about 3 months ago i smacked my polo gt into a curb and bent the chassis leg and unfortunalty was to much money to warrent fixing the car with all the re-jiggins and parts.

for anyone who remembers my gt...

was compeltly gutted about the dmaged, apart from the wheel being bashed back against the arch on the near side you didnt see any real damage util you opened the bonnet and saw things were creased

so i have been stripping the car of thigns i want to keep and things i can sell and the shell is getting scraped.

the plan is to replace the GT with a G40 at some stage and tranfer all my OEM+ parts across.

so anyawys, a good month went past with no car i spotted a VW Golf Mk3 GTI 8v Anniverary for sale not to far away, wasnt much money so brought it knowing that the 8v GTi wasnt VW's finest hour making GTI's being not very fast and heavy things, but will do until i get funds back up and find that G40 i want lol.

any ways had the car month or so now and its really growing on me. its not as dog slow as everyone makes out, its faster than my gt, but really doesnt feel it.

heres somes pics from my pohone i took weeks back...

(Spot my GT looking sorry for itself in the background)

(I've got rid of that huge exhaust now)

i wasnt going to spend any money on the car and keep it bog standered until i move on BUT like i say its grown on me so I've made plans.

the wheels are getting a referb, the paint is flakin and are just rough, apparently this is common on the 16" BBS RXII's.

I'm going to do a vento front end change on it as i thingk the lights on the mk3 make the car looks dopy and soft lol. I've sourced a early sytle vento grill, vento headlight protectors. lights i can get anyime, hard bit will be the bonnet, either finding one in in my paint code (diamond black perl effect) or getting one sprayed.

its got a lowering kit on but the front needs comming down alot more to get some sort of a stance going on.

il keep you updated on progress, hoping to get the wheels re-done next month, i jsut need to find 3 spare 5 stud wheel to put on the car while the wheels are getting done lol.

thanks for looking

liam

Edited 16 June, 201016 yr by Toopay_MkIII_GT

nice and clean. its a 20th anni aint it.

Kuszpit :)

before i even saw it i was going to suggest the vento front end but you're on the case.

lush car man, i want a mk3 next :)!!!

Alex

thanks, yeh its a 20 Anni, was the main reason i even got it, liked the extra bits and bobs on it.

yeh dude, a vento conversion is a must. alot of golf owners are moanin its getting played out too much now, but thats because its good look! o and if u get a mk3, try and get a 16v gti or better yet, a VR :-D

well thought id update even tho its not a polo i own these day so nobody really cares.

had the anni over a year now and I've been dooing bits and bobs to it, still want a G40 if i find a good one, but, after ownin a golf as a daily, dont think i could go back to a mk3 polo as a daily, g40 as weekend car me thinks

anywas the progress I've made on my anni

audi TT pedal set:

center console cd storange holder:

new geniun mk3 mats:

abs/airbag indicarot with towing signal:

fitted OEM electronic headlight adjuster kit:

, the headlight switch with added movment kurdle

bonnet lifters using oem boot struts (cool mod, took 5 mins and looks compeltly factory!)

also in the pic are strut covers i picked up and battery covers

VW Sharan stubby:

black vw bages front and back:

Hella Black Colour magic rear lights:

standerd gti on left, new on right

vento front end with early spec grill

Vento OEM headlight protector ( i say protector, coz i broke the other in storage so theve come off again :( )

fitted chrome exhaust tip (not a boy racer mod, anniversarys came with them as standered, but I'm not paying 190 squid for a anniversary back box from vw!)

and fitted red strips to the door moldings. anniversarys came with them on the bumpers but no door moldings. altho there rumers that the TDI anniversary that never came to england had them

before:

afters:

and finally, some pics i took this weekend after a wash and plosh:

still things i want doing, alloy referb still, needs some rust patches attending too, want a 60/40 H&R drop and other mechanicl niggles. but its lookin pritty much how i want it. and always on the look for OEM+ parts

thanks for looking, hope you like altho not being a polo

liam

:)

ha thanks

Love the vento front not seen this done before (or maybe not looked hard enough!) think its great!

Golf looks good, not at all surprised to see it going down the OEM+ route

Love the vento front not seen this done before (or maybe not looked hard enough!) think its great!

still works though

lovely. no matter what people say (mostly people who never had one), a good mk3 gti is a very nice car!

wow that gt was mint! and thats the first mk3 golf I've seen that actually apeals to me i usually hate them lol good work. where did you get the headlight protectors from for the mk3 polo? have to get me some of those

That is one minted car mate!!!

Mmmmm, OEMness.

I've went to do the boot lifter as your bonnet lifter mod on mine. The only thing I struggled with it how to attach it to the bonnet. Where do you get the knuckle bit so you can have it as one of the bonnet bolts. I looked on the modern VWs that come with them as standard but they are just part of the hinge or bonnet.

Thats really nice mate.

thanks for the positive comments.

ben.r: i brought the polo headlight protectors on here, there was a group buy couple years back. think your best bet is ebay and keeping a look out on here. soory to say, that are a very hard item to come by theses days.

heartagram: i just poped scrappie, brought some struts from a mk3 golf boot and oddly enough the knuckle bolt is a direct fit into the bonnet hinge holes. aslong as u get mk3 strut and not newer ones, u should be A-OK

That golf is... Sexual tbh it looks so tidy with the vento front end and de tangoed rear lights :) 10/10 for OEM styling :)

thanks alot m8!

brought this Golf_III badge off US ebay. such a cool badge i thought, as i always write cars down and MKI, MkII or MKIII. anyawys, rubbed off he silver which was worn, coat of primer and few satin black coats and stuck it on the car.

it doesnt stick out which is great, nice and subtle, wanted it black coz annis dont come with anything chrome, mine jsut black and red.

thoughts welcome

liam

damn that polo is awesome... oh and the golf beautiful cars matey good job

Love your Golf mate :). After refurbishing the wheels it will look even better. Now that you are done with the look find a VR6 engine and slum into it :).