Model:1988 Mk2 polo saloon derby

Engine:Standard 1ltr

Suspension:lowered 60/40 on weitec ultra gt kit

Brakes:Standard

Wheels and Tyres:PLS Silverstone, 7j fronts, 8j rears

Exterior Styling:Re-sprayed from gold to metallic black, Wolfsburg edition sun strip, BMW spoiler, Powerflow full stainless steel system, boot rack

Interior Styling:Front GT seats, all carpets changed from brown to back along with door cards, Wolfsburg edition gear knob and window winders, Jamex steering wheel

ICE and Security:Full custom boot build-2 12" directed audio subs with hifonics amp and impulse power cap, custom door builds-infinaty speakers and JBL 6x9's on parcel shelf.

Immobiliser.

Comments:I have now had this car for 4 years and worked hard on getting her how she looks now. Future plans are to strip the paint off, take windows out, grind out all the rust and weld in new metal, fabricate new boot floor with fuel tank and relocate petrol cap behind the rear number plate with the filler neck going down through the boot into the tank. Then of course re-spray her properly, including taking the engine out to finally do the engine bay, and then maybe a bigger engine (thinks thats all for now)

Here she is at the polo show

Edited 8 October, 200916 yr by rach mk2

Paint looks soooo good, rach is the 'shiny sparkly fairy' to my anti-chrome babycham pirate'. :)

That's looking nice. I'm liking the Metallic Flake :)

Mark

your loon looks sweet :-D , i may be able to get some new chrome window trim if you are intrested.

your loon looks sweet :-D , i may be able to get some new chrome window trim if you are intrested.

very interested

You can get the trims from VAG parts I think. I heard that they were from a T25 Transporter or something, then you just trim them down to fit.

That looks great!! You should drop the front an extra 20mm tho, back looks spot on but!! Not a necessity tho, the car looks great as it is!!

Thanks, and there are plans to go lower front and rear, may loose my exhaust though

i think thats possibly the first car on p slots that i quite like

Why thankyou. The p-slots weren't my original choice but when this set came along i couldn't resist. Still don't regret putting them on

I been doing some photography recently, well playing with my new camera, and just though i'd post up some winter pics that i took a couple of weeks ago,

Enjoy :-D

And yes i know she's not very clean, but it was too cold to wash her

Looks awesome the P slots really suit, and the paint is wicked

Liking the interior touches as well

Thanks. Got big plans for the interior, think the next thing coming is a full re-trim, it's going to be costly with what i've got in mind but will look brill when it's done

Tried my first show and shine the other week at spring fest, didn't win but i don't mind, i'll try again at inters.

Here's a couple of pics before it rained and all my hard work was ruined

Didn't exactly take many, the sun had gone in by the time i finished cleaning

Looking good! 8-)Just noticed you have the same problem as me - looks a bit too low at the back/too high at the front. What suspension have you got? I guess them subs will weigh it down quite a bit. :)

looks sweet dude - was the little spoiler standard or opt extra

Looking really nice Rach. Didn't realise you'd had her so long . Look forward to seeing her progress. Any old pictures pre respray? I like reading through build threads.

Karl.

Looking good! 8-)Just noticed you have the same problem as me - looks a bit too low at the back/too high at the front. What suspension have you got? I guess them subs will weigh it down quite a bit. :)

Yeah they do weigh alot! So that's partly the reason. I have standard shocks with 40mm springs, think i need to go 60mm at the front to even it out. Or when i restore her, if she survives, might do some coilovers, I know it's alot of hard work but may as well because it will be worth it in the end :-D

looks sweet dude - was the little spoiler standard or opt extra

That spoiler isn't even a vw part. Found it in the scrap yard on an old BMW years ago. It fit so i put it on

Looking really nice Rach. Didn't realise you'd had her so long . Look forward to seeing her progress. Any old pictures pre respray? I like reading through build threads.

Karl.

It's not a brill pic, because i took it on my old phone. So gutted i didn't take pics of her on a proper camera because this is about the only pic i have of her standard

So here's how she looked on my 17th birthday, and the reason she's called Goldie....

Edited 27 April, 200818 yr by rach mk2

That's some transformation!

I know, can't believe how she used to look. Sometimes i think i should kept her gold but then i love black so had to be done

Looking cool Rach .

Keep up the good work

In fact these pics are a very good example of how mine used to look, an almost perfect before and after (bar the formel e boot spoiler and the wheels)

Found it at stanford hall show on the way out, does anyone know if it's someone on here?

If it had a 1.3 8v engine in it I would swap you for my Lupo Sport.

hey i met you at gti international i had the red and grey mk1 how did you get on...

steve

p.s

link to my pics of it

http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/ll16/stevesnelgrove/

If it had a 1.3 8v engine in it I would swap you for my Lupo Sport.

I would never get rid of Goldie, you would have a very long wait I'll have better than a 1.3 in it one day, gunna be a pocket rocket

hey i met you at gti international i had the red and grey mk1 how did you get on...

steve

p.s

link to my pics of it

http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/ll16/stevesnelgrove/

Sweet! I love your car, was admiring it on sat. Did i meet you? Sorry if i'm being blond, wasn't very well and can't remember a great deal cuz i was cold and wet on sat

Oh and i got 2nd place on sat, was so chuffed! Was in the booted class. Didn't come anywhere on sun but don't mind as so happy that i got sumit on sat :-D

Edited 24 June, 200818 yr by rach mk2