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Thought it was about time I posted my Polo on here.

Model: VW Polo 6R BlueGT

Engine/HP/NM: 1,4 TSI / 140 HP / 250 Nm

Build date/modelyear: june 11th 2013 / 2014 model

Color: Candy White

Equipment:

• Multi Funtion Steeringwheel
  Blue Speed Interior
  Anti Dazzle rear view mirror
  Rainsensor
  Parking Distance Sensors
  Heated washer jets
  Bi-Xenon headlights
  Rear wiper removed
  GeCleant.de glassplug in rear window
  Foglights
  Coming/Leaving home & auto lights
  Footwell lights
  OEM Bluetooth plus handsfree & Streaming
  Black VW badges front & back. Rear badge has i white background
  Chrom tailpipes
  Taillights modified so only the "L" is lit
  Dual reverselight instead of the foglight
  Enginecover from a US Jetta 6 Hybrid
  GTI Grill paintet gloss black with blue striping and GT badge.
  Foglightsurrounds, lower GTI grill and read skirt paintet gloss black
  Washer and coolant lids changed to black ones
  Brake calipers painted blue
  Eibach Pro Street S coilovers
  Maxton front splitter

Wheels:

• 7x17" VW Montani Anthracit with 205/40-17 Dunlop SP Sport Maxx
  (New wheels bought: 7,5x17" BBS RC 324 with 205/40-17 Toyo Proxes T1S)

ICE: RNS 510 with stock speakers and mk 7 Golf Helix subwoofer in the wheelwell

Pictures taken a few hours after I picked it up:






























And some of the modified stuff:

How did you only light up the L on the rear lights? Did you block the top squareish part with something! And also how did you install your footwell lights?

You car looks awesome, has made me want anthracite wheels on my white r line instead of black now!

Very nice Martin - pity it's in the wrong colour

Why the new alloys, you replacing the standard VW ones or are they winter wheels ?

helloimjammie wrote:How did you only light up the L on the rear lights? Did you block the top squareish part with something! And also how did you install your footwell lights?

I have taped off the squareish/oval part yes.

There are square mounting holes down by the feet in both sides. I then soldered the wires up to the dome light so the footwellight turns on with that light.

Norbreck21a wrote:Very nice Martin - pity it's in the wrong colour

Why the new alloys, you replacing the standard VW ones or are they winter wheels ?

I got a good deal from greypolo9N3 And I've allways been a sucker for BBS wheels.

I testmounted one of the wheels last weekend and fiddled around with the rideheight on the computer... This is what I ended up with:

Mart!n remove you rear light cluster for some photos of the blank you have fitted to get just the "L" Dont want no melting of any plastics or fires!!

Cheers Matt.

Brilliant will look into it

mattymdm wrote:Mart!n remove you rear light cluster for some photos of the blank you have fitted to get just the "L" Dont want no melting of any plastics or fires!!

Cheers Matt.

It's actually quite easy... I removed the taillight and then I had a piece of black vinyl for wrapping cars, stickers and and so forth. I cut that up in about 3x4 cm pieces and I then sat with the a flashlight between my knees and the taillight in my lab.

And the a set of big tweezers I fed the vinyl pieces in though the square hole in the back of the light. blocking where I could see light coming through.

I took the flashlight up from time to time and shined it through the back of the taillight so I could check how it looked from the outside.

Very tempting.. Im thinking of smoking my taillights and now seeing this L design is really tempting me.

chrispy. wrote:Very tempting.. Im thinking of smoking my taillights and now seeing this L design is really tempting me.

I have been thinking about looking in to how light windowtint I can get and then wrap my tail lights in that.
To get a "Kirschrot" effect.

I was thinking of good old PlastiDip

chrispy. wrote:I was thinking of good old PlastiDip

Plastidip isn't transparent. And also I think it looks like s**t when tintet taillights is a mat color.

They do have a smoked paint which gets darker the more you spray on, then you have a glossifier spray to bring it a shine.

http://youtu.be/TawW8kWsqto

chrispy. wrote:They do have a smoked paint which gets darker the more you spray on, then you have a glossifier spray to bring it a shine.

http://youtu.be/TawW8kWsqto

I'm sorry to say. But that still looks like crap... Why would you take a gorgeous krystal clear taillight and make it look like a tinted bathroom window?
That's just my oppinion of course.

I did have the my taillights smoked using plastidip I thought it looked pretty damn good it's looks like your lights have mist on them like on a cold morning sadly it started peeling

Like you say its opinion based i feel a white or black car with tinted rear lights look pretty cool i have to admit, has to be the right car - that beetle, not so good.

Joelburbidge - how long before it started peeling?