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Hey guys i'm James turned 17 in february doing a maintenance engineer aprentaship at toyota and recently purchased a "P" reg-96 white 5 door polo (i know 5 door SH). It has 60,000 on the clocks and is in reasonably good condition, obviously as my first car i want to take some pride in it even though it only set me back £600 from a guy i know.
The car was bog standard when i got it a few weeks ago, here are a few photos (i debadged it then took photo's the badges weren't already gone).



I then decided to start with the basics (light fittings) so i ordered clear lenses, including rear to my studity which when they turned up appeared to be lexus so i fitted them all anyhow, at this stage it looked like this...I also took the bump strips off.



As you can see yourself the lexus lights aren't the best look so as expected i've removed them and put the old ones back on and tinted them (sorry about picture quality it was taken at night will get new soon).


Aswell as this i picked up a cheap 1000W fli sub with built in amp and a fli head unit for £150 all together which isn't to bad.

Looking to get:
Alpine door speakers.
Vibe 6x9's.
Debadged front grill, this style or mesh? Undecided.
Some new alloys when i find some at a not to expensive price
Maybe bucket seats also undecided if not then GTI interior.
Also ordering coilovers this weekend.
Cheers for reading any comments or anything you advise?

Easy mate, looking good. i need to tint my lights, i wanted mark 5 tinted but im on a budget lol.

Looks like a good base car to start with, glad you saw sense & removed the lex-arse lights!

Plenty of work on the 'to do' list, just btake your time & spend once/spend wisely (lesson 1: Don't buy/fit Lexus lights!). Have a look around this site (& others)for inspiration, & then look at what you need to acheive the 'look' you want.

If you look in the DIY guides you'll find how to fit mk3 Golf GTI Recaro's into a Polo (fronts slot straight in,rears take a bit of a mod). Just an idea for ya!

the coilovers will make a huge difference mate,fitted mine today and it looks sweet.ive got the slatted grille as i dnt think mesh works to be honest.smoked standard rear lights or 6n2 lights will look kool with your white paintwork

Aye been keeping my eye open for mk 3 golf or ibiza seats as my interior is pretty worn not to bad i suppose.
I think i'll just get the debaged grill
Payday tomorow oh the joys

Mesh style grilles can look good, had the one below on mine until a couple of weeks back, as gonna sell the Polo soon!

Still undecided grill wise, may leave standard one on.
Anything else you can think of that i need doing?

Bought some vibe slick 6x9 480watt at weekend along with a 600w 2 chan amp to supply them.
Ordered black rear badge should be here soon!
Collected coilovers soon to be fitted.
Still after some 14"/15" alloys let me know if you have some for sale!

Another update :
Now lowered with coilovers, front badge is black and rear.

My friends VTR

Looking good!

Need either a 'euro-style' badgeless grille, or revert back to silver front badge. Doesn't quite look right against the white car.

Plus those arches need filling with 'phat' rubber!

Hmm not sure man the plain grill is overused now and the silver is boring i think this is tidy i'll see what others say
It's a 6n2 black & grey badge lol.
I'm looking for some new alloys but can't find any i want at my price so will be a while as i will have to save.

na man black badges on a white polo can work i've seen it many a time, just think the photo is abit poo thats all!

I would say that you should stay whit the black badges, I like it

Nice looking car!

Can't decide whether to do my splitter white or a fresh black?
Help me guys

Looking good Craney, i want to see this !! Glad you got coilovers mate, il have to come n see your car mate .
Keep up the good work !!