Well hello everyone :)

I've been on here for ages and i do go on here quite a lot but just never got round to doing a project thread :)

it had 35k on the clock wen i got it, its a 1l lil motor and runs like a dream never had a problem (touch wood)

so here it is first the original car, i got it from my dad as he got a free car from my grandad (honda jazz lol)

well i had it like that for quite a while due to the insurance and i cudnt afford it as i was a young 17 year old lol

here is one of the first things i did a sound system inc sub,amp,dvd,speakers&screens :)

here is a pic of the orange colour coded interior i put in sprayed myself, i also did the front and back vw badges :)

soz for shite pic was thru window lol, if u can see the orange and lime tic tac box hangin from the rear view mirror? :)

finally i got insurance changed just before crimbo and the moddin began lol

got the clubpolo stickers woop woop :p

here are some alloys I've had since i was 15 they went straight on

then i decided to put some yellow tape like the red piping on the gti :)

I've done other stuff like removed the mudflaps since these pics :)

hopefully I'm going to get a top box and some ta technix coilovers for my birthday in like 15 days :)

so it should b scrappin along the floor so dnt have a go at me for its current 4x4ness

well bought some new wheels on saturday thanks to J.greenhill, jamie on here :)

They r a set of tasty ATS Cups :)

Heres a pic from wen i bought them, one has been sandblasted the rest have laquer peel.

now to start the refurb i picked up:

some paint stripper from the local shop :)

a toothbrush from the house lol

a bit of plastic :)

a big cover ready for some strippin

also a pic of the shit in the garage i use lol

ok so I'm ready to start the refurb

first things first i painted 3 of the wheels with the paint stripper heres some of the results

looks quality wen its workin its magic :)

i found out the thicker the better it works and its easier to rub off

well it got dark so i did a bit of it today and ill carry on tomoro :)

then i got bored and started on the centre caps, as you all no I've got a tic tac theme

the original

the progress

the finished

i think not bad progress for today lol :)

enjoy

then i started to rub off :)

there will be many more updates this is just the start :-D watch this space

Edited 26 June, 200917 yr by witherz

cant wait to see it decked :)

cheers mate I've got a biv update but I'm still uploadin the pics altho its still not decked :(

doin more paint strippin now on the wheels was just wondering what the original bare metal should look like because its shiney under the silver surface and matte under the black painted areas? should i use sand paper to take the shine off of the shiney areas?

cant wait to see this.....good pregress dude!!

would i be right in thinking you go to so vag? southampton dub meet?

ye i do go there been twice now isnt your polo up for sale well i saw it for sale breakin at the last sovag?

cheers mctangus, do you no if its hit metal when its shiny or do i have to make it a matte effect before painting?

Are you painting the whole wheel or are you polishing the dishes...?! If your painting the whole wheel all you need to do is key it all up, and paint it!! You dont need to nitromoors the whole wheel as they paint on your cups looks fine....just polish the dishes and sand the centres with 400 grit, primer them, paint them and then laquer them!!!

Edited 28 January, 200917 yr by McTangus

I'm guna paint the whole wheel lol sorry dude had to be done I'm going with black where the silver is and the centre part and the small black parts on the original wheels will be orange wut paper should i sand it down after I've finsihed gettin all the paint off and is the metal underneath ment to be shiny and smooth?

just realised uve edited ure post lol so i dnt have to nitromoors it? wut if its patchy now as I've started can i just sand it down wen its patchy?

Edited 28 January, 200917 yr by witherz

Pistachio polos on ATS look really nice. my mate had one and sold it to a danny on here. ill dig out a pic for you if i have one !!

Pistachio polos on ATS look really nice. my mate had one and sold it to a danny on here. ill dig out a pic for you if i have one !!

nice one mate, i really look forward to gettin em on

if the original paint is good and dosnt have any major dips or imperfections, all you need to do is key the paint up with 400 grit and re-paint the wheel!! NO NEED FOR NITROMOORS! Its a complete mission getting all the paint off and its not neccassary if the original paint is in good nick! If you've already gone down to the metal in patches you will need to key up the metal and use etch primer on the metal bits, then key that up with 400 grit....as well as the rest of the wheel....and apply normal primer, then paint...then laquer.....

ok nice one son ill go and get it tomoz maybe from motorworld maybe from halfords we will c if motorworld will server me first lol u have to b 18 to buy spray paint what a joke lol :)

wen I've painted them shall i bring the wheels inside to dry so there in a warmer area?

Mate check out the wheel refurb FAQ in the wheels section....

o ye just seen tht cheers son ill keep u updated today wen I've bought the sandpaper and done some sanding today :)

Center caps look cool mate :-)

ye i do go there been twice now isnt your polo up for sale well i saw it for sale breakin at the last sovag?

cheers mctangus, do you no if its hit metal when its shiny or do i have to make it a matte effect before painting?

lol yes indeed, but i've also had a bit of fun with the rear quarters....you'll see if you go to the next meet....

nice cups btw

cheers lads yer ill have a look on monday if i go :)

done some more on the cups today starting keying one of them up and not very pleased as its a bit patchy due to the paint stripper, so I've decided to carry on with the stripper to take off all of the laquer and paint and then i will key it up ready for paint as i dnt want to have any lumps on the final look.

Also want to buy a cople of reclining bucket seats and maybe a new smaller steering wheel with a boss if anyone has any going cheap :)

o and sellin a bluetooth touch screen av a ganders in the I.C.E Section :p

done some more yesterday found that its a lot easier if u just put the paint stripper on the wheels and then leave it like a day then come back. much easier to take off. I was guna just key up the wheels with half of the paint off but now I've decided not to and to take off all of the paint with the stripper hopefully for a better finish :)

also has anyone got any pics of 6ns with 3 bucket seats in?

well just orderd some coilovers off philj so hopefully should get them some time next week and have them fitted next saturday :)

been workin on the wheels a bit but the snow has had me away from them :(

I've stripped the paint off of 1 more or less

2 still need quite a bit of work and the sandblasted one is ready for primer :)

what i was going to ask was do i need to key up the sandblasted rim before primer or is it ready to go?

and should i primer and paint them all at the same time or one at a time?

You should probably key up the wheel for primer yeah....if i was you i'de paint two wheels at a time! That way, as theres only 2 instead of 4, you wont miss any bits and the finishes will be more similar!!

ye managed to do quite a bit to the wheels today one of them is ready for paint now and the other 2 are really gettin on now which I'm pleased about, mainly thanks to my dad helping me lol

gave the car a really good clean today and it is lookin great heres a cople of pics me need dad took with his new d90 slr

cleans up really well

get it on the deck

hope that int you mothers tooth brush

lol cheers lads :)

nah aint mothers tooth brush the alloys would b takin dwn scrappy by her if it was lol

considering gettin the wheels sprayed proffesionally due to weather and time taken in prep work dnt want a shite finish anyone no how much roughly i would cost to hve 4 alloys sprayed that r prept ready for primer?