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  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:19 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    As we all know, the GTI is the sporty VW. Sure, there are some pretenders like R32, but GTI is the magic name. And since my Westfalia has a hugely powerful 135 hp Subaru engine, I decided this was appropriate. I figured that if anyone got the joke, it would be you lot. Janel hasn't seen it yet

  • N Sperlo

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:22 p.m. N Sperlo SuperDork

    It actually looks pretty sweet.

  • belteshazzar

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:23 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

    that was worth it

  • ReverendDexter

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:24 p.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork

    Wouldn't "STI" have been more appropriate?

  • jrw1621

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:31 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork

    Will the double black side stripe and blacked out rear window area be joining any time soon?
    I vote for "snowflakes" too (by my guess is they do not fit)

  • N Sperlo

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:34 p.m. N Sperlo SuperDork

    My vote is with jrw's suggestions.

  • ditchdigger

    Dec. 23, 2011 12:42 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    jrw1621 wrote:

    I vote for "snowflakes" too (by my guess is they do not fit)

    You know they are repopped in 15X8 and 16X8 5 lug don't you?

    Just need adapters to go from 5X112 to 5X100 and good to go.

    I never warmed up to the Late westy grill on US spec GTI's so my only other reccomendation on this awesome GTI spec plan is to get this grill and red stripe it for the euro GTI look.

    16X8 RML snowflakes, Rocker stripes, satin black bumpers, GTI badging and trim. Winner!

  • redrabbit

    Dec. 23, 2011 1:34 p.m. redrabbit Reader

    nice

  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2011 1:53 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    jrw1621 wrote:

    Will the double black side stripe and blacked out rear window area be joining any time soon?
    I vote for "snowflakes" too (by my guess is they do not fit)

    I haven't figured out how to black out the rear window well - there's no indent like there is on the back of the Golf.

    Black bumpers, not a bad suggestion. I'll look at that as a possibility. There's also that groove down the side of the bus that could be blacked out for a side stripe. I like working with the contours of the body.

    As for wheels, I want a set of AMG Penta or Ronal R9s. Although you can also buy Fuch knockoffs

    VW actually left a nice raised ridge on the stock grille on the van, so it was really easy to do the stripe. Lots of masking, but it looks like it should be there.

  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2011 2:30 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    Update: the RML Snowflakes are no longer available in a 5-bolt pattern. 4x100 only.

  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2011 3:42 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    This showed up on The Samba today - blacked window frames. I think it would work well for a GTI theme.

  • Raze

    Dec. 23, 2011 4:15 p.m. Raze SuperDork

    I dig it

  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2011 4:39 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    Obviously, I'm working hard right now.

  • Woody

    Dec. 23, 2011 4:57 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    I love the GTI trim.

    Is this where you got the idea for the Ronals?

    Ooh, you got me with the Ninja edit!

  • dean1484

    Dec. 23, 2011 5:06 p.m. dean1484 SuperDork

    I think you need to make a "Taxi"

    Like this.

  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2011 5:06 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    That's not the van that put me on to the Pentas, it was another on the forum. Still looks cool though. They really suit the van. The Audi S4 wheels look pretty good too.

  • Woody

    Dec. 23, 2011 7:34 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    The brown Westie definitely has real Ronals on it. It's hard to tell on the blue one, they may be Enkeis.

 
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