Update on my Polo GTi

PoloGTi · Post by **PoloGTi** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:59 pm

Last year:

This year:

Now

:

This is what happens when women try to cut accross you to park up on a roundabout... yes she saw her friend and tried to park up on the roundabout crossing 2 lanes without looking in the process!!!

However there is good news:

I get the Polo back next week but the crash meant I had to buy my new project a little sooner than planned... a 1.8 twin 40 carbed Mk1 Golf with high lift cam, 4 branch manifold and straight through exhaust

hedgehogharvey · Post by **hedgehogharvey** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:42 pm

Bit of bad and good there... bet the golf is a bit rapid

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:09 pm

What are them rear lights on your Polo?

I'm liking the Golf, I might see about getting one next year with the intention of getting a 1.8T lump put in it at some point.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:42 pm

So its your Polo! Hehe. Spotted it at Ultimate Dubs and All Types and both times really liked the look of it with the colour-coded BBS splitties

its a shame its been bumped! Looks like a few grands worth of damage possibly

inder · Post by **inder** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:52 am

Stupid woman, how on earth can you park on a roundabout

hope her insurance is paying thru the nose

Both cars look

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:47 am

Ouch looks nasty mate. On the other hand, wee Golf looks awesome.

How stupid can you get trying to park on a roundabout.

JKM_GTI · Post by **JKM_GTI** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:30 am

Your car was looking sweet until i got to the bottom pics!! Glad it's getting sorted, did you sell the rh's in the end? I know a few guys on demonvw called first dibs.....

Those rear lights were mine before i sold them, there clear leds that have been sprayed, as i said before they look much nicer against the black.

Nice little project!

PoloGTi · Post by **PoloGTi** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:08 pm

JKM_GTI wrote:Your car was looking sweet until i got to the bottom pics!! Glad it's getting sorted, did you sell the rh's in the end? I know a few guys on demonvw called first dibs.....

Those rear lights were mine before i sold them, there clear leds that have been sprayed, as i said before they look much nicer against the black.

Nice little project!

How many names have you got?

Yes as ^ said, they're inpro clear lights sprayed red and I like the look of them against the black.

Still not sold the RH's yet but the amount of work ive been doing recently (13 of last 15 days!!!) Ive not finished re-refurbing them, they are all sanded down ready for the polishing, expect the for sale soon cos the wedding is getting closer and the wife-to-be wants to get rid of all the stuff in the spare bedroom.

Get the car back on Friday with a whole standard looking front end again with non-painted splitter etc

so I will have to start out all over again

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:49 am

JT, did you get to keep any of the old parts from the wrecked front bumper? I need a new pair of front foglights...

Good to hear you've got her back and in one piece again mate, even if it is standard

VDUBGTI · Post by **VDUBGTI** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:43 am

very nice looking polo, bet ypu were not happy when the lady bumped it, its a real shame! is there much damage underneath the bumper?

PoloGTi · Post by **PoloGTi** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:35 pm

Radiator had popped, I never really opened up the bonnet.

I got a call from the body shop today telling me the car was ready 4 days earlier than planned

"You car is ready, would you like us to drop it off for you?"

"!yeh thats great but er... can you wait until Thursday, Ive no money til then (payday) to pay for the excess!"

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:50 pm

are those RH rims 4x100? if so then where the hell did you get them as ive always wanted some AMG rims....soo cool i think

PoloGTi · Post by **PoloGTi** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:08 pm

Yes mate, I bought them from German Ebay as 'RH Classiks' and polished them up myself. They still do the Topline A but they look different now for some reason (not as good) and they only do them in painted silver:

PoloGTi · Post by **PoloGTi** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:03 am

Delivered to my doorstep at 0915 this morning:

And together at last with my new Golf:

Im happy with it, the spoiler scrapped when getting off the trailer but that made me smile rather than mad.

They painted the spoiler which is good cos normally they are not colour coded, they must have just copied my old bumper.

Also they fixed the problem I had with my headlamp washers prior to he crash aswell.

Just need to get a new black VW badge, German plate and the GTI anniversary badge on the front again.

cjwardy · Post by **cjwardy** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:13 am

Lookin good mate. Bodyshop seem to have done a good job with that.

How low is it sittin?
Coz im lookin to get my wheels refurbed & colour coded like yours & am wondering what sort of drop to run.
Are the centres powder coated too?

Thanks, Chris