover he’s sent them via normal post. My parts take another month and when they get here one of the headlights is broken, to which he responds “ F*cking shipping companies and Australia Post…bla bla not my fault… bla bla you’ll have to sort it out etc..” You should have seen the way this idiot packed the box. The headlights were loose at the bottom of a big box with nothing to protect them except my Hella fog lights and some small empty boxes rattling around. I can safely say his packing was definitely to blame. Also when ordering $700 worth of parts, at least offer insurance or use DHL or UPS. It should be up to me to choose how much I want to pay in shipping. Anyway, enough of that, I’ve got my parts now and I like them so…

…I’ve started with the mods and hence opened up a can of worms. With a brand new front end I obviously feel the need to tidy up the rest of the car. I’m thinking a re-trim, (does anyone know a good trimmer?), tidy up the rear end by removing the rear wiper and moving the number plate recess to the bumper and possibly get rid of the spoiler. Then there’s a respray in a flat grey and THEN find room under the bonnet for a supercharger but first things first…with or without eye brows?

Sorry for the poor quality photos, I took them on my phone. Better ones to follow including night shots with my angel eyes on...oh did I forget to mention that my headlight have angeleyes...

[TVB]

Eyebrows...

[Water Boy]

Looks good mate ! I see you ended up getting the same bumper as before to replece the smashed one! U got fair spanked over by the parts supplier.

Front looks good as is mate! I wouldnt go flat paint as the Silver looks hot mate! Also 14" wheels for 5 stud might be hard to come by!

Good luck and keep her shiny!

[rayray086]

Looking good mate, sorry to hear about GCP.

[TVB]

Cheers Guys, I must admit, I'm pretty happy with how she looks at the moment. Looks even better in the flesh..those Hella day driving lights and indicators look wicked!

[Golf Houso]

Great stuff I'm glad you finally got what you wanted, I must say it does look rather good and very very different to the OEM VR6 front look. What about colour coding the black trim? I think that wouldn't look too bad either.

[Mrk_Mickey]

I'd say the best way to clean it up would be to leave the eyebrows off it (they look too bolt-on-ish IMO..) and colourcode the bumpers like branko said. good work so far mate, I like the sounds of your plans too!