moddin an E

sapphireflame · Post by **sapphireflame** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:38 am

thing is its my mums car and i can't afford my own and she'll let me do things to it coz she used to when she was younger but chris says theres no point coz its an E

Chris reckons theres just no point...what do you guys think?

MaxZ · Post by **MaxZ** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:48 am

You can always do stuff to your car, which you'll be able to use when you get money to buy your own car. Examples of that are upgrading the audio, and getting some nice floor mats along with pedals. Don't forget you don't need to buy expensive things to make a car look nice, a badgeless grill doesn't cost more than 20 quid.

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:59 am

Every car has potential. For example, take a look at my car; standard it's just another underpowered shopping trolley. With a set of decent wheels, a lowering kit, and some body parts it's good enough to represent the forum at some of the biggest VW shows.

With an "E" model, engine modifications aren't priority really. Just enjoy doing things the "low and slow" way. I don't agree that there's no point in modifying an E model, to be honest. If I didn't do anything to my car, I would be driving another generic shopping trolley.

For your car; I'd recommend stuff like colour-coding the front lower valance and the grille. Also; have a look at Alex Perkins' 1.0E, it's the pinnacle example of a nicely modified E model

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:48 pm

Ollie_R wrote:Every car has potential. For example, take a look at my car; standard it's just another underpowered shopping trolley. With a set of decent wheels, a lowering kit, and some body parts it's good enough to represent the forum at some of the biggest VW shows.

With an "E" model, engine modifications aren't priority really. Just enjoy doing things the "low and slow" way. I don't agree that there's no point in modifying an E model, to be honest. If I didn't do anything to my car, I would be driving another generic shopping trolley.

For your car; I'd recommend stuff like colour-coding the front lower valance and the grille. Also; have a look at Alex Perkins' 1.0E, it's the pinnacle example of a nicely modified E model

Why thankyou Ollie

Colour coding comes next

And the end of this week sees the fitting of my newly refurbished BBS RX IIs mmm. The last mod this car will ever see on the outside is going to be a 60/60 drop

Then the next project begins - saving for a real GTI from October. Cant wait

:D

But yes, there is by no means no point in modding an E. You can make it look just like an SE for very little money at all (like mine

)

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:51 pm

Don't go overboard. I shared my old Fiesta with my mum and she let me mod it slightly while I saved up for my Polo. Just subtle stuff like window tints (it was a "Black" special edition), de-tangoed lights, clear side repeaters

sapphireflame · Post by **sapphireflame** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:00 pm

thanks i've got some ideas now
over the weekend my parents saw a lupo gti at the Chinese takeaway and the woman who owned it might be selling it later in the year and my parents really liked it, so it could be all change soon!

chrisash32 · Post by **chrisash32** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:36 pm

sapphireflame wrote:thanks i've got some ideas now
over the weekend my parents saw a lupo gti at the Chinese takeaway and the woman who owned it might be selling it later in the year and my parents really liked it, so it could be all change soon!

you know i will end up having that pocket rocket if you buy it, you will find it just too small and end up driving me polo even more!!

sapphireflame · Post by **sapphireflame** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:38 pm

chrisash32 wrote: you know i will end up having that pocket rocket if you buy it, you will find it just too small and end up driving me polo even more!!

it'll certainly be faster than my polo lol