Introducing myself from Melbourne, I currently own a construction and painting company. had a passion for cars..

Hi, I’m getting my MK6 GTI repainted due to many stone chips and scratches and am thinking about changing the colour of VW emblem. I was wondering which would look better - plasti dipping or having it painted in same colour when the paintwork is done. I personally prefer the matte black but just wondered...

Hi All,

Had a bit of a bingle about two months ago, slowly got my car back on the road again. Still waiting for a few parts to come in...

I thought since the front was damaged to get the R32 front (from Mars Performance in Clayton), sideskirts and badgeless grill (ebay). ...

Does anyone else find it really difficult to see the oil level on the dark dipstick in the petrol engines?? I can't readily see the level except in sunlight or using a torch. Any ideas on how i might re-finish the end of the stick to highlight the oil mark??? I'm not sure painting it would be such...

Hi All,

I'm about to embark on repairing and painting my Passat's wheels.

The problem is, they are partially polished.



They have a bit of a strange polished look on them, in the big spoke-gaps (not the little spoke-gaps).

Will...

Hey guys just thought I would upload photos with the steps that I went through in painting my stock rims from my Golf MK5 2.0 FSI for anyone who wants to paint their rims or wants to see how I did it..
This is my first attempt at painting rims and I'm pretty happy with the end result.
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Hi,

I just bought a Polo 81tsi!

I joined the forum to get some advice on painting the alloys black!

Thanks

Hi Guys,

I've just had a chat to the guys at VW and they're saying that we might be getting a mechanical handbrake in the GTI for some reason... What are your opinions? any thoughts? The petition for the mechanical one starts here...

Mike