hi!

[DaveMack]

Congrats on your purchase, Bec ... and welcome to the forum. The lil' Pogo is a great car (wouldn't swap mine for anything ... even after nearly 2 years).

Dave

[Mischa]

sounds like an awsome car congrats...

just one reason why i didnt get euro plates for myself: the back plate is bigger than normal plates and cops can see it easier

gonna hit up a sydney cruise in it?

[572]

In regards to tinting, Tint-A-Car quoted me $295 for their 'Ash Cool' tint. Haven't done it yet as I'm not sure I trust them...

[mitch_gti]

Around the 350+ mark is about right for tint.

Dealer tint is always a little more expensive.

I know with our inhouse tinting its lifetime warranty, 3m film. They are constantly being trained by all the different brand of cars we have (bmw, mini, vw, suzuki, mitsu, honda, ford, dodge, hyundai etc etc etc) to make sure they are correctly removing and replacing all door trims. Also use the latest 3M films. All the tinters go to demonstrations whenever new films are released and any training sessions.

Also best thing about dealer tint is that any problems with door trim refitting or tint, you bring it back to us. No running around
I had this problem with ALTAPAC on my previous car. they SCREWED up my door trim. Since it wasnt the dealers doing, i wouldnt expect them to fix it. It took 3 trips back to ALTAPAC to get it sorted. Even then it was never right again. Few clips in each door trim were snapped.

our dealer tint is $495 which is very reasonable.
695 seems a little crazy.

Even when its 495 though.... haggle a bit never know, you might be able to get it down to as low as 400.

[572]

^ Thats exactly why I'm hesitating getting it done elsewhere.

My local dealer quotes $595

[mitch_gti]

Quotes 595.

Tell them that if they do it for 400 you will give them the go ahead.
Anymore than that and you will go elsewhere

[brumue]

I get my windows tinted by Hunters Hill Window Tinting.
Small one man operation does a top job and charges a fair price, drives a caddy too

Robert Salvia 0418 464 185

He will be busy but he is worth the wait IMO.

[572]

Quotes 595.

Tell them that if they do it for 400 you will give them the go ahead.
Anymore than that and you will go elsewhere

I might just do that Cheers Mitch.

[Flaps]

I get my windows tinted by Hunters Hill Window Tinting.
Small one man operation does a top job and charges a fair price, drives a caddy too

Robert Salvia 0418 464 185

He will be busy but he is worth the wait IMO.

brumue knows.

This cat is top notch.

[poloplayer]

I got formula 1 tint from tint-a-car for $345. Blacks the best colour btw

[bec]

Hey guys!
I'm overwhelmed by all the responses and help! THanks a lot. You can probably tell but i'm very clueless when it comes to all this car stuff so it's been very helpful
Solartint quoted 350 for me today but I still need to look around so I will def check the places that you guys have all mentioned.
Car will arrive in two weeks and have arranged for my dad to pick it up. They will only hold it til the end of January.
For those of you who were interested, I got it for 26990 drive away because VW are having a sale on certain models til the end of January or until stock run out. They exclude things like dealer delivery and CTP and all that stuff. So I saved about 4000 from that. I also got a free iPOD adapter for my car!

[Mischa]

women here are scarce... they have a tendancy to be overwhelmed

[VW GTI]

sorry, didn't see 2nd and 3rd pages...

[Bukefal]

welcome bec, and welcome also to the black paint + leather interior club. great choice. i've had mine for just over 3 weeks and i love it.

as far as cleaning goes, my suggestions so far are found in another post reply here http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ad.php?t=11684

hope that helps. you can also try searching the forums for key words like 'wash'.

enjoy your GTI!

Bukefal