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Vapor
02-05-2009, 06:46 PM
Hi All
This thread is mainly for Swift-50 to view as i purchased a GTi rear valance from him this morning,
Anyway got home,
Didnt bother with any tutorials really as Swift kind of explained what to do,
So i got straight to it,

I know some of you will say it looks stupid as im aware i dont have the right exhaust, but one thing at a time due to money lol,
Plus if anyone has an exhaust for sale for a reasonable price im all ears lol.

Ok so here was my back home when i arrived on stands with clusters removed:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2115/dsc00057uxa.jpg

Next i removed the screws from the arches and bottom using torx T20 and T25 screwdrivers, a few were standard pozi drives to remove mud flaps, I unplugged the Reg Plate lights and removed whole rear valance:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7688/dsc00059w.jpg

Then i separated the two halves of the rear valance
and connected the new GTi bottom, simply pushing it together, easy

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3229/dsc00064u.jpg

After putting all back together here is the finished result after a quick wash down

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2466/dsc00072v.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/787/dsc00066zoc.jpg


What you guys reckon?
Opinions please constructive criticsm welcome lol

shaft-50
02-05-2009, 07:18 PM
Hey dude, thought i would be the first to comment as you got the valance off me and we had a good chat about each others cars and mods ;).

Firstly you have done a brill job with the rear bumper valance swap. Well done :biggthump.

Secondly the rides heading for the desired direction and like you said money depending/allowing you will have your desired finish and YES it looks MINT bro.
I like it and it looks spot on. :arms:

Keep posting on here as you progress your conversion.

mossy1.9tdi
12-06-2009, 05:27 PM
Iv been thinking of getting a bumper with a rear valance but im not sure how to go about the exhaust, can you get hold of just the back box or will i have to buy a whole exhaust system?
:1zhelp:
Cheers

shaft-50
12-06-2009, 06:02 PM
To be honest im not that clued up with mechanics etc so would be worth checking as i would be suprised if you could fit the gti back section to other specs (could be wrong).

Off topic, I will be selling my GTI middle and rear exhaust sections soon as replacing mine with the Milltek ones. PM if you interested.;)

mossy1.9tdi
12-06-2009, 06:26 PM
Ok cheers for that ill try find out if its possible to put the gti exhaust system on dont think i will be as it might be a different bore and different mounting but ill try find out if so i might be interested in buying.

cheers shaft-50

Vapor
12-06-2009, 06:41 PM
hey mossy you can get the twin oval back box from a gttdi 170 which is more or less a direct fit :)

mossy1.9tdi
12-06-2009, 06:50 PM
hey mossy you can get the twin oval back box from a gttdi 170 which is more or less a direct fit :)

More or less

does the gttdi 170 slide over or are they same diameter?

mossy1.9tdi
12-06-2009, 10:35 PM
To be honest im not that clued up with mechanics etc so would be worth checking as i would be suprised if you could fit the gti back section to other specs (could be wrong).

Off topic, I will be selling my GTI middle and rear exhaust sections soon as replacing mine with the Milltek ones. PM if you interested.;)

Just wondering how much would you want for your back box?????

Ben
13-06-2009, 11:12 AM
see this post http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=129711&postcount=14 in this thread http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=25636&highlight=exhaust

mossy1.9tdi
13-06-2009, 11:51 AM
Cheers for that where do you know where to get the rear bumper for £40??

bigjacko1970
01-07-2009, 04:53 PM
hi there guys i just finished my golf gt tdi rear bumper i replaced it with a gti bumper i had it smoothed off and colour coded in reflex silver i also fitted the gti exhaust back box too



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richgolfmk5tdi
02-07-2009, 12:00 AM
hi there Vapor
the gti bumper looks good, but the GTTDI badge looks naf, change it to GTD look alot better in my eyes & other peoples

djbilal
02-07-2009, 01:15 AM
WOW looks really really good, im thinking of doing that to my car too, i phoned vw to see how much it costs for the rear spliter of a mk5 gti, they said about £60. u rekon i could just fit that straight to my 1.6 fsi???

bigjacko1970
02-07-2009, 07:23 AM
hi mate yeah the rear gti valance will go straight onto yours you need to get it smoothed of first before you primer it looks lot better than just standard boring black my mate came other day and he wants his bumper doing like mine now



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djbilal
03-07-2009, 01:57 AM
Ah wicked i will definatly get it done if its that easy! vw seemed to think it wouldnt work tho :confused: cheers guys

Vapor
03-07-2009, 06:32 AM
hi mate yeah the rear gti valance will go straight onto yours you need to get it smoothed of first before you primer it looks lot better than just standard boring black my mate came other day and he wants his bumper doing like mine now



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I agree it looks good when the colors are split but with my golf being black I couldn't have any other colour LOL, still need a hti exhaust unfortunately I missed out on shaft selling his due to switching phone problems :(

djbilal
03-07-2009, 10:18 AM
i just got a quote from a local bodyshop and he wants £150 to smooth, prime and paint the splitter. is that good?? any1 know any1 around bristol thats good??