Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

[tigger73]

Graphite hides the dust until you do wash it and realise your 'matt graphite' is actually 'grigio corsa' but I love your way of thinking.

Trigger - two sets.

Yeah I can see me getting away with that one. I need to have a spare set of wheels/tyres so I wash one set and drive on the other...

[tigger73]

Up an inch or two and dropped:

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Actually once you get the BBS CH-R up into larger sizes the large centre design become less prominent and the wheel start to work OK.

[Dutch77]

Actually once you get the BBS CH-R up into larger sizes the large centre design become less prominent and the wheel start to work OK.

I've found the CH to be centre heavy but the CH-R has always been a classic for me, and a more affordable alternative than LMs.

Black pack Trigger:



With roof rails, but that didn't really come up well:

[tigger73]

I've found the CH to be centre heavy but the CH-R has always been a classic for me, and a more affordable alternative than LMs.

Black pack Trigger:

These are all hypothetical...

With roof rails, but that didn't really come up well:

Talking about black packs I've just ordered some Forever Black and will be blacking out all my lower trims:



After speaking to a painter it all got expensive and hard. You really need to remove all trims from the car and the labour involved plus risk of damaging body panels in the process just wasn't worth it for either party.

Considered vinyl wrapping but that has it's own set of challenges and realistically plastic panels would need to be filled and sanded before wrapping (so you may as well paint).

Which left me with plasti-dip or plastic restoration/treatment. I decided to go down the latter path as I did plasti-dip on the 125TSI Tig and although it turned out OK I'm keen to see how the Forever Black goes as it has some good reviews.

[tigger73]

Just been informed that my intake isn't going to get shipped out until after the 14th January. Also the wheels have been ordered and they are likely to be a couple of weeks too...

[tigger73]

Delivery!!! Now to paint my grey trims black [emoji3]


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[Dutch77]

Careful where you open that product mate, the latte-sippers will have you otherwise.

[tigger73]

Painted the lower trims last night:





I'm 90% happywith the result. There's some streaks in it which I'll have to fix up but that comes from putting the second coat on in the half-dark. It still is a different colour/texture to the body panels (to be expected) but it does blend in a lot better than the grey plastic.

It's easy to apply and simple to clean up any paint that has touched a body panel/silver trim with a wet cloth.

In comparison to plasti-dip which I've used before the Forever Black is a little harder to get an even finish (due to brush applicator rather than spray), however I think the finish is better and certainly less "rubbery". Time will tell how it stands up.

[spacemannz]

Looks great! Any special prep required?
Keen to see how it holds up to wear.... but I guess it’ll be easy to re-coat.

[tigger73]

Looks great! Any special prep required?
Keen to see how it holds up to wear.... but I guess it’ll be easy to re-coat.

The kit comes with a cleaning solution which is designed to take off dirt/oils/coatings. You do need to make sure the plastic is clean before applying the coating.

And yes if it last 6-12 months and then I have to re-coat I'm not going to be too fussed. There's still plenty left in the bottle.

[Psych101]

The kit comes with a cleaning solution which is designed to take off dirt/oils/coatings. You do need to make sure the plastic is clean before applying the coating.

And yes if it last 6-12 months and then I have to re-coat I'm not going to be too fussed. There's still plenty left in the bottle.

Did you mask painted areas off and does it come off easily if you make a mistake?

[tigger73]

Did you mask painted areas off and does it come off easily if you make a mistake?

No need to mask off. Comes off with a damp cloth - just keep one handy and fix up any small mistakes as you go.

I put down a drop sheet just to catch any drips so I didn't stain up the drive.

[INASNT]

I got ny chrome parts wrapped in gloss black..

[tigger73]

I got ny chrome parts wrapped in gloss black..

I looked into wrapping and painting too.

Problem with wrap on the textured plastic is that the wrap doesn't stick all that well to the surface. So you really need to fill it first before wrapping.

Same goes with painting you really need to fill it first to create a smooth surface before applying paint.

To fill you really need to take the trims off the car to fill/sand/paint. So it just started getting more difficult and expensive.

[INASNT]

I looked into wrapping and painting too.

Problem with wrap on the textured plastic is that the wrap doesn't stick all that well to the surface. So you really need to fill it first before wrapping.

Same goes with painting you really need to fill it first to create a smooth surface before applying paint.

To fill you really need to take the trims off the car to fill/sand/paint. So it just started getting more difficult and expensive.

The only parts you cant wrap are the plastic wheel arches, rest no issues