What did you do to your Mk5 today?

[Satanstoenail]

Gazed at it lovingly.

I'm also marveling at the fact that I've owned the car two weeks and not one bird has shat on it.

[TDIESEL]

Nice job!
Looks like the fog/reverse swap went well - was it difficult?
Was there any VAG-Com involved?
And where did you source the lights? How expensive were they?

Not difficult as such. Just time consuming. The back of the lens housing is easily removed as it is screwed on, not plastic welded like some. Lenses aren't a straight swap over and require some surgery to get them to sit in right place on opposite sides. It took me around 2 hours, lots of experimenting, drilling new locating holes and head scratching before I realised the only way it would fit was by dragging out the jigsaw and cutting off the original locating ring on the lenses . This leaves just enough plastic left to enable it to be sandwiched in position between the taillight housing and lens cover. Sounds extreme but does the job perfectly. If I had to do it again I reckon it would take 5 mins a side to change over the lenses.

The main bodies are direct bolt in but I had to remove a plastic adjustment plug of some sort on each side to allow it to sit in position properly.

In regards to the electrical side of things it is purely plug and play, no VAG- Com required.

I'm keeping where I got them quiet for moment as I'm enjoying something that I haven't seen on any other golf yet I'm sure it won't be long before someone here works it out though. I can say they cost $278 USD delivered to my door ....

[BarneyBoy]

I'm keeping where I got them quiet for moment as I'm enjoying something that I haven't seen on any other golf yet I'm sure it won't be long before someone here works it out though. I can say they cost $278 USD delivered to my door ....

It might be worth keeping the mod completely quiet, as it may not be in the spirit of the Forum to post a mod and not all the details. My 2c.

[Dave_09JETTA]

Giving the Jetta a good clean inside & out, also just noticed Im nearly out of the Mothers brand car wash I use. Looks like ill be heading into Supercheep auto this week for some more car wash ill also grab some leather conditioner,bug remover & detailing clay.

[maca]

Applied my VWWatercooled.org.au stikcers!! (in metallic grey)

Was hoping it would match the Gold Coast VW sticker I had but I think I prefer this, a little more subtle

Now i'm stuck on where to put my "Join the diesel club" sticker... I'm thinking either above the Gold Coast one (but that area might look to busy), above the 3rd brake light or on the front windscreen above the rain sensor (but the wiper will attack it!)..

Any suggestions?

[Transporter]

Applied my VWWatercooled.org.au stikcers!! (in metallic grey)

Was hoping it would match the Gold Coast VW sticker I had but I think I prefer this, a little more subtle

Now i'm stuck on where to put my "Join the diesel club" sticker... I'm thinking either above the Gold Coast one (but that area might look to busy), above the 3rd brake light or on the front windscreen above the rain sensor (but the wiper will attack it!)..

Any suggestions?

Remove the Gold coast Volkswagen sticker and put the "Join the diesel club" sticker in its place.

[maca]

Remove the Gold coast Volkswagen sticker and put the "Join the diesel club" sticker in its place.

Hmm yeah but I like to keep the car to it's roots!

[Transporter]

Hmm yeah but I like to keep the car to it's roots!

Does the Gold coast Volkswagen pay you for the advertising on your car (property)? I don't allow a free advertising on my cars. However I keep the original badges on the car like VW logo and model, all other stickers get removed.

[maca]

Does the Gold coast Volkswagen pay you for the advertising on your car (property)? I don't allow a free advertising on my cars. However I keep the original badges on the car like VW logo and model, all other stickers get removed.

You have a very good point.. Gives me something to think about...

[WEDEL.1]

Does the Gold coast Volkswagen pay you for the advertising on your car (property)? I don't allow a free advertising on my cars. However I keep the original badges on the car like VW logo and model, all other stickers get removed.

I could go as far as to ask "Do Volkswagen pay you to advertise their car?".

So where does it stop?

Maris

[mikinoz]

I am a bit passionate about this, the dealer does not deserve to have a sticker there unless you think that they are providing a reasonable service. In the case of our MKV, I advised the dealer that I was not interested in their stickers or number plate surrounds on the basis that my Volkswagen was not a billboard for their branding. They understood and no stickers were applied.

The main reason I object beyond above, is that they use a bad and large font generally making the whole gesture garish.

[Tim]

I dont really have issue with a dealer putting the stuff on when you buy the car so long as it is easily removable. Which is what I have done on my GTI. Its really not the end of the world.

For some reason I took great offense at two different mechanics putting their sticker on my mk3 VR6 especially when neither of them were responsible for bringing the car up to the standard that it was at. Perhaps if they had have asked me if I mind the sticker was put on I may have agreed. But to do it without asking was just rude. I never actually said anything to them though. Just peeled it off the next day.

[brad]

One of our local dealers, Tynans, has franchises for a dozen or so brands. They have a generic Tynan badge which matches none of the OEM factory badges.

They hire badge fitting specialists who are cross-eyed & take great pride in fitting the badges so that they align with nothing else in the vicinity and have no appearance of integration with the surrounding badges.

In addition, based on family experience, they will still fit the badges even if you ask for them not to be fitted. Thankfully they come off with some dental floss & thinners.

In the '60s there used to be a Chevy dealer in Sydney - STACK. They would drill holes in the car & rivet their badges on.

[Maverick]

I am a bit passionate about this, the dealer does not deserve to have a sticker there unless you think that they are providing a reasonable service. In the case of our MKV, I advised the dealer that I was not interested in their stickers or number plate surrounds on the basis that my Volkswagen was not a billboard for their branding. They understood and no stickers were applied.

The main reason I object beyond above, is that they use a bad and large font generally making the whole gesture garish.

The salesman knew that I was pretty pedantic as I'd already made sure that when the tint went on that they didn't put the little round T stickers under it that indicates the tint percentage. Not a single sticker, number plate surround or anything on the whole car just as I wanted it.

[TDIESEL]

The salesman knew that I was pretty pedantic

LOL! Now there's a newsflash

Sorry Mav, dropping bait like that is deserving of a bite

As for badges and stickers...rip em off!

What I did to my Golf today? I took some new pics of my LED tail lights in action. I'll post them in the "tail light advice for GTI" thread later on.