Cornishdrummer's Progress Thread -Im back(pg 34)

[cornishdrummer]

What I have done so far

• GTI Grill
  New Door pins
  New Heater Knobs
  New Seatbelt housing
  Net set of Hub Caps
  A few stickers
  VW Tax disc holder
  VW seat belt pads
  Short Aerial
  Black side repeater indicators

Today in the post came my new handbrake and gear gaiter (After they sent the wrong ones)

Please leave comments positive or negative.

Thanks

[nigelelliott394]

Sounds like you've got a nice list of stuff so far

Get some more pictures up so we can have a look!

[cornishdrummer]

[cornishdrummer]

What else could I do ?

[Endi_GTI]

Looks good mate,

Have you thought about getting some red grill piping? I think that looks really good. On the darker coloured polos especially

[cornishdrummer]

I was thinking about it but was not sure where to get it from and only found one seller doing it on ebay, I read on here that from that seller it fades.

I was thinking about doing something diffrent to red as well then get the rim of the hub caps done the same

[cornishdrummer]

2nd gear gaiter and handbreak gaiter came the other day, fitted the gear one no probs, but the handbreak one is still not the right size

Will upload a pic when there both done

[cornishdrummer]

New gear gaiter

[nigelelliott394]

Looks nice I'm planning on upgrading my gear gaiter and handbrake cover this year.

[cornishdrummer]

Its better to get one with elastic around the bottom of the gear gaiter, trust me I know

[6N2 GTI 00]

Looking good mate

That red grille piping mentioned above is a good little modification that costs next to nothing.
I bought mine off ebay and used gel tape to stick it to the grill, works a treat and makes a big difference to the front end.

Mine did fade so I sprayed it with bright red spray paint and then lacquered it. Looked awesome for a month or two but the lacquer never really set properly and was quite sticky, in the end it got really dirty so I just bought another one off ebay and left it. They do fade but for £3 its not too much to pay out.

[cornishdrummer]

I was thinking along the lines of something over then red

[6N2 GTI 00]

I was thinking along the lines of something over then red

From what I have seen over the years, red certainly works the best IMO but you could go down the chrome route like Alex Perkins.
His chrome grille strip looks great

[alexperkins]

Chrome is the way forward

On red, red piping is impractical, but it suits silver and black down to the ground

[nigelelliott394]

I've been thinking of a way to freshen up my red grille piping. It's faded to a kind of maroon colour but not really sure... thought about paint but thought it might crack or something. Any such paint to prevent that happening?