Newby ........

[NeilMobeel]

hi there as you can tell form the subject i am a newby and as you can tell my name is neil. i'm 19 and just bought my first car because i thought it was about time i drove lol

well i bought a mark 5 polo 2001, its black 1.0 mpi (cheap insurance) and absolutely standard. 60000 miles with nothing wrong (had it checked out by my mate who is the head mechanic at vw and audi in ayr, scotland). bet you cant guess how much for......... well i will tell you - £500 absolute bargain yay

well i have to say i love this site not checked out club polo yet but heard it mentioned on here so prob will.

thanks to this site i have put in a new alpine head unit, two 10" subs an amp and 6x9s. changed the gear knob (really struggled til i came on here) pedals, debadged and rear lights

future mods are;-

alloys - ordered (wolfrace street octane 15")
engine start button - ordered
sills - ordered
mats and seat covers - ordered
paint bits and bobs in interior
gti grill and badge
gti spoiler
gti splitter

thats it so far

all advice and help welcome and really appreciated

[NeilMobeel]

oh and how do i put pics up???

[Si_GTi]

Hi fella, welcome to uk-polos! £500?!?! What a bargain

As for pics, try this guide: clicky. I wrote it some time ago now but hopefully it still works!

Cheers

[MaxZ]

don't put the gti badge on the grill, it ruins it like putting vxr on a corsa. apart from that good plans, looking forward to the pictures

[alexperkins]

Welcome dude! Let us know bout all the mods in future posts I like the idea of this engine start button!

And as for the GTI Badge - Im with Max. Ive asked the same question before, and the response i got was it would look silly as the rest of the car doesnt have the GTI styling, or the engine to be worthy of it

Cheers,

Alex

[DanDiesel]

welcome to UK-P mate!! plans sound good, keep us posted!!

ps- i'm with the rest of them about the gti badge!

[rowdydj]

welcome mate

[kipper]

im sorry? £500? for the car? wtf......... cursers on u mate....... thats to good to be true........... look orward to the pics to.........

[Dee-vub]

Welcome along mate.

You sure it wasn't a write off or something.......as nobody in there right mind would sell a genuine 60k mk5 polo for £500!!!

Anyways, plans sound good, but yeh leave the GTI badge OFF!!!!

[NeilMobeel]

sorry messed up not the actual gti badge i meant the gti grill with black vw badge

i know its a great bargain i got it off one of my best mates hes movin up in the world and got a company car, guess he just wanted rid of it and knew i was a good home for it. getting it resprayed now same colour just to freshen it up and get rid of any scratches.

yeah the start button is kl its a kit so you can easily do it yourself and i will post a wee diy thing to show you

all the wee things ive ordered come next week so im dead excited

i love this site its great for hints, tips, diy, referances etc

very impressed........

neil

[vdubit]

Welcome to the mad house

Sounds like you gotta right bargain, and have some good plans ahead of you. Dont spray it the same colour, do something interesting with it!

I'm a bit concerned with the 'seat covers and mats' you have on your list. Sounds nasty!

Andy

[NeilMobeel]

whats wrong with seat covers and mats??? i gt the mats today they look great. the covers are ordered just to protect the original interior or do you think i should just leave the covers?

[vdubit]

Didnt mean to sound rude. I just think seat covers make a look a little boy racer. Proper cheesy chav style. Especially if there those naff rad and black ones!

Subtlety is the way forward (i know, i cant say much!)

[NeilMobeel]

wat do you suggest then they were actually black and blue but a bit worried now should i just make the originals nice and clean?

[vdubit]

Exactly! The standard interiors were always quite nice on the 6n2 anyway. You can usually find complete gti '1' interiors on ebay for a couple hundred quid. I'd do that if i didnt already have one!