My 2003 Polo 9n 1.2 12v , i have a few plans for this and hopefully it turns out as nice as i hope ,

I bought the car with some damage to body work but nothing serious , i bought it last week and it has been sent in for repair of most the damage , I'm leaving the damage that isnt too noticeable due to funds , then its going to a garage for a once over and to get ready for NCT :-)

Parts i have already bought are ,

- New Grill as the original was cracked

- Fog Fittings with Fogs

These will be fitted when i get it back in the next week or so

My planned mods for the 9n are the usual

- Alloys (Cades Eros Silver)

- Coilovers

- Tinted windows (Not too dark )

- Carbon wrapped badges front and back

- Boot Build (Sub , Amp , and replace all the standard speakers)

This is what i have planned for before i get it on the road , as i am 17 and this is my first car :-D could be november before I'm insured on it so it gives me more time to get money to do more mad mods

Also in the future i plan to get votex splitters all round but that is ages away i would so if even as that will take a while to save up for

I should have alloys by next week when i get the car back so expect photos when i get it back :-)

Cheers guys , would appreciate feedback and suggestions :-D

Some of the Damage :

hey man!

Nice, I got mine with pretty much the same thing on the rear drivers' side, but it wasn't really as bad as that you can hardly see it now with a teeny bit of compound on...

But another thing watch out with all the mods because you gotta declare with insurance, and coileys, rims etc can have a massive increase on your premium, on my 9n best quote I got if I had coilovers was 7 grand... could've done a bit more shopping around but most wouldn't touch me so it wasn't worth it...

I'm just going to wait until my years no claims comes through and hope that helps me.

But nice buy though look forward to seeing what you get up to with it

hey man!

Nice, I got mine with pretty much the same thing on the rear drivers' side, but it wasn't really as bad as that you can hardly see it now with a teeny bit of compound on...

But another thing watch out with all the mods because you gotta declare with insurance, and coileys, rims etc can have a massive increase on your premium, on my 9n best quote I got if I had coilovers was 7 grand... could've done a bit more shopping around but most wouldn't touch me so it wasn't worth it...

I'm just going to wait until my years no claims comes through and hope that helps me.

But nice buy though look forward to seeing what you get up to with it

Cheers for the heads up , i knew about declaring modifications to the car but i think i have found a loop hole anyway as i am already a named driver on my fathers policy for commercial insurance , but i will have to see how that turns out .

I know a guy that respraying the front bumper, driver door, the rear driver side quarter panel and the back bumper, and he is also colorcoding the rubstrips and mirrors all for €400 Cant wait to get it back next week :-)

Insurance modifications declared? What? Aha

Insurance modifications declared? What? Aha

if the way I'm hoping to get past that doesnt work , thats the road ill be going down :-)

Many cars get to how they are without doing it by the book.. Most of the best

Many cars get to how they are without doing it by the book.. Most of the best

Wise words man !

Fogs Fittings and enclosures arrived today will put up pics tomorrow :-)

How much where the fogs mate?

How much where the fogs mate?

I bought the fogs and fittings for €50 off of ebay , they dont include bulbs or wiring though

Oh right nice one I'll have a look cheers!

Color coded and getting new wheels :-)

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Fog lights Fitted :-)

i also used a toffee wheel and took off the polo and 1.2 badges at the back :)

Have had a problem with the power steering pump after i got it back from the garage , its making a whining noise and power steering comes and goes hopefully it will be sorted this week :)

Also Center caps of alloys on the two front wheels are missing , when i got them fitted they never took off the paper on the adhesive and they fell of on the drive home

I have had a few changes and additions to the stuff i want to do and here is an updated list

[X] Fix Damage

[X] Spray Rubstrips

[X] Spray Grill

[X] Spray Wing Mirrors

[X] Fog Lights

[X] Aero Wipers (Front)

[O] De-Wiper Window (Rear)

[X] Tint Side Indicators

[O] Tint Fog Lights

[O] Tint Windows

[O] Coilovers

[X] Alloys

[X] Tyres

[O] German Pressed Plates

[O] VW Autostadt Plate Frame

[O] Carbon Wrap VW Badges (Front + Rear)

[O] Straight Pipe Exhaust

[O] Exhaust Tip

[O] Stereo

[O] Subwoofer

[O] Amplifier

[O] Boot Build

[X] De-Badged (Polo + 1.2)

[O] Recloth Interior Parts

[O] Fix Courtesy Light On Passenger Side

[O] Fix Cup Holder On Console

X = Done

O = Not Done

Also i am going to stick up a few more photos tomorrow of just around the car and the interior

Here is a photoshopped picture i made of what ride height i want the car to have...

Before :

After :

how much did the colour coding set you back mate? thinking of doing it to mine

how much did the colour coding set you back mate? thinking of doing it to mine

i had damage on the car and i just go it color coded while he was respraying the damage and i go it done by a mate of my fathers so it was alot cheaper than it should have been ... i got front bumper, driver wing, driver door, driver quarter panel, and rear bumper plastic welded and resprayed, rub strips, mirrors, and grill done all for €465 which was a very good deal although the quality isnt 100% but its certainly good enough for me!

*UPDATE*

Cup holder on dash is fixed !

Passenger courtesy light is fixed :

Here are also a few random pics :-)

Interior:

Picture of boot with "polo" and "1.2" badges removed:

Close up of tinted indicator:

Close up of fog light fitting:

Picked up some new things today , got some window tint 15% for rear and 35% for front , going to order pressed plates, plate frame , HID's and wind deflectors now happy out !

Edited 15 August, 201313 yr by James_9n3

Right so i got all the tint and tinted the fog lights but haven't got time to tint the windows

Also i got some carbon fibre vinyl and wrapped the front vw badge , still have the back one to do

I also wrapped the A/C vents too

Replaced standard licence plate bulbs with white LED's

Picked up a stereo as when the car had been bought the car had been broken into and the front face was taken

Pioneer MVH-350BT stereo

The wind deflectors and HID's are on the way and should arrive soon !

Edited 18 August, 201313 yr by James_9n3

Deflectors Arrived today ! still no luck with center caps though , they arrived and they were in the wrong color !

looking good mate :)

how did you get the A/C vents out to wap? was it just a case of popping them out with a flat head?

really like the fog light tints and should look rude once windows are tinted and you get some lowssssss.

I'm 17 too and when iI finally get round o lowering mine i cant see me mentioning anything

Keep it up mate!

looking good mate :)

how did you get the A/C vents out to wap? was it just a case of popping them out with a flat head?

really like the fog light tints and should look rude once windows are tinted and you get some lowssssss.

I'm 17 too and when iI finally get round o lowering mine i cant see me mentioning anything

Keep it up mate!

Cheers buddy ! i wrapped the vents without taking them out i just heated the vinyl around the edges then cut it right at the edge and it worked for me just fine and looks perfect, yeah dying to get her lowered just haven't got the money at the minute ! going to fit HID's and deflectors tomorrow and ill finish wrapping any other pieces (door handles etc.)

got insured on it today also ! Deep dish spinning bitches grinnin yo !

Also sorry for the bad quality pics so far when i get the car lowered I'm going to get some pics on a proper dslr camera and will throw pics of everything i have done so far :-) Hope all you guys like it so far I'm enjoying what i have done so far anyway and thats all that matters really ! :-)

got insured last week :) insurance was 358 euro for me 17 on provisional happy days !