Model: 2001 Y reg Polo (6n2)

Engine: 1.4 TDI PD (remapped to 110 bhp and 185-190 lb/ft in March 08, 75 bhp and 144 lb/ft standard)

Suspension: 60mm PhilJ suspension kit

Brakes: Standard (Zimmerman discs (vented front/solid rear))

Wheels and Tyres: 14x6 ET43 VW Kyalami alloys on 185/55/14 Michelins, 15x7 ET28 Black ATS Cups on 195/45 Kumhos (sold), 15x6.5 ET35 Seneca S5R's, refurbed in antracite and high power silver on 195/45 Milanza's (sold), Polished Le Castellets 14x6 ET38 with 185/55/14 Acceleras, DTV Tahitis 15x7 ET35 with 195/45/15 Acceleras

Exterior Styling: Nothing major at the minute, web address sticker, 3rd brake light cover, black grille badge, black rear badge, tinted rear lights

Interior Styling: Richbrook Tax Disc holder (with VW symbol engraved on the back), Polo Show 2006 and 2007 Sticker, VWFestival 2007 Sticker, Team Spesh Racing dangly thingy :-D

ICE and Security: Standard VW Gamma with single shot CD player and standard VW immobiliser

Comments: Got the car in the June of 2004 and never really did much with it until last year when I finished uni (was the commuter then).

Really started with the black ATS Cups I picked up two weeks before Polo Show in 2006 which looked really smart but were sold due to scrubbage issues after the suspension got put on on the 21st February 2007. The car sits on its stock 14" most of the time but not too bothered as it still looks quite good.

The engine in this thing is a work of art, some people may not be able to get past the fact its a 3-cylinder diesel engine but that really doesn't matter to me, what does matter is the variable vane turbo which means 2nd and 3rd gear are immense amounts of fun, great for schooling boy-racered, chavved up cars who don't realise what they're up against

Future plans are for fitting a Votex or Polo GTi spoiler to tidy up the looks and maybe look for some other wheels, along with exhaust, panel filter and some other trick bits and pieces!

Update: (19th April 2008) Done some housekeeping on the spec as she's been remapped now, ran a 17.5 1/4 at GTi Spring Fest, should be able to get into the 16's hopefully! Future plans include exhaust and sorting out the sound system and, if I have enough money, FMIC and interior retrim

Pictures: one on the Cups and a few others from start of 2007

Edited 29 April, 201313 yr by jonPDpolo

Looking good mate, but it looks lower than 40mm

Am i right?

Good to see another 5-door in gallery, must be lower than 40mm looks more like 75-80mm to me, mind you I don't know how high tdi' are standard. looks good though

The tdi will have a heavier engine and gearbox wich means it should sit lower if the springs are not designed for a diesel.

I think thats right anyway?

Looks good mate. A couple of nice touches there. I have to say aswell looks like its down about 60mm. Like the first pic, very ghetto!

Looking good there Jon

Have to agree that from some angles it looks lower than 40mm but it must be somewhere around that mark, as you said today its just your heavy diesel engine weighing everything down!

Cheers

YEHHHH LOOKING GUUUURRRDDD.

i like

As Brucey would say "LOWER LOWER"!!!

Updated the details in the first post and decided to upload some new pics as its changed a bit

Firstly at BVF 07

Courtesy of Currie

And some from the mids meet today

Cheers

OI OI Tdi's all the way! but surely thats not 40mm....... nice car by the way!

Cheers for that....yeah most people who see it for the first time reckon its more than 40mm, but having measured arch gap and edge of arch to wheel centre before and after, it is roughly around 40mm,

Back in March, I put it next to Si_GTi's GTi which he reckons is down about 50mm with coilovers on 195/45/15 and I was on 185/55/14 at the time (same difference)

Here's the result (mine on the right):

Not much in it!

Edited 22 August, 200719 yr by jonPDpolo

lol who's that eejit in the picture

Jon, we need to take another shot like that but this time on level ground!

Si's looks slightly lower :p

Cheers for that....yeah most people who see it for the first time reckon its more than 40mm, but having measured arch gap and edge of arch to wheel centre before and after, it is roughly around 40mm,

Back in March, I put it next to Si_GTi's GTi which he reckons is down about 50mm with coilovers on 195/45/15 and I was on 185/55/14 at the time (same difference)

Here's the result (mine on the right):

Not much in it!

Looks pretty similar actually.. i should be gettin 60mm springs and shocks kit this weekend... how hard was it to fit??

Dunno matey, I paid someone to do it as I'm a lazy arse

Anyway, quick update as got some good pics of the car at Polo Show, where it ended up 33rd out of 55 in Show & Shine, not bad for me first crack at it

So after roughly 2 1/2 hours cleaning and polishing, the result:

Edited 20 September, 200718 yr by jonPDpolo

40?? easier to lower mine then its a tdi too

looking good

looks nice mate....really like the wheels they really suit the car!

keep up the good work

what happend to those rims??

u got sum pics of it on the cups?

looks gr8 as always mate

Dan

u got sum pics of it on the cups?

Dan

Just for Dan, a few I dug out of the photobucket account, wish I'd made them work now, nevermind

New pics soon!

Edited 20 April, 200818 yr by jonPDpolo

cheers jonny boy, looks betta on the ones u had on 2day and at spring fest, car has grown on me, i 4 was best at the meet 2day in my opinion tbh

Dan

Now I know what you were on about when you said they stick out lol. I always thought they were banded steels until you told me today that they were actually ATS cup style alloys.

Some new pics:

looks goods :

what other stuff have u done to the engine to get it mapped to 110

Edited 12 May, 200818 yr by Punz

Just the custom code remap at the minute, hoping to get up to 115 with new exhaust and panel filter though, just need the money!

Thinking about investing in some coilies, look at her sometimes and think not low enough, but then I go down some of the roads near me and think 'its low enough!'

Should be having an exhaust fitted tomorrow if all goes well

Edited 14 July, 200818 yr by jonPDpolo