That looks sweeet!! Defo one of my fav polo's, espesh when it's a 5dr.

haha more doors more whores......

(i do not condone paying for sex)

Haha! Indeed.

Great work, I remember this thread from the beginning, it's come a long way! nice lows

Looks awsome!! You take your dog in your car?!

yeh course i do!!!! she's the best passenger... especially when she's sick everywhere!!! -_-

Entered her into her 1st show & shine today :)

she didnt win anything but she was gleaming!!!

fair play ^^ thats looking good

Saw this yesterday! Was Looking good

Whats your next show?

Saw this yesterday! Was Looking good

Whats your next show?

elsecar megameet next then not sure after that :) fancy early edition and all types vw show in wales :)

Cleaaan and Smoooth!

One from Elsecar :)

real nice !

think it needs bigger wheels though...

Saw this and you at elsecar, car looked well! But yeah think you need some 17's on it and get rid of that horrible arch gap.

See you most mornings although I'm not in my polo anymore. In a caddy with ladders and a massive roof rack. Flasheed you this morning going past emliy moor mast, sorry if I made you slow down. Haha. Its the white nt systems van btw

See you most mornings although I'm not in my polo anymore. In a caddy with ladders and a massive roof rack. Flasheed you this morning going past emliy moor mast, sorry if I made you slow down. Haha. Its the white nt systems van btw

haha wondered who it was flashing me! i'll flash back next time

and yes 17's have been ordered and are being made up as we speak! adapters and wobble bolts needed..... 2 weeks to wait.

not ruining the suprise though

I like those wheels, but I agree that 17" would much better!

Your registration on first glance read "Yes Mo'fo" lol

lovely looking polo, very clean :)

Went to pick my new wheels up last week from Dartford

will have spent far too much once tyres, wobble bolts, adapters and 90degree valves have been put on the wheels so it's clear to say my credit card has seriously fallen out with me this week

Here is a sneaky peak of part of the wheel, as you can see a beautiful polished lip, pearl white bolts and teal centres.

They are 17" wheels and 8" wide

Getting some stretch tyres tomorrow 185/35's so should look pretty smart! Can't wait to get them on

So today my plan was to get some tyres stretched onto the wheels and pick up my wobble bolts :)

run into two problems....

first problem was that I had been sold the wheels as 8inch wide.... oh no, no, no, turns out they are 8.5" wide

so after getting some 185/35 tyres saved for me I went to get them fitted, much to my horror that the tyres wouldnt actually stretch on :(

Tried for almost an hour on one wheel but it wouldn't pop onto the bead and it kept losing pressure so we sacked those tyres off

I wanted to go for 195/35 but considering they are hard to get a hold of i've sacked that idea off but the test fit of the wheels has shown me that I won't actually need to go for such a low profile tyre so an executive decision was made and 195/40s will be enough I reckon.

The next problem we had was because i'm using 15mm adapters for the wheels, the wobble bolts are too long so we're going to have to cut them down.

Not overly fussed, I'd rather spend that extra bit of time getting perfect fitment and doing it properly than to rush and it look shit or be badly fitted :)

So here they are on a test fit, I'm extremely happy with the result and will absolutely, under no circumstances, be changing the wheels again any time soon

They are Modena Racing wheels (kindly found for me by my other half)

3 Piece splits, and if you can find any information on them or know anything about where they came from or the original manufacturer it would be greatly appreciated if you could pass any info on as I've been struggling to find any info on them at all!

Polished lip, teal powder coated centres and pearl white bolts

anyway I hope you all like them as much as I do.

I won't recommend the guy who did all the powder coating etc just yet... incase it flakes off and I go searching for him with a pick axe and a shovel

Bad news, but hey.. As you said, you want it all right! So the extra time and effort of making it correct, is better. Then having problems doing it wrong etc. They look well nice too

They are really going to make the car, good choice! Should tart up the brakes and give a good scrub in the arches to as they show alot off.

Yeh arches are getting tidied up this weekend :)

the other half has some 312mm TT brakes so I'm thinking of having those fitted

So today I finally managed to source some tyres and got all four stretched on, centre caps and badges came this morning which look awsome!

So I guess that means they can go on now....?

ermm well no! The areshole I paid an arm and a leg to for these wheels hasn't sealed them properly so they all leak :( Not only that, but we found he had snapped a bolt and tried to cover it by siliconing it back together!

All in all, pretty pissed off and losing faith now!

The other half is going to spend the next couple of weeks splitting them right down and building them back up properly, and not like a cowboy.

So here they are built up and losing air :(

on a good note.... My textured GTI side skirts have come and are now fitted to her :)

Just got my flashing LED lights to get fitted, a ridiculously big sub box to go where the seats once went in the back and just some general tidying up before modified nationals.

Just completely gutted the wheels won't be on in time :(

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I would remove the police lights comment off here... If you are caught imatating a police car or suspected to be then say good bye to your car and licence!

Cheeky little Ferrari centre cap there aswell liking it

I would remove the police lights comment off here... If you are caught imatating a police car or suspected to be then say good bye to your car and licence!

Cheeky little Ferrari centre cap there aswell liking it

haha good call :)

cheers

Well the other half managed to pull through on the wheels :) Not 100% but they held air for long enough to drive to modified nationals, we just had to stop to pump them up a few times.

Came home with my first ever trophy for runner up in show & shine Top 50 and to say that is the biggest modified car show of the year, well its not too bad really :)

Very happy with the result! sadly the axe's have to go back on until I get the wheels fully sealed, but here she is at Modified Nationals 2013

cheeky purchase before players classic this weekend :p

only took me 2 hours to put them together