Doing some good work there mate,was the engine an easy conversion?

Thanks. well my friend did the conversion and was easy too do, basically just swapped the whole front end from the doner too mine engine,box,suspension,brakes,pas,anti roll bar,exhaust. He usually deals with audi s4/rs4 and vag engine swaps etc soo the polo was a piece of piss.

Nimal

Bought some second hand race power high energy 10mm ht ignition leads because when i bought my doner car it had a slight misfire .

Bargain at 35.00 as they normaly retail 70.00+

shame they dont fit in there holder as there bigger than the originals.

Edited 11 April, 201610 yr by madnemo

Today is my day off. Soo i decided to remove the driver's seat

drivers seat removed

Now again remove the back of it

attached the 16v foam bloaster to the 3door tilt & recline frame

and all finished. Just need to get a new plastic trim cover for the tilt handle as mine was already broken .Nimal

Was tempted to fit this today

But I'll wait till i get the front 16v bumper painted and then fit it, it would look soo wrong on the standard bumper

Edited 12 April, 201610 yr by madnemo

Shame that the leads are too big! Nice job on the seats, how did you find it? I had a nightmare removing a cloth from my old seats

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Shame that the leads are too big! Nice job on the seats, how did you find it? I had a nightmare removing a cloth from my old seats

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it was quite fiddley at first, had gently pull on each side of the cloth to remove the cloth .

No updates really went in a big puddle on friday and 30secs later the car cutted out. Tried starting it and smoke was coming out of the engine bay with a burned smell. 15 mins later tried start it and it was making a whiny electrical noise . Soo basicaly my starter motor is fried.

Bought a replacement off ebay for a score.

Edited 18 April, 201610 yr by madnemo

The quickest delivery I've had from an ebay seller. I've bought my starter motor yesterday and it turned up today :D

My friend attaching the new one

^^^^^^^^^ old starter motor which smelt burnt .

and it starts :smile: :smile: now.

Nimal

Edited 19 April, 201610 yr by madnemo

won a 6n roof spoiler with brake light cheap off ebay. Genuine too.

arrived today bargain at £25.00 with postage

Just saving up to get my 16v front bumper sprayed and get the spoiler done at the same time.

Nimal xxxx

No Real Major updates. I took a trip to Basildon to collect some 16v door cards front and rear for a tenner off here. Bargain.

 

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Rear door cards has golf mk3 speaker grills fitted.

 

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^^^^ original poverty spec door cards all plastic and ugly

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^^^ fitted both 16v rear door cards.

will fix the front door cards once i sorted my electric windows.

Nimal x

Ive painted my rear spoiler and front 16v bumper havent fitted it yet. There wont be any proper updates till november and the full AFH engine, gearbox and wiring loom will be for sale then. Hopefully if things go to plan the polo should be going to HR Engineering winter time for its new heart

Looks really good Nimal, keep up the good work

Looking forward for the AFH conversion to make its way too :)

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On 02/07/2016 at 22:42, wizardmanjm said:

Looks really good Nimal, keep up the good work

Looking forward for the AFH conversion to make its way too :)

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Thanks. Well if things do go to plan it should be having a 1.8t engine this coming winter

Crikey you've been a busy little bee! coming along nicely mate! can't wait to see it with the bumper and spoiler on, have you got any suspension mods planned?

1 hour ago, r10tz0r said:

Crikey you've been a busy little bee! coming along nicely mate! can't wait to see it with the bumper and spoiler on, have you got any suspension mods planned?

Thanks. Will be getting some cheapo coilovers in a few months time, im but not going for proper slammed look where it wont be driveable  just 60/70mm drop. Just gota start saving for 3k for the engine labour.

Nice dude! I kinda wanna convert my 8v to a 1.8t as well. 

14 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Nice dude! I kinda wanna convert my 8v to a 1.8t as well. 

Thanks. Its expensive but should be worth it in the end.

Well yesterday i was driving back home from work and my pas was making a loud noise and all of a sudden my steering went all hard. Pulled up and pop the bonnet open to find my tensioner exploded

After an hour of trying to remove it . Here it is. One fucked tensioner.

Ordered a new drive belt kit SKF drive belt and tensioner from eurocarparts using a Dscount code (SALE25) FROM £63.99 TO £47.99. Should be here by tomorrow as i opt for next day delivery and fitted by friday (my day off). Also when removing the heat shield from the manifold i discovered a nasty crack hence why my car is kinda loud

Gives me an excuse to fit a stainless steel one soon . Updates on friday when all fixed hopefully.

Nimal

started at 1 in the rain trying to put the tensioner in, Guess what it didnt go in and hitting the chassis leg. Had to remove the power steering pump and it went in.Next problem i had was when fitting the pas belt, it wouldn't fit like it was too small. Alot of head scratching and looking around i realize i still had the aircon  compressor pump and pully attached and was running the a/c belt. Soo I removed the whole a/c pump and pully and attached the new belt. all done in 3 an a half hours  . 

Edited 29 July, 201610 yr by madnemo

old and new one

 

Sounds a major ball ache that haha. Well done for doing it though!

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Soo i sprayed my rear spoiler afews ago and it came out propper.

sanded it down with 400 grit sand paper

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plastic primer applied

 

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sanded down plastic primer then used a tac cloth to wipe off any dust contamination .

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applied 4 coats of lovely canyon red paint

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Then sprayed 4 coats of 2k clear coat

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^^^^^ nice and shinny

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^^^^ clear coat dried.

Gona leave it a month to proper harden then wet sand from 500 grit then 1000 grit  and 1500 and finally 2000 grit then give it a compound polish.

My alternator is playing up (not charging the battery) soo ordered a second hand one from good ol ebay for a bargain score

Nimal

Pics of the Front 16v bumper painted

^^^^^^^ Canyon red base coat

gave it 3 coats of 2K clear coat. I'll give it 2/3weeks before i wet/color sand it to get it nice an smooth no orange peal and give it a compound polish after.

Nimal

Edited 13 August, 201610 yr by madnemo

I'll take some proper photos of the paint work on the bumpers when installed as my phone camera doesn't really show the shine of the paint job properly

Finished work early today. Soo i decided to fit my freshly painted 16v front bumper today.

Really need to be lowered as it looks like a 4x4. The paint is hard now soo next week i can finally start to color sand (getting rid of the orange peal) and use g3 compound polish to get the bumper proper smooth. Next is some new pressed plates, clear indicators and installing the fog lights ive bought awhile back. Thanks for reading.

Nimal