Hmm where to start, I bought my little polo in october last year, off some kent dealer! mileage was 47k..I think I paid a little over the normal asking price but I was desperate and I had my heart set on a 3 door in black!
Once I had driven down the road the car stalled at the lights
she started up with a bit of a fuss...then didnt miss a beat the whole way home so I put it to the back of my mind. After many hours spent on uk-p reading posts of the cambelt failures I went into town to pick up some friends, the car then stalled again...followed by the engine management light, panic set in after I decided it was the cambelt so I got my mate to tow me to VW which was to say the least pant wetting!
The problem ended up being a dirty speed sensor, cost something like a tenner, but to be safe I got the cambelt done as well at a stealer.
I decided priorites for my first mod were the wheels, they were a state, kerbed to pieces & bad corrosion
So after several months of searching I managed to get some 16" RXII's brand new with new dunlop tyres for £606 off ebay. Also found some red tape for the grill so gave that a go:
then the car went to its first show at santa pod!
unfortunately the tyres were the wrong size on the rims & I became really interested in the wide look, so did a straight swap for some BBS RM's, slapped some new tyres on all round.
Since then I've
- Given the brake calipers & engine bay a re-paint
- Replaced my tailgate after someone keyed it
- Took it in for a 60k service, new brake discs/pads all round amoung other things
- Painted RM centers silver and replaced a cap
- Fitted my old boot build & a new head unit
and thats it...sorry to bore everyone haha, just want a thread to update with mods in the future, slow and steady progress as I'm a student and money is an issue lol
My coilies are going on in 3 days so will update with photos when decked!
