Hi all,

So I've been on here for a while now and thought its about time I started up a Build thread. I have gone quite far with the car since I've got it so I am giving you all the updates at once.

Some of you may have seen the car at the Polo Show, Players etc.....and am Friends with quite a few of you on FB :)

Specs When Bought the Car back in April/May time

- Polo 1.4 16V AFH

- Milaege when I bought the car was on 140,000 but the guy I bought it off said Engine had been changed and was around 70,000ish. I got almost a whole spare engine with the car as well.

- Coilovers down about 100mm when I bought

- Leather VR6 Heated Seats (Not Wired up)

- BBS Wheels

- On Steels when I bought the car as the BBS tyres were bold.

- ECU has been Chipped - RR Printout of 123bhp - everything bog standard so was pretty impressed.

And of Course LOTS of RUST

The pics are of how I basically bought the car - it went in the Bodyshop in approx July (when pics were taken)

I had the BBS Wheels re-furbed and fitted with new Tyres.

I smoothed off the Front Bumper Myself while the car was in the Bodyshop and then was sprayed and fitted onto car.

So the car when out the bodyshop:

Car is down approx 100mm at moment but there was a bad knocking noise on the Front Drivers Side Suspension and found out it was leaking oil everywhere so got myself some BUDGET Coilovers.

So took my new Coilovers and car to VoodooMotorsport in Hemel Hempstead and they wound them right down for me 120mm (Well thats what the Coilovers said they go down to) Also they Cambered up the front for me.

VoodooMotorsport are very good at what they do and rate them highly. Very friendly people, go to lots of Dub meets, organise Photoshoots etc.

So Voodoo motorsport Photshoot pics:

Club Polo Show Picture:

So then I decided to make a 16V AFH Turbo project so I bought this kit (Pic Below) and tons and tons of other parts but just never got round to fitting it all as I just wanted to changed the Engine instead.

This Turbo Kit was for Sale but has Now Sold.

Changes Made to Car Since bought it - So Far (17/11/2010)

- Full Respray in Dark Red Pearl (Cant Remember Exact Name) Peugeot colour

- BBS Wheels Refurbed with P6000 Tyres - 175/50 R14 Slight Stretch

- Clear indicators

- Rear Strut Brace - Colour Coded same as car

- Full Service

- Pioneer Double Din CD Player

- 6n Splitter

- G60 Brakes

- Headlining Sprayed black along with grab handles

- Sunvisors, Pillars all re-trimmed in Dark Red Leather - colour coded with car.

- Momo 280mm and Boss

- BBS Reps 7J Wide wrapped in 165/45/15's with 10mm spacer on rear.

- 6n2 Dash Conversion

- Front Porsche Seats Re-trimmed.....Pics to follow

I will update the Specs as and When I do things.

Thanks for Looking - Comments Positive and Negative welcome

Cheers

Harry

Edited 24 June, 201214 yr by haz911

Nice! I actually like the tuck you've got, everyone and their goldfish has poke.

Nice! I actually like the tuck you've got, everyone and their goldfish has poke.

Cheers Mate........the New Wheels will be going on End of February which are slightly wider but not stupid amounts of Poke so should be better :-) and look slightest bit wider than ones at moment.

Voodoos where its at! Elie and Laura are legends, have you seen dry matts ride?

Sick car mate, cant wait to get mine properly resprayed!

Voodoos where its at! Elie and Laura are legends, have you seen dry matts ride?

Sick car mate, cant wait to get mine properly resprayed!

Yeah they are really good :-) I might have, What car is it?

Thanks mate :-) I wasnt sure at all about getting it done because of money etc but when you get it back you realise its defo worth it!!

bodywork looks really good. If you dont mind me asking, how much was the bodywork?

looks really clean and tidy mate love the square plate lol :)

jamie

looks really clean and tidy mate love the square plate lol :)

jamie

Cheers Mate :-) Yeah I wasnt sure what to go with, I've seen all the number plates in grills etc but I thought I should do something that you dont see as much.

Harry

excellent project mate...do you know who did the remap and where??? id be up for getting mine done

excellent project mate...do you know who did the remap and where??? id be up for getting mine done

Sean - Cheers mate :-)......It wasn't remapped, there was only a chip in the ECU but i don't know what one it was or were it got done as it was like it when I bought the car.

I have the guy who I bought car off on FB so ill drop him a message and try to find out a bit more and ill let you know if I find out anything :-)

nice to see your build thread mate, how comes I haven't seen you in a while...

d

nice to see your build thread mate, how comes I haven't seen you in a while...

d

Hi mate,

Yeah havnt seen you in a while, I Ho a different way now but I still go through cookham so dunno why o havnt lol.

How's the loon?

here he is!! good to see you got round to making a build thread mate. love the car as you know. really good work man.

oh and how are my old seats treating you?? got the heating loom wired up? make all the difference in the winter bro!

here he is!! good to see you got round to making a build thread mate. love the car as you know. really good work man.

oh and how are my old seats treating you?? got the heating loom wired up? make all the difference in the winter bro!

Ed!!!!! How you doing? Havn't seen you around in while, its been a bit cold to be coming down to the retail park for the monthly but I'm hoping to make an appearance this month :) As long as the car is clean, weather's killing the car at the moment. Hosepipe keeps freezing so can't even jet wash it or anything!

Thanks for the commens dude, its slowly getting there as much as the bank balance allows :p

Haha I was waiting for it there good but still havnt got them wired up yet, I'm hoping to get it done Saturday along with putting the headlining, pillars etc all back in.

I hear the A3 is in hiding for a while? Lol.....

nice to see your build thread mate, how comes I haven't seen you in a while...

d

Hi mate,

Yeah havnt seen you in a while, I Ho a different way now but I still go through cookham so dunno why o havnt lol.

How's the loon?

Yea 'loons going well, 'furbing some wheels for next season now. need to lose the silencer box and sort my laquer on drivers mirror. Also passenger bucket is not quite straight, so some welding too.

d

here he is!! good to see you got round to making a build thread mate. love the car as you know. really good work man.

oh and how are my old seats treating you?? got the heating loom wired up? make all the difference in the winter bro!

Ed!!!!! How you doing? Havn't seen you around in while, its been a bit cold to be coming down to the retail park for the monthly but I'm hoping to make an appearance this month :) As long as the car is clean, weather's killing the car at the moment. Hosepipe keeps freezing so can't even jet wash it or anything!

Thanks for the commens dude, its slowly getting there as much as the bank balance allows :p

Haha I was waiting for it there good but still havnt got them wired up yet, I'm hoping to get it done Saturday along with putting the headlining, pillars etc all back in.

I hear the A3 is in hiding for a while? Lol.....

haha yeah man get those seats wired up! i remember i loved them in the winter. sooo warm. but yeah i havnt been down for a while either as i havnt cleaned the car since westside!

the audi...yeah will be off the road in about 2weeks and wont return for a very long time!lol until then i have an h reg mazda estate to kick about it. going to be a rear hunny wagon with the bumper hanging off and about 5 shades of pinky red lol

Edited 2 December, 201015 yr by wellse6n2

Yea 'loons going well, 'furbing some wheels for next season now. need to lose the silencer box and sort my laquer on drivers mirror. Also passenger bucket is not quite straight, so some welding too.

d

That's good to hear! Hopefully still see it around next year :-)

haha yeah man get those seats wired up! i remember i loved them in the winter. sooo warm. but yeah i havnt been down for a while either as i havnt cleaned the car since westside!

the audi...yeah will be off the road in about 2weeks and wont return for a very long time!lol until then i have an h reg mazda estate to kick about it. going to be a rear hunny wagon with the bumper hanging off and about 5 shades of pinky red lol

I will do :-) there so cold in the mornings lol.

Ahhhh I take it its going away for the color change? Haha sounds like the best thing to be driving in this type of weather! Not that we've had much near us anyway....

You have a build thread for the audi?

na man no build thread for the audi I'm afraid. but you will most definitely see the finished article next year :)

oh and any plans for the engine??

na man no build thread for the audi I'm afraid. but you will most definitely see the finished article next year :)

oh and any plans for the engine??

Hopefully :-) I take your going to first show of season, think its UD?

Hmmm that's a hard one Haha......I'm so so tempted to change it and probably will next year but at the moment I'm concentrating on the Interior and getting it sat right because at moment its just 'Low' no stance at all!! Lol.

Edited 3 December, 201015 yr by haz911

Havnt updated this in a while so got some pics of the Interior which I have been attempting to re-trim :)

Also the Rear Strut Brace which I forgot to mention.

I got this off the Group-Buy on here :) and then got it colour coded. It really does help the stiffness on the back and easy to fit.

Headlining, Sunvisor mirrors, sunroof, door seals & Parcel Shelf etc have all been sprayed black instead of the light coloured grey which it was.

The A, B & C pillars have been re-trimmed in a Dark Red Vinyl Leather (Basically colour coded with car) - The C pillars I still have to do but will be done soon :)

In the pictures the SunRoof looks faded from black - its fine when your looking at it so I think its just the flash from the photos.

New wheels and 2 Tyres have arrived :) - Need the other 2 tyres then they will be going on the car at the End of February just before UD!

Looks quite nice!

Not too crazy about the body colored grille, but other than that, the car looks like its comin along real well

Enjoy it!

Looks quite nice!

Not too crazy about the body colored grille, but other than that, the car looks like its comin along real well

Enjoy it!

Cheers Mate - Yeah I think I might change to a standard grill :)

Thats cool how they pulled out the sill part, never seen that done before :)

How did you find covering/trimming the interior in the leather vinyl?

It was easy apart from the back 2 pieces on the inside of the boot which are a bit of a weird shape to cover.

Definately worth a go if you want to do yourself :)