arch gap on that red golf is mint

OHMAGOOOOOOOOOOD!

insert Arch gap comment here!

well its booked in staturday morning to get springs on and then get tracked up again, gonna make sure they do it right this time!

also

no more stickers

been a good few weeks for the polo! but not for my bank account

picked up my wheels a couple of weeks ago

changed the drums and rear bearings saturday

bought some bits and bobs off a guy from work whos owned various mk2 polos and mk2f gt's including this:

which I'm not sure what to do with, do the usual black with polished raised bits or go all out polished, opinions?

these arrived today thanks to brewsterpros

and its booked in next tuesday to have its tca\'s changed (need doing for m.o.t.), both track rod ends as one is defiantly stuck/worn, get it tracked up straight finally and lowered 20mm on the front at the same time! and while its there its having the m.o.t. done as its due in late september anyway and they are doing it so may aswell get it all done at once

Edited 29 August, 201213 yr by JordonVW

Whens this getting an engine then dude?

It already has one :p

Nah I'm getting a GT gearbox from someone in sheff once he's removed it and I'm after a gt cam aswell, may as well make use of having multi point fuel injection already

ill sell you a GT cam £200000.99p

you've just fitted yours! haha nah I'm good thanks at that price :p

anyone help me out with this mk1 golf coilovers for rear please?

Done

you've just fitted yours! haha nah I'm good thanks at that price :p

Its a fair price :p

Yeah I'm really glad i manned up and got it in, made such adifference to the car :)

When you next on halfrauds? i went past last night to say hi but couldnt see you

yeah i want a cam and gearbox and i'll be happy with it, cant see the point in gt'ing it when all i really need is a cam and box and i'm not ready for a 1.4 16v yet

ermmmm dunno :p dont go every night maybe once every 2 or 3, may go tonight, might be tomorrow, maybe even saturday D: who knows?

Edited 30 August, 201213 yr by JordonVW

yeah i want a cam and gearbox and i'll be happy with it, cant see the point in gt'ing it when all i really need is a cam and box and i'm not ready for a 1.4 16v yet

ermmmm dunno :p dont go every night maybe once every 2 or 3, may go tonight, might be tomorrow, maybe even saturday D: who knows?

dont need 16 valves, thats just greedy! :p

Ill keep an eye out for you :) where abouts you from anyway? :)

Going tonight Dronfield, near the golf course go to Sheffield and Chesterfield lots, back at college in a week or so

Come say hi if you want, we go to tesco at 7:30 and chill after till like 10 haha

Anyway! Build thread hopefully by next weekend it will have a fresh mot, lots of new parts, tracked, be lowered 90mm and I will have got the coilovers on aswell, its alllll happening now, too bad it wasn't before the polo show!

LONG OVERDUE UPDATINGZZZZ!

done a few bits and bobs in the last 2 and a bit months! errrm trying to remember in what order so yeah id just taken my stickers off and got the coilovers

i didnt do much in october due to being poor so pretty much the only thing i did was fit a £2.99 black sunstrip and some black plastic wheel bolt covers haha

excuse the flakey paint, lack of shineyness and porsche centre caps I'm going to refurb them over the winter!

then a couple of weeks ago in october i changed my interior for a darker/black one so i have black gt rear doorcards, cl front doorcards with a funky pattern, a leather trimmed split g40 rear bench and g40 front seats

if anyone wants my grey gt interior it is for sale in the interior section

last weekend i got my brake discs and pads changed, oil changed and oil filter changed ready for the winter months, whilst it was on the ramp i had a look at the underside of my car and found this

it wasnt even low and while i was there i got my rear screen changed as my old one has sticker glue on the bottom which showed up when it was damp and only 3/15 heater rails worked!

so old one out

spare one in

the day after that i got working on the lowerage finally!!!

front before

rear before

so i got my old already 10mm lower front springs that i took off thinking my new ones would lower it when i in fact raised it... and did this

and i also got these fitted

so then it sat like this

as good as that last pic looked it was too low on the rear and had reverse rake so needed adjusting, i will go lower once i have a more lows friendly exhaust system!

so yeah i got the coils adjusted so it matched the front lowerage and it now looks like this

which i am happy with especially as I'm running 13's with 175/50's on 7j fronts and 195/45's on 8j rears, also as this will be my winter height! so yeah that brings it up to date

aaaand heres a random pic from where i was working one day last week, it looks so small!

and I'm collecting a gt gearbox in a couple of hours which i'll get cleaned up and fitted maybe with a cl 5th gear, probably fitting it in january as I'm gonna be poor again for a bit

thanks for looking :)

I'm thinking you should go for semi colour coded bumpers. The front end has just too much black going on!

APart from that, aye that's fuckin low.

when are you going to lower this then??

I'm thinking you should go for semi colour coded bumpers. The front end has just too much black going on!

APart from that, aye that's fuckin low.

I'm thinking about going half cc'd but i like how dark/mean it looks!

Cheers! I'm not as low as you though lows master :p

when are you going to lower this then??

when you getting a car jamie? :p

I'm thinking about going half cc'd but i like how dark/mean it looks!

Cheers! I'm not as low as you though lows master :p

Well I know I know, not many people have their car as low as mine, but no need to shout about it

Go on go on just colour code them.

found a couple of pics from the recent lowdownvw meet:

and one my mate (dadude01 on here) took without me knowing

also I've got a new alternator now as my old one packed up

and 6n top caps so from this:

to this:

and I'm getting a pair of febi top mounts fitted tomorrow also that i got off PeteG40

Looking good, still think it needs a badged grill though dude.

Looking good, still think it needs a badged grill though dude.

This, and lowering....

Looking good, still think it needs a badged grill though dude.

cheers max! i have an upside down vw one in my garage i was given, might spray it and use it next year for a change

This, and lowering....

does need lowering so front coilovers next year and a full exhaust system for better clearance too, only got 2" with this one on at the moment

turns out a top mount hadnt gone

this collars welds had come off the shock insert this collar was meant to sit nicely in the top, which meant there was a little side to side movement in the housing, fixed it now though but yeah coilies next year!

Edited 23 November, 201213 yr by JordonVW

Actually love this polo i want it :) but i will have to stick with the 6n :p

Actually love this polo i want it :) but i will have to stick with the 6n :p

alot of people who own 6n's say they want to sell up and get one of these! its funny that

not got much planned this month or so for the polo just picked up a ported g40 inlet for it which i'll put on along with the ported throttle body i've got but that'll be next year now

other than that i'll be putting my winter wheels on tomorrow which are 5.5j lupo steels with 165/55 acceleras on the front and 7j banded 6n steels with 165/55 nankangs on the rear, all with the original lupo wheel trims on gonna refurb the cults up for when the whether is good again also as they need painting and polishing properly really

here they are if anyones interested in looking at some unfitted steel wheels with wheel trims on

7j on the left and 5.5j on the right

Edited 30 November, 201213 yr by JordonVW

pic with steels and trims fitted from the local lowdown meet, people seem to like my car on these wheels more in general just shows how much effort i need to put into refurbing the cults then!

winter plans:

- clean up gt gearbox and maybe get a cl 5th for it ready to fit next year

- polish mk2 rocker cover and fit with new seal to prevent slight leak

- polish inside of already ported throttlebody for that extra 0.00163bhp to fit next year

- clean inside and out of gas flowed/ported g40 inlet manifold to fit next year

- polish dish on rsl cults properly

- paint centres of cults gloss black

- sort out centre caps maybe just some vw stickers on the porsche caps

- decide on new tyres for cults front and back, 195/45/13 are no longer in production so might get 175/50/13 all round

- purchase unused stainless 4-2-1 manifold off friend

- save up for front coilovers and custom exhaust to be purchased after payday in january so february time