was bored at work yesterday so thought id have a mooch on the old t'interent,

whilst having a mooch i came across a dragon green valver that took my fancy,

after a short think and a phone call to get an insurance quote id made my mind up i was having it,

so last night as soon i finished work me and Ricardo-mk3coupe went on a road trip to go and view it,

after a 2 hour journey and a 30 minute chat to the chap who owned it, i parted with my cash and had myself a new car


will get pics and more detail a.s.a.p

Edited 11 September, 201313 yr by matt-polo-6n

Nice one... pics

Pics plz!

sounds good, piccys

It looks good mate when you pop round

took the polo for a service today and to have my new suspension fitted,

engine was burning oil, which i already knew and told the garage about before they looked at it but not getting it back until sometime next week! :(

the valve stem seals are on the way out so i got some new ones, took them with me and asked the garage to fit them for me,

then they phone an hour and a half later telling me its burning oil, so again i tell them i know and its the seals thats causing it but they say they want to strip it down and check it is definately that and nothing else,

phoned the garage at 4:55pm as hadnt heard from them all day and they say, oh well its still stripped being checked,

so to summarise, they had the car at 8:00am and at 4:55pm they tell me they're still looking at the head and seals?!

not best pleased its taken them a day to basically just to take the head off,

only reason i went to that garage is because it was recommended and i know a couple of the blokes there.

good job the west midlands meet isnt this sunday!

p.s i know I'm still missing pics of it but will get some up as soon i get it back

Edited 1 May, 200917 yr by matt-polo-6n

had a phone call from the garage today, few problems with the polo so wont be getting it back in time for sunday,

valve seals and piston rings need replacing,

problem with one of the injectors, broken or something, causing it to leak petrol,

big end needs work, not sure what exactly

crank case needs work, again not sure what kind of work, something about de-choking it?

fitting the new suspension has had to go on hold for a few weeks now

Was the engine burning oil or just breathing heavy?

All AFH engines breath heavy, its just a fact.

Sounds to me like you are being taken on a bit of a ride.

Nice one mate sorry to hear about your troubles looking forward to the piccys though :p

Bring out the violins, bad luck mate.

the engine was definately burning oil, was having to top it up by atleast 250-500ml, maybe more, each morning after driving it to work and back the day before

Bloody hell thats bad

Finally have some pics up! only a couple though

changes so far:

de-badged grille

front fog lights

green silicone hoses

polished rocker cover

drilled airbox

16" BBS RX2's

avon zz3 with 'avon' in white

40mm phil j springs & shocks

removed bump strips

colour coded door pins

colour coded dash speaker cover vents

rear upper strut brace

stubby aerial

areo wipers

clarion headunit

parts on the way,

clear wing indicators

german style plates

still to go in,

pioneer deh-7000ub headunit

vibe black air 6 components

vibe slick s12 sub

vibe slick a1 amp

Nicee mate + Were did you go to take them

cheers mate,

I'm not exactly sure where it was lol

rich was with me so i followed his directions, somewhere near / over the chase though

aah poor polo, just give it some lovin!

I'm guessing you got with all the mods on it?

nice mate but get it low low low lowwwww

aah poor polo, just give it some lovin!

I'm guessing you got with all the mods on it?

are you asking if i bought it with all the mods already done?

if so then no, i bought the car standard

nice mate but get it low low low lowwwww

i want it lower now,

i didnt want to go too low at first thats why i only got the 40mm kit, need to get the arches rolled though,

having some rubbing issues lol

Edited 18 June, 200917 yr by matt-polo-6n

yeah not bad

Where was the polo from?

Valve seals eeeeeek

got it from cambridge

When you park next to mine looks like you have not lowwed it

i know it does :(

your just a show off lol

haha, With my primered front wing and door dont think so

haha

i want to leave the back as it is but drop the front down to 60mm,

i pm'd someone on here that was selling 60mm springs but they never got back to me along with the person that never got back to me about swapping my breaks for his g60 setup...