Hi all,

Thought I'd create a build thread for my polo.

I've got some big plans so hope you all like.

The day I picked her up and after a wash

Coilovers fitted and rims polished up a bit

How shes sitting at the moment

Loving this same colour as mine and love the rims looks great:)

Cheer dude, and ye, thought id put something a little different on her.

Just found this picture on my phone thought I recognised your car was taken at players 2013

P.s cars sick mate

Think its time for a bit of an update before the main works over winter start for next years shows

Exterior

New custom rear window sticker fitted to match the front and custom centre caps put on the wheels

Photo taken at the children in need cruise this weekend

Interior

Started some audio work in the boot and doors

Boots nearly finished just a few finishing touches

Doors are getting there, what do people think the back plate should be, either gloss black or red so it'll match the boot build

Hope you all like

I think gloss black. Personally think it starts to look a bit tacky if there's too much colour, a bit max powerish. Liking the boot build hoping to do something similar next year.

Ye thats what I was thinking, could look more 'classy' if its gloss black

Any wheels suggestions for the polo? Thinking BBS stagered at the minute?

If you have the budget for it, I say ssr Mk1's

I actually really like the wheels on it at the moment to be honest. But probably bbs or similar for the scene points.

Small update

First door build is now finished

Prep work

During paint

After paint

Cover strip made

And covered

The finished item, just need to put the speakers in

Some fresh pics from the weekend

Also been working on the drivers side door build

Shes also booked in to have a full respray, smooth the bumpers and have the small areas of damage sorted. Oh, and hydros......can't wait!

Final picture for now was taken at the Essex Cruise Scene Xmas Bash where I managed to get the polo in the VIP parking ..... Picture from of Tom Simpkins Photography.

Almost forgot, picked this up on Saturday!

The next edition to the Polo family

Little update.

Sound system is pretty much finished for now. New wheels are at the refurbishment place and shes booked into have some bodywork done :)

Amps are located in the rear footwells.

Both doors are now all fitted up and handle parts painted

And got my double din head unit fitted

Hope everyone approves

Looks real good mate

Wheels are almost finished, got these photos through from the refurbishing guy! Can't wait to get them on ready for the show season!

Bit of an update

Had to replace the water pump as the original had a major leak. Original was completely shot and had 4-5mm movement up and down. Took the chance to change all the timing belts at the same time :)

A week later the engine decided to fall through the car, a minor inconvienience but after some investigation the mount (gearbox side) had excesive wear, allow the bolt to vibrate loose. Anyway, a new mount was fitted and shes back on the road.

On the up side, I managed to give her a well deserved clean and found a photo taken of the boot install at a recent show.

Most exciting for me, I picked up my wheels all freshly refurbed, couldnt resist trying one on. Sit about perfect will a little bit of 'poke', just need to get some stretched rubber on them and put them on for the show season.

Next on the list is to tidy the bodywork up a little, just to last until the main works later on this year.

"A week later the engine decided to fall through the car". Couldn't help but laugh at the way you worded that after the work you had put in haha. It's looks like it's all coming together nicely though. Will be good to see it on the new wheels too

Ye, shes starting to come together, ordered the rubber so will hopefully see how she sits next week. Glad you like it tho, much appriciated.

No back seats though :(

loving where this is going.. ill be keeping an eye on this

The back seats are still in a usable shortier1919, theres small fake floors over the amps, dont like stripping rear seats out, specially leather ones :)

And thanks patton, I'll keep you updated

Update time! So found this picture of the polo from an amature photographer and thought I'd share, hope you like!

I also decided that it was about time my original worn out steering wheel was replaced so decided to go stupidly small and Momo

Most exciting update for me is the new wheels are finaly on, just in time for show season! Centre caps are currently at the powder coaters so wil hopefully get them back this week. Few snaps from Ultimate Dubs at the weekend, perfect weather and a amazing show, saw the Polo's represented well

Finally (for now) I treated her to a 3 stage machine polish and wax, came up better than I could ever of imagined and shes all ready for Heaven on Wheels show in Belgium this week, can't wait!

During

After

Small update!

The heaven on wheels show was amazing! Was good to see the difference in modifying culture from country to country. Only saw 1 other 6N2 there so got a lot of attetion, couple of pictures from the main show:

Unfortunatly the centre caps did not get finish (and still haven't been, only had them for 8 weeks now) so will hopefully get them back soon. As you can see from the above pic I have also had all the front grills painted, look much better the old faded black plastic.

Following the Heaven on Wheels show the sound system was feeling a bit sorry for itself so first job was a full upgrade and refresh.

So old speakers out, re-preped ready for a re-paint. Getting it done professionally this time so should look much better.

Both trims were looking worse for wear so they got removed and retrimed

Speaker on the left is the old, speaker on the right is the new

Then 2 new subs and a bigger amp, running around 6000W peak and 2400W RMS

Finally, after a few months of saving I finally got my new suspension kit which I picked up last night.

Full Autopilot V2 with airlift struts. Should be getting fitted towards the end of this month.

Will keep you all updated, hope you like the progress so far.

Shane

wow such a nice 6n2 suprised how well that machine polish and wax turned out!