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what do people think i should do? need ideas..

need to take into account:
full votex kit
reverse parking sensors

i wouldn't mind the votex been smoothed in, but then i think it'l look a bit of a chavvy front bumper??
but will smoothing rub strips and not votex look shoite?

some light on the situation please :D
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Ditch the parking sensors to start with mate, they'll ruin the look!

I'd smooth the front bumpstrip,
side strips,
rear bumps strip, and blend the rear into one flush shape.
The front splitter will fine as it is, although wouldn't look half bad done also.
If you can afford it, get the sideskirts flushed in too.

it all depends on what you can afford. But i'd definitely do the sensors and bumpstrips all round 8)
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Inspiration perhaps
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Going off Tim's pic pip I would get it done. I have been thinking about smoothing the bump strips for awhile but don't have the votex to worry about.

I am off to polo9n.info to see what I can find :D
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i know saw that car when he first did it ages ago which got me thinking

a guy i've been told to go to will do smoothed bump strips for £180 so say £200 each. and £500 overall to budget for lol.

i dont know about full smoothd sides with the side skirts and bump strips on doors.

parking sensors suck anyway so no biggy there.

any more pics of 9n's with votex that have been smoothed at all tim in your archive?
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That's not a bad price at all.

I haven't sorry mate. I've only a small collection of 9Ns!
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Tim_GTi wrote:That's not a bad price at all.

I haven't sorry mate. I've only a small collection of 9Ns!
yeah not to bad tbh.

and sort out the 9n situation lol
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Formally noted 8) :lol:
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Been looking on polo9n.info and cant find anything, might have something to do with my lack of understanding the German language lol
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ha ha yeah

does anybody have any wheels that are 16" 7.5j and et 17 or about 17..

i need to know how much poke they are. and wether to buy them or not
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16 x 7.5 ET 22 my friend :D

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Oh yea I think leave bumpstrips and just smooth votex in FTW
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i'm thinking whole new look for this year.

totaly smooth with wide as feck wheels lol
and completly on its bum
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pip_polo wrote:i'm thinking whole new look for this year.

totaly smooth with wide as feck wheels lol
and completly on its bum
the only way 8)
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i know exactly what i'm doing now.
gonna keep it a bit quiet as it'l look s**t hot. i'm in no rush but i'm gonna plan for it to be done for GTi International then i can make sure i do everything i want, and no bodge jobs.

any one want to buy a votex kit? painted silver :wink:
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