Been a member on here for a while now and always enjoy reading through the build threads so thought I'd start one of my own.

Had the polo for a while, most of the common mods already done.

Lowered

6n2 rears (smoked)

6n2 interior

16v bumpers

16v fogs

Debadged grill

Smoked headlights

Clear/smoked indicators

Clear/smoked side repeaters

Wind deflectors

Wiper delete

De badged tailgate

Tints

Bump strips removed

blah blah blah..

The paint on the car had dings and scratches all over and was a bit bored of the color....so this week decided on a change (quite a big one).

Anyway, a few pics of how the car looked at the beginning of this week

Edited 23 March, 201412 yr by BoWzER

So, me and a mate got cracking a few days ago:

There he is, pretending to help:

Picked up a couple of new front wings from a nice lad on here (buzzin, cheers mate)

There were a few dings in them but got then sanded and filled nicely, ready for this:

Edited 3 January, 201412 yr by BoWzER

Then this happened:

While i was at it i wrapped the roof and pillars with some black leather...centre console and dial surround also B&W sticker bombed...i know how you all love that on here...

Got hold of a standard grill from the same member mentioned above, painted the VW innards and had a crack at wrapping the VW logo in some left over leather, never seen this done so wasn't sure what it'd come out like but i'm quite pleased:

Working...lots over the next week so it'll be a few hours each night to try and get the paint finished on the car and start putting it all back together, more pics to follow!

Edited 31 December, 201312 yr by BoWzER

Looks goooooood, Liking the colour

Cheers bro,

Quick update.

Aerial got removed, hole where it lied filled and paint started on the roof.

Also got round to putting some paint on the bonnet:

Edited 14 November, 201312 yr by BoWzER

Finished work last night and went straight back down to the garage....paint on the roof came out wank so sanded this down again and gave it another coat.

Set about filling the water channels below the rear lights and a little dent on the bootlid, then got it all masked up ready to paint.

Bootlid and rear quarter got a few coats.

Once that was done, had some of Yorkshire's finest and then pissed off home.

Hopefully get the rest of the body painted up over the weekend, can then start putting her back together.

Is it easy getting the aerial out? Have you just used filler or welded it?

Straight forward to remove the aerial mate.

Unclip the headlining, there's a bolt on the underside holding it to the roof, remove this and it'll just come off.

the hole left is just a bit smaller than a 2p piece so it's not too bad, I just filled it tbh mate with a square of plastic on the underside.

Would probably be best to weld it because filler tends to crack. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

It'll probably end up welded up at some point tbh, we'll see how the filler holds out for now.

Not much done today with finishing work late, door shuts got a paint:

#promasking

#

Also ordered some pressed plates and a Mk4 Golf gear knob and gaiter from good old t'ebay to freshen it up when it goes back together.

Edited 31 December, 201312 yr by BoWzER

Lovin the colour change mate !

Cheers mate, getting there....slowly!

Spent this evening painting up the bits nobody is ever likely to see, starting to come together now though.

What's an update without pics eh?

Day off tomorrow, hopefully a big push to get the paint finished and start putting her back together

Edited 28 November, 201312 yr by BoWzER

Well,

She's all back together, quick shot:

More picture whoring to come!

Off t'pub for a couple of well earned beers for now!

Edited 24 November, 201312 yr by BoWzER

Love the colour,how many cans did it take to do it

Used about 13 cans of colour, was cutting it close thought tbh.

If you plan to do it i'd recommend 15-20 cans, and set aside LOTS of time!

Looks really good now its back together, could you tell me about spraying the bumpers? Got some 16v and wanted to know the best way to do it, there currently blue, want to get them to white

Cheers man, it's quite easy to be honest, just take your time with them.

Make sure you sand them down plenty, should be no shiny bits by the time you're done. (no need to take all the colour layer off)

Give it a good wipe down with some panel wipe/wipes to get all the crap off before you paint.

Make sure you've got a nice warm/dry space to do it in.

If you're doing them using cans and you've never painted before I'd watch a few YouTube videos to learn the technique and practice on an old panel or something first.

Alright cheers

And here's a few pics of the finished (for winter) polo:

For anyone up north interested in a shoot or any rolling shots of their car, get in touch with this lad:

https://www.facebook.com/slackyboiphotography?filter=3

Edited 31 December, 201312 yr by BoWzER

looking good mate, are those normal 6n2 rears? look ..... different?

also, what J and ET are your wheels?

Cheers man.

The rears are standard 6n2 lights but have been smoked with the centre brake strip left standard red.

Wheels are 6.5J ET28

Love the 6N2 rear tint would be cool to see a close up:)

Looking good mate.
Close up of the rears would be nice, gonna be doing something similar with mine when i get some 6n2 rears.

Here's a pic of the rear/lights, will try and grab a closer one for you when it's light:

Yeah they look well done!