Hey I thought i would start a new thread seening as my other one was very old and alot of work has been carried out since then. I know its not going to be to everyones taste but I'm really happy with the car and only need to do a few more little touches and il be finished :).

I brought the polo back in May 2007 with 35k on the clock .

Soon after buying the polo I started working on it to make it my own.

I brought some 15" Wolfrace Asia Tech Triads (as seen in the old thread) to replace the rusty standard steelies.

I also did all the basic mods such as badgeless grill,clear front and side indicators, de-badged the tailgate etc.

With my Dad being a qualified Panel Beater, my Brother being a qualified mechanic and myself training to be a Paint Sprayer its very handy.

In June 2008 the Polo under went some bodywork and a full re-spray as the colour had faded to pink lol.

It was re-sprayed in the original colour LP3G - Flash Red.

Also in the week the car was getting re-sprayed I brought a new interior. The interior was Full Black Leather Colour Concept Recaros :) which are very comfortable :).

Iv done stuff to the polo whenever I can and whenever iv got the money to do it.

Current Spec:

Model:

1997 MK4 6N Polo

Engine:

1.4 8V

KnN Induction Kit

Polished Rocker Cover

Hidden Exhaust System

Suspension:

JOM Coilovers set at 80mm

Wheels:

14" Borbet T's (14x7) wrapped in 195/45/14 Uniroyal Rainsport 1 Tyres

14" Compomotives (14x6)

Interior:

Full Black Leather Colour Concept Recaros

Black VW Mats

Exterior:

16V Front Bumper with Fog Lights

16V Rear Bumper

6n2 Rear Lights

Badgeless Grill

Clear Front Indicators

Clear Side Indicators

Smooth Tailgate with Boot Solinoid (all badges and handle removed)

De-Wipered

Bonnet Bra

Bump Strips Removed

Bee-Sting Ariel

Custon Numperplates

PVW and DubClique Stcikers

I.C.E and Secruity:

JVC CD Headunit

12" Vibe Black Air Sub 1600W with built in Amp.

7" DVD screen and DVD Player

Hawk Remote Central Locking

Plans:

MK5 GTI Splitter

Pressed Show Plates

Re-Trim Interior Parts

10" Sub in Custom Box

Thanks/Shout Outs:

My Dad, Mum and Brother Chip for all there help and support.

Seb Lowdon for help, support and taking me to get new parts lol.

Eddie Brailsford aka Low n Slow for help, support and tips on the car.

All my mates Grant,Veally,Nick,Paul,Big Josh,Parker and Smed for the support.

Everyone at Chartwell (My work) for there support.

Now for the pics:

May 2007: When car was brought

June 2008: Bodywork and Re-Spray

Winter 2008:

In the past 2/3 weeks the polo has really come along and I'm realy happy with the way its looking .

Iv finally put the Borbets on after keepin them in the garage covered up over the winter months !! lol

I went with a 195/45/14 Uniroyal Rainsport 1 Tyres which i got for £173 fitted and balanced .

As soon as I got home from work I just had to put them on straight away !!

This is how the polo looked:

Finally got the bumpers painted after sitting in the garage for many months lol.

Managed to get them painted at work one night after work and fitted the following night with help from my Dad in the dark !! lol.

After putting the new wheels and bumpers on it was in need of a bit more lowering.

So one night after work i popped round Eddies house to lower the car, even though it was cold it was worth it !!

We dropped it an extra 20mm so its sitting at 80mm (doesnt sound alot but I'm happy lol)

A pic with the bumpers on and lowered even more:

A few more pics taken on tuesday night :):

Like I say I'm happy with how far the polo has come and I just love driving it lol

Any Comments Welcome !!

Thanks :)

Edited 14 March, 200917 yr by jim_mk4polo

looks really nice mate...like the fact that its a full family affair must be so satisfying to do it yourself! :-)

my only thoughts on it would be to lower it more..youve still got some arch gap going on there and also you might wanna look into smoothing the side repeaters off.....just a thought :-)

suprised out how different the 14x7s look compared to the 14x8s lol

cheers for the comment mate :)

yeh its really handy to have a family who work on cars and to have really good mates helping out.

i love the borbets i know alot of people opt for the 14x8s with the bigger dish but i got these for a really good price so i carnt complain lol

also il more than likey go lower in the near future :p

Edited 13 March, 200917 yr by jim_mk4polo

Any other comments ??

u no i like this car. alot of hard work has gone into it. my favourite bit about the car is the seats :p gotta have them in mine

haha cheers mate as for the seats I'm keepin um 4 now :-D

bit disapointed i havnt had many comments :( lol

alright pal car looks a minter, some interior shots of it mate

cheers for the comments il get some of the interior very soon could do with a clean tho lol

iv dropped the front an extra 10mm btw so I'm sittin 80 at the back and 90 at the front :)

UPDATE:

- Replaced Wishbone

- New Drilled Brake Discs

- New Brake Pads

- Parcel Shelf Re-Trimmed in Leather Effect Vinyl

- Brought Alpine E-Type 6x9's for the install I'm doing. (just on the hunt for an Alpine E-Type Sub)

Plans:

- Pressed Plates

- Build Install

- Re-trim few interior parts

Heres some recent pics (big thanks to Trav for taking the pics :)):

Any Comments Welcome !!

Edited 3 May, 200917 yr by jim_mk4polo

Nice car mate :)

Sexy car :)

No worries on the photos dude

Mike1990 - cheers dude :)

Trav - your a legend mate !!

Edited 3 May, 200917 yr by jim_mk4polo

looks really nice dude!

maybe space the wheels out?

cheers dude, yeh I'm thinking of spacing them out soon, how much would you recommend?

would probably say space them 10mm

Looking Good. I love these in red but hate every other red car except Golf mk4 anni's.

8's on the rear FTW

Tip to make yourlights sit flusher!

Unscrew the thread part (the bolt goes on) closest to the boot and screw it in behind the metal hole. pushing that side of the light in a couple more mm.

^^ Hard to explain lol

Edited 14 May, 200917 yr by Dazza_666

this is niceeeeee not a big fan of 6n2 rears on 6n's but it really suits this!

Wow! Really like this!

Looks awsome!

cheers for the comments :)

going to space the wheels as soon as possible :)

plus got plently more lined up for it I'm not done yet

dont space them it will look gash from behind, you need to get 8's on it, go have a look at my old 6n, you will then get 8's :)

What alloys are they mate? look great :)

Hey mate love you car similar to mine I'm from belper and always crusin round derby I've never seen you and this beast where you hiding? I think you should help me respray mine?? but seriously.

Cheers mate :)

There Borbet T's 14x7J with 195/45 tyres on :)

Where abouts in derby you from then mate?

Dooleyz I'm from Melbourne mate :) i work at Chartwell Car Body Repair Centre on Pride Park :)