Scirocco r mods

**Mac135** · 06-05-2012, 08:12 PM

Quite like these.....looked at an earlier version at one point. These....

https://www.dectane.de/product_info....a619b6661a2e86

The ones you have found bring the R into the current VW look. I think the tail, tail lights in particular, give away the Roc's true design age. Still loving it though!

**Andych** · 07-05-2012, 04:47 PM

So, i picked up my CF Mirror caps from the post office today and the quality is what you would expect for the $$.
The overall finish is good... a touch rough around the edges but nothing that you would notice once they are on.

Fitting is fairly straight forward on these... you pull the old ones off.. carefully.. and then push the new one on...

They are understated if anything as they are more of a grey tone than the original black...
I will see how they hold up to normal use.. I still have the originals if I want to go back... so all is good.

**Mac135** · 07-05-2012, 09:52 PM

They look fine - as you say quite understated

**she_dub** · 08-05-2012, 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by rennenhaus

yes, his came via me

they're £265 + shipping

Still wanting this, Ian.. Get onto it! Haha

Originally Posted by ConR

Just pulled the plug on these.

https://www.dectane.de/product_info....-10-black.html

Addict! Also.. Nice find.. Will need to see them on your car first before I judge

Originally Posted by Mac135

They look fine - as you say quite understated

Agree with Ian (Mac), Andy they look nice, but now you need to do the wheels to match

**ConR** · 09-05-2012, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by Mac135

Cheers Andy. Mirror look pretty good what's next on your list? Unlike Bec, Bain or Con i don't see any 'to br fitted' items in your signature

I won't have any as of tomorrow either

**ConR** · 09-06-2012, 06:57 PM

There's an indium grey Roc in Sydney rocking black rims. They look like ADVs (or VMRs). It looks insanely good Ian. Just my two cents. Grey and black goes. Alternatively, if you wanted something along the lines of mine, a copper colour would go. Have a look on vwgolfnet. There's an Audi with HREs in copper in the picture thread. I think it looks amazing.

Those rims in the link are nice. Much better than the tallas.

My feedback on springs: go all out and do coilovers. My back is starting to hurt with my H&Rs haha. Not kidding. It's a rough ride. I can't use Sports mode. It's too rough. Maybe others don't mind as much but I do. Stock shocks also aren't going to last forever with a reduced ride height. Expect to look at changing them after 30k or so.

I wish I had done coils from the start.

**Rev 555** · 09-06-2012, 08:57 PM

I agree with Con I think Black wheels look great on a grey car. My original colour on order was an Indium Grey and was considering Black or an anodised red for my wheels I like to mix things up) but a white car came up first. Silver still works though! It really comes down to personal taste.

**Bain** · 10-06-2012, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Rev 555

I agree with Con I think Black wheels look great on a grey car. My original colour on order was an Indium Grey and was considering Black or an anodised red for my wheels I like to mix things up) but a white car came up first. Silver still works though! It really comes down to personal taste.

The Concept X car actually has Iridium grey wheels, not black

Nevertheless, the wheels and colour still look good.

**Mac135** · 10-06-2012, 11:13 AM

Bain - the fact that the wheels are grey may explain why there is more deail in the pic than you often get with black. I wil have a look at those wheels.

Andy, i think a 15-20 mm drop will achieve what I want. It will just relieve that jacked up look.

If we think the R looks a bit like it is on stilts then having seen lots of standard and GT models in the UK recently there is a sort of X6 look about them. They really do look elevated.