Rieger Replica bodykit for VW Golf Mk 6 1.4TSi Sports

Over the past week, I sent our Golf Sports to the guys at Carbon Revo(above) at 50 Serangoon North Ave 4 First Centre #02-09 S555856 to install a bodykit to give the car a classy sporty look. They offered the cheapest price online for a reiger Replica kit and allowed me to select and mix and match items. The front and sides of the car were fitted with the Rieger replica front lip and skirts and sideskirts while the rear was fitted with a vortex rear diffuser for the OEM twin exhaust.
I got the guys there to cut a under section of the sideskirt so that there is allowance for the clamp of a wheel jack to clamp on the hardened undercarriage found in every car for future wheel changes as the plastic bodykit will not be able to absorb the pressure of the car weight if a wheel jack clamp is placed upon it.See below pictures of the cutting and positioning of wheel jack so that we know which section to cut off.





However do note that installation was not so satisfactory as it was outsourced to another shop by Carbonrevo.


(Above) Reiger sideskirt unpainted.


(Above) Unpainted front lips and skirting


(Above) Vortex rear diffuser unpainted

The silicon sealing was not done properly for the sideskirts. To overcome this, I got the guys at Advanced Scratchmaster (ADSM) at 33 Kim Chuan Drive to reinstall the bodykit and respray to the same body colour as the car. A word of advice is that it is good if you are free to stay around and monitor the job as I found again certain paintwork not up to expectations when it is done by the younger workers. The older uncles agreed with me that it wasn't a job well done and they resprayed and resealed the silicon and I must say the uncles really showed they have the skills and attitude over the youngsters. I also got the uncles to install wire meshing for the rear air vent of the reiger sideskirt.




(Above) Our Stock VW Golf 1.4TSI at VW showroom during car collection day.


(Above) Reiger sideskirt


(Above) Reiger Front skirt lips


(Above) Sideskirt air vent mesh.


(Above) Vortex rear diffuser - top bumper part sprayed same red body colour while for bottom diffuser part, it is sprayed matt black.


(Above) To finish up the rear look, a pair of OSIR chrome muffler tips are fitted over the original exhaust pipes.


(Above) Reiger bodykit front stands out much more than vortex(Silver Golf) which is more subdued.


(Above) Reiger skideskirt with the air vent and deeper creased lines to match the Golf's tornado line design


(Above) Vortex more mundane sideskirt - a very much more subdued look.

Shayna is 3 years old!

Shayna, our dear doggy is 3 years old! Time really flies and this are just some shots to capture this naughty and greedy girl who never fails to put on a sweet act and fool others into thinking she is so 'kwai'. Always jealous and possessive of her toys and even each of us. She will jump and disturb us when me and gayle are too close together for her comfort.












(Above) Shayna 6 months old.


(Above)Shayna 1 year old


(Above) Shayna 2 years old


(Above) Shayna 3 years old

Gayle's pastry beginnings

Gayle has in the past months started on her journey into the world of patisserie. She has completed Creative Culinaire school's Cake making foundation, Wilton Course 1decorating basics at B-I-Y and will be starting on her Wilton Course 3 gum paste and fondant course at Phoon Huat and then going on to her cake making intermediate at Creative Culinaire. All these are laying the groundwork for our future dreams.




(Above) Gayle's first swiss roll cakes


(Above) Gayle practicing the basics of decorating on biscuit surface.


(Above) Display of cakes made by Gayle and her course mates at Wilton course. Gayle's cake is the unique white cake with blue shaggy mums decor as she didn't want to do the traditional rose petals cakes.


(Above) Cupcakes done by Gayle

Along the way, we have researched on some nice cakes and designs on the internet and hope to achieve this standard in the not too distant future.

Celebrating Gayle's Birthday and Valentine Day

(Above) Birthday and Valentine's gifts we got for each other


(Above) Cute Valentine's Day card that I got for Gayle


(Above) Pair of comfy Hush Puppies that Gayle had been eyeing and I got it for her


(Above) Pair of Precious Moments Figurines for each other.

We celebrated my dearest Gayle's birthday and Valentine's Day recently with a nice dinner at Ma Maison and shopping for gifts for her and myself.


(Above) Ma Maison


(Above) Speciality of Ma Maison - Butter Escargots


(Above) Fragrant and falvorful seafood rice dish - a must try at Ma Maison

Ma Maison is a French - Japanese inspired restaurant serving French delights . Yet the restaurant has a very traditional and charming English cottage theme that is evident from the wooden based floor, tables and chairs, replete with ornaments, old clocks and posters can be found on the walls. All these make for a cozy homely atmosphere. The dim lighting in the form of candles and vintage table lamps,helps to make the restaurant a good place for a leisurely romantic dinner. If you like French food with a fusion blend of Mediterranean and Japanese, this is the place for you. We ordered the speciality which was the escargots which was presented in a dish that was lighted up with flames for an exotic presentation. It presented a more buttery and oily version of French escargots with less spices treatment. Altogether something different from the French treatment. This restaurant is worth a first try. They have two branches - one at Bugis Junction and the other at the Central. Service was good. We had a courteous and efficient mix of Japanese and Filipino staff serve us and when we reported that one of the escargots seemed to 'refuse' to be extracted from it's shell, the manager promptly cooked a replacement escargot presented on a new plate and warmly heated up without any fuss.
An interesting concept is the presentation of a brass key(below) to each diner whereby you bring the key to the counter to make payment.

Chinese New Year Korean style dinner

Over the Chinese New Year break, we decided to try our own Korean Shabu Shabu steamboat and invited mom and brother to dinner. We got tasty Korean side dishes such as pickled seaweed, kimchi and anchovies to add to the main dishes of pork collar and pork belly shabu shabu, codfish slices, mushrooms and scallops! Gayle prepared the soup base by boiling pork rib to create a natural flavor base before spicing things up with spicy toufu paste. As a supplement, we bought chicken rice without the meat from 5 star chicken rice stall.