Hi guys, picked this up just before xmas but only just got round to doing one of these threads up.

Its a 1.9 Tdi Sport with winter pack

This is how i bought her (it's a bitch ergo a her..)

From ad

Once home with a wash

Due to the sports and winter pack it came with big comfy heated seats (drivers needs fixing)

Spent a few quid getting the cambelt and water pump done as no history of it

being replaced in about 70k miles at least and since my lupos one snapped i kinda like to keep on top of em.

One morning DISASTER! Water leak

Seemed to be coming from the heater matrix

Hoped to be able to get away with just seals, but seemed the pipe had also corroded as its made badly..

Decided to treat myself myself to some lows, i went for joms as i spent £500 on a set of coilies on my old car and was very disappointed for the monies so thought id either go for cheap or expensive and due to the repairs/servicing i was all outta cash.

I must admit when first fitted the bouncing was hellish! But after a couple of days it settled down alot and for myself i felt the ride is almost on par with my old Weitecs

As i am on a tightish budget it was then onto the cheap/free little mods

De-badge the rear

De wiper

The ride sometimes felt a little "floaty" so decided to replace the rear console bushes as seems a common problem.

Got them and front wishbone bushes from floflex under £35 delivered, used them before and was happy with the quality and they didn't let me down this time either, personally prefer them to powerflex not just for the price.

Car now feels alot tighter over the lumps and bumps of the roads.

Cheeky rolling pic on the way to Ultimate Dubs

Went a few months without buying anything for the car whilst saving up to replace the terrible condition wheels as they really let the car down!

After a little while of trolling ebay and every german car forums classifieds i came across these babies, collected them on the way back from a weekend wedding trip to cornwall which resulted in a 700 mile round trip over the weekend

They were in very good condition but needed a little bit of work , managed to get em like this.

The finish isn't amazing but will do me for this show season with a view to sending them to a proper polisher next year.

Just got round to fitting them a couple of hours ago and adjusted the ride height a little. in the process it would appear one of the rear springs weren't fitted correctly initially, managed to beat the rubber back into shape though and all seems fine.

Sooooooo.. This is how she's sitting now.

Removed the front mud flaps too

I feel it's an improvement

This is the final pic for now, will get some proper ones done once it's a nice sunny day.

Plans now are tidy up the scuffs on the bump strips and possibly put a slightly darker tint on rear three windows.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, any tips/opinions grateful (to a point)

Edited 12 April, 201214 yr by Bickerton

Looking tidy mate! Glad you got rid of the mudflaps!!

Looks smart that. Any more plans?

For now just generally tidy a few bits up and maybe darken the rear 3 windows a little

Pics from a meet the other week

Friend of mine was standarding his polo so I inherited some 9n3 gti side skirts.

Before

After (duh)

This is really tidy mate. Those 16s? And how low you running?

Yup 16x8, got adjusters out on rear, and down almost all the way on the front, got 15mm of thread left

Love the car, what wheels are they may i ask? they look awesome!

Love the car, what wheels are they may i ask? they look awesome!

Compomptive th monos

I like it alot! Defo 1 clean styled 9N.

look good mate, have you got a link to those flo-flex bushings? can't find 9n ones on their website, also any tips on getting the mudflaps off?

look good mate, have you got a link to those flo-flex bushings? can't find 9n ones on their website, also any tips on getting the mudflaps off?

They sell them via eBay as polo/ibiza bushes, if none listed, email them and ask them to send you a PayPal invoice. Flaps are just a couple of t25 torx bits.

Oh snap!

Steering rack appears dead

Easily solved it seems (£95 for complete refurb in under 4 hours)

Few pics from recent meet.

Next plans are either, try get front resprayed and smoothed a little, oooor get the scuff on strip sorted cheapy cheap and spend remaining monies on general tidying.

Went to into a multi storey carpark the other day and managed to kerb one of my wheels most of the way round, was gutted!

After weighing up my options all worked out expensive, so i decided to have a go at repairing them myself, worst that woulda happen is i'd break the already dead wheel...

Taped the area around the damage with some duct tape as I wanted something that could hold up against the sanding.

Started with 180gt to sand back most of the damage, then moved onto 320gt - 600gt - 1200gt - 1500gt got my drill polishing mops and compounds on it then gave it a going over with some metal polish finished off with brasso.

There's the odd tiny nick here and there but didn't wanna take too much material off plus looking at getting em done at a polishers next season.

Wheels aren't clean as taking em all off and polishing em next week before dc12

Drama averted!!!

Anywho, i decided to try freshen up parts of the car before DC12

Fog was cracked and always misty/condesated

New one(need to space it with washers)

Also got some new plates and a fresh rear badge as mine appears corroded

Unfortunately i dont think I'm gonna be able to get my bumper painted before DC12 as everyones either booked up or too expensive!

To make up for it i bought a few bits and bobs to freshen up what decent paintwork there is on the car and also got some polish to go with my new rotary

As i was worried about damaging my paint as it was my first time using a rotary i decided to test it out on the wifes Van, i think i did a decent job.

Before

After

Hopefully i can do as good a job if not better on the Polo next week!

Thanks for looking

Get a touch up stick and paint the bumper with it, then mop it back, quick fix and worth it antill you get it sprayed. Cost around £30 if that and you can do your stone chips aswell

Tempted to just get it painted as is without smoothing it as thats what seems to be bumping up the price alot and many places wont fibreglass/fill

Rolling pic from recent meet

Rolling pic from recent meet

looking good you are 9n looking neattt... can u pm me wich bushes u changed.. iseh jus the wishbone ones and antiroll bar bushes?

Looks smart. How far are you down and on what?

The ride sometimes felt a little "floaty" so decided to replace the rear console bushes as seems a common problem.

Got them and front wishbone bushes from floflex under £35 delivered, used them before and was happy with the quality and they didn't let me down this time either, personally prefer them to powerflex not just for the price.

Car now feels alot tighter over the lumps and bumps of the roads.

Need some of these for mine. When I go on the powerflex website it doesn't have the polo listed. Only has golfs. Are the golf mk4's bushes the same as 9n's?

Edited 1 October, 201213 yr by chewy_

Read up. He says where the bushes were from and what model to get.

Did you just leave that pannle on the van ?

Wifes got one shiny pannle now :p ? lol