Greg's Polo GTI :) - Pictures of new Polo :)

Trottagti · Post by **Trottagti** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:01 pm

Any reason for the more door version? Candy white is a good choice...

gregperkins · Post by **gregperkins** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:19 pm

Trottagti wrote:Any reason for the more door version? Candy white is a good choice...

Just more practical really mate

Yeah I think candy white looks awesome on the new polos!

6N2 GTI 00 · Post by **6N2 GTI 00** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:47 am

Trottagti wrote:Any reason for the more door version? Candy white is a good choice...

4 doors for more whores

Car looks nice Greg

shame to see the GTI go but its good to hear its gone to a good new home.
Not a big fan of the knight alloys but its all personal choice, TDI motoring is very economical

gregperkins · Post by **gregperkins** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:15 pm

So today I thought I would spend the day working on a few bits and pieces on the car! I added a red line on to the middle of the grill, replacing the chrome

I really like it, I think it breaks the front up a bit

. I also made some gloss black carbon rear inserts for the badge, which looks a lot better than standard. I debadged 'Polo' off it, but left 'TDI' on

After all that, I washed it, gave it a polish, then sealed it with some collinite. I then went onto do the wheels using 'Iron-X' wheel cleaner - this is fantastic stuff! It gets any tar and muck off the wheels really well and gives a nice shine

. I used some poorboys to seal the wheels for this upcoming weeks cold weather!

Here are some pictures as promised

bradley1983 · Post by **bradley1983** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:52 pm

I loved mine for the first 6 months and then found it had no charm like the old polo

V Bachetta · Post by **V Bachetta** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:35 am

Well well that Red Polo was actually looking rather clean and Smart. The new ones aint the same, its no longer a Polo.

Question for you, what head did you use to undo the bolts to split your 16s? I have a set which i want to take appart, but unsure on what head to use on them as they are titanium bolts which round easily!

joe2612 · Post by **joe2612** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:40 pm

V Bachetta wrote:Well well that Red Polo was actually looking rather clean and Smart. The new ones aint the same, its no longer a Polo.

Question for you, what head did you use to undo the bolts to split your 16s? I have a set which i want to take appart, but unsure on what head to use on them as they are titanium bolts which round easily!

M8 ribe bit, and if possible use an impact wrench to undo them whilst pushing down with force so the ribe bit grips as much as possible.

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:08 pm

Its not a ribe bit, its an M8 spline bit

Ribe bits have a different profile and will damage the heads on the bolts.

Your best to use it on a long breaker bar for good leverage, whilst pushing down like Joe said

joe2612 · Post by **joe2612** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:03 pm

alexperkins wrote:Its not a ribe bit, its an M8 spline bit

Ribe bits have a different profile and will damage the heads on the bolts.

Your best to use it on a long breaker bar for good leverage, whilst pushing down like Joe said

Sorry my bad got confused spline is the one!

V Bachetta · Post by **V Bachetta** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:44 pm

wicked, thanks guys, i think i got the M8 spline head, will have a go this weekend!

Any tips on getting the existing paint off, need to go back to bare metal and have tried Nitromors!

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