Beijing Polo's Progress thread (updated)

[beijing polo]

hello everyone,
been a while since i've done an update so here goes!
- removed the front grill badge
- removed rear coilover adjustor screws
- 5mm spacers all round (bringing ET30 all round)
- has no camera skills











im a bit unsure of the overall offset as it might still come out more. can anyone shed some light on how the max ET i can go with this? thanks in advance
also thanks for havin a look!

[lm_gauci]

I think it looks spot on. Love the look of the bbs lm's on the mk7

[Turbomier]

do not touch it!!!
stay away from the car!!
it looks good as it is, don't screw it up now...

[blazeguarder]

Car looks awesome dude. Stance looks spot on as well.

[b1ondie86]

I'm *loving* the colour scheme - silver with tinted windows and rear lights from what I can make out. But can anyone tell me, what does the offset do to the look of the car?

[beijing polo]

thank you everyone for the response! i will leave it as it is.

I'm *loving* the colour scheme - silver with tinted windows and rear lights from what I can make out. But can anyone tell me, what does the offset do to the look of the car?

the offset tells you how much the wheels stick out from the hub face. hope that explains it.

[beijing polo]

greetings all,
just like to share whats been going on with the car recently, no biggie just a few small mods.

- a replacement of the old 4 spoke steering wheel to a 3 spoke wheel (dont know why i didnt get the 3 spoke from new..)
- a cubby box (should be standard really, what can you actually put in a small grove?? )
- a new rear sticker!! (really really hard to get in china, i should start selling this stuff)




thanks for havin a perusin around, and a very happy new year from china!!
c&c are all welcome.
alan

ps. there seems to be many buildings in all my pics.. because there are actually are that many here

[alexperkins]

liking it alot. Very tidy mate

[m4tty1]

Nice car mate ! What size are your lm reps ? I am getting 17x8 et 35 and ain't sure if there going to fit … thanks

[JamieG172]

HI mate, car looks really good. Where did you get your steering wheel from and how much did it cost you? I want the three-spoke too....I cant stand the 4spoke standard wheel...

[beijing polo]

liking it alot. Very tidy mate

thanks mate, saw your car in the polo of the month and fell in love with it!

Nice car mate ! What size are your lm reps ? I am getting 17x8 et 35 and ain't sure if there going to fit … thanks

and thank you for that lovely comment, the wheels now are 17x7.5 et35 (205/40/17 tyre) and under full lock the inner tyre hits the arch lining. if i said it right. hits the plastic under the wheel arches. but i hear people running 8j wide wheels no problem. hope that helps you out mate.

HI mate, car looks really good. Where did you get your steering wheel from and how much did it cost you? I want the three-spoke too....I cant stand the 4spoke standard wheel...

cheers for that JamieG172. the steering wheel was an ebay job. just stick to the polo parts and you'll be fine. your old airbag wont fit into the 3 spoke one, so the new one will cost quite a bit. but good luck! i learnt that you can fit any OEM VW steering wheel into your car as long as you got the right airbag, hope that might tempt you upon greener fields yonder..

and to everybody else, happy chinese new year!!! it falls on feb 3rd, and it shall be the year of the rabbit (1987, 1975, 1963, etc.)

[beijing polo]

hello all,

small update, i had some puddle lights installed into the front doors.

there wasnt a visible imprint in the rear door cards so i left them as they were.

here some pics to show them in action.









the ppl who installed them did a good job, as each door light opens individually. they really light up the ground at night which is quite comforting stepping in/out the car. theres a guide but in chinese.. here

as much as i loved the CF wrapped mirrors, they were looking awful after getting blasted by the sun over here, so they have been removed. calling all CF wrappers! how on earth do mirrors get wrapped? get them off the car?

c&c welcome,
thanks forumees
alan

[MODDED9N]

I did my mirrors and they look damn good could give you instructions if u wanted!

[beijing polo]

that would be great! did you use 2 pieces of film for each mirror?

couldn't get it to angle around the inner edges

[MODDED9N]

will do you some instructions then! It is very easy to do if you have 2 people and a heat gun/hair dryer!