I just grazed a deer in South Carolina 🇺🇸. New headlight assembly cost 1300.00 US dollars. I took the bumper off and got it in. I didn’t plug it in first. I got it all back together plugged it in and it doesn’t work. I can plug in the broken one and it works. I get a running light on the old one nothing on the new one? Could this be a defective headlight assembly?
I've honestly been surprised how many more clubsports I see over here in Germansland than the basic gti, honestly can't even remember seeing a mk8 gti yet.
20:24 might be my OCD but that passenger fender looks to be sticking out more than the hood. Either way, GTI is coming along great! I sat in the MK8 and I did notice the steering wheel tilt doesn't go as high as previous gen, what do you think?
Even though I don't like the MK8 GTI and have no intention of getting one or this bumper, I'm watching the video because Paul is always hilarious on these videos. He can make them informative and funny at the same time.
I like the clubsport bumper a lot! As a VAG body guy, who does stuff like this daily, it was hilarious to see the struggles a non bodyshop like guy you had haha. You did alright for a newbie though. You may have issues with the side parking sensors down the line. as you missed some important steps for a durable glue job. Also about the snug holes, you need a 19mm hole punch for these.
i thought the same thing here, in the final view after everything is reassembled you can see that the sensors are not flush with the bumper, not for nothing there are special punching and assembly tools from VW for this purpose p.s.: VW/Audi mechanic here
I was told that there may also be a difference in the shape of the headlights, so unfortunately I have not mounted an R bumper on my R-line. is that correct about the shape?
Honestly it’s really cool that you did this, and color matched it to boot. But, I honestly like the original bumper design a bit more. Unpainted plastic isn’t my thing and I really like the ‘domino’ fog lights on my car, I’d hate to lose them. That being said, this is still insanely cool because it’s so unique. I just lowered my MK8 with springs I bought from you guys. Keep it up!
I feel the same. Looks like it's a lot of time and money to do this, for something that I think looked better before... But, to each their own of course; it does make the car unique but even then the only people that are even going to notice are "GTI people", lol.
Yeah... I concur. These fogs are unique to the 40th anniversary spec I think... So it kinda defeats the purpose of buying that edition... doesn't it? I dunno... I didn't see the 40th graphics on the car so I may be wrong... but the paint color is also unique to the 40th... I thought.
@@jcarhactually…no, no, and no. The Car is an Autobahn, not a 40th, that’s why there are no decals. The color made its debut on the Autobahn GTI as a limited availability launch color, and then showed up the following year again on the 40th AE. And lastly, those fog lights are on every US GTI.
I've done the exact same thing on a Mk6 GTI, I've installed a GTI Edition 35 bumper like a year ago. Seems like not much has changed in two generations, I've transferred all the parts, parking sensors, headlight washers and harness. I didn't have any special tools for the parking sensors holes and used a Step drill bit and worked perfectly, no mess. For the adhesive I've used some sort of a seam sealer from my local hardware store, also did the job nicely. The markings for the sensors on the mk6 bumper on the inside are just the same, I was also pleasantly surprised when I saw it as I was thinking how I should match the placement. A plus was the fact that I got to keep my fog lights. I was lucky enough that I bought the bumper from a friend, it was complete and already was painted in the same white body color. What I would recommend to do is drill the parking sensors before painting the bumper and also fitment testing any part before sending it to the paint shop. I'm speaking from personal experience with the Mk6 R side skirts on my GTI. Also would've been a nice touch to spray paint all the black grills in gloss black previous of installing them, instead of leaving them in raw matte plastic finish. Also applies to the rear diffuser. Great video nonetheless as always Paul, love watching these even though I live in Europe and I've sold my GTI in the meantime and got a manual Seat Leon Cupra 280 which unfortunately you don't get in USA, which is basically a FWD mk7 R or a Mk7 GTI Clubsport, which also is not available there. Really a bummer.
I didn’t like the mk8 design from the initial reviews and i didn’t like it until 20 minutes ago.. that looks sick Paul! Really dig your setup with the wheels and everything! Interior still a step i the wrong direction in my opinion though.. awesome mk8. - From Denmark Europe
Good to see I can get one of the most inner sensor popped out without taking the bumper off since it seemed like you could get your arm in to unplug ut
Looks awesome. I did something very similar with my MKIV Jetta when it was new. Installed a Euro bumper, bumper support and Hella headlamp washer system. Which also required a new washer tank, additional pump for the washers and a relay but it was cool... :) Most awesome thing I discovered was the system only washed the headlamps when the lights were on. During the day, you could use your windshield washers and the headlamp washers would stay off.
No clue why i watched the video :P i am from germany and mostly interested in golf VII Clubsport Anyway nice video with good looking result at the end :)
My favorite part of the front of my Mk8 are the fog lamps i think they look really cool plus i live in a foggy area and theyre kind of important to me, if it were possible to adapt the fog lamps i would buy this bumper cuz its super cool
Need to find a way to retrofit the fog lights into the clubsport bumper. It's the only thing stopping me from doing this because I LOVE the fog lights on my MK8. Man when the season comes around I'm going to have to steal some of these clubsport pieces on my car especially the muffler.
I just watched a 20 minute video on how to replace the bumper, with no intention of even trying since I like the fog lights. But the CS bumper looks way better...similar to the Golf R.
There lost on the CS because it shares the same set up as the R Where the fog lights should be is extra rads for cooling. There ridiculously fast, not quick but fast, the 245 GTI mk8 doesn’t even come close on the move. 322bhp stock ours has been dyno’d at
Painting the hidden fog light surround black should be called the Paulie mod, as a throwback to the Joey mod, except only Paul would ever think to do that.
Grear Video. My Golf R is being delivered on monday after 9 months wait in the UK. I really dislike the grill lightbar illumination at night and wonder if i could disconnect the two lightbar connectors and refit the grill without it throwing any hard error codes on the dash?
@@Deutscheautoparts hey i don't really have a clue, just happen to speak German and googled the codes in your video which translate to day time running light for A12. First Google result shows the code list for the MK7 which I assume should be similar to the MK8? That's where I got the C12 for the fog lights
In Europe if you order OE parking sensors brackets they come with preaplied black double sided tape, you jast peel the liner from it and put it on the bumper.
Yeah why would you want to be seen from the side a night ,oy vey...hope with these ideas you don't actually drive with cars so obviously made non compliant to fmvss108
@@cengeb yeah I do agree with you that side markers do serve a good purpose, but its shocking the idea comes from the same country that still allows the use of red blinkers in the rear tailights and doesn't mandate a rear fog light
@@michaelcooper3913 amber blinkers are superior..my old jetta like a 1987 had amber blinkers,but it was hit and miss which would have them...much better same with rear fogs yup...they stand out in rain,fog,mist
Oh, and great videos Paul. Keep up the awesome work! BTW, are you considering adding a dash cam to your GTI? That would be a cool RUclips video to add to your collection. It'll also be my first project when my son takes delivery of his GTI. I'm outfitting him with a Viofo A129 Duo Pro 4K system. 🙂
Hey Paul what about a clubsport upgrade kit with the wing, bumper, exhaust and rear bumper. Maybe can cut a little discount if somebody buys the whole pack. I'd buy it instantly.
Any new info on coding out fogs and the side marker? Also any instructions for switching to the golf r euro switch and how to rewire for it with no front fogs but rear fog with mk8 euro tails?
I do like the club sport bumper but I also really like the original with the fog lights. Pretty unique so far, I rarely see any new golf’s on the road anyways, in fact I’ve yet to see any around my commute. And you can tint up those reflectors to look better . Just sayin LOL
Wouldn't it be possible to bodge the foglamps onto the Clubsport bumper? Punch out some of the hexagons, some self-tapping screws and it should be good enough for a bodge
I removed my bumper and now I have sensor errors and Diy intercooler upgrade and the hood won't close properly and headlight assembly doesn't line up properly on the fender/hood area.
Not gonna lie that bumper is a bit expensive once u include shipping from Germany or United Kingdom. But overall definitely definitely a beautiful bumper.
Hello my friend I have just one question please ? Is it hard to remove " Side bumper fender flares" I don't know exactly what they are called those plastic trim on bumper ----thnx a million :D
And thus, Paul becomes responsible for the first set of MK8 fog lights up for sale on the North American secondary market…
What a great looking paint job on that bumper! Spot on color match. ;)
I kinda like the fog lamps makes the car look unique
I wish we got this color in South Africa, its gorgeous 🤤😔
I am an American living and working in Europe, I have many friends here who have installed the side markers on there cars.
I'm sure that you can order that color here in sa, youll just have to wait a couple weeks/months longer
@@muhammadpanjwani3887 I don't think so I believe its a US exclusive colour. Will find out from my dealer though.
I just grazed a deer in South Carolina 🇺🇸. New headlight assembly cost 1300.00 US dollars. I took the bumper off and got it in. I didn’t plug it in first. I got it all back together plugged it in and it doesn’t work. I can plug in the broken one and it works. I get a running light on the old one nothing on the new one? Could this be a defective headlight assembly?
I've honestly been surprised how many more clubsports I see over here in Germansland than the basic gti, honestly can't even remember seeing a mk8 gti yet.
The stance and the wheels looks really good. Looking forward to see what you guys do with the r.
"But the clubsport muffler" bro that's a bumper I think
Says you, maybe.
Nope definitely a muffler 😄
That’s a good looking muffler
It’s an FMM. For burping rather than farting.
20:24 might be my OCD but that passenger fender looks to be sticking out more than the hood. Either way, GTI is coming along great! I sat in the MK8 and I did notice the steering wheel tilt doesn't go as high as previous gen, what do you think?
Well, that's not your OCD
nah i noticed it to. its triggering me. no way wolkswagen would have done that from the factory lmao
@@ChocoBaiterEUW That's what happens when you remove the crash bar which holds the core support & bonnet latches in 6:18
Regular vw quality lately
Man! What a sharp looking rig! Huge DAP fan!
Much respect.
Al from South Africa.
Watching this from SA now and the content is always good👍
@@alroywilliams5386 ha ha! Good to know I'm not alone!
Even though I don't like the MK8 GTI and have no intention of getting one or this bumper, I'm watching the video because Paul is always hilarious on these videos. He can make them informative and funny at the same time.
I'm not even into VW/Audi (I have plenty of friends that are though) but I'm here for the same reason. Paul lol
Haha love his sense of humour.
I honestly love all the videos you come out with. I don't care what you're talking about but the way that you just deliver everything is hilarious!
Love it.
My least favorite part about the MK8 GTI is the tonsillitis that’s happening down there and this was a life savin procedure.
I like the clubsport bumper a lot!
As a VAG body guy, who does stuff like this daily, it was hilarious to see the struggles a non bodyshop like guy you had haha. You did alright for a newbie though.
You may have issues with the side parking sensors down the line. as you missed some important steps for a durable glue job. Also about the snug holes, you need a 19mm hole punch for these.
i thought the same thing here, in the final view after everything is reassembled you can see that the sensors are not flush with the bumper, not for nothing there are special punching and assembly tools from VW for this purpose
p.s.: VW/Audi mechanic here
Yeah it was a snug fit. Makes sense that 19mm is the correct size. I think that’s part of the reason it isn’t as flush as I would like.
I was told that there may also be a difference in the shape of the headlights, so unfortunately I have not mounted an R bumper on my R-line. is that correct about the shape?
Honestly it’s really cool that you did this, and color matched it to boot. But, I honestly like the original bumper design a bit more. Unpainted plastic isn’t my thing and I really like the ‘domino’ fog lights on my car, I’d hate to lose them. That being said, this is still insanely cool because it’s so unique. I just lowered my MK8 with springs I bought from you guys. Keep it up!
I feel the same. Looks like it's a lot of time and money to do this, for something that I think looked better before... But, to each their own of course; it does make the car unique but even then the only people that are even going to notice are "GTI people", lol.
Yeah... I concur. These fogs are unique to the 40th anniversary spec I think... So it kinda defeats the purpose of buying that edition... doesn't it? I dunno... I didn't see the 40th graphics on the car so I may be wrong... but the paint color is also unique to the 40th... I thought.
@@jcarhactually…no, no, and no. The Car is an Autobahn, not a 40th, that’s why there are no decals. The color made its debut on the Autobahn GTI as a limited availability launch color, and then showed up the following year again on the 40th AE. And lastly, those fog lights are on every US GTI.
I've done the exact same thing on a Mk6 GTI, I've installed a GTI Edition 35 bumper like a year ago. Seems like not much has changed in two generations, I've transferred all the parts, parking sensors, headlight washers and harness. I didn't have any special tools for the parking sensors holes and used a Step drill bit and worked perfectly, no mess. For the adhesive I've used some sort of a seam sealer from my local hardware store, also did the job nicely. The markings for the sensors on the mk6 bumper on the inside are just the same, I was also pleasantly surprised when I saw it as I was thinking how I should match the placement. A plus was the fact that I got to keep my fog lights. I was lucky enough that I bought the bumper from a friend, it was complete and already was painted in the same white body color. What I would recommend to do is drill the parking sensors before painting the bumper and also fitment testing any part before sending it to the paint shop. I'm speaking from personal experience with the Mk6 R side skirts on my GTI. Also would've been a nice touch to spray paint all the black grills in gloss black previous of installing them, instead of leaving them in raw matte plastic finish. Also applies to the rear diffuser. Great video nonetheless as always Paul, love watching these even though I live in Europe and I've sold my GTI in the meantime and got a manual Seat Leon Cupra 280 which unfortunately you don't get in USA, which is basically a FWD mk7 R or a Mk7 GTI Clubsport, which also is not available there. Really a bummer.
I didn’t like the mk8 design from the initial reviews and i didn’t like it until 20 minutes ago.. that looks sick Paul! Really dig your setup with the wheels and everything! Interior still a step i the wrong direction in my opinion though.. awesome mk8.
- From Denmark Europe
Dude, that looks WAY better than the stock bumper!
Love watching you do things I’d never do to mine.
I can watch videos like this for days!!
man that looks great! had no idea you guys were barely 50 miles from me. gonna have to bring my mk3 Jetta down for a little work soon.
Good to see I can get one of the most inner sensor popped out without taking the bumper off since it seemed like you could get your arm in to unplug ut
Looks awesome. I did something very similar with my MKIV Jetta when it was new. Installed a Euro bumper, bumper support and Hella headlamp washer system. Which also required a new washer tank, additional pump for the washers and a relay but it was cool... :) Most awesome thing I discovered was the system only washed the headlamps when the lights were on. During the day, you could use your windshield washers and the headlamp washers would stay off.
good video, entertaining and helpful for all those for years to come.
Change out the light switch for one without fog lights if you are really bothered by that. Car looks great!
No clue why i watched the video :P i am from germany and mostly interested in golf VII Clubsport
Anyway nice video with good looking result at the end :)
That was a really nice Ginster Yellow Mk3 that you had in your shop expansion shot
I subbed I was laughing my butt off was fun too watch 💪🏽
Damn. That's a massive improvement!
CS bumper is the way to go. Better looking and more aggressive than the R bumper. 👍🏼
I am certain that with a little Dremel work (maybe before painting the bumper) you can actually fir the fog lights...that look great imho.
Those fogs are cool! I wouldn't want to lose them
Just got my gti mk8 yesterday, absolutely love it definitely no need for the R
This looks SOOOOOO much better !!
Better to drill holes before painting ?!?
Looks great, just watched your mk7 club sport video and you forgot the bumper cover on that one too haha
Turned out great looking guys!
Another great video! Keep them coming!
are the side parking sensors supposed to be recessed that much? looks great!
The layer of glue is probably too thick lol
yeah it does seem to sit back in just a tad, where they normally would be flush. could be the spacing of that bracket
Try cutting one of the foglight sections off, make them triangles. cover the resulting hole in the foglight module with left over 2 part epoxy.
Definitely looks much better than the OEM us version. Thanks for sharing 👍😁
I really like the look of that bumper and the cool thing is not need change anything aside of course of the bumper
I like the subtle sarcasm and the gti fan boy self deprecating humor. Not taking himself too seriously 👌
Another great video - your car looks awesome :)
My favorite part of the front of my Mk8 are the fog lamps i think they look really cool plus i live in a foggy area and theyre kind of important to me, if it were possible to adapt the fog lamps i would buy this bumper cuz its super cool
Need to find a way to retrofit the fog lights into the clubsport bumper. It's the only thing stopping me from doing this because I LOVE the fog lights on my MK8. Man when the season comes around I'm going to have to steal some of these clubsport pieces on my car especially the muffler.
10/10 For Petey Pablo reference.
Loved the Petey Pablo reference🚁
I just watched a 20 minute video on how to replace the bumper, with no intention of even trying since I like the fog lights. But the CS bumper looks way better...similar to the Golf R.
It looks really good kudos, idk why but with this mod the pamelo yellow looks good to me now
Looks good, hope you order the correct tow cover! hahaha
The original bumper did not need an update. And losing the log lights was criminal.
There lost on the CS because it shares the same set up as the R
Where the fog lights should be is extra rads for cooling.
There ridiculously fast, not quick but fast, the 245 GTI mk8 doesn’t even come close on the move. 322bhp stock ours has been dyno’d at
Painting the hidden fog light surround black should be called the Paulie mod, as a throwback to the Joey mod, except only Paul would ever think to do that.
Sick clubsport bumper and fog lights are sick too, it is gonna be a hard decision to make for mk8 owners
Pete Pablo reference was actually really cool to hear,not nonsense.
I Love the Sidemarker on US-Versions.
Put it on every car since I bought my 1973 Super Beetle.
Can not believe, that you remove this 🙂
Grear Video.
My Golf R is being delivered on monday after 9 months wait in the UK.
I really dislike the grill lightbar illumination at night and wonder if i could disconnect the two lightbar connectors and refit the grill without it throwing any hard error codes on the dash?
Paul, A12 is the day time running light. C12 should be the left fog light (c13 passenger side)
I’ll have to check out. Had not spent much time on coding. Thanks.
@@Deutscheautoparts hey i don't really have a clue, just happen to speak German and googled the codes in your video which translate to day time running light for A12. First Google result shows the code list for the MK7 which I assume should be similar to the MK8? That's where I got the C12 for the fog lights
or using the cut off portion of foglight to highlight your intercooler from behind the bumper.
The fog lights are awesome on the car.
In Europe if you order OE parking sensors brackets they come with preaplied black double sided tape, you jast peel the liner from it and put it on the bumper.
Now use OBD Eleven to code out the orange LED side markers in the headlights to complete the more European look since the reflectors are gone
Yeah why would you want to be seen from the side a night ,oy vey...hope with these ideas you don't actually drive with cars so obviously made non compliant to fmvss108
Side reflectors where introduced in 1968 on u.s. vehicles,they do actually serve a purpose...same as rear reflectors
@@cengeb yeah I do agree with you that side markers do serve a good purpose, but its shocking the idea comes from the same country that still allows the use of red blinkers in the rear tailights and doesn't mandate a rear fog light
@@michaelcooper3913 amber blinkers are superior..my old jetta like a 1987 had amber blinkers,but it was hit and miss which would have them...much better same with rear fogs yup...they stand out in rain,fog,mist
Nice though i always prefer my original Europe Sold MK7 GTI Clubsport bumper! 👍
Change the light switch to clubsport one :) great video.
Also always pilot from the inside drill final hole from the outside!
Hope midcycle refresh improves the front of the GTI.
Prefab that and call it the “Holy Grill”!!
I preffer the old one with the fog lights, sorry... those fog lights are so well designed!
Its VAG all parts are interchangable, it wouldn't surprise me if you could put a lamborghini bumper
Why can’t they just sell the club sport here
We don't get the Clubsport in South Africa either and we are one of the biggest GTI markets in the world😑
Because you do not have the Nürburg close. 🤣
when you drilled the hole into the bumper my soul left my body
Oh, and great videos Paul. Keep up the awesome work! BTW, are you considering adding a dash cam to your GTI? That would be a cool RUclips video to add to your collection. It'll also be my first project when my son takes delivery of his GTI. I'm outfitting him with a Viofo A129 Duo Pro 4K system. 🙂
Should have gloss blacked the grills... But still looks hot👌🏼
No such thing
ClubSport bumper by far looks the best
Nice video and so much info on how to fit the bumper. Pity no one has done the same for Audi cars. Would an RS3 bumper fit an S3???
After the dealer drilled license plate holes in my front bumper im for sure doing this to my mk8.
original bumper looks good too
Hey Paul what about a clubsport upgrade kit with the wing, bumper, exhaust and rear bumper. Maybe can cut a little discount if somebody buys the whole pack. I'd buy it instantly.
Any new info on coding out fogs and the side marker? Also any instructions for switching to the golf r euro switch and how to rewire for it with no front fogs but rear fog with mk8 euro tails?
The CS bumper looks much better in my view, if only there was a solution for the headlights. They look more at home on a Corolla than a Golf.
HAHA love this video! car looks dope!
dat yellow mk3 looks damn hot
Hi, Don't suppose you have a full list of part numbers for everything you need to fit the bumper..
I do like the club sport bumper but I also really like the original with the fog lights. Pretty unique so far, I rarely see any new golf’s on the road anyways, in fact I’ve yet to see any around my commute. And you can tint up those reflectors to look better . Just sayin LOL
Wow my mk6 dont got all that fancy stuff. 🤠🤙 And somehow I think thats a good thing
🤘🥸👍
Quality upgrade Sir 😁
another insane project.i like it.
PLEASE do a video where you transform a basic GTI into the new facelift GTI
ouf, that was so much 2 part epoxy, I was worried he was going to drizzle it onto the sensor itself and glue it permanently to the bracket...
That new front end looks waaay better
20:24 what' up with that gap above headlight.
And tire and RF RSE wheel sizes/specs are on the car? Looks great.
Damn Petey Pablo reference. Didn't see that coming
Wouldn't it be possible to bodge the foglamps onto the Clubsport bumper? Punch out some of the hexagons, some self-tapping screws and it should be good enough for a bodge
I removed my bumper and now I have sensor errors and Diy intercooler upgrade and the hood won't close properly and headlight assembly doesn't line up properly on the fender/hood area.
Damn that's a lot of connectors.
Not gonna lie that bumper is a bit expensive once u include shipping from Germany or United Kingdom. But overall definitely definitely a beautiful bumper.
Hello my friend I have just one question please ? Is it hard to remove " Side bumper fender flares" I don't know exactly what they are called those plastic trim on bumper ----thnx a million :D
Wow that looks good!
I've noticed the US version of Gti Mk8 doesn't have the red stripes/lines above the headlights like in EU or The UK. Any comment on why?
Actually it took me a while to work out I had no front fog lights even though the buttons for front and rear worked...😊
Does the removal of the logo grille request adas calibration?