Chassis/suspension:

Lowered 60/40 on PhillJ suspension
Powerflew antiroll bar bushes
news bushes/ trackrods all round
Rear upper strut brace.

front upper strut brace

Arb blocks

GT steering damper (not fitted yet)

Mark4 top caps

Wheels:

Refurbished 13" Revolusion wheels, Two new avons on the front.

Engine:

1.3SPI converted to GT injection with chipped ECU, GT cam, Big airfilter and cold air feed, also slighly bigger bore exhaust from the GT model. Estimated 68-72BHP

Brakes:

Mark4 front brakes converted to vented disks with Bosch pads.

Fully rebuild back brakes, drums, bearings, cylinders, shoes.

Exterior/interior:

G40 interior
GT arches (GT look)

After market foglights

Ice:

Nice sony CD player and some sort of amp (no clue) needs new speakers

Comments/Plans:

I've had the polo for around 5/6 years now, I brought this to replace my old red mark3 that I scrapped, just cant get rid of her!!! her name is Christine.

MPI: Coverted to mpi
Chip: done
GT cam-FITTED
4branch, anyone got one cheap. Still waiting one to come up locally, new exhaust fitted
wheel refurb/Better tyres: Better tyres fitted, two new avons and full refurb
full respray; Had most panels done, needs abit more to be perfect
Tidying up anything manky: Mostly done

Plans 4/11/14

More engine mods upto 90/100BHP

few niggles

Tidy, clear engine bay.

Repaint sills and touch up body work

Better suspension kit.

13/10/14

Work started




Drivers sill after straightening, needs grinding down and painting! still not perfect but alot tidyier!



Passenger side much better only a couple of knocks with the hammer to sort!



Passenger sill, fairly happy with, just needs cutting back and painting.



Floor plan quite happy with, just needed a couple of knock to sort out where morons have jacked it up in stupid places!

Edited 13 November, 201411 yr by PoloTommy

mate thats SiCK! lol. does look good. meant to get over to skegvegas but totally forgot as per usual

Cheers mate, same I forgot this year! last year was abit shit though!

Took the rear bumper off a while ago to see if there was any nasty things hiding!

Managed to nick some insulation out of a mark4 and mark3 golf to put in the polo make it abit more comfy and to replace the manky old shit

Wanted to fit an engine cover: Before

After: anyone got any caps they want to give me going to remove the 1.0 bit when I get chance.

Will have some more updates on sunday hopefully!

So updates!!!

Was worried about this untill I took the door card of and cleaned it up!

After painting, will be good for a few years!

werid bumps in the metal cleaned them up to bare metal, sealed it

painted it

broken rear door card, fiberglassed it, it looks abit rough but does the job!

fitted!

New insulation

carpets back in!

Starting to get the jobs rolled out on the car now!

Edited 11 December, 201213 yr by PoloTommy

Interior back in! just need to find one local thats being borken up to nick a few bits and bobs, also the Drivers seat is past its best but finding one is going to be hard lol

Fitted amoured door plate on passenger side for abit of protection, lost the other one going to find it and fit on the drivers side!

Some more updates, noticed my locally scrappy had a cl breadvan in, so grabbed some bits ended up with this lot and a new door seal for £2 well happy.

so fitted the door seal, notice the knackered drivers seat!

Was fed up with the gap on my top caps even though the top mounts are newish

So fitted the mark4 ones! Well happy :)

And finally fitted interior door handles and some other missing screws and things from scrappy, I'm sure pictures arn#t needed! Not a bad day to say I didn't want to do lot!

Been collecting some bits and bobs got my gt camshaft ready to fit :)

Shrink rap for when I redo the radio wiring!

Also bought, oil and filter, camshaft oil seal and sump gasket to reseal the sump :)

Car looks so good :) will be interesting to know how you think the GT cam feels when fitted!

Awsome build so far mate keep it up

Cheers lads!

Cam fitted,new seal and rocker cover gasket, all good. Took the fan cover off to repaint! looking into making it MPI at the moment! :) want to tidy the engine bay up ALOT more!

Edited 21 October, 201213 yr by PoloTommy

Been having pains sorting the oil leak from the sump, but getting there now :) painted the driveshaft while it was out to tidy it up abit!

I have also took the wing of to underseal the inner wing and try and get a better fit on the wing as it never sat quite right which annoyed me to hell!

It should be running by friday with fresh oil and filter and wing mounted properly!

Tommy.

small update, she runs! fresh oil and filter. Ran like a bag on nails, but realised id snapped the lambda sensor, so going to sort that out, also noticed the rad is leaking slightly so that will be changed in the next few days!

Sounds good Tommy. not seen your car in quite a while so glad its coming along

Cheers mate, glad someone is whats going of with the G40?

Cheers mate, glad someone is whats going of with the G40?

Not alot at the mo. got a topmount or balljoint which desperately needs changing but not had the chance lately with the other half being in and out of hospital and my back being screwed :( still collecting parts when they pop up (like a nitrous bottle )

Cheers mate, glad someone is whats going of with the G40?

Not alot at the mo. got a topmount or balljoint which desperately needs changing but not had the chance lately with the other half being in and out of hospital and my back being screwed :( still collecting parts when they pop up (like a nitrous bottle )

If it can wait till the new year, I can help you out. if you chuck me petrol money I can drive up and help you out mate (fully qualified mehcanic now) whats up with the mrs, hope she recovers soon! nitrous bottle sounds interesting!!

sounds good chap. I'm slowly learning bits n pieces as its the best way to learn by getting stuck in. id do the topmount myself but I'm starting to think the balljoints going awol and i usually use a prize bar to pop it out but even if i jump on it, my weight wont budge it gonna start buying more bits for the car now I'm slightly better off so hopefully it'll be 100% before long.

mrs has been diagnosed with chronns disease which isnt good but not life threatening which must be a positive. probable surgery to cure it tho :(

nitrous bottle was uber cheap so if i can built up a whole kit cheaper than buying one from a company so much the better but i wanna buy a new turbo as well as getting Andy to remap it to make the performance/fuel consumption better.

right got myself a new radiator and some nice coolant.

Jon, sounds good mate I will give you a hand mate, sorry to hear about that hopefully it will be under control soon! Also trying to pop the bottom balljoint on your own is annoying anyway never mind with a bad back :p

Got the RAD Fitted today, coolant, re fitted the lambda sensor, tightened the sump up more (solved slight drip) refitted front wing 95% happy with it. Got it running properly, chucked some fresh fuel. Deleted the 1.0 sign of the engine bay cover. Fitted new on the bottom hose. Ended the day with a trip to the scrap yard to get some bits and bobs of a CL, so really happy with how today has gone as I got some help today, doesn't sound like I've done alot but all these little niggles took ages!

I know for Xmas I have a front upper strut brace and some outer lower arm bushes. I'm currently buying GT injection and looking into buying ARB blocks to replace my powerflex items! All I need to do now is tidy up the sills, paint the wheels and engine bay and she will be ready to move back to my house

Should go well with the new bits

Cheers mate, this time next year I will be hoping to be over 90bhp with her, although speed doesnt bother me as much as getting it running right/maintianed and good for a few more years.

right got myself a new radiator and some nice coolant.

Jon, sounds good mate I will give you a hand mate, sorry to hear about that hopefully it will be under control soon! Also trying to pop the bottom balljoint on your own is annoying anyway never mind with a bad back :p

cheers dude. not seeing alot of her at the mo due to one reason or another (women eh? lol) and being 50miles away. its my right shoulder and lower back so I've gotta be uber careful incase i do myself a serious injury. hopefully after xmas i can get both topmounts and balljoints replaced along with some polybushing goodness.

Right so today, didnt go mental, but starting grinding the sills back, pictures are shit, the passenger side wont need much, already put the kurust stuff on, tomorrow will skin a light layer of filler prep and paint all tornado red! the drivers side isnt going to be mint but will will be tidy which is all I can wish for.

Picture of the wing, all fitted just need to fit a couple of new clip and get myself a new arial, suggestions?

Got some presents for the old girl over Chrismtas! Here was how she was looking after a bump start from the trusty old turd!

Decided to take the pludge, got some of my GT bits (thanks MaxGT)

the GF got me a strut brace, going to fit that in the next week or two when I buy some shiny bolts!

Also got some outer lower arm bushes and also found two in my shed so might see if then fit the inners, think they are off a mark2 golf!!

At the moment I'm just finishing of smoothing the sills and repainting, they aint mint but will look tidy and will last a few more years!