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6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:06 pm
by Mr Blobby
I am looking to buy a bonnet bra for my 6n2 polo but I have a debadged grille and I dont want the bonnet bra to have the little indent for the bonnet.

Does anyone know if I can buy one that goes straight across the bonnet? or if a 6n one will fit my 6n2?

Thanks.

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:34 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Have you filled in the recess in the bonnet or is there now a semi circle gap with your de-badged grille?

Best solution would be just to re-fit the original grille :D looks better

What did you go for the slatted debadged or the honeycombe grille?

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:59 pm
by Mr Blobby
I have not filled in the recess yet because money has run out due to some very nice coilovers being bought... :) It will be filled in when i get money, so that is why i am wanting the bonnet bra.

Na im going for the 'clean' look so all badges are to be removed and the boot smoothed :)

I got the honeycombe grille because the other ones look a bit out of place imo...

Dont suppose you know if what i want does exist? its driving me slowly insane lol I have majour OCD and this stupid little recess is driving me mental!

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:05 am
by 6N2 GTI 00
I think there will be one available mate, try AutoBras as TrottaGTI suggested.

Failing that you could always buy a standard bonnet bra and have it modified

Where did you get the badgeless honeycombe grille from mate?

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:29 pm
by Mr Blobby
It's all good :) I emailed autobra and they will sell me what I want in black for no extra cost yay (:

And I bought it off a club polo member but they are for sale at venom motorsports for about £40 I think?

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:06 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Glad its all sorted mate :) Happy days

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:38 pm
by Trottagti
Yeah I thought as much mate...

Bra's ftw ha....

New autobra did custom ones dunno where I heard it but glad I did now.... Ha. Have to get some pics mate I curious to see what it will look like??

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:38 pm
by Mr Blobby
Yesss, thanks you two :)

I'll get pics up when i put it on. Dont know when that will be as they have to order it in and then send it to me so could be a couple of weeks maybe?

On a unrelated note Trottagti, Im going to lower my car and im worried the exhaust will scrape on everything as its already very low. I am thinking about cutting a hole in the rear bumper and moving the back box up as i think there is about 3 inches of space for it to go up. This seem like a sound idea? or should i just leave it be?

Lol
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Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:40 pm
by Mr Blobby
I know its all dirty :( lots of mud where i am at the moment...

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:45 am
by 6N2 GTI 00
I would leave it be and possibly replace the entire exhaust with a much smaller back box.
I have the exact same problem at the moment and rather than cut a big horrible recess in the bumper I think its better just to go for a smaller backbox with a hidden tail pipe.

Dont get me wrong Twin Pipes look awesome but if you want a really low car as well then it simply isnt practical.
Craig (TrottaGTI) had the exact same problem so he changed his for a hidden tail pipe too, allowing you to wind down the coilovers even further :)

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:49 am
by Mr Blobby
Hmm thought that might be the case,

Yeah I know he did that as I bought this exhaust off of him :) it's soo annoying though as inreally like how it looks and sounds but it does already scrape on speed bumps when people are in te back... I might have to look into a different/custom back boxes, how much do you think it'll cost?

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:08 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Powerflow systems are about £250 for a standard Cat-Back set up which is all you really need.

That's £250 fitted too so not bad at all really, plus you can sell your existing one for £150ish?

Its certainly worth doing and its exactly what i'm doing next :)

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:13 pm
by Mr Blobby
That does sound like the best thing to do :'(
I literally have no money atm so I'll have to do that in the summer when I start my new job, but yeah I don't want to cut a hole in the bumper...
Just have to hope I don't destroy this exhaust before then I suppose!

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:09 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Mr Blobby wrote:That does sound like the best thing to do :'(
I literally have no money atm so I'll have to do that in the summer when I start my new job, but yeah I don't want to cut a hole in the bumper...
Just have to hope I don't destroy this exhaust before then I suppose!
How low is your car mate?
Might be an idea to crank it up a few notches if its sitting on Coilovers, or just avoid using roads/places with speed bumps.
Mine sits about the same height as yours but I always try to plan ahead, obviously you cant avoid knocking it every now & again but you dont want to do too much damage.

Re: 6n2 Bonnet Bra

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:33 pm
by Mr Blobby
Oh dear... I'm not on coilovers yet, although I have just ordered some lol I'm not wanting to go super low, just to lose the arch gap, but the exhaust may be a problem... So I'll have to save up as much as I can to get a custom hidden one.