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Well I've finally decided to create a thread for my mk3 after owning it for about a year and a bit now.
The white GL was/is my first car, it was born in 1997 with a manual gearbox and just over 175,000kms.
It's came a long way over the last year and a half. Here's how she looked when I picked it up back in February 2012.
I then picked up a set of Genuine Hella all black tails from rayray,
Then came some matching Hella indicators and dummy fogs,
Then came the trim respray!
I had a seriously annoying paint crack coming through on the rear bumper, so the DIY-er in me began to show again.
I firstly sanded the crack back;
Then the whole bumper;
and then sprayed it black!
I then sanded and blacked the side stripes to match,
Eventually I got round to doing the front bar too, finishing the look for now.
The Gloss trim is different and awesome I think!
I also sorted some fender flares to complete the 'tough' look.
I also picked up a set of BB5 R5's... Yes RS reps ahaha
They where on the car for quite a while until I recently sold them to Wade (Golfballs) for his mk2.
The mk3 is also sitting on some FK streetlines coilovers, which honestly I really enjoy. But they could go lower
The DIY install was really fun and a great money saver!
Well that's how the mk3 sits now, it's back on stockies now with some Falken ZE912's.
The white GL was/is my first car, it was born in 1997 with a manual gearbox and just over 175,000kms.
It's came a long way over the last year and a half. Here's how she looked when I picked it up back in February 2012.
I then picked up a set of Genuine Hella all black tails from rayray,
Then came some matching Hella indicators and dummy fogs,
Then came the trim respray!
I had a seriously annoying paint crack coming through on the rear bumper, so the DIY-er in me began to show again.
I firstly sanded the crack back;
Then the whole bumper;
and then sprayed it black!
I then sanded and blacked the side stripes to match,
Eventually I got round to doing the front bar too, finishing the look for now.
The Gloss trim is different and awesome I think!
I also sorted some fender flares to complete the 'tough' look.
I also picked up a set of BB5 R5's... Yes RS reps ahaha
They where on the car for quite a while until I recently sold them to Wade (Golfballs) for his mk2.
The mk3 is also sitting on some FK streetlines coilovers, which honestly I really enjoy. But they could go lower
The DIY install was really fun and a great money saver!
Well that's how the mk3 sits now, it's back on stockies now with some Falken ZE912's.
ahaha I used a spray paint I found in bunnings, about $12-15 a tin and it worked brilliantly. I sanded the bumpers back, not to the bare texture but so there was no gloss left on the paint, then used a plastic primer made by the same company as the paints, I gave them a few coats of that. Primer was strange though as it was clear, not grey. Then I gave them a few coats of black and finally ended with a couple of layers of clear coat. Came up great for my first spray painting venture, might do the stock steelies later on for fun when the new wheels are sorted 
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