polo9n mk6.5 front end swap

[chris 9n]

here is a step by step photos as i done the car


got the panels all brand new off a new car that fell off the back of a transporter and was never driven woo hoo

ready to start


removed bumper ,lights,grill, and started taking off slam panel


front all off now


now i started fitting the new front so i could drive it down to the body shop for them to take it off again and paint it and re-fit it


day one over got the two wings on and bonnet all going to plan bolt for bolt swap so far


slam panel/front carrier and new radiator now all fitted


time for a snag didn't all go to plan
the head lights would not fit because the inner wing was stopping them going in so i had to cut about 2"inches off the inner wing for them to go in so i had to take it all back off again and re-fit it

right so now got the lights in but the bumper would not line up took us nearly all day to get it right the 9n inner wing brackets were different so we had to bend them to shape


done woooo hoooo now time to take it the body shop and for them to take it all off again lol




now at body shop the ice house in stoke ready for painting


little ding on my door got sorted

bumper with center of it painted gloss black and blue motion bottom splitter fitted

bonnet


nearly done


ready for a polish




no more side repeater the joy of the swap now smoother


cars all done went and got a new wind screen fitted old one got chipped and cracked :badgrin: :p

now back home all done time to fit coilovers and get it lower


FK highsports



thanks for looking

if you got any photos please post them up from the weekend

[TimGti]

So thats why you were selling the old bumper!

Have considered this many times as the new shape fronts look soooo much better than the old ones!

Fair play for doing it mate! How are you finding the coilovers?

[chris 9n]

coilovers are so much better sits nice and even now always sat high at the front before

[K.I.T.T.]

Looking sweet mate! I like the 9n3 front end, but not the 9n3 tailgate...you've got the best of both worlds

And yeah, the best colour as well...not that I'm partial or anything *cough*

Ash

[Hamish]

Looks awesome. This was the first car that inspired me to modify a 9n.

Out of interest how much did it cost you in parts to do?

[mc_iver_9n]

Looks Sweet as a Nut mate

[chris 9n]

Looks awesome. This was the first car that inspired me to modify a 9n.

Out of interest how much did it cost you in parts to do?

thanks mate that's good to no I'm doing something right lol

as for price it cost me around the £500 mark in parts and alot for paint lol its dear but i sold alot of my old parts and made that back i just had to pay for the paint and fit in the end

[chris 9n]

Looking sweet mate! I like the 9n3 front end, but not the 9n3 tailgate...you've got the best of both worlds

And yeah, the best colour as well...not that I'm partial or anything *cough*

Ash

yeah you got that right the rear on the mk7 looks

[stig247]

Perfection!!!!!

[poloecosse]

looks mint!! just need the mk7 gti headlights

[david burton]

but not the 9n3 tailgate...

hang on, how is the tailgate different apart from the 9N3 lights?

super job, car looks nice mate!

[daa709]

9n3 tailgate has a 'V' shape to the line of the window and the tailgate. The 9n is just straight.

Thats it though..

[K.I.T.T.]

9n3 tailgate has a 'V' shape to the line of the window and the tailgate. The 9n is just straight.

Thats it though..

Amen to that!

Ash

[GaryUK]

9n3 tailgate has a 'V' shape to the line of the window and the tailgate. The 9n is just straight.

Amazingly I had never noticed that but looking at pics it's alot more obvious now.

You learn something new everyday.

[flyfs6]

Chris mate get the GTI front lamps. Will contrast much nicely. Are you still planning the 20v conversion.

I've the silver GTI from mega meet.