Tarting it up

PeteJ · Post by **PeteJ** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:51 pm

This is my new motor! and i do beleive its about as tracor as it gets.
i do have some plans for it, but there in the air untill after i've finished uni (next week!!!!) and been on holiday for a week

mainly, deck it, new alloys.. maybe vw or ats cups unsure yet. debadged grille, clear lights (unsure on rears cant decide which i like)
gt tdi front splitter, maybe a new air filter, and maybe some interior tweaks (bar the obligatory ice)
My first question is has anybody done anythingk about the bloody awful front grille under the number plate on a 1.6 8v? its SO ugly! im tempted to try honeycomb or some black mesh.. any ideas? dont want to get caught up in a smooth it/1v bumper etc debate, just want to make the stok bumper a tad less foul

any other suggestions?!

Pete

mk4po-low · Post by **mk4po-low** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:01 pm

black mesh would look good, but once you remove the grille there are small metal tabs that stick up, these will need to be removed otherwise it will look tacky when u put the mesh in place, other than theat your plans sound goods! what does the gt tdi splitter look like?

PeteJ · Post by **PeteJ** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:06 pm

pimp-tastic

i havent really twiddled with the car at all yet, want to get it serviced, and seeing as its only done 37k, probably do the cambelt, clean up the pulleys and sling the cam cover in the bin. polish rocker cover, colour code the engine cover etc.
plenty of little job to keep me busy over summer

i shall have to go round all the DIY stores now looking at black rigid mesh so i dont have to go into halfords or motorworld :S

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:04 am

nice motor there mate very shiney!
a good base for abit of subtle modding thats how we like it

slam it on some deep dish 15's

-Ben-

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:26 am

an get the bumper strips off the sides!! asap! we dont like those, do we folks, lol, it makes such a difference wen they are removed, ur car will look like ''phil 6N's'' lol

i quite like the alloys u have on now, just get it dropped an get a deep sunstrip an ya windows tinted aswell

''i wonder who did that''

PeteJ · Post by **PeteJ** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:29 am

hah

i aint taking off my rubbing strips i dont trust students at my uni, being a bit older than them dirtbags i appreicate how much I had to pay for the car.. clearly they dont!

im still unsure what im going to do, just fettle it up i think and go for VW alloys these current ones are crap

also considering a cheap project mk3 polo.. so maybe spend more on that and use this as me run around.
tints are pimpin

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:37 am

mk3, gutted, tut tut, nuthin beats the good old mk4

, look an sum pic's of guys cars on here, 2 get wot urs wud look like pimpd, do look at phil 6N's his is the same colour a ur's, so it wud be a good indicator 4 u

PeteJ · Post by **PeteJ** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:50 am

aye its a really nice motor that one.
just considering getting a cheap car to build up, admittedly all cars are cheap to fix/twek compared to my corrado but i need a reliable car i dont grate over speed bumps (rado did that and it wasnt lowered!)
o just a thought, always wanted to build a purple VW show car