Any DIY ideas for 3week break?!

1stcarsapolo · Post by **1stcarsapolo** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:30 pm

hey lads... I have three weeks off from college coming up and d black polo shown in onea d other posts not too long ago.... i would love a project to work on over the 3 weeks... something with quite alota hard graft but not too much cost.... ill try my hand at anything... any ideas or suggestions would be great thanks...

vdubyabush · Post by **vdubyabush** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:13 am

smooth out some bumpers or something or just clean it every day for 3 weeks lol

TERENCE · Post by **TERENCE** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:00 pm

Some ideas for you to try-not sure about the costings though.....

You could always try to build a nice enclosures for subs and amps, one of the fibre glass ones they're always quite hard.
De-bagdeing the polo?
Swapping the Grills over for the gti versions?

Painting the callipers/ drums?
Delocked handles if you have a decent alarm?
Tinting the windows-this may be a bit too hard if doing your self but if you have the environment to do it in try it tints are only like Â£20 for a roll of film if you are prepared to take your time.
The only thing after that would be suspension i guess but you would be spending about Â£200-300 on that. fitted mine with my brother he's a great mechanic! (Â£200 for the suspension another Â£100 for the adjustment of the camber and miscellaneous tools, sprays etc.
unfortunately it all costs these days...
good luck

titch · Post by **titch** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:24 pm

"Swapping the Grills over for the gti versions"

where can i get gti grills as i fancy doing this to my polo

also how do i go about de badgeing my polo

Randall · Post by **Randall** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:19 pm

De-badging your 6n2 Polo

POLO Lettering
===========

Tools:
- Hairdryer
- Tooth Floss
- T-CUT/Polish
- Lit free cloth

1. Heat up the lettering and surrounding with the hairdryer, allowing the black adhesive to warm up and loosen

2. Take some tooth flush and gently place it behind the lettering and slice through the adhesive Please Note: take care with this as you donâ€™t want the plastic lettering to scratch your paint work

3. You will find that once the lettering has been removed you will be left with some of the black adhesive in its place, now you need to re-heat the adhesive and remove as much as possible

4. Finally clean up the area with some polish

VW Rear Centre Badge
=================

This can be removed using the same process as above but please note you will be left with a circular recess which will need to be filled and sprayed

Hope this helps

Rich

titch · Post by **titch** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:07 pm

yeh mate i'll give it a go some time

cheers

Pedro_Hilario · Post by **Pedro_Hilario** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:12 pm

titch wrote:"Swapping the Grills over for the gti versions"

where can i get gti grills as i fancy doing this to my polo

also how do i go about de badgeing my polo

But are we talking about swapping the 6n2 normal grills for the GTI or the 6n regular grills for the 6n2 gti?

The first option i now is common but i never thought the 6n2 gti would fit the 6n.

titch · Post by **titch** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:55 pm

right firstly i have no idea what 6n2 and 6n stand for, could anyone help

Pedro_Hilario · Post by **Pedro_Hilario** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:59 pm

6N2 = MKV

6N = MKIV

Continental Europe vs Uk definition of the polo models.

titch · Post by **titch** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:25 pm

ahhh right its a "6n2"

TERENCE · Post by **TERENCE** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:40 am

It's toooo easy to change the grill!! (know this as i done it myself!!)

buy grill from vw-about Â£20
open bonnet
four clips around the top of the grill-unclip these
pull out old grill
put in new grill and push the clips in
shut bonnet
job done!!!!

Time:5 minutes if that!!!

titch · Post by **titch** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:16 pm

so what about changing the grills on the bumper to gti grills, is this hard?

Bran · Post by **Bran** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:56 pm

titch wrote:so what about changing the grills on the bumper to gti grills, is this hard?

takes about 2mins, the grill is just held in by clips - unclip ur old one and click ur new one in, thats it !!!

titch · Post by **titch** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:05 pm

Bran wrote:
titch wrote:so what about changing the grills on the bumper to gti grills, is this hard?
takes about 2mins, the grill is just held in by clips - unclip ur old one and click ur new one in, thats it !!!

you make that sound so easy - in reality its fuckin awkward