Hi,

having always been a vw fan and owned numerous mk1 and mk2 golfs, I recently (6months ago) bought a red, 6n (2000) 1.4, 8v open air for the wife (as she is tiny and keeps bumping and rubbing things with the old 316 BMW!). The polo still hasn't been on the road legally... I wanted a vw and after looking at a 1.9 diesel polo I liked the build quality, size and feel of the 6n.

the one I found was solid, in dire need of a service and cheap.....

A lovely, agile and lively motor, surprising me with just a 1.4 8v.

It failed the mot on a few things including the lambada and here was my excuse to put in the 1.4 16v motor that I had been reading about... 40 more horses and redlining at 1000rpm more sounded like more fun :) Found a donor with low mileage one (70k), now engine and some other bits (brakes, grill, rear spoiler etc) has cost more than the car..

 

swap went ok apart from I forgot to take the immobiliser and key off but got around it with immo bypass off ebay. Fired up instantly!

Stainless pipe and crap induction kit from the donor car too, the thing sounds amazing, and goes like stink now! 

So now I'm hooked... I don't want to hand it over to get bumped and rubbed against bushes and god knows what she does with the car! I'm now emotionally attached to bandora bandito.. (Yes it has a name, sad I know.. But it came because of a autocorrect and now it's stuck!) 

I am thinking about getting 15" wheels but I'm undecided as to what yet. It's still not on the road yet and u can see odd wheels and it's still on stilts. Any suggestions on wheels? Also I'm considering weather or not to take off the bump strips or not..

Looks ok and OEM with the red paint but would it look better without? 

A respray is also on the list and bigger brakes. Any suggestions on a decent interior? 

 

Edited 15 June, 201610 yr by tommy b
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I've always liked the 16v bbs wheels, or some deep dish rh cups, depending on what route you're going to take (ie, are you keeping it lol).

 

i think these look fantastic in red too so I would just polish it up!

Cheers Dean, yes I don't think I will be getting rid of any time soon, the parts just keep coming! I will have to give it a respray as has had some rattle can action but I will keep it that lovely red. I found some zender wheels that are similar to the rh cup.. Still undecided! The wife fancies some japan racing wheels in black with red detal... 

The wheel on the front is off a BMW and I will be using a set of those with winter tyres. Any chance of a pic of the bbs wheels, like I said I'm new to the polo scene :)

Edited 25 June, 201610 yr by tommy b
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New brake components arrived yesterday including new brake pistons! From a German company and looks like good quality. 

Never seen such rust as was on the donor car and with only just over 60k on the clock. Bleed nipple won't come out yet, worst case I will drill and re tap it. I would like to get bigger rotors on it but I'm still researching it with the corrado/passat conversion. Still confused about the carriers.. 

Working on a new open air roof from a 6n2, mine has sealant all over it and will be a pain to get off! 

On 25 June 2016 at 07:20, tommy b said:

On 25 June 2016 at 07:20, tommy b said:

New brake components arrived yesterday including new brake pistons! From a German company and looks like good quality. 

Never seen such rust as was on the donor car and with only just over 60k on the clock. Bleed nipple won't come out yet, worst case I will drill and re tap it. I would like to get bigger rotors on it but I'm still researching it with the corrado/passat conversion. Still confused about the carriers.. 

Working on a new open air roof from a 6n2, mine has sealant all over it and will be a pain to get off! 

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