Picked this badboy up the other day! and as much as i loved my old mk3, i loved it straight away! even the standardness i dindt mind, as it wont be like that for long.......

Model : MK5

All of these subheading will be updated as i go through.

Engine : 1.4 (60 ponies)

Interior : 6n center mirror

Wheels : 3 piece Image DM's, Mirror polished dishes and bolts, with pure white centers!

Bodywork : Smoothed front and rear bumper, Gloss black roof, New windscreen

rite time for some pictures...

As you can see it has a few scratches, wont be an issue for long....

Plans for the future....

Stainless steel exhaust system.

4-2-1 manifold.

Full retrim. Including porsche tombstones.

Sort sound system. Sub and amp but minimalistic.

Coilovers soon.

Relocate filler cap to door shut.

Smoothed front bumper. (done)

Smoothed Rear bumper. (done)

Gloss black roof. (done)

Smoothed Boot with solanoid.

Smoothed doors.

Smoothed wings.

Smoothed jacking points.

Badgeless grill with bonnet notch smoothed.

False floor in the back.

Camber the rear wheels.

Lupo gti aero Wipers. (done)

Polo gti front splitter.

Tidy up the engine bay.

Angel light headlights with HID.

Stubby ariel (done)

All arches rolled. Rears flared slightly.

Edited 25 November, 201015 yr by jgpolo

get it slammed on some nice wheels

and obvi sort the scratches, a bit of debagdin and u have yourself a nice lil polo

Love that colour. I so want a blue car.

well the wheels and lowerage are gonna be the last things i do, its in the body shop at the moment, having a few little things done i will update once it is out later this week! Yeh thanks! it looks really smart when its been polished! watch this space!

will let the pictures do the talking

comments welcome :)

Schmoooooooooooooooth

After looking for around 2 months for some wheels, i stumbled upon these, 3 Piece Image Dm wheels. For an absolute bargain. They are in need of a refurb strip and polish and maybe a dish, i haven't decided yet. Here are the pictures....

More updates to follow shortly :)

comments welcome

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

refurb, clean dish and smaller tyres and they wld look the schnuts

Cheers man, gonna get the dishes done professionally, just worried about the width, 7.5 and 8.5 thiking about flaring the rears and serious stretch... will have to decide lol

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

Been busy in the last few days splitting down the wheels, This was a

mamouth task as they had never been split before aparently.

shown below i also started by giving the barrelas a quick sand down with 250 grit paper.

This was just to take the road grime off, mainly tar and some of the smaller pits.

The only thing that wouldent really come clean was the sealant, i will eventully get it off

when i dont have as much uni work to do haha Also the bolts have been soaking in coke

for around 10 hours, just to see if it will get any of the dirt and rust off them. If anyone

else knows any good techniques let me know

jack

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

Very nice! They'll look reet nice colour coded

i have considered this option, but i will come up with something different. Just playin around with a few ideas they have an apointment with some nitromors first haha

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

lookin good so far, liking the colour the alot!!!

de-wiper the back and remove "polo"

cheap and affective mod

keep the updates coming dude!

Cheers man, gonna get the dishes done professionally, just worried about the width, 7.5 and 8.5 thiking about flaring the rears and serious stretch... will have to decide lol

What are the offsets like on them?

Arch work will most probably be needed! I've got 8.5's on the back with arch work and stretch and I can't go low because the arch just sits on the tyre. Need to get some more camber on the go

Wheels should look good when they're done though!

Good work but I would have got rid of the aerial when you had the roof sprayed black.

Cheers man, it comes up really well when its been polished :) Yeh i will get round to the boot, gettin all of the body work done

professionally, as i am no good at it haha wouldent mind getting the rears arches flared first for the 8.5's out back, want them to

be legal haha lol You were rite karin, its funny you should leave a comment actually i was studying yours earlier haha i have

been worried about the offsets and fitting them under the arches, and to see that you had managed it gave me inspiration lol

Indy : I did think about it, the only problem is i actually like the radio :/ and i may need one of your stubby ariels haha

cheers, jack

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

No worries Jack just drop me a PM anytime, although I'm away on Saturday for a week.

I've had my aerial smoothed off and I got a windscreen aerial, just have to fit it :)

It's like a thin strip which goes right at the top of the windscreen on the inside, it's barely noticeable.

Btw, you won't need your arches flared to run 8.5's

You can get them under with no rubbing problems with a bit of camber, arch rolling and the correct tyre size. I always find that good fitting wheels in standard width arches are much better than pulling the arch out to compensate for the wider wheels as it makes the arch loose a bit of it's shape and strength.

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by indy231

Yeh i will mate thanks, when the funds have had chance to rejuvanate haha they have taken a beating this week haha ooooooo that actually sound mint, because i did consider it and it wouldent cost too much to get it done!

cheers, jack

Edited 7 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

Booked the wheels in for a refurb today! The damaged alloys to be alloy welded back to its origional shape,

and to have all 4 mirror polished, Also to have the centers powder coated white and all of the nuts washers

and bolts mirror polished. They will be sent off within the next few days and should recieve them back within

the next few weeks as they are very busy! watch this space!

http://www.waxonwaxoffltd.co.uk/

jack.

Edited 9 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

The wheels are now been picked up on friday, to be taken to the polishers in grimbsy! The barrels will be gettin refurbed by me, updates on tuesday/wednesday!!

Edited 12 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

Btw, you won't need your arches flared to run 8.5's

You can get them under with no rubbing problems with a bit of camber, arch rolling and the correct tyre size. I always find that good fitting wheels in standard width arches are much better than pulling the arch out to compensate for the wider wheels as it makes the arch loose a bit of it's shape and strength.

what if they're ET -70? :p

car looks like a good base! get some coilovers asap though and it'll look sick with those wheels!

Edited 11 October, 201015 yr by andypandy

ill make them fit ime sure i will haha just wanna get the refurbed and then pics shall be up! watch this space people! And thanks, cant wait to get them back get some coilovers, then start on the interior!! cheers indy, i was a bit unsure if they would fit under standard arches, i mean i wasnt bothered if i had to have arch work done, but now that i know this let the camber begin lol

Edited 12 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

Started on the barrels today, After a quick sand the other day it was now time for the prep and paint. Went into halfrauds and bought some Filler primer, to take fill in some of the imperfections and the chosen colour is BMW Arctic Silver, just looks like silver to me lol pictures ...

The paints ...

The Priming 2 coats ...

Final colour 3 coats ...

Barrel before ...

And After ...

Side By Side ...

Comments welcome, jack.

Edited 12 October, 201015 yr by jgpolo

looking good man, i will have to come n have a ganders at it sometime :) lol at the thought of you trying to keep this car clean

cheers man am proper going for it on this one haha Ahhh mate dont even start, makes me not even want to bother haha, too bad i dont have a friend with a massive shed......... lol