Bought my 1.3 mk3 polo the other day, thats her after a clean:

More coming soon....

Edited 18 September, 201114 yr by sammarchant

Progress is very slow, although new grill and clear lenses added:

Weller steel wheels (7j) on there way and waiting to fit camber shims.

Full service and found a fuel consumption problem :(.

Edited 25 September, 201114 yr by sammarchant

Weller wheels 7j arrived !! After a clean and T-Cut, they still need some work though.

Doing the dishes.

Edited 7 October, 201114 yr by sammarchant

Testing

olod

The wellers should look good with a decent drop!

Did you test fit the fronts? Nice wheels.

I like it, Indian red is one of the best colours too!

Got a feeling you may have some fun making the fronts look good/ legal, what's the offset on those?

Two indians reds within 5 miles

Loving the car

love this should look great when you get it down on the wellers keep up the good work

Did you test fit the fronts? Nice wheels.

No I didn't test the front although I think I will need to do some roller of the arches anyways :/

I like it, Indian red is one of the best colours too!

Got a feeling you may have some fun making the fronts look good/ legal, what's the offset on those?

Not to sure about the offset although my plan is to roll the arches and possibly get some plastic arches just to make her legal.

Eventually want my car to look lik this:

well your not too far off mate, bar the color.

Back badge and air filter cover painted matt black:

A wash n dry then fitted the new wheels/tyres!

Its soo bloody high it looks like a tractor!

Did a bit of Photoshop to show what she is going to look like:

That looks good, if you rent a arch roller don't mind going halfs

looking at this makes me feel good about my lowerage

hahaha but this will look sweet when lowered, the indian red with white wheels will look ace!

Edited 16 October, 201114 yr by VW+SWFC=:)

That looks good, if you rent a arch roller don't mind going halfs

I do need my arches rolled although I want to go to a body shop as I dont trust myself to a good enough job lol. How is yours coming along?

No update from the weekend athough I had a good crack at cleaning out the battery tray (very happy not to find any rust!), pics coming soon.

Its soo bloody high it looks like a tractor!

That f**king cracked me up, looks as if the wheel fitment will be alright on the front, its gonna look sweet!

Yeah the wheels fit fine just need to roll the arches slightly and it should be all ok, I think the bodywork is a priority at the moment as winter is fast approaching I'd rather lower her after winter.

New mini steering wheel, still to be painted black and need a boss. Apparently I have some modifying to do in terms of making the horn work.

GT Alternator, new brush kit needed though.

Edited 15 November, 201114 yr by sammarchant

The old dear after her first polish, looks far better in the picture lol.