david burton's 9N WIP thread - for sale

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david burton's 9N WIP thread - for sale

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So.....

bought a 3dr Polo TDI Sport today! December 03, 11k miles. Untouched, last serviced at 9k, tax and MOT, warranty, spotless bar a couple of lacquer scratches that'll G3 out.....

Paid 7600 for it, which I think seems reasonable.

Plenty of plans that will be carried out in the next 6 months.

8)
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welcome back matey!! seems like a nice find, 3 and a half years old and only 11k miles!!
when do ya pick it up then? oooh and what colour did u get?

don't forget the piccies!
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yeah I wasn't so sure about the mileage - because it's probably short shopping trip miles. Either way though it's probably not much wear in all honesty, for a 1.9 engine! and I'm putting 25k on per year, so it gives me a bit of head room.

got to wait for my savings to transfer, then pick it up (fri/sat)

it's silver which isn't so great, but with the right mods I think it'll pull it off - silver can look good if done right! LOL.

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david burton wrote:it's silver which isn't so great
:o How dare you

:lol:

Sounds like a nice find Dave, look forward to seeing it 8)
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Welcome back 8)
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ModifiedMadness wrote:
david burton wrote:it's silver which isn't so great
:o How dare you

:lol:

Sounds like a nice find Dave, look forward to seeing it 8)
lol, just my taste, that's all :)

silver looks good on some cars! there's just a lot of it about.....

pics will be up once I start to tweak things a little :)
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ModifiedMadness wrote:
david burton wrote:it's silver which isn't so great
:o How dare you
seconded haha

your right though i think 6N2's look the nuts in silver but the 9N suits the blue of dinos cars much more!!! good luck with the project keep us posted!
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got the votex kit...

got the wheels....

just ordered the springs.... from RimStyle. FK Highsports.


things left to do:

1) get spare bump strips and sand them ready for painting
2) fit everything!
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Bloody hell you dont hang around do you!
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david burton wrote:
just ordered the springs.... £365 delivered from RimStyle. FK Highsports.

How low you going?
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lol, things is that I'd planned to do this to the car about 2 months before finding the right one :)

I actually got the kit about a month ago, and picked the wheels up the same day as the car (coincedence).

took a while to find the right springsa at the right price, and the rest should be fairly easy to do.

lots of speedbumps on the way to work so won't go stupidly low. will lower it more for car events, and prob keep it about 40-50mm normally?
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thought I'd turn this into my WIP thread.

anyhow, this is the car as standard. been cleaning it up over the weekend with some G3 compound at the right places, and some nice Tech-wax

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bought these refurbed TT comps for it, and some FK highsports

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one wheel has a kerb mark on it, so spent 30 mins the other night just tidying it up.

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sanded and dremel-ed down (yes it's shiny but there's not much I can do, and the camera makes it look worse!)

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laquered up, not bad for a few mins work, and this is the only mark on the 4 wheels:

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so, next job is to find some VW door mouldings and sand them down, then taken the votex kit to be sprayed at a local bodyshop.
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Post by carmadaaron »

how long did the suspension take to deliver?

good luck with it mate, it's going to look awesome! 8)
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not yet here, should be end of this week - 10 days in total
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