Neo-90s is here! Mk3 Golf [pics]

Oh yes
this one just stirs my coffee


Kinda 70's but with a 90's take, but done in 21st century,
Ive confused myself now

Oddly enough I was expecting it to be owned by a fashionable laydee
Not some big Tattooed bloke giving to fingers
no disrespect to the big tattooed chap mind, it is very well done

Thanks for reposting it on here Paul , I'm totally in agreement with you on this matter . I love the colours and custom touches that used to be all over the air cooled / mini truck / street machine scene back in the late 80's / early 90's . Apricot , peppermint green , yellows , pink and a whole range of other pastel colours are due a comeback . The Thump thump bugs with targa tops , pillarless styling , flush fit bumpers etc were super innovative at the time and still stand out today ( probably even more so ! )

Those first two pictures are excellent, I wonder what wheels they are? I love the purple grille. This thread has winning content.

Thing is, it'd be pretty rare for any of these smooth Softfruit style 90s cars to have ever looked this good back in the day. Takes a lot of conviction to see something like that through to the finished product and it's a pretty uncompromising style. With other things it's easier to cut corners and get away with it, but you can't really do that with the supersmooth 90s look and expect to see anything other than an automotive abortion. I have the greatest respect for those guys that have gone the whole hog and got it right. That pastel Saxo highlights just the sort of conviction to theme that's needed to make something look really good that otherwise wouldn't. Imagine how terrible that might look without the colour coded wheels and smoothed out trim. Even having the pressed plates is a nice, subtle touch and those rear lights look more at home on that car than I've ever seen them on tackier 'chav chariots', I'd be hard pressed to think of a set of lights more suited.

The MK2 Scirocco is pure '80s. I had two, both 1.8's one Zender kitted and one naked, loved them, great cars.

'90s though and i have no faith. I knew this era of reflection would come, and i'm dreading it. We're talking about a time when panel gaps and crash testing became the focus - and building such a car meant cutting corners elsewhere. Like rustproofing, for example..

An ex car trader who has owned more '90s cars than of any other era, i can honestly say i don't miss the many i have had, and when '90s cars are truly cool then i'll still be driving a lightweight '80s one. Thankfully i don't expect such a trend to last.

The 90's are retro now?

God, I feel old.

Liking the idea of this!

anything with TSW Venoms floats my 90s boat!

The quality of the VAGs are out of this world. The dub scene has a really high standard, I love quality modded dubs. The Volvo is hard as nails