What Accessories are you buying for your MK6 Golf?

**Lucas_R** · 28-09-2012, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by pepsimax

also whats with the gay verification for every post?

^ It will be something you need to turn off in your settings.

Just ordered black OEM black radiator bottle caps & washer reservoir cap

Black Washer Bottle Cap: OEM part number 1K0955455 Black VW Volkswagen mk3 mk4 mk5 mk6 audi r8 a4 a6 a8

Notes: You will need to email them to get their PayPal address to make payment. Cost for mine was $30 AUD including shipping.

Black Radiator overflow bottle cap: GENUINE SKODA SEAT AUDI VW RADIATOR COOLANT TANK CAP 3C0121321 | eBay

Notes: No picture on their ebay store, but i have confirmed with them that this part number is for the black coloured cap - as shown below. Cost was approx $25 AUD including shipping.

This is what they look like once fitted (i have pinched this pic from Vortex where someone else has bought these items).

**Ryan_R** · 28-09-2012, 11:29 AM

Nice, shame there's no fancier texture to them for the money. Think I'll stay with the cheesy blue since my car is blue and nothing else under the bonnet looks exceptional

**Candyman** · 28-09-2012, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by Ryan_R

Nice, shame there's no fancier texture to them for the money. Think I'll stay with the cheesy blue since my car is blue and nothing else under the bonnet looks exceptional

Ryan - just paint them with matt black plastic paint.

**Lucas_R** · 28-09-2012, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Ryan_R

Nice, shame there's no fancier texture to them for the money. Think I'll stay with the cheesy blue since my car is blue and nothing else under the bonnet looks exceptional

I agree. The washer fluid cap in particular was a little pricey (shipping was more than the item) but they will look nicer in black than the blue. There are some nice billet alloy covers (Jcaps) you can get, but they are pretty pricey and i didnt want to attract attention to a washer cap.

Originally Posted by Candyman

Ryan - just paint them with matt black plastic paint.

Yes i thought of trying this....but not sure if the paint would last in the heat etc? I was considering getting the Audi R8 coolant cap, but i think it looks a bit silly in the Golf. The R8 oil cap on the other hand looks really nice and im glad i bought that.

**Lucas_R** · 29-09-2012, 01:15 PM

Just installed OEM "Alloy look" glovebox handle. Fiddly bugger of a thing to install BTW:

**tonymy01** · 29-09-2012, 10:25 PM

Nice glovebox handle!
Something I added the past week, Lakin (from Tassie!) front and rear number plate holders & protectors. I had to call Philip from Lakin Plates to order though, since the website doesn't really work for custom stuff like the front holder, but Phillip knew exactly what was necessary and in 1.5weeks, got these in the post (he said it would take about a week as he had to get them fabricated!!):

Front (good one, replaces giant plastic thing that in NSW only fits one non-customised white Euro of the hundred or so different plate styles we have here), much nicer profile than the big plastic thing:

Rear (boring one, plate holder can't be seen but does a nice job of holding plate & protector without screw holes at outer extremities of large Euro plate into the bumper):

Quite happy with these, wish I did the front one day one, since the stock plastic holder left rub marks on the bumper even with minimal km's/age, and I wasn't happy with the dealership placement of the plates so moved them up a bit, leaving 4 holes in the bumper thanks to the long screws they used grr. Mind you, I had the traditional b&w 6 digits plates day one, till I found out that you can re-style to any plate with just a one off fee (stupid RTA... when I swapped the old plates I have had since about 21years of age to my Golf, they implied any new plate style would be an annual fee, till later I found out about restyling which avoids any annual fee if you aren't paying one already from myplates.com.au NSW).

edit: p.s. sneaky RTA, I wondered why the black surface on these new plates had a weird reflection on the few peoples cars I had seen, when I took photos of this new fitment at night it all became clear, look at how easy it is to identify the number with the LED flash that my SGSII uses (and thus, assume with any speed/red light camera flash, or perhaps even with IR light):

**Lucas_R** · 29-09-2012, 10:59 PM

^ yep, the Lakin plate holder (in particular the front one) is a big improvement over the hideous stock plastic thing.

I've had the front one since late last year and it still looks brand new. Unfortunately i also have some rub marks on the bumper from the stock holder.....bummer huh.

**Ozram** · 30-09-2012, 08:47 AM

Ordered and received mine before the car arrived. Dealer wouldn't let me drive out with the plates held on by double sided tape so they generously allowed me to drive home with their trade plate attached to the car. My salesman followed in his car to collect the trade plate. No rub marks or extra holes in my bumpers anywhere.