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hello just joined up to this forum my names Ant and im from norwich i drive a polo 6n2 1.4 e 60bhp

this is my car when i bought it


i have a list of TO-DO and have done

so far the car has a custom number plate - wi-tech lowering springs of 30mm and lenso BSX alloys

i have bought these coilovers to slam it which i will be doing wednesday


im going to mod the car subtley so the next things are:
gti front honeycomb grill
gti splitter
gti spoiler
VW badges painted black
upgrade door speakers and tweeters
then last and all not least sort out my key mark which some jealous person did ! and colour code at the same time

my latest mod i did to the car was a GTI rear axle conversion to get rid of the horrible drum brakes i now have discs all round which is a big upgrade i also forked out for brembo pads and discs on front and zimmerman rears, i also painted my callipers and carriers all round in royal blue to set off my theme

thanks for reading, on wednesday ill do a before and after pics of the ride height dropped and ill get pics of my rear axle

Nice car you have there mate

Sounds like a good plan with the mods. AP coilovers should set it off nicely and the GTI grill makes a huge difference.

Any other body work plans? bumper smoothing perhaps

Keep us posted with the progress

Ben

right so today me and my mate got round to putting on my coilovers

this is the ride height before :



and after : let me know what you think



while i had some free time today me and my friend also did the dewiper on the rear window



in case anybody else is thinking of doin this wilco's do the grommets they are 25mm and are 49p or 59p and then some black sillicone in a small tube is £7.99

then finally and not least the last small mod to the car was to shorten the door pins so when locked they sit flush



and that is todays update more to come shortly,

and a picture of my rear GTi axle conversion



also a couple more pics from the front and rear of the newly lowered car




just to let you all know the car will be getting dropped some more i think another 2" should just about sort it out

You wont be dropping it 2" at the rear with 195's mate. The tyres will scrub so bad it will just wear through your arch liners. I am guessing it's scrubbing at the rear as is.

Car looks good though. Get some side pics up

depends on the ET of the alloys etc etc, i have 195/45 tyres on and iam down i would say around 120mm and at the front iam around 140mm with no helpers in

surprisingly atm they aint rubbing and i can still get my hand in there lol maybe i just have small hands but im letting the springs get adjusted and settled then we will see about lowering it again a little more will would be nice haha

side pictures to follow ..........now

looks good mate, get a GTi Splitter to really set it off

i was looking at one on ebay and now its gone lol stil had two days left, ive checked the sale on here aswell and nothing atm

nazzurro19 wrote:i was looking at one on ebay and now its gone lol stil had two days left, ive checked the sale on here aswell and nothing atm

look for breaking polo gti's on ebay or find a local scrap yard

Car looks great bud

I meant 2" lower from the pic you already showed seems alot. Not 2" from stock

How are you finding the ap's? I have the same on my car. Good feel to them but they seize too easily.

umm atm im finding em not too bad happy with the quality of em so far but hey! its only been a day lol i hope they last

I like it, good job lad. Liking those wheels too.

Looks good mate, a GTI splitter will set the car off like Raz said

See if you can get hold of some Xenon lights as well, they are expensive new but there is always written off GTI's on ebay, just keep a look out. A set always comes along every now and then.

Ben

thanks guys, i would like it lower but im already rubbing when going round corners too fast so ive decided 2 keep it at the height it is

how do i get xenons ? just buy the gti healights and then is that all i need ? i do kind of need new headlights and side lights as mine look like they have been sprayed with adhesive glue cause they gone funny lol

Yeah Mate the GTI has Xenon headlights as standard, you need to look out for Polo GTI Xenon headlights on ebay.

You can but Xenon like bulb upgrades for your standard lights but they are just cheap alternatives.