Bought on sept 4th 2008, i was 17 and yet to pass my test.

cost me £780!! (perhaps ripped off)

passed in october 08 and got insured for 1200 as policy holder and car's legal owner!

Make: Volkswagen

Model: Polo MK3 coupe

Year/Reg: 1994 / M

Mileage: Daily but about 52000

Good points:new stereo - goodmans

new front speakers - pioneer (4")

new rear speakers - ministry of sound (6"x9")

new subwoofer - edge (10")

taken off the side bump strips

painted badges black (rear and polo)

removed rear windscreen wiper

Mk2 mirrors

clear side repeaters

clear indicators

lowered 60mm front 40mm rear

BBS ra's 14x6 165/50/14

Day i bought it!

reached a mile stone

Crashed it!

today after a quick clean.

cheers

Harryt

Edited 9 April, 201115 yr by hajman

still to come:

lowering springs 60/40 this weekend maybe sooner!!!

thats my car, only in blue. haha well when i got it anyway. same gay interior same external decals. lol.

howcome uv had it sinse oct 08 and you are only just tinkering? whats up with that? lol

how did u crash? and its all part of being young.

i like the aeroplane/ deck-chair look

i've been tinkering all along just not posted anything

crash was in the wet with late breaking/ skidding (it polished out)

still too excited about lowering!!!

FINALY LOWERED!!! 60/40 pics to follow

Newest sound addition: Edge Active 10" subwoofer

How low is too low???

comments and ideas appreciated

cheers

harryt

Looking good so far, i dont like the splitter though tbh - everything else is a god start though

thanks mate... (y)

How low is too low???

You got a way to go yet mate

Looking tidy! What plans do you have for it?

get rid of the splitter looks dire, fake lowness is a massive fail!

Looking good apart from that, nice low mileage mk3

Looking tidy! What plans do you have for it?

Looking for wheels, steels and trims only look cool for a while........

nothing too elaborate but some 13s with low pros i guess

pretty happy with the car, yeah its only 1l but it gets me about and is dead cheap on fuel......

i've had no problems starting it in this weather either!!!

should be some cool pics up later from a modified car meet in falmouth!

get those trims and splitter off and get it lowww

i really want new wheels looking at bbs !!!

bought some 14x 6" bbs ra's.... need tyres any advice on size and all that... not looking for REALLY nice (expensive ones) cheap brands do me fine!!

How low is too low???

You got a way to go yet mate

Looking tidy! What plans do you have for it?

Low is when you here metal scraping not plastic :)

car's slowly getting there tho mate :)

Edited 8 December, 201015 yr by Kuszpit

195,45,14 tyres sit awesome on 14" bbs RA's. I also used 175,50,14 on some 14x6" steels before.

My old G40

195/45/14 falcons. Car is only 40-55mm down but could go much lower (didn't want to with the power it had and how well it handled)

My old GT

175/50/14 nankangs. Car was down 80mm at the front and around 50-60mm at the back and never scrubbed not even once.

Don't crap out when it comes to tyres. Save a bit longer rather than putting balloons on them. You'll only want to change them again when they scrub like a bitch. The 175/50/14 nankangs i had were a decent enough cheap tyre. If on a budget i would go for them.

Coming along dude. I would re think the splitter though. Looks like a stick on moustache.

Edited 9 December, 201015 yr by demolover

get up a list of tyres sizes you can afford on here and then we can go from there.

www.camskill.co.uk is by far the best website in my opinion.

Loose the splitter and get them wheels on ASAP and it will look wicked.

Nice and fresh for a change.

cool cool, nice one fellas thanks

just waiting for wheel delivery then to get some tyres hah!!

not sure i need anything else for a while!!???

any other thoughts???

if you want a cheap reasonably low profile size 165/60s are a good option. cost about £25-30 per tyre. dont forget you will need longer bolts to fit 14x6j bbs ras.

Part worns are always a good shout to. Usually hard to find four the same brand but if you can get pairs then its not to bad.

Part worns are always a good shout to. Usually hard to find four the same brand but if you can get pairs then its not to bad.

part worns are shit! do not buy them guys! i bought some from top gear tyres in ellesmere port they were dunlop sp3000's after two weeks one split across the whole tread of the tyre, took it to a garage hoping to get a refund at it turned out the tyres were from 2000! seriously guys its a no no I've found a place that does A539's for £65 fitted and balanced with a vavle each!

like i said, go on www.camskill.co.uk for tyres.

Very good value.

Another vote here for Camskill. Highly recommended!

I've got 195/45s on my 14x6in rims, and they're borderline too wide. Got a big of reverse stretch on the go but only slightly.

I reckon it's the best size to go for though, 185/50s have really chunky sidewalls by comparison. Don't know why they look bigger - they're pretty much the same size.

Edited 10 December, 201015 yr by Alex

so tomorrows the big day the bank fund says yes, the alloys in the garage say yes and i've got a bit of time off work to do it!!!

bbs ra's fitted tomorrow

what sort of longer bolts do i need i have no idea myself and where can i get some???