My Mk4 Polo

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:44 pm

david burton wrote:good progress there, and lots of hard work

Cheers mate.

Polo looks smart, wasn't really a fan of them at first, but now seen a few modded ones, kinda growing on me

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:19 pm

@ Mike-MK4: I just found out why you needed to drill new holes

First the plus: it's not a Raceland one, it's FK, good quality

Slightly negative side: it's not meant to fit a mk4, it's made for the Golf mk1 GTI

Now I understand why I never saw a lowerstrut like that for a mk4

did you need to drill new holes for the rear too or are only those visible on the pictures "re-drilled"?

Josh_polo · Post by **Josh_polo** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:55 pm

Alright Mike hows it going, aint seen it out in a while!!! mines due for a whole heep of work hopefully

Ash got his car back, now a 1.8 T and the flutter is sexaul!

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:12 pm

JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:@ Mike-MK4: I just found out why you needed to drill new holes

First the plus: it's not a Raceland one, it's FK, good quality

Slightly negative side: it's not meant to fit a mk4, it's made for the Golf mk1 GTI Now I understand why I never saw a lowerstrut like that for a mk4 did you need to drill new holes for the rear too or are only those visible on the pictures "re-drilled"?

Rear??

You mean the two flat pieces with bend on end?

Ah fair enough, good to hear it aint cheap as I thought

I bought it as a Mk4 Polo lower brace though! lol

Josh_polo wrote:Alright Mike hows it going, aint seen it out in a while!!! mines due for a whole heep of work hopefully Very Happy

Ash got his car back, now a 1.8 T and the flutter is sexaul!

Oi oi,

Yeah I know, wish it was done and out the way lol.

So you keeping yours now?

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:23 pm

Mike-Mk4 wrote: Rear? You mean the two flat pieces with bend on end?

Yes, there are two holes in there too, did you mount/bolted on those too?

Josh_polo · Post by **Josh_polo** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:35 pm

Mike-Mk4 wrote:
Josh_polo wrote:Alright Mike hows it going, aint seen it out in a while!!! mines due for a whole heep of work hopefully Very Happy

Ash got his car back, now a 1.8 T and the flutter is sexaul!
Oi oi,

Yeah I know, wish it was done and out the way lol.

So you keeping yours now?

Yup got some plans for it aswell

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:58 pm

JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:
Mike-Mk4 wrote: Rear? You mean the two flat pieces with bend on end?

Yes, there are two holes in there too, did you mount/bolted on those too?

Not yet, will do that soon. Not too sure if should drill into it though.

Josh_polo wrote:
Mike-Mk4 wrote:
Josh_polo wrote:Alright Mike hows it going, aint seen it out in a while!!! mines due for a whole heep of work hopefully Very Happy

Ash got his car back, now a 1.8 T and the flutter is sexaul!
Oi oi,

Yeah I know, wish it was done and out the way lol.

So you keeping yours now?
Yup got some plans for it aswell

Sweet.

Any details or you keeping them back? lol

Oh yeah, sorry forgot to add that spoke to ash, front from what I could see looks good!

Wish I could of dropped one of those in mine lol.

septic · Post by **septic** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:58 pm

Man that engine looks so clean you could eat off it. You seem pretty well versed in engine swaps...was it the magic of the Haines manual that gave you your gift?

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:38 pm

septic wrote:Man that engine looks so clean you could eat off it. You seem pretty well versed in engine swaps...was it the magic of the Haines manual that gave you your gift?

Cheers mate.

Lol. Haynes was a great help, but also a lot of help from a mate, who has done it before, built his own show car, vr6'd it + worked on his other cars.

He was in same boat as me, young, first car so couldn't afford garage prices for work to be done, so learnt his self with the aid of a haynes

septic · Post by **septic** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:33 pm

Man you see...you guys have the guts to do that sorta thing. If I tried DIY my car would explode. I need to buy a Haynes manual. This is evidenced by the fact that I thought I had to take out both side wings to fit them in. Luckily a mate told me the indicators just slide out

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:22 pm

septic wrote:Man you see...you guys have the guts to do that sorta thing. If I tried DIY my car would explode. I need to buy a Haynes manual. This is evidenced by the fact that I thought I had to take out both side wings to fit them in. Luckily a mate told me the indicators just slide out

Lol.

All part of the fun, you make a mistake, you don't do it again lol.

I've learnt by helping others over the years and working on mine.

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:17 pm

very nice mate!! welcome to the forum!

if your interested in a meet, there is a South East meet for this forum in Dartford this sunday (27th). check out the meetings and events section for more information.

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:26 pm

DanDiesel wrote:very nice mate!! welcome to the forum!

if your interested in a meet, there is a South East meet for this forum in Dartford this sunday (27th). check out the meetings and events section for more information.

Cheers mate

Yeah I see that, doubt car will be ready for then, but will keep an eye on events section, cheers

V_Dub_Grub · Post by **V_Dub_Grub** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:29 pm

oo several peeps from round my neck of the woods

im In bromley, but parents are in Uckfield (between tunny wells and Brighton) so err yeah

Mike-Mk4 · Post by **Mike-Mk4** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:39 pm

V_Dub_Grub wrote:oo several peeps from round my neck of the woods im In bromley, but parents are in Uckfield (between tunny wells and Brighton) so err yeah

Sweet.

not far then.

Know someone who lives over there and few peeps in tonbridge.