Dont leave us like that!

what else have you done?

i need more pics! lol.

looking good as ever anyway. goodluck

i'm not leaving i just ain't done out else to it yet i work during the week and by the time i get home now its too dark to do anything so i'll post more on weekend.

thanx

Good work mate..but that boot, isn't it from a mk5 polo?? it fits straight or have you done some adapting work on it??

Good work mate..but that boot, isn't it from a mk5 polo?? it fits straight or have you done some adapting work on it??

yeah the tailgate is from a mk5 and it fits spot on mate you don't have to do any body work or out but i am because i have the mk5 lights too and the lights or tailgate don't sit flush with the body so i have to bring the little parts of body under the lights out about 5mm but apart from that yeah it fits ok.

just started flushing the back off today so that the mk5 lights and tailgate all sit flush with the body and to eachother

hope you like? thanx for checking up on the polo progress guys

Edited 3 November, 200718 yr by mk4mike1.4

wow thats great! its quite a simple thing really but looks soo subtle and non vag people would be non the wiser i liek it

this thread is great, keep it going mate, really looking forward to seeing it done...

I've been thinking about going to the scrappers and geting afew panals to practise smoothing on :p

Looking good so far, can't wait to see the finished article.

Wish i had somewhere i could do something like this. Stupid house-without-a-garage-or-drive. :(

Keep up the good work.

this thread is great, keep it going mate, really looking forward to seeing it done...

I've been thinking about going to the scrappers and geting afew panals to practise smoothing on :p

it's not as hard as you might think as long as you get your filler on smoothish then all you have to worrie about then is sanding it right and thats not that hard just start with 40 grit paper too get the bulk of it down then move on to 80 then 120 but when your sanding don't just go up and down or left to right sand in all different directions this way it feathers all the edges out and you don't end up with high edges.

be careful not to take too much off mate coz you will fill and sand and end up filling it again and again. the swage lines are the hardest to get right so i would practice on things like that too.

when your doing filling its best not to put loads on at once just keep building it up with and shaping it with 1 2 or 3 skims this is better coz it stop's the filler falling out, this way it will key better to the metal or plastic. you have to sand it down between skims tho hope this helps you mate glad to help

Edited 3 November, 200718 yr by mk4mike1.4

started smoothing the tailgate off today pix on the way soon

great work mate, interested to see how this looks :)

great work mate, interested to see how this looks :)

me too lol

looks awsome mate,

but please why the cherry bomb ( it is a cherry bomb right?)

i guess as your fully smoothing it will be hidden anyway?

looks awsome mate,

but please why the cherry bomb ( it is a cherry bomb right?)

i guess as your fully smoothing it will be hidden anyway?

whats wrong with a cherry bomb?

i'm not hiding it i wanted to get another to go on the other side and have a twin system i just like the tips on em and the sound they make

looks awsome mate,

but please why the cherry bomb ( it is a cherry bomb right?)

i guess as your fully smoothing it will be hidden anyway?

whats wrong with a cherry bomb?

i'm not hiding it i wanted to get another to go on the other side and have a twin system i just like the tips on em and the sound they make

i wouldn't mind de cating it but dunno yet i'll see what i can do

look what came for me on fri

done some more to the back end tonight nearly finished now.

great progress mate, really enspiring, keep it up, its great to see people doing build threads!

i love thread's like this

keep up the great work!!

nice work dude really looking good !! :-D

thanx guys alot of work has gone into it the most work been on the back end getting the mk5 tailgate and lights sitting flush with the rest of the mk4 body.

alot more work to do and more pix to come thanx

great thread, but u need to work faster so i can be inspired more to get up and do my own ;p

any difference in fibre glass to plasic welding?

i want to smooth the numberplate recess on the front bumper, but i dont see how fibre glass would work :S

chris

Just a quick question...

Why get a mk 5 boot, then just totally smooth it? Thought you would of kept the badge!

Just a quick question...

Why get a mk 5 boot, then just totally smooth it? Thought you would of kept the badge!

i was about to ask exactly the same question lol.

Good!

Thought i was the only one confuzzled!

Also, would you mind if i PM'd you about a few bits, cos I'm getting bored with my polo, cant afford to get the bodywork done yet and things like the front bumper and the creases at the bottem of the boot i might b able to do myself... with a little bit of guidance lol

well i thought it would confuse people, if they look at the front of my car and see it was a mk4 then look at the back and have to think about if they was right or not.

i love the mk5 boot lid smoothed always have done and i thought why not put one on my car see if it fits and it did just some slight alterations under the lights and its looking ok up to now.

the reason i smoothed it is coz i hate badges really i think they spoil the look of the car and its not really in keeping with the smooth euro look either the smoother the better i say.

yeah i would be glad to help you and talk you through some things.

Ahhh ok, just seen the brake light at the top of the boot aswel!

PM on its way to you my freind