Ok so here is an update from me....

Got the tyres taken off the borbets..

Followed my sweet map to go get them blasted on the monday

Then I washed the car because I haven't had a chance to clean it in ages

I got the wheels back on the friday and they looked like this. Really good job

Timmy at True Paintworks rang me and said that my rear bumper is ready so I went to pick that up. He did a really good job on that and I would recommend him to anyone who is looking for bodywork or paint!

So my front room now looks like this

I dropped the borbets off at work to be painted so hopefully I will have them back by friday!

Got the car in the air ready to put the new front bumper on..

NATURAL NOTCHES FOR THE WIN

Then I found out that my slam panel.... if thats what its called is completely fucked from a previous crash!

Tried to get the new bumper on, one side sat fine and the other just didn't want to line up, so i didn't want to force it but I gave it a tiny bit of encouragement and this happened.....

REALLY PISSED OFF!

Basically the end of the slam panel was bent out so that it was pressing into the bumper and caused this to happen. I spoke to Paul (the guy who smoothed/sprayed it for me and he said that he can sort it out no problem at all so that was helpful. Still sucks though!!!

Also ordered two new headlights to make the front look that bit more special when the bumper goes on :)

An update must be well over due.

How is it coming along?

An update must be well over due.

How is it coming along?

It is, I have been fairly busy with the car tbh, Borbets have been refurbished and sprayed up, bought two new rear tyres 165-55 wind deflectors, almost finished boot build with new amps and covered. Rear bumpers done, boot lid needs some more mods. Taking it into the body shop in march to have some nice work done to it then she will roll out looking like a new car :)

Ill update when I can be bothered to.

No one really seems interested in my thread haha :(

Just read through your whole thread. Looking good and looking forward to seeing some updates

Just read through your whole thread. Looking good and looking forward to seeing some updates

Cheers dude, yeh I have a pretty big update coming, I just didn't put much recently because its been winter and I have been pretty busy with work thats all :)

Got a HUGE UPDATE coming soon! winter is now out the way and a fair bit has changed with the polo. Ill be updating later on today so sit tight.

OK SO ITS TIME FOR A MASSIVE UPDATE

OK SO...

Where I left off was I tried to fit my front bumper and it had cracked because of my bent crash bar or what ever its called at the front pushed into it. I got that sorted out and its now in my dads garage with all my other stuff waiting...

I got the Borbets refurbed at work by sharpie (the powdercoater) who also had a 73 beetle.

So this is what they look like now...

Wrapped them up after letting them bake and then being left for 2 weeks to fully set..

Bought myself some duel cup holders..

I have been doing some more work on the boot build too with the help from my friend Jake.

Needs some final touches then it should be ready to be covered and installed properly

Had to cut out some stuff from the back of my dash to fit the new Space control unit

Also had to but some Y RCA cables as it only had 2 pre outs yet i needed 3 still so these went in...

So thats all in now and looking fresh...

Jake again... getting all comfy helping me run new wires..

Had to jump start her when the snow hit...

Fork lift truck turned snow plough at work..

Christmas came and went as did new year, so not much happened in the week of these events apart from drinking and eating..

Material to cover the boot build is this....... GENUINE COW SKIN, got it from work as it was off cuts from a job, yet there was loads left over.. Even has a brand on it!

Gave her a nice wash

Finally got myself some Heko wind deflectors

Took the Borbets to get all wrapped up

Fronts are the same as before... 155-55-14 on a 7J

Rears are now 165-55-14 on an 8J

GOT STRETCH?!

So now I'm up to about FEB 9th or so.... and I just could NOT ride in winter mode any longer!!!!!

So this happened..

No helpers, no bump stops, all the way down at 150mm!!!

So she went from this (winter mode)..

To this!!!...

and now roads are the death of me and every time I change lanes I hit all the cat eyes..

I need a chassis notch BIG TIME! and I also need to take off my ARB and remove my arch linings, as well as cut my front bumper mounts off and make custom ones as it subs on full lock.

Comments and feed back is welcome! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

Edited 16 February, 201313 yr by JoeWhitmore

you sure thats cow skin and not horse? looks awesome now though with the drop and wheels!!

you sure thats cow skin and not horse? looks awesome now though with the drop and wheels!!

hahahahahahahahahahaha could well be bro yeh man I'm fully stoked on it! just a fucking nightmare to drive around town and that haha

Looks good man!.

Glad you got them tyre sizes on the wheels!!,

What i ran last year with my staggered set.

Nice and low too!

Haha looks great dude! Colour choice of the wheels are perfect

Also don't do a Jonny and hit a drain

Also don't do a Jonny and hit a drain

Shut up you.

Go for a swim in your footwells.

Go for a swim in your footwells.

It's a legitimate water feature. Get it right.

Looks awesome mate

This is doing bad things to me

Looks good man!.

Glad you got them tyre sizes on the wheels!!,

What i ran last year with my staggered set.

Nice and low too!

Cheers dude, yeh when I went to get the tyres on they were like 'your putting these on that? then onto that car? your insane' then they called me a boy racer!!!! i was like Ok man cool haha

Haha looks great dude! Colour choice of the wheels are perfect

Also don't do a Jonny and hit a drain

Thanks man!!! I had a nightmare with colour choices. I had about 3 different books to look though and there was so many colours, but this one stood out and yeh I think i can pull it off well :)

HAHA ill try not to hit a drain any time soon, too busy dodging cat eyes and road camber at the minute

Looks awesome mate

Thanks dude!

This is doing bad things to me

haha I hope by bad things you mean your loving it?!

When I went to my place only one guy would try to do it. Got the fronts on easy. The rears took forever. In the end he got them on.

Next time I'm going to use the bike tube idea. Not a fan of Cheaters.

Edit. Drain covers are worse than cats eyes and road camber!!. Trust me!

Edited 18 February, 201313 yr by Jonnyboi

When I went to my place only one guy would try to do it. Got the fronts on easy. The rears took forever. In the end he got them on.

Next time I'm going to use the bike tube idea. Not a fan of Cheaters.

Edit. Drain covers are worse than cats eyes and road camber!!. Trust me!

Yeh the fronts went on fine because they had been stretched before (same tyres i ran last summer) rears were brand new and stiff as shit! so ended up taking them else where to get bead blasted on :)

Oh i know mate i have hit one of those before, luckily i was crawling down my road! but yeh that wasn't the best feeling hahaha

looks so good dude, colour of the wheels works so well! just wants those bumps in the bumper sorting and will look savage :)

looks so good dude, colour of the wheels works so well! just wants those bumps in the bumper sorting and will look savage :)

not bothering to sort them out mate, got my smoothed stuff ready and waiting for me Thanks though!!!

That's mad... Like project:not low heights! Myn was a pain when it was low and that was nothin. Still need to see this!!

That's mad... Like project:not low heights! Myn was a pain when it was low and that was nothin. Still need to see this!!

its a nightmare to drive at the minute mate! haha got a lot of work to do to it yet though