he's here! i got my 6n! £750 worth of awesomeness!

I love it, few things need sorting though:

Rust on sills and rear arches is appearing, not too bad

wheels need a refurb, will do that over winter

needs to go lower

need to fix the window issue, i currently have the drivers window in the boot, and no mechanisms, off to the scrappy tomorrow though, and I'm gonna gaffa tape the window closed if i cant fix it tomorrow, as i work and my girlfriend live in an area of nottingham that's mostly on fire...

12x6 front plate, and my illest plate surround - sorry guys not a fan of the german pressed plates!

fix hella fog's that dont work

so I've got a short list of niggles and piggles but nothing too serious, or hard to fix!

here's a piccy.

EDIT ~~~~~~

I thought i'd turn this more into a project thread, as really this is what the car will become. i intend to own the car over a period of years (i know) and really bring the car back to a state it once had, it looks asif a few years ago it had really been a very nice car, and over time it has become tired. my intentions are to fix the car up again, give it some real TLC and give the car a new lease of life!

so over the next few years, I'm sure we can look back and be happy :)

Edited 29 July, 201313 yr by Joe1337

I like the alloys mate. Good luck with the car

I like the alloys mate. Good luck with the car

thanks buddy! i do too!

i actually prefer these to my aggressive staggered Rota Grid V's :p

took a few photo's of it, my mate is breaking out his SLR next week to take a few :)

Nice car rare in white. Wheels look great.

Nice car rare in white. Wheels look great.

thanks buddy! and yeah i haven't seen another white one about, partly why i picked it!

Very nice dude,love it

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alright had a few jobs on the polo today!

first of all, the drivers electric window wasn't working (common fault) (previous owner had given me a 5 door electric motor that was also broken)

so i had originally botch fixed it with some wood to have a permanently closed window. this wasn't good enough with this temperamental rain/heatwave weather, so i got up early and headed to a scrapyard to be disappointed with already pillaged cars. so i was clutching at straws, took an off chance with another local scrappy's after traipsing round half of nottingham and derby.

Came to the scrapyard and asked what i needed, polo, '98, leccy windows

"oh we got a polo same age as yours but i think its got wind up windows"

damn i thought, still i went over and had a look, opened the door (had to stand on a toyota twin cam engine as the car was plonked ontop another car) and BAM there were electic window switches.

so cracked the door card off and found a brand new electric motor, and an invoice in the glovebox for £70 including the fitting cost. and a not saying "problem not resolved" now the common issue for this issue is not the switch or motor, but the wiring in the door joint corrodes and splits, so i whipped back the rubber cover, and they were fu***d.

top, so grabbed a load of screws and clips as spares and paid £20 for the lot. top.

fixed my own door wiring loom as well (as it had also corroded and split) and refit my stereo, and got a new sub fuse as it had melted, didnt get round to winding my coilovers down, might do that tomorrow :)

ordered some slammed society stickers, and am on the hunt for a few bits and bobs!

heres a pic of the car today:

i think it looks like a little stormtrooper with the black on white theme.

it needs more lows though!

Hi all!

bit of an update!

the car got collected today for a strengthened and reconditioned gearbox and a fancy new clutch. lovely, it was on its way out anyway.

I think I might have to raise the car, as by my reckoning and research, the driveshafts were too far out of operational parameters, I had felt earlier that day a knocking sensation, like a wheel was loose, but they were tight.

this leads me to believe it was the shaft working loose around the box, and causing the seal to split.

I have also got a very large hatred for pressed plates. especially german ones, and have been meaning to get rid of them since i bought the car.

I've ordered a 12x6 front plate (for my Illest plate frame) and a standard UK one on the rear.

I have also (keeping up with the stormtrooper/star wars theme) bought a bumper sticker! yay

OK, so whilst my car is in the garage, i decided i HAD to get rid of the pressed german plates.

i had an Illest plate frame lying around, so i bought a 12x6 front and UK rear.

here:

hope you like :)

feedback would be appreciated.

also a quck query, has anyone ran one of those ebay 4-2-1 manifolds?

not really looking for outright performance, more just for show as they look top, and decat-ness.

does the standard exhaust fit onto them or does it need a secondary exhaust?

So I gave the polo a clean today!

still filthy, i think it needs a polish, I've noticed a few scars and dings, so I think I might have to book it in for a respray! haha!

all feedback will be appreciated...

Wow, I've been inactive recently! OK, so I've recently had a few new additions, apart from general useage, tomfoolery, sticker removal and such, its similar if not the same!

i had the indicator bracket fall apart on me so i repaired that with rape tape.

i also purchased some 13" ATS Cups for winter wheels for a bargain £20. they even came with good (albeit huge) tyres

i also had purchased another backbox from the club, which keeps slipping off the hangars, so i took it off for the time being.

i also bought a new steering wheel!

heres some pictures :)

Ats cups for 20 mega bargin love the polo not sure about the number plates new home though.

Ats cups for 20 mega bargin love the polo not sure about the number plates new home though.

Thanks dude! and its there for when i get the front smoothed, not a fan of removing a numberplate on the front! so rather fit a smaller one :)

I can see a lot of potential in this! Keep up the work!

I can see a lot of potential in this! Keep up the work!

thanks mate!

I've got a few things I want to do with it, but some hardcore saving during winter and such will yield some results :)

keep up the work buddy, white is a pretty rare colour :)

yeah, I have the foglights too, however they dont work :(

Yeah love white cars! Looking good man

I am always looking for white polo's, get lonely anyway awesome car man!

had a bit of an update like :)

I bought a smoothed bumper for christmas, so i gotta wait to paint and fit that

i also go some marmite banded steels, i personally love them:

sorry for lack of pics, but if you have any suggestions, i need a new centersection and backbox as mine are all rusty, and I'm gonna get a race pipe and a rolled lip cherry bomb as i think they look nice

need a better CD player and some speakers all round and a small sub, nothing massive just wanna enjoy music better than rattles and pops!