MY POLO GOT WRITTEN OFF SO I REPLACED IT WITH A CORSA

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:32 am

JoeG07 wrote:Â£90 on ebay.de delivered, works out lot chesaper than buying them here.

So I take it you're likely to fail an MOT with them on? Or are they designed for us leftys?

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:18 pm

lol no theyre for right hand drive cars, i checked first

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:45 pm

JoeG07 wrote:lol no theyre for right hand drive cars, i checked first

dont worry about it most mot places dont care anyways.

So far so good... look forward to the finished product

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:02 am

lol havnt done much in ages coz its been raining like forever! bloody english summer! Painted my brake callipers red (nice cheap easy mod, looks cool) and whacked on some mud flaps, about all ive done lately. Been pouring most of my time into fixing up the red polo which ive got back from the insurance now, thats coming along nice to. Will get some pics next time i work on the car.

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:11 pm

yay! finally a day when its not raining! Got around to fitting my 16 valve bumper today which has been sitting in my shed 4 couple of weeks. Looks good, any1 no where i can get the grills and tow hook cover to go in this though? Made the silly mistake of assuming thse may be part of the grille. Also stuck in a kenwood tri-split crossover and couple of 5" kenwood subs, cost me Â£5 for the lot of ebay! Gives a great little rumble to music without being too bassey.

CraigMK4 · Post by **CraigMK4** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:15 pm

Car's looking good mate, pretty sweet for a Corsa

where did you get your 16v bumper from + how much?

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:18 pm

lol cheers man. got it off europarts for about Â£65 i think. Im feeling the grey primer, think ill just leave it like that actually! Now all i gotta do is put in a boom box, fill my car up with 10 year old girls, change my name to kevin, and i'll be sorted!

emuni · Post by **emuni** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:24 pm

LOL. tell me thats the subs in the parcel shelf next to the 6x9s

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:27 am

WELL havnt updated in ages because couldnt be bothered to keep posting, and i know u cldnt be bothered to keep reading lol. LOADS has changed since last updated. Did a photoshoot today with my mate now the weatehrs good, check out the pics! Shelfs sorted nwo but boot needs some work

LeMeph · Post by **LeMeph** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:08 am

son of a b***h!!! lol. Looking very good mate i must say i am impressed.

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:44 pm

Looking good mate. Come a long way since you got it. Any plans regarding door handles? I think I recall a previous thread where you mentioned it, any news regarding this?

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:03 pm

cheers mate. yeh i looked into the door handles it would have cost me Â£500 to do the back doors so dehandling smoothing painting and solenoids fitted, not too bad a price, but i just dnt have Â£500

solidsponge · Post by **solidsponge** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:31 pm

can I just say automatics cost more, hence a p reg polo costs about Â£800 if its in reality whereas an auto would cost a bit more maybe Â£1200-Â£1500.

Which is annoying for automatic drivers, some garages go crazy, currently on auto trader( or last week) a t reg corsa auto was Â£2750 which is completely outrageous no matter how good condition. My dad has a t reg corsa d and that was Â£4000 4 years ago and its now worth nothing to Â£200.

Anyway just saying automatics always cost more and keep better value

For insane people look at the price of vw golfs with the usual massive mileage. Trying to find a vw golf that hasnt done 100k is quite difficult., but some people seem willing to pay Â£6to 8k for a car thats done 100k, which is insane

septic · Post by **septic** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:54 pm

Man, I wish I could do the stuff you do. I can't do jack...I gotta pay garages to do the most minor of things lol.

JoeG07 · Post by **JoeG07** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:47 am

septic wrote:Man, I wish I could do the stuff you do. I can't do jack...I gotta pay garages to do the most minor of things lol.

lol mate when i first started with cars i couldn't even change a wheel! Youve just gotta experiment and have a little faith in yourself lol. Polo is a good car to start with, my 1st car was a 4 year old Leon and i thaught "nice new expensive car, don't really dare to do anything myself!" but polo isnt worth so much so feel better about doing it. And MK4 polos are like industrial lego, everything comes apart really easy lol. Theres loads of good tutorials on here as well and plenty of people to give advice, just start with little basic things and work your way from there