Sooo, having owned my coupe for 3 years now, thought it might be worth sharing. It was my 1st car and it was in good shape for £350. But i was 17 so insurance for the standard 1.3 was £2200 so mods were few and far between.

How it looked when i bought it -

Working as an apprentice i had very little money to work with and i went through 'a phase' 😉. I stickerbombed the front wing over some light accident damage, put a bonnet bra on and lowered it on shocks and springs over some exip 14" x 6j alloys. I look back now and cringe but it made me happy at the time.

The stickerbomb, bonnet bra and yellow headlights were ripped off after UD14 and then i planned the next phase.

I bought and sold a lot of wheels including banded steels and porsche teledials but eventually found some wheels i liked and made an impulse buy - some Renault Alpine Gta turbines. 6 x 15 up front and 8.5 x 15 at the rear.

Didnt have a clue how i'd make them fit and after trialling them, realised the Polo needed more lows. A lot more lows.

So i looked at coilovers but the speedbumps into my estate are horrendous, unlike any others I've seen and i ripped my exhaust off several times when it was lowered 60/40 so just did a bit of window shopping on the TA Technix website. The window shopping led to an £800 impulse purchase of some air struts 😂 They were sent from Germany and lost midway but eventually arrived and plotted. This was march this year. Then in may, i went to visit some friends at sheffield hallam uni and popped into Airtechnik on a whim to enquire about Airlift V2 management. I left half an hour later with a wallet £1200 lighter having gone for dual compressors and a decent sized tank.

It wasnt till August till the guys at Novaks Kustom Industries installed it, as i didnt have the time nor the place to do it. To say i was happy was an understatement. I'll let the pics fo the talking...

And a few before and afters -

And how it stands today. As you'll have been able to see, the bodywork has seen better days but as i type, the polo is at tge bodyshop getting treated to a fresh lick of paint.

So i pick the car up wednesday then its a case of more tidying up to do.

Over the winter I'm smoothing the tailgate, fitting the larger csr spoiler and getting the rest of the car painted in spring. I also need tk get it a bit lower, i'll be happy when the bumper touches the floor and getting the bumpers smoothed, hopefully to be ready for UD16.

Future plans include a g40 engine in a smoothed bay, custom splits (the larts hoarding has already begun but I'm keeping the specs a secret), porsche tombstone seats and a full interior retrim involving rear seats removed and alcantara door cards / headliner / dash etc. So hopefully i'll be pretty much there for the Polo Social :)

If you want to see more pics of the build, there's loads on my instagram @rich_athorne

Edited 23 November, 201510 yr by rich95

Having a few problems with some pictures. Hopefully get it.sorted and get them up 👍

I thought I recognised this, I'm already following you on instagram lol I'm @john_m_yo. Looks cool as on the turbines and I really like how it sits. Very expensive setup that air ride [emoji16] think I'll pass on that haha

Yeah it wasnt cheap, but it was well worth it. No one expects it as theres only a couple in the UK

Quality car - fair play to you.

So I've finally had the Polo painted. For the first time in my 3 years of ownership, the car is all one colour. Had both sides done and it looks amazing but now the bonnet and tailgate are slightly off so it'll be getting a new coat on those too in the near future.. hopefully in time for UD16 :)

To say I'm happy with it would be an understatement and i cant wait for show season now. Few little things to sort here and there and i'll be content

Can't wait to see this..look at it shine! [emoji14]

I'm so glad you kept that colour. The wheels are awesome.

That last picture :wub:

Nice Polo, maybe I like more rims with no hubcap.

But where do you live streets have no holes at all? :)

Nice Polo, maybe I like more rims with no hubcap.

But where do you live streets have no holes at all? :)

I have air ride 😂

Nice [emoji1]

awesome mate.

Epic, loving the air ride !

what are the roads like in wakey? i'm tryna move house at the minute (live in leeds) and my main criteria is a clear street and flat entry driveway... missus isn't impressed. The rent is cheaper over that way but if you're saying the bumps are in-humane i may have to recalculate haha.