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.
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