new boy

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:04 am

Hi folks, im new here. Ive got a leon cupra, but just bought my missus a 54 plate black 9n polo 3 door 1.9 sdi and i can never leave a car alone so gonna mod it a bit. Really like the look of few of the polos on here and fancy the votex kit and a set of 17's to start off. Anyone know aomewhere where i can get a votex kit for a reasonable price (looked on ebay and f**k all there). Any help woould be greatly appreciated folks. P.S. Got lucky with the colour aswell LC9Z, which is exactly the same as my cupra and just bought a new back bumper for it. (Thats why a want the votex kit asap)

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:04 pm

Welcome to the forum mate.

There was one going on eBay only a few days ago for Â£300-350 and never got sold. Dealer prices are quite extortionate for these so your best bet is probably eBay.

Edit:

Heres the link to the one that ended a few days ago.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-POLO-9N-2002-2 ... dZViewItem

No harm emailing them and asking if they are willing to sell it!

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:56 pm

cheers, just asked them about it now. like your polo, very smooth. Do you know if will my polo rub with a set of 17's and a drop of about 40mm. What size are they on urs and whats the ride like cos she will only complain if she can read a manhole with her arse everytime she goes over one.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:35 pm

dainott wrote:cheers, just asked them about it now. like your polo, very smooth. Do you know if will my polo rub with a set of 17's and a drop of about 40mm. What size are they on urs and whats the ride like cos she will only complain if she can read a manhole with her arse everytime she goes over one.

if you stick to the tyre 205/40/17 then you will be ok on 17" rims, lowered.

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:03 pm

dainott wrote:cheers, just asked them about it now. like your polo, very smooth. Do you know if will my polo rub with a set of 17's and a drop of about 40mm. What size are they on urs and whats the ride like cos she will only complain if she can read a manhole with her arse everytime she goes over one.

Thanks mate. I had 17's for a day and my car is lowered all the way down on coilovers so much more lower than 40mm. No scrubbage with the tyre size as said by Carmadarron and the offset was ET33.

TBH, I thought 17s looked a little too big and thats the only reason I'm sticking with 16"s. The ones on my sig pic are my old wheels which are 16"s and they were spot on and even my new wheels are the same.

I had 50mm Spax suspension before and now have FK Coilovers. In my opinion strangely the springs were worser than the full coilover setup as they didn't like potholes one bit. That said it drives like its on rails with the coilovers and even little bumps on the road can sometimes be over-exaggerated. Though I think this is because its all the way down. When the ride height was set to half way when I got the coilovers it was much less harsher and almost like the standard suspension - just a little more firmer.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:44 pm

just got to keep searching for the votex, anywhere between Â£150-Â£350 and even more! depends how long you're willing to wait

pm me if you want some coilovers

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:09 pm

Right got the kit new for Â£275 delivered (cheers for the help, you know who you are

). cheers to all the info so far. Think il get 16's (maybe still 17's lol), but think il have to wait a little bit for the coilovers as im not spending all my cash on her car, got my leon cupra to do

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P.S how much you after for the coilovers mate (send me an email). Coming soon to her polo is the same cream leather that is going in my cupra (doing a bit of his and hers hehe). Anyone know how i can have a pic of my car on my posts as i can find how to do it (Im always blo***y asking for something lol

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DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:37 pm

welcome to the forum bud, i would say 16s are the best size to go for, but some 17s can look good depending on how low you want to go really!

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:01 pm

Im looking for white dials for the car aswell. Any ideas folks. Also anyone know how to get a pic of my car up on my posts. Cheers all

abdnmoh · Post by **abdnmoh** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:14 pm

dainott wrote: Coming soon to her polo is the same cream leather that is going in my cupra

Hi welcome to the forum mate..What seats are you fitting to the Polo? Are they a direct fit?

ps just upload a pic on to one of the websites like photobucket etc and they will provide u with a link that u post on the message and the pic magically appears on ur post..

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:21 am

was thinking of using the seats that are in it, seem to have good support and are pretty sporty, are there any seats from the vw range that will fit in it without much work? sorry i bet this has been talked about loads of times. Il have a go on that photobucket thingy now, cheers!!

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:37 am

Good price there me thinks, Not bad at all for Â£275 delivered

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:08 pm

yea not bad at all, cheers

. Just worked out aswell that the 17's of my leon cupra will fit the polo, so gonna have a look to see what they look like on it. Missus reckons they will look rubbish (what does she know lol), but i think they will be cool with a set of vw badges on em. Il get a pic and you can all make my mind up for me (or her if she knows whats good for her)(im gonna have a slap if she see this haha)

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david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:22 pm

what size tyres are on the 17s, or are you getting new ones?! sounds good.

dainott · Post by **dainott** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:41 pm

225/45/17 do you reckon will it be ok with them?