Hi guys well first off I've been a member of club polo for over a year and made a few small contributions but never made a build thread until i knew i was close to where i wanted the car.

First of car info -

Polo 6n

1.4 8v

T Reg

Bought it with 73k now on 86k

Interior

Stripped out rear

Strut brace

Sub mounted in rear wheel well

Sony headunit

Momo Team 280mm

Porsche tombstones

Exterior

Resprayed in Coffee Brown MATT finish

Smoothed boot

Smoothed front bumper recess and two smaller grills

Pikey tech rear rolled arches

Front arches lips folded and pulled slightly

TA Technix coilovers

Aero Wipers

De-wipered Rear

BBS Mahles front - 8j x15 Nankang 185/45/15s ET 10.6 Rears 9j x 15 Nankang 195/45/15 ET -2.1

Engine

standard 1.4 8v

polished rocker cover

Induction kit

Stainless steel powerflow exhaust cat back straight through with a 3" inward rolled tip

The Car started off like this but on horrible steelies instead Payed £950 for it

Then on the way back the gearbox went but managed to bring her home while keeping my knee on the gear stick to keep it in 5th

Soon as i got her home i was pretty much a noob and join Club polo which helped me loads so i went about dewipering it and removing the bump strips which ripped the paint off both sides.

I ordered a set of ats cups 7J and 8J rears and ordered a set of Cheapo ta tecnix coilovers which arrived later and she look like this for a while ( i forgot to say the car sat on the drive until my 21st so about 2months)

I then blended an 8v splitter into the front god knows why thought it looked good so it stayed like this for a bit

Finally the coilies arrived and got her sitting on her arse (well as low as possible on cups)

Eventually decided to refurb the cups and polish the lips with black centres finally was my 21st so she rolled around like this for a bit

After a while i was bored of sitting so high and bought a set of alley cats with massive stretch and a smoothed boot off a guy on here who used to have the red 6n on red teledials she eventually looked like this for last years club polo show 09 (after lots of fiddling and chopping)

Once back from club polo i set about smoothing my plate recess and ran it about on lupo starlites through winter and onto a set of teledials after a straight swap and fitted the porsche seat it looked like this about a month ago

Eventually i was meaning to get her resprayed but as the paint was foobarred and the cost of a respray were not within my budgets i set about booking a week off work and respraying it myself using Montana MTN grafiti paint after reading tons of threads and advice from people, and ended up choosing Coffee Brown. 9 cans after and a weeks sanding prepping filling and smoothing i got her looking like this

I picked up my wheels at a bargain off ebay £100 BBS mahles off a porsche 911 old style set about sending them off to the polishers to get the lips done and once back sanded, prepped and sprayed the centres in Ford Ivory Cream came out beautiful

Before

After

Tyres orderd and fitted using a lighter and many cans of cheapo hairspray after setting one on fire twice they were fitted with a sweet stretch

Finally fitted them after a weeks worth of seized coilover issues and washers for camber got them fitted just legal but got a bit more fettling to do but ill leave that for my next update. Looks a bit patchy but it just needs a really good clean!

Let me know what you guys think good bad etc just w quick write up for now and questions about happenings along the feel free to ask as I've missed a few bits out but thought i best get one up to show you lot how different she looks now well chuffed :D:D:D:D:D:D

Edited 29 June, 201016 yr by Dooleyz

finally. big fan, hows the clutch?

Shes done mate lovely to have a bite point thats not through the floor! lol

ahaha brilliant; i'm back in derby just in time for this thursday, tell me you're there...

OH yes I'm there lol ;P photo time me thinks

Looks good mate, like the colour and the wheels.

Think the rear arches need to be pulled more or worked on though really.

Ah I'm getting some polo rear drums redrilled to suit porsche fitment meaning ill lose 15mm and the tread you see will be tucked up

stunning, I'm a huge huge huge fan, really do need to get some more pictures

Loving the wheels and the colours

Thanks guys really appreciate the kind words ill get some more pics up once I've sorted the stance rears need lowering a bit as there way higher than that pic and the front plastic trims need taking out as there rubbing the fronts.

my two favourite photos of your car pre browning;

if you want some photos doing properly i know a few locations in derby, i'm sure we can sort something out xx

Haha 'pre browning' yeah mate sounds good let me know when your back to sort something out

f**k me! mega transformation mate!! its come on loads since i last saw it, hats off to you for doing it yourself

Looks proper cool, big fan of the wheels.

Really not feeling the boot though, I don't think fully smoothed boots suit Polo's really, they look good completely smoothed but leaving the plate recess in place.

Hey godfrey mate i cant believe you sold your man what car you got now? Haven't seen you for ages, you coming to the derby meet on Thursday?

Hey mate thanks yeah I get you I want a smoothed boot with a shortened recess but I'm learning for past mistakes lol

Hey godfrey mate i cant believe you sold your man what car you got now? Haven't seen you for ages, you coming to the derby meet on Thursday?

yeah its been a while mate, i fancied a change, iam driving a bmw e46 compact now mate! plan is to finish that for the other half, then iam wanting a passat estate or e36 touring if all goes well

yeah iam planning on going Thursday, carnt wait to see your polo in the flesh, big fan of what you've done makes me miss my old polo!

Loving that colour!

looks sweet. nice one. love the wheels.

looks smart pal good work

Cheers guys should be at polo show this year in it :)

just a beauty.....what fitment are the mahles?

Haha youll like this one max fronts are et 10.6 8j rears are et -2.1 9j need to know where i can get some vw to porsche spigot rings as they dont exist i have plans you see........

Quick couple of crappy iphone pics:

Rears are going down once I've sorted out my little plan hahaha

Edited 24 May, 201016 yr by Dooleyz

Personally thought it looks 10x better on the Starlites in red.

Right small update guys new set of rear hubs getting redrilled as we speak to suit porsche fitment so gonna lose 15mm from the rear but gonna sit lush and can go even lower at the back.

Edited 27 May, 201016 yr by Dooleyz