Hi all, I'm still relatively new here so ill introduce myself then my car, I'm darren live in ashford, middx, I'm a land rover technician been doing it for 8 years ish. quick car history had a, pug 205, rover coupe, rover coupe, fiesta ZS, escort rst, escort rst, saxo vts,vectra golf gti mk3 and now my polo 1.4 16v. before i start i was supposed to start this a while ago so i am a bit behind, so i'll do my best to get it upto date asap.

right the car;

Polo 1.4 16v in i believe diamond black LC9Z

carbon induction kit with cold air feed and green silicone hose

sat on Jamex coilovers as low as theyll go, until i get the arches rolled

standard brake set up

when i bought it, it had standard 16v alloys, now has 15" ats cups, with 175/55r15 hankook tyres

debadged and de-wipered boot

removed rubbing strips

green chequered sqaures on the roof

now has smooth front bumper

debadged front grille

smoked side repeaters

6n2 rear lights

6n2 gti front splitter

interiors pretty much standard as is the stereo, just a sony head unit fitted

right thats the formalities out the way, some pics of how i bought the car

also bought these before i got the car

right thats this started will update again asap with pics of what i did with the wheels and the car, ill try and keep it in order of when i done it.

thanks for reading

Edited 13 November, 201114 yr by dazzawest

looks like a good motor to start work on :)

cheers chris

right, shes watching eastenders and corrie, time for another quick update

as said in my 1st post, i bought a set of ats cups of ebay, only 3 were usable though so had to buy another one.

started cleaning them up a sanding them down as soon as i got them, the paint thast was on them was ridicously thick, so had two that i hadnt started shot blasted.

once cleaned up they got a shot of primer then it was on to desicions on colour(s)

considered a few different options black or orange with polished dish, or black with orange or green lip, ended up with

its fluorescent green, followed by black centres

unfortunately my masking up skills werent perfect and there a couple of wonky lines here and there other than that though was pretty pleased with the finish.

they were then fitted with hankook 175/55r15 tyres

thanks for reading

darren

Edited 14 November, 201114 yr by dazzawest

quick pic of my old golf for those that are interested

i really like the colour theme on the wheels man, wanna see em on the car!

golf

evening all, after deciding the colours of the wheels i decided to carry on the green theme, first thing i come across whilst mooching on ebay was a fluro green family guy evil monkey decal, which was bought and fitted to my fuel flap

after that i decided i needed a lil bit more green to add to the theme, so spoke with the signwriter we use at work and he busied himsellf doing this one saturday morning

also round about this sort of time probaly a few weeks before found a guy breaking a 6n2 gti, so had the front splitter and rear lights off him, also order a diddy aerial cheap set of pressed plates, so some pics with wheels ect on the car

almost upto date now, cars sitting a bit lower now than it is in the pics, need to get the rear arches rolled to allow me to go down a bit lower

thanks for reading

darren

out of intrest mate, what sorta green is that?

Plasti-kote, Fluorescent green is the colour of the wheels, fluorescent green vinyl is all I can tell you about the vinyl

latest update and how the car currently looks,

about a week ago i decided i wanted my car to be a bit louder, i didnt want a big showing back box, i like the fact the standard one is hidden, so i thought id decat and remove the centre box, you cant buy a decat for the 1.4 16v as many of you probaly know the cats part of the downpipe, so i thought id put my welding skills to the test and weld a straight throught pipe eliminating the pair of them, i done this and regretted it big time it was far to loud and not what i was looking for so, i decided to weld the cat back in and that sorted it out, no centre box gives me a nice raspy noise.

fancied a bit of induction noise aswell cant justify £200 on a carbon CDA kit so bought a cheap universal one of ebay and a green silicone right angle bit of hose, took a bit of fiddling but got it fitted, i run the cold air feed down to the lower front grille, i cut the bits in between the slats to allow the air into the cold air feed.

also gave my rocker cover a quick spray with black paint

couple of weeks ago i purchased a smooth front bumper off louislewin, so last weekend after matt blacking the grilles (theyd been painted the same colour as bumper and it had all chipped off), and fitting the 6n2 gti splitter properly, repostioned my number plate on couple of brackets.

looking for a arch roller, to roll rear arches to allow me to go a bit lower

apologies for the poor pics only had my iphone to hand at the time

cheers for reading

darren

Looks mint.. The green and black go very well good work

cheers mate

looks sweet! so does the engine bay

Cheers chaps, apart from going a bit lower, exteriors about sorted for the moment, so turning my attention to the interior now, just bought a steering wheel and boss for it, and a parcel shelf as the one that's in there at the moment has cheap 6x9's that have been badly fitted. Then probaly look into saving for some leather seats and retrimming the roof lining as its got fag burns in it.

quick update, got my steering wheel and parcel shelf, not completely happy eith the steering wheel, will replace it again soon, it was just a cheap mountney steering wheel off ebay as the standard one in it was no good anymore,

got a few plans for it now, although one of them is sell it , as said before need some new seats and retrim roof lining, going to tint my front headlights aswell, need to paint the rear bumper, need to roll or get the arches rolled, also needs a thermostat and housing as it's not getting hot, also rocker cover gaskets and sump resealing

cheers for reading

darren

Looks good bud, not overly keen on the steering wheel but as you said it was cheap ;d haha

Seems common on the 16v's..mine needs a new rocker cover gasket, thermostat and housing and also thrust sensor - I reckon just get it done and keep it, it's a nice car man :)

Looks good bud, not overly keen on the steering wheel but as you said it was cheap ;d haha

Seems common on the 16v's..mine needs a new rocker cover gasket, thermostat and housing and also thrust sensor - I reckon just get it done and keep it, it's a nice car man :)

looked alrite in the pics on ebay , now it's on though still million times better than the old one,

i'll get most of the bits done arch rolling might not get done before i sell it, been a lil bit bitten by the offroading bug so going to sell it to fund a defender ( when i figure out where i get the rest of the money for a defender from :-D )

Looking good good place to put the plate too :)

Cheers mate, two little brackets through the grilles :-)

Wish I got my car sooner.. I would of had that bumper off you Louis, Daz want to sell that front bumper!! >.<

Looks really nice! I love your colour theme, you don't see it much around here :-D ! Love it .

Rocker cover is a nice touch, haven't seen that before (or thought of it )

what is this called as i aswell cant justify spending £200 for a cda

Cheers Chris

Nice car mkate, i like this for some reason, can't put my finger on it.

The induction kit was something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARBON-FIBRE-COL...89#ht_562wt_689 then bought a breather filter and a right angled silicone hose off eBay aswell cost about £90 ish in total

Cheers