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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:03 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 32
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Location: kent
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I'm looking at buying some gti bumpers and i'm just wondering can you get gti's in paint code exl.
I've brought a spoiler for it in the the paint code exy fitted it but it just stood out to much and looked werid and had to get it re-sprayed in the end.
Will i have to do this for everything or is my paintcode common and i can get parts for it without spending alot on paint?
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:23 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010 Posts: 5489
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Location: Herts/London
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Even if its the same code doesn't mean it will match as each code has differnt variants, best to get resprayed imo
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:26 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 32
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Location: kent
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O right didn't know that thanks. I guess i'm just gonna have to buy them and get then them re-sprayed.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:38 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2010 Posts: 931
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Location: Brighton
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Plus paints have different shades compared to how its stored and what its been through! IE sun, salt and rain, also how much you protect the paint!
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:33 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 250
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Location: Last Week
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I'm also having a hard time finding parts in EXL.
@Warren, does it really stand out a lot having an EXY part on a EXL based car?
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:47 am |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2010 Posts: 2636
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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It's quite a rare colour. Also comparing my car next to other EXL coloured 206s, they often look completely different shades so it's best to get it colour match sprayed as said above.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:01 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 32
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Location: kent
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@GTW206 surprisingly it does stand out quite alot i put a exy spoiler on it and you can clearly see the difference so i got sprayed. Might have to do that with the rest of the parts
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:12 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 250
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Location: Last Week
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Thanks for the knowledge.
I've sent you a pm, with a quick Q.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:53 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 1665
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Location: Peterborough
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ive.got gti180 bumpers and gti wings on my car and it.looks spot in to me. if your car is clean enough and well looked after you will hardly notice.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5348
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Location: Kings Lynn
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Liam-HuTcH wrote: |
ive.got gti180 bumpers and gti wings on my car and it.looks spot in to me. if your car is clean enough and well looked after you will hardly notice. |
Not true, mine used to be very very clean and there are still 5 shades of china blue on my car! haha!
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spike_202 wrote: |
My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:44 am |
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Joined: Feb 11, 2010 Posts: 3075
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there's about three shades on mine, and they are all original parts
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:45 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 32
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Location: kent
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Why cant they just make it easy and use standard colours like black, blue, red, green but no they have to complicate things and have tuscany green, Pharoah Gold, blonde girls blue eyes, nans yellowy toenail! It's a bit annoying.
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:38 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2874
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Location: Chichester, Sussex
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warren wrote: |
Why cant they just make it easy and use standard colours like black, blue, red, green but no they have to complicate things and have tuscany green, Pharoah Gold, blonde girls blue eyes, nans yellowy toenail! It's a bit annoying. |
Because if they did that there wouldn't be colours like green with gold flip.
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:30 am |
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Joined: Mar 27, 2010 Posts: 3017
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Location: Running from Ant and Lee and Adam...........
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Ali_H wrote: |
warren wrote: |
Why cant they just make it easy and use standard colours like black, blue, red, green but no they have to complicate things and have tuscany green, Pharoah Gold, blonde girls blue eyes, nans yellowy toenail! It's a bit annoying. |
Because if they did that there wouldn't be colours like green with gold flip. |
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