Changing my polo gti :) update

poloke · Post by **poloke** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:55 pm

I'm changing my polo completely. This is wat is changing :a bad look, clean trunk, bigger wheelarches, cleaning sidestrips, other rear and front bumper, Schmidt th rims in full chrome 8.5j at the front, 9.5j at the rear and with gold nuts.Here are soms pics. Other pics will follow.

Cleaning off the rear lumma bumper

Here's the motorhood with bad look in progress.

Cleaning of the parts after the holes from the sidestrips are welded.

The result

The clean trunk.

The wheelarches are a bit bigger now.

Pic from another side

And the sun is shining, so let's dry the stuff.

Working like hell.

Almost finished.

Well, that's it for now, other pics will follow, but there's still a lot to do.

Post by **mole** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:23 pm

Looks like a lot of work, but will be worth it

Well done!

Mole

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:02 pm

very nice but are those arches solid filler?
and are you doing all the work?

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:11 pm

Good question on the arches,

are they pulled or rolled or even extended (welded) before filling?

In any case, well impressed. But you already knew that.

poloke · Post by **poloke** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 8:06 pm

The arches are pulled, 3 cm on each side.

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 10:24 pm

i know its a bit late... but there's a company over in the uk thats recently started producing a wide arch 'rally' kit, which can be smoothed into the bodywork. its subtle but you really see the difference when you put it next to a stanard polo!

The company is Road & Sport Developments. just ask and i'll dig there number out for you

Post by **mole** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 11:18 pm

RSD

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 11:36 pm

bad experiance mole

Post by **mole** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 11:39 pm

Indeed, I won't go in to it

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 7:30 pm

Go on Mole! let it out, I can tell you want to get it off your chest!

I haven't had any dealings with them, i've just seen the kit advertised.

poloke · Post by **poloke** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 7:49 pm

I have new pics from my bumpers:

This is the lumma bumper. The holes where the pipes off the exhaust are coming where to big, so i made it smaller, aprox. 3 cm. And i'm going to make the tiny spoiler that's comes beneath the bumper out of carbon fibre.

This is the frontbumper, almost ready to repaint.

And that's the tiny spoiler to put under the rearbumper.
The carbonfibre and the epoxy are there to on the pic.

Closer pic off the carbon fibre. Never done this before so i'm curieus.

Post by **mole** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 7:51 pm

lol, I'd better not!

GTiOLLIE · Post by **GTiOLLIE** » Tue May 13, 2003 9:56 am

That is looking well good. Look forward to your next update!