BUMP

Now for sale

For sale ad: http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=275365

Latest pictures:

Bought this sometime last summer in 2009 (cant actually remember exactly when) in a bit of a sorry state. Body work was bad all round, but fortunately for me my Dad owns a vehicle body repair garage so I spent my summer making it look nice :-D

Most recent picture of it just how i want it

Model:

Polo mk4 1997 cl

Engine:

1.6 8v, previous owner had the ecu chipped

Suspension:

TA Technix

Brakes:

Standard.

Wheels and Tyres:

15 x 6.5 alloys (not sure what make, came on the car)

165/50 kuhmo

Exterior Styling:

Whole car been re-sprayed bar the roof and tailgate

De-badged slatted front grille

GTI front splitter

Stubby aerial

De-badged lettering from rear

Colour coded door handles

Interior Styling:

Two front Recaro's from some sort of rs turbo, with custom made subframes so that they retain all original movement

ICE and Security:

Locking nuts ?

Sony xplode head-unit (came with car)

Sony xplode 6x9's replacing the door speakers

Plans:

Smoothed tailgate (handle and badge)

Wheels ! Looking for 15" (really stuck with what to get, any suggestions will be appreciated)

Gloss black roof (possibilty)

Gloss black mirrors (possibility)

Gloss black front grill (possibilty)

Gloss black GTI splitter (possibilty)

Not happy with how the front sits atm so going to take out the front helper springs and see if it takes it much lower

When I first got it (cant find the first pics I took, so these are a bit into the progress of the car)

Just painted (excuse the cock of a Dad )

Recentish photos (no GTI splitter)

Latest photos

Excuse the bellend again

All comments welcome. Positive or negative but please make it constructive criticism not like "no offence but its shit"

Edited 19 February, 201214 yr by OxheyPolo

No offence but its shite...... sorry couldnt help my self lol :) i like it, I love the wheels very different from the bbs's we see alot of, I'm sure it could go lower though . Good stuff :)

i like it too, if it was mine i would give the wheels a quick blow over with a spray gun but other than that looks like youve put some good effort in.

I reckon some TH Monos mirror polished would st this car off nicely

I'm a fan mate!

Also, is your dad baked??

Edited 22 October, 201015 yr by stevemk3

What's that spliter you got? it looks beefy

^ ignore what i jus said... i jus read it in your list...

Does the GTI splitter fit straight on?

Loving it tho, good work

Edited 22 October, 201015 yr by 1.0Lucy

I like it mate, but id like it more if you said you were gunna keep it and carry it on. Its hard to admire as much when I know you are going to sell it soon. Sounds ridiculous and probably is, just what i think though

Cheers for the comments guys ! Il go and take some pictures of my recaros in a bit so you can all have a look

And haha about the baked part!

I like it mate, but id like it more if you said you were gunna keep it and carry it on. Its hard to admire as much when I know you are going to sell it soon. Sounds ridiculous and probably is, just what i think though

Cheers :-) I completely understand, but dont worry I really do love this car! probably as its my first car (that I've actually legally been allowed to drive), I'm looking to stay polo but just looking for a mk5 onwards to pop up so I can have something a little nicer to drive. I will keep modifying this during the time I own it :-)

Heres a few pics of the seats, I think they suit the interior really well as the grey is quite similar to the rest

Old and new

Both seats in :-D Excuse the uncleanliness, need to give it a good hoover out

It's a nice motor mate, I like the wheels also.

get the alloys sprayed black, black always looks dope as hell on that colour, looks cool thou

wow! i love them alloys and i wouldnt spray them any colour they look mint as is!! black will jus ruin them IMO as its the multi spokes in silver that ssts them out from others!!

I would however get a matte black or a dark grey rattle can at the door cards fabric, jus spray the material with a rattle can to try blend the colour of seats and it would really suit the seats and complete the interior i think!! looks odd having two patterns material !

Otherwise lukn great!

i must say that looks quite nice mate :) well done

looks nice! can see your number plate in the puddle haha.

looks nice! can see your number plate in the puddle haha.

Thanks for all the positive comments people ! This morning I fixed my passenger side window as it wasnt working, ended up being the motor jammed but took it out and got it apart gave the bits a little clean and check over and its all good now, also gave the inside of the car a good clean and hoovered it out.

looks nice! can see your number plate in the puddle haha.

Haha yeh bit of a fail there

I did notice it but couldnt be assed !

G4V11N Posted Yesterday - 9:07pm

wow! i love them alloys and i wouldnt spray them any colour they look mint as is!! black will jus ruin them IMO as its the multi spokes in silver that ssts them out from others!!

I would however get a matte black or a dark grey rattle can at the door cards fabric, jus spray the material with a rattle can to try blend the colour of seats and it would really suit the seats and complete the interior i think!! looks odd having two patterns material !

Otherwise lukn great!

Cheers mate. Thats a good idea about the door cloth, i might try and sort them out today

ThE__kINg Posted Yesterday - 4:22pm

get the alloys sprayed black, black always looks dope as hell on that colour, looks cool thou

Thanks for the suggestion :-) I did think of going black but I'm swaying more towards the same colour or a gunmetal grey

Big thread revival !

Saw these wheels and had to have them, have been looking for something to set the car off for a while. Buying these sparked of the need to do the rest of this work

The wheels (which will be revealed when most of the work is done) are 15x8 & 15x8.5 and they are wrapped in 165/50 Kumho's, everyone is welcome to guess what these beauties are !

Rather a picture do the talking !

This is the 8J

My car is going into my dads garage tomorrow for 2 weeks, or maybe longer, whenever the work is done. I will be doing all work apart from spraying as my skills cannot compete with my Dad's 30+ years of experience.

Plans are:

Starting at the front of the car

Spare GTi gloss black splitter for shows etc.

Smoothing the front number plate recess + two upper side grills.

Smoothing indicators on the wings.

Smoothing jacking points on the sills.

Smoothing the little panel underneath the rear lights into the rear quarters.

Smoothing the badge and handle of the tailgate, boot popper to open boot.

6n2 all red rears.

Black roof.

Rolling and flaring of all arches to accommodate wheels. Possibly spacing the wheels out a bit if clearance on the coilovers is an issue.

And general repair of little dings picked up from fu**ing car parks !

Possibilities are a bad bad boy bonnet, smoothing the sills into the rear quarters and hid's. Not really sure about any of that yet + the bad boy bonnet will be done to a spare bonnet.

Also, I have been looking at an x reg (think that's 1980) mk1 jetta 5 door, that i need in my life ! Plan for that if I get it, is to completely restore it + 20vt it :-D

Will probably update while the work is going on.

Cheers

Been a while !

Heres a pic of how my car now looks

Will update with pics of all the work getting done in the near future

SO THIS IS WHERE THE BIG CHANGE CAME !

I new that my car wouldnt be special without the perfect set of rims, and when I saw these I had to have them !

A few quid later and I had bought what sparked the next lot of work to my car.

A staggered set of 8s & 8.5 Js

I had a spare kuhmo 165/50 tyre laying around, so chucked it on the wheel and then chcuked the wheel on the car to see how much arch work was needed.

So after booking a few weeks off work, I got the car in my dads garage and commenced the work

Planed to do the following:

Smooth front bumper plate recess, two upper grills, and towing cover

Smooth rear bumper tow eye cut out

Smooth the jacking points in the sills, and smooth the joining line in the sill

Smooth little panel under the rear lights into the rear quarter

Smooth tailgate handle and badge recess, and de wiper the rear

Smooth the petrol flap so I cant open it

Roll and flare all of the arches to accommodate the new wheels

Black roof

and getting rid of any little dents and niks that the car had picked up from daily driving

Started stripping the car AGAIN

Started smoothing the tailgate, by cutting out a plate and welding it in over the badge recess

Then started smoothing the handle by doing the same

All done !

Then onto smoothing the little bit under the lights, ground down and welded up the gap

Next was to smooth the sills

I then started on the arches, rolled and flared the fronts, cant remember by how much, but I also got rid of the flat lip on the arch

Testing the arches

Onto the rears

Testing the arches

Welding up the arches

Skimming and finishing the arches

Getting the arches in primer

I then started smoothing the front bumper, by using the old 8v bumper I had

Plastic welded the plate into the grill

Then some skims of filler

The other side

Onto the plate recess

All done

Then smoothed the rear bumper

Put in primer

And then there was paint !

All painted

It was at the last wlc which some of you may have spotted it at.

Few more plans I've got for it, are to tidy up the interior abit, maybe false floor the back and a nice install

Make some custom coileys for it because at the moment its not low enough for my liking and the front is wound down all the way with the helpers out !

Fab up a nice rear exit exhaust

And get a nice set of winter wheels for it, probably 15s, if anyone knows of a cool set of 15s for sale, send them my way

All comments are welcome, good or bad

Cheers for reading, safe people

Edited 20 February, 201214 yr by OxheyPolo

Looks sick

And Doms a Fag, dont use his name... hes scrapping the dragon green sexbomb.

Nahh... he bought the other one as its a better shell. And swapping all the good stuff from the green'un to the black'un

BUMP

haven't been on here for agessssss

Heres some more pics:

OH AND DID I MENTION ITS FOR SALE

Link to ad: http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=275365

Bump, anyone know where this is now? Would be good to know!

It's awesome! Love the colors, the style and even some photos.