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story of the polo

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:15 pm
by djsimmy
Bored and found some old pics so thought i would put a litle story up :)

She came like this

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First thing i did was 80mm spring


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Gti grill and splitter
all done at same time :)

then came some tasty mutlispokes

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Then i thought i would go and smooth the bumpers

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the 15's were rubbing so went back to steelies and sold the multispokes

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Soon got bored of steels so went for some rh cups

but the bumpers were a bit poop as u can see in the pic i have drawn round. so i had them re done buy a body shop

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The car Stayed like this for ages a good 6 months untill i found some tt seats :)

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Then came the coilovers :D

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Then The Retrim

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Then Finally The Wheels

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THERE YOU HAVE IT THE STORY OF THE POLO!!!

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:45 pm
by Overseer
Love the pic outside the Audi garage.

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:07 pm
by h4r1s
absolutely love the interior 8)

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:15 pm
by 3LL1077
Love the progress!

How high is your handbrake in the last few shots :shock:

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:16 pm
by Supraking
omg that is really lush. so tempted to get a polo and euro it. but i love my baby so much. grrr. maybe a second car

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:06 pm
by djsimmy
3LL1077 wrote:Love the progress!

How high is your handbrake in the last few shots :shock:
lol the weld had snapped mate.

all fixed now :D

cheers for coments.

the story isnt over yet tho :D

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:23 pm
by 1der
really nice looking car there :)

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:48 pm
by lolhoward
Great car mate. Love the interior. I know ''every bodies a critic'' but how come you left the side strips black?

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:04 am
by djsimmy
because one of the handles was shafted on the other side and i wanna get the handels and the strips done 2gether. thats the next thing on my list :D

as wel as new wheels and something under the bonnet 8)

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:38 pm
by Biddle
Looks awesum mate.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:40 pm
by JayKay
If you dont mind me asking, what rims do you have on for the Audi dealership photoshot?

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:43 pm
by djsimmy
dunno mate cost me 50 quid from my mate think they were some sort of tsw rim.

hated them lol

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:47 pm
by lolhoward
djsimmy wrote:because one of the handles was shafted on the other side and i wanna get the handels and the strips done 2gether. thats the next thing on my list :D

as wel as new wheels and something under the bonnet 8)
Makes sense.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:50 pm
by alexperkins
Are those OZ super turismos? If so, what size?

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:24 pm
by kipper
how did u do the smoothing then?

was it just fill it up with fibre glass till ur near the top then put a thin skimming of body filler on it?