Well managed to get half the grey trims on the car plasti-dipped in matt black. Will get some photos up tomorrow as it was dark by the time I finished packing up.
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Well managed to get half the grey trims on the car plasti-dipped in matt black. Will get some photos up tomorrow as it was dark by the time I finished packing up.
A couple of pics of the black plasti-dipped plastics. Note only half the car has been done - front splitter is still in the stock grey.
Blacked out the reverse lights.... before the plasti-dip came back off. Actually quite like the look.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...3f0a1b_c-1.jpg
And plasti-dipped straight over the reverse park sensors without an issue. Will have to test to see if the sensitivity isn't effected - perhaps with something soft :)
You can see the contrast in this shot between the stock grey (on the front splitter) vs the rest of the car.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...be8467_c-1.jpg
Am Liking!
I guess the plastidip reduces the 'orange peel' effect on the plastics?? How many coats? Might make this a Christmas holidays project! :-)
This was 4-5 light coats. You still do get some of the textured effect but the colour is a major improvement.
I taped right up to the plastics and when I took the tape/drop sheets off it did tear in a couple of places.
Spoke to a plasti-dip "pro" and he said to tape about an inch out and then peel off the overspray on the panel. Should tear cleanly along the edge.
Will try that on the other side...
To be honest when you look at the car with plasti-dip it really looks like a stock car and you wouldn't know it had been dipped. And then you walk around the other side that hasn't had the plasti-dip treatment and you see the "cheap" grey plastic mouldings stick out like a sore thumb in comparison.
Certainly for a couple of cans of plasti-dip and a few hours I think it's a good value mod :D
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Spent a bit of time tidying up the first page of my build thread. I'll try to keep things updated here.
Be warned it is pretty bandwidth intensive.
Well a picture tells a thousand words so I decided to keep things short and sweet and fill it with lots of full-size pics :)
So after saying that there was nothing left to do to my car a little while back.... I've got some new exhaust tips just arrived.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...7d46bb_c-1.jpg
Getting fitted next week :)
Also hopefully get to finish the other half of the car with plasti-dip on the weekend.
Damien, I know you have said nothing else to do ...... BUT ......
I had a ride in APR's Stg3+ Tiguan yesterday (310+kw atw) and OMG you still have plenty left to do !!!!!
I thought my Stg2 Tiguan with 160kw atw was quick, boy was I wrong! This thing is amazing and apart from the over the top (sorry Guy) stickers :) and low low ride you (and the seats sorry) could believe it came from the factory like that.
So, don't stop now, lots more to DO !!!! .....
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Originally Posted by Sharkie
Hahaha I know there's almost always more to do :)
Does the BT conversion on the APR Tig make the car a pain to drive in city traffic?
I'm just concerned (apart from the cost of course) that whacking a big turbo on is going to kill the responsiveness and end up with a laggy car that has OMG levels of boost and nothing below 3,500/4,000 RPM. I have heard that some of the Golf R's are like that.
Yes and difference between a manual 160kW car and 310kW DSG is going to be massive. I think you're almost better off having a DSG to do the gear changes with that much power/torque on tap.
Do you know what the 0-100 times are with the car - low 4's? I know they're still working on the shifting so it'll only get quicker.
I think I'd only look at going down the path of BT / brake upgrade if I was putting my car on the track whih I don't intend to do. So at this stage I'll give the $20,000 conversion a miss.
New tips look nice Tigger. Are they angle cut too? What brand are they if you don't mind me asking?
Yes they are angle cut. I'm not sure of the brand - these came from HM Headers in Melbourne. Same place as my exhaust.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucas_R
The original tips were put on as a production prototype so now that the exhaust is staying on I've got them to send over some decent tips (the other tips were single wall and were starting to get quite discoloured). Getting these put on next week - will post up some shots once they're on.