Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE

[mashmarriner]

little bit of an update, first mod to the Lasses car, debadged the back, tryed to convince her to de-wipe it, but had none of it lol, she not as silly as me

[CANDYMAN]

am very upset to admit this but i have done my maths wrong, my car is not 160mm

a dunno whether it was coz i have never had coil overs before, or am just a young lad who things he knows everything, but really knows nothing but it it only 75mm front and 80mm back,

so ppl who said it wasnt 160mm your were right and i was wrong am sorry , feel like a right ***

i only have really worked this out, today as my lass has just picked up her new 10plate polo moda 1.2 with A/C in red

pics of her car are under my lowering facts..

1) my lowering facts and how i was so bloody wrong,

i thought with coilovers, when they stated on the box, "120mm movement on coils", i thought they meant 120mm from standard high up or down, not 120mm altogether, as this means 60mm up or down from standard height, if you know what i mean,

so these me thinking my car was 120mm lower then standard and in fact it is only half this at 60mm

i then got the helpers out which i thought took it 20mm lower, when in fact it was only about 10mm, so i thought it then sat at 140mm drop when in fact it was only about 70mm drop from standard

then the wheels i thought took the car another 20mm with the tyre and wheel combo, when in fact it was only 5mm to 10mm lower, so i thought it was then 160mm drop, but it fact was 75mm to 80mm

like so...

my lasses standard height (225mm from floor to top of front bumper)...



my car height now (150mm from floor to top of front bumper)...



as you can see it is only a 75mm drop at front and the back is 80mm from what i can measure..

IF ANY OF THIS SOUNDS WRONG PLEASE HELP ME

its just me thinking ano it all when in fact i am all wrong, but you live and learn, and i am really disappointed with my self

but in my defense i am only 19, this is my 2nd car and i have never owned a set of coil over before

When you say you have taken the helpers out, what are they? are they not there for a reason? What about cutting lock collars off? So if the coil kit says lowers front 50mm and rear 55mm would this lower 50 mm from standard. Am thinking of getting Kw v2 kit. Sorry for so many questions but im coming from classic vw lowering world

[mashmarriner]

When you say you have taken the helpers out, what are they? are they not there for a reason? What about cutting lock collars off? So if the coil kit says lowers front 50mm and rear 55mm would this lower 50 mm from standard. Am thinking of getting Kw v2 kit. Sorry for so many questions but im coming from classic vw lowering world

aww mate dw it fine, i am the same as you lol.

on this pic i have the helpers, which are the red springs their job is simply to keep the main springs seated at full drop. When the car is at rest on the ground, helper springs arent really needed. the silver thing on the left is the rear adjusters i believe, these act as the seat for the rear spring and this is how the rear is adjusted, so now my spring sits on the frame of the car instead, by this i risk the spring poping out, but never ever heard of this happening, just something, ppl who dont like what you are doing say. and the silver thing on the top of the helpers i believe is the lock collar, this just locks the spring into place, but i dont think it is used if the coils are all the way down anyway, all this lowers the car a extra 15mm+ or so, and will continue over time to keep dropping because of vibrations, as there is nothing now from stopping the spring from dropping (lock collar).



bare in mind if you do this there is no way of going higher again, you cant raise the car as the coils are now F.U.C.Ked really. be really unsafe to try lol

[mashmarriner]

few more shots of me and my lasses car...

[mashmarriner]

she let me de wipe the back

[mashmarriner]

off to secta north east charity cruise @the big one

ready to go



driving down



some snaps people took and emailed me

[jakovdub]

its amazing how the ride height changes the complete look of the back in that pic of both of you next to each other! yours looks completely different mariner!

[mashmarriner]

mad as f**k init

[mashmarriner]

heheh OOPS!!!


quick update on the GFs polo, i fitted her HIDs the other day, but started to rain half way thou so she was driving round for the day with her "one light wonder" as she stated







once rain stopped got them fitted



also a few other pics taken by lads off Dub North East forum

[NeilMcConville]

New electric Polo is it? Haha

[mashmarriner]

New electric Polo is it? Haha

hahah yea the new model

[mashmarriner]

on way down to VW Festival and at the Fest







thank you Adam Jackson from sittindubs (everyone please like sittinDubs on facebook http://www.facebook.com/SittinDubs)

[mashmarriner]

Also thank you mandy for sending me a few pics of mine n yours sitting together

[mashmarriner]

just a few more taken while down there

[mashmarriner]

Update of the lasses once we got back from the VW fest she couldn't resist gettin some