heloooooooooo dubbers ....just a little something showing off my little polo which i bought in feb 12 with : blown up engine, gearbox with broken 5th gear, broken windscreen, no tax and no mot. so i was pretty much starting from scratch so heres a few pics of what I've done so far :)

how it was when i first got it

i tried to find the over heating problem but in the end i decided to go for a new engine and gearbox so let the stripping begin :)

a day of hard work and i got it all out on my own :thumbup:

the next day i got the new engine and box in, only had to do the gear linkage which i needed help adjusting, new oil and filter and then soon for a start B)

just to show the 2 days of work i had

now this is where every one is fooled instead of doing a straight swap for another 1.0mpi engine i decided to got for a 1.4mpi engine. only 10 bhp difference bt hey every little helps :) here she is now in and running

got some temp replacement shoes as well

hmmmm wonder what this cheeky button does :p

not bad for pound land spray paint :) aslo need to get that nasty dent sorted and petrol cap (bought it like that)

another after a fresh wash

:(

well wanted these but decided to let my mate have em instead

would look way better on mine dont u agree

had a little asda carpark shoot with my mate ben

talk about hight difference

exhaust was blowing so out came the tools

ended up getting bored and making a side exit .... way too loud tho !

out for a random cruise with the dubs

MAJOR UPDATES COMING SOON SO STAY TUNNED FEEDBACK WELCOME :)

Edited 20 June, 201313 yr by Randell6n2blue

Nice start dude!!! Low's needed man! :)

Colliessss :)

Cheeky update comming later :) !!!

looking good matey solid effort with the engine

the car is also looking clean and tidy; the tidy ones always look the best

i see that your headlights are faded but no surprise there, as both my 6n2's had that haha

I've got a guide on how to fix it here if you wanna look :)

looking good matey solid effort with the engine

the car is also looking clean and tidy; the tidy ones always look the best

i see that your headlights are faded but no surprise there, as both my 6n2's had that haha

I've got a guide on how to fix it here if you wanna look :)

cheers and I've had them mopped already i need new ones rele the adjusters are broken it just aims rele high

got some these second hand

not as low as i was hoping for but it will do for now, here are the pics :)

before

during

after

the ride was horrid and the back was sitting way too high so next day i took the bumpstops and helper springs out still abit high and bumpy but major improvment

after a month of neglect i decided shes deserving of nice wash

shiny

need to sort out the low hanging exhaust

stickersss

made a little water pistol

got a 7 hour round trip to do on saturday with bouncy coilovers to collect the new wheels because courier wanted £140 to deliver them.......... anyone know of any cheap courier services to save me the back ache?

next things on my list are : new headlights, 3000k h.i.ds, full gti grills including fogs, gti splitter, central locking kit with alarm, electric windows, all black interrior etc etc.

feedback welcome :)

Edited 1 August, 201214 yr by Randell6n2blue

Ended up picking my new wheels up today instead of saturday. But I'm comming to the conclusion that these coilovers have to come off its so anoying bouncing about because of the slightest bump in the road. Wish i bought new ones instead now what a waste of money and its not even sitting that low think all the shocks my be fuggered :( !!!!

Anyone know what size tyre i should go for ? Its 15" x 6.5j 2 of them already have 195 50 on them

HELP!!!!!******

Took the coilovers off the rear only to find out one of the shocks is leaking fluid badly can someone point me in the right direction? Can i get it repaired or do i need new coilies?

New coil overs I really dont see the point in buying used ones there is no point of fixing etc dont think that anyone even does that. its only a matter of time when other ones will start leaking too.

New coil overs I really dont see the point in buying used ones there is no point of fixing etc dont think that anyone even does that. its only a matter of time when other ones will start leaking too.

Dont even no y i bought used ones cheers any way dude

You win some, you loose some

dw buddy, something new will turn up

Collies i must say have made a big difference, it looks good now

Thanks people thinking of just geting lowering springs rather that new coilovers now though. Around where i live there are massive speedbumps and ill be sat on 195/50/15 wen i get my new wheels refurbed this weekend so cant go that low anyway. What you recon people springs or coilovers?

Thanks people thinking of just geting lowering springs rather that new coilovers now though. Around where i live there are massive speedbumps and ill be sat on 195/50/15 wen i get my new wheels refurbed this weekend so cant go that low anyway. What you recon people springs or coilovers?

I'd persevere with coil-overs, seems like you have just had a bad experience with them. The best thing about them over getting lowering springs, if you put the springs on and aren't happy, there's nothing you can do about it. If you put the coilies on and aren't happy......wind them down/up (down i hope )

Have you already bought your tyres? If not i would suggest something with either a lower profile or maybe even stretch. Would maximise your chances of getting it sitting how you want. :-D

Thanks people thinking of just geting lowering springs rather that new coilovers now though. Around where i live there are massive speedbumps and ill be sat on 195/50/15 wen i get my new wheels refurbed this weekend so cant go that low anyway. What you recon people springs or coilovers?

I'd persevere with coil-overs, seems like you have just had a bad experience with them. The best thing about them over getting lowering springs, if you put the springs on and aren't happy, there's nothing you can do about it. If you put the coilies on and aren't happy......wind them down/up (down i hope )

Have you already bought your tyres? If not i would suggest something with either a lower profile or maybe even stretch. Would maximise your chances of getting it sitting how you want. :-D

Will prob buy new coilovers soon bt for now the front is low and the back is on standard springs lol

I want stretched tyres but i dnt no what size or where to get them from?

If you wanted stretched tyres just have a look at this site and see what different sizes look like on your size wheel.... http://www.tyrestretch.com/

so i think i remember you saying your rims where 6.5? and 15"? then click on one with those dimensions eg. 6.5-165-45-15

Then id probably go on ebay for some tyres! unless you know some people at a garage and can do yourself a deal with them :-D

If you wanted stretched tyres just have a look at this site and see what different sizes look like on your size wheel.... http://www.tyrestretch.com/

so i think i remember you saying your rims where 6.5? and 15"? then click on one with those dimensions eg. 6.5-165-45-15

Then id probably go on ebay for some tyres! unless you know some people at a garage and can do yourself a deal with them :-D

Sweet ill look into that, the body shop next to where i work was taking the piss so I'm just going to do the wheels myself its been there a week n they havn't even looked at it yet. Anyone have an idea of how to do a chrome lip?

Hmmmmm might get bored and do a gti conversion soon .......

well had a near death experience, went to the scrappy to try fix my mates crashed 206 ended up getting squirted in the face with air con gas. now being a trainee mechanic i know this is poisonous but i didn't get any side effects straight away, ended up being rushed to hospital the next morning for collapsing after daggering pains from my chest, found out there was a problem wit my lungs causing me to struggle to breathe bad times but I'm all good now so time to resume work on the polo.

stand rear struts back on and got a petrol cap for free (which is only fair considering one of your cars nearly killed me)

body shop took too long with my wheels and the white ones had incredibly bold tyres to steels are on :( feels better to drive tho

started to sand the wheels down myself rele not having fun its only took the first coat off so I've been referred to the paint stripper department, all this just to get a polished lip. was going to rattle can them but when all 4 is prepped for painting ill just take them back to the bodyshop hopefully wont be long till there on :)

also got this for sale unknown make

specs are as follow

remote controller

radio

dvd (discs not reading atm will try to get i sorted)

usb

sd card

gps

aux

tv (needs antenna didn't come with one)

ipod/iphone (lead was broken now missing)

bluetooth

only fault is the discs not reading but will try to get it sorted if your interested make me an offer :)

loads more updates soon missed all the sunshine due to work :( hope theres some more so the fibreglass can come out to play feedback welcome :)

That hu looks like an xtrons head unit :).

so this happened

for me to do this

trying to sort my wheels out was a massive fail so i found another body shop and get them back freshly painted tomorrow :) but heres my attempt

nitromors at work did nothing !!!!

trial fitted some wheels and hated them .....

got my little collection coming along

big updates over the weekend hopefully everything goes right

Edited 10 August, 201214 yr by Randell6n2blue