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what's going on guys? went on club polo and there's gaz's derby looking absolutely beeee-utiful on polished ats cups, and then zombie doing arch extensions with 2 foot wide ATS classics that looks sexy.

frankly i'm disapointed that you've deprived uk-p of these fantastic pics

get your act together

fair play mate, ive been so busy- i put a post up on porka about my ats classics and had loads of requests to see them so i put some up. I didnt want to spoil the cars new look and was looking forward to posting pics once its finished at the end of the month. Sorry to have deprived you buddy, il keep you updated with the progress as im sure gaz will too.

Just for the benefit of uk-polos, a new pic!



Pics from yesterday







After I cleaned the bumpers...


One of the deep dish rears (fronts have a bit less)



the night photos ive had to take on my camera phone, not that bad really considering its a phone!

1st of all cheers guys for posting

zombie: are you gonna respray your whole car? if so what colour you doing it, gonna look dynamite when your finished dude.

Gaz: i remember when you 1st got that car with the chrome trim and i thought that was crying out for some deep dish polished alloys, can't wait to see some proper pics of it mate tis gonna look stunning when your done .

all i can say is thank god polished alloys are still in fashion
should finish my polished scalas this weekend too so might be putting my wheels on too.

if only human eyes told as many lies as cameras do. The wheels are a bit grubby tbh but thanks for the comments. Ive fitted them just to see what they look like, will have to look into getting them refurbed at some point.

As for not posting, it doesnt seem right to have a picture thread in this section, and for some reason in the picture section, no one ever replies to posts. thats my excuse for not posting pics here anyway (until now )

Gareth_GT_Hatch wrote:As for not posting, it doesnt seem right to have a picture thread in this section, and for some reason in the picture section, no one ever replies to posts. thats my excuse for not posting pics here anyway (until now )

the members rides section doesn't let you reply, sposed to just be a gallery so you just make a thread.

probably wouldn't be too hard to give them a polish yourself, it's hard work doing it from scratch but if it's already done then just get a polishing kit from frost and you'll have them looking fresh from the refurbers in an afternoon.

full respray in a gunmetal grey with silver flake! 80mm spax springs went on today on one side, lowering the car with tyres roughly over 100mm it is decked on the one side! il update soon mate thanks for your comments buddy

Mk2Adam wrote:

Gareth_GT_Hatch wrote:As for not posting, it doesnt seem right to have a picture thread in this section, and for some reason in the picture section, no one ever replies to posts. thats my excuse for not posting pics here anyway (until now )

the members rides section doesn't let you reply, sposed to just be a gallery so you just make a thread.

probably wouldn't be too hard to give them a polish yourself, it's hard work doing it from scratch but if it's already done then just get a polishing kit from frost and you'll have them looking fresh from the refurbers in an afternoon.

at the moment theyre laquered, and its the laquer peel thats making them look a bit pants, The rears are diamond cut and the front are poished (possibly never been refurbed before?) But if I had the choice id go for diamond cut as its lower maintenace (assuming the laquer gets a good grip)

Just taken some more pics with my camera phone.





Think I will have to do it properly later on. My opion is, needs to be slightly lower at the front, but is perfect at the back.

that is truly pimping

probably could do with being slightly lower on the front but it's barely noticable

that derby looks sooo cool and the coupe will look immense when finished!
keep up the good work lads!!

Gaz, are they scirocco wing mirrors??? are they a straight swap if they are? look cool

Theyre VERY early mk2 polo mirrors (81-82 model year only) It didnt have them to begin with (mines an '83) This one has them too. Hens teeth, especially remote adjustable ones. They do look miles better than the ones on stalks, but I think they got changed due to not being very aerodynamic.

The ones ive got arent internally adjustable, which isnt the end of the world as the non-adjustable ones look a bit better anyway, but if your car has adjustable mirrors like mine did then you have to figure out a way of covering the hole up in the doorcard. I just disconeected the cables from the adjuster knobs and left them in place!

Scirocco mirrors are an ok fit, Ive got a set requirirng new glass I keep meaning to stick on my GT, you need to use cables from a polo (rocco ones are too short) and the holes in the door need to be enlarged as the position of the bolt holes are slightly different.

probably could do with being slightly lower on the front but it's barely noticable

It definatley needs to be a shade lower at the front, ive said it a couple of times. The height at the back is spot on though, i just hope the new suspension soon to be going on doesnt travel quite as much as the old stuff (being a derby it can carry alot of stuff in the boot! This is how it looked as i was leaving to go to the polo show, loaded up with camping gear and a set of wheels i was selling.