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The day i got it from Peterborough car auctions for a bargain price of £2,200 me thinks

It's a Mk5 1.4 16v 75bhp, with Canyon Red paint i've been told!

85k When bought, nearly 90k now hehe!

It has an electric sunroof and a 6 disk cd changer in the boot and kenwood 6x9s fitted in a stealth parcel shelf.

The car came with a k&n air filter thingy already fitted.

The boot was de badged, so saved me a job!

Now for some pics


The day i bought it, October 1st 2007




Few days later i took aload of pics with my phone, Samsung G600, the camera is crap!











Then came my first purchase, a GTi Grille




Then it was some valve caps with sleeves, maybe chavvy but i like them




Then it was pressed plates time
Done by many, but major improvement over original plates IMO!






Beesting Ariel




Bumper GTi Grilles, i HAVE to have things matching, im weird like that lol

Picture Coming Soon lol


Took the silly Quicksilver sticker off!

Before!

After




De Wipered (Thanks H4r1s for inspiration)



Black Leather Gear Gaitor With Red Stitching (really sets the cabin off)



Flat Eric, safety first!




Monkeh!



Love the blue dials and red lights!
Mk5's have such awesome interiors!









Mum picked me up one night from work in my car, before i had passed my test, and she sumhow locked herself out of the car with the engine still running to see if she could work out how to put the foglights on HAHA!

So i thought hey lets get some pics!




Rear End (Wuhey)





I pretty much done all of this in October, i passed my test first time on the 1st November The plates were put on the 3rd November, and since then i havent really done anything to my Polo!
Shocking i know!


Then on the 21st February i lost control and smashed into a kerb. I had split up with my gf the day before and had so much on my mind aswell as havin that to deal with!

I cracked my front drivers side alloy beyond repair. The rear alloy was scuffed alot but is fine. The impact snapped the bottom end of my suspension in half, and the drive shafts popped out





















In this photo, notice the patch where this is no dirt? That would be where i took my anger out on my poor car





Then the week after, when i finished work on Sunday i cleaned her


This was my stepdad lol


Look at the difference!





Check out the paint











I also bought a strut brace from a guy on clubpolo. I decided to spray this matt black as it was chrome, and im not a huge fan of chrome in engine bays as such.

Pics Coming Soon

As i was waitin for the recovery truck guy to pick my car up, i thought hey ill spray my rear view mirror aswell! (I'd been looking for a black rear view mirror for AGES!)

Not bad eh

Before




Now






I've also bought a set of half leather recaro bucket seats that im going to pick up this week or next. Can't wait!



Enjoy


Mods coming soon:

ICE
Spray Tweater Covers Black
Coilovers and Ronal Turbos in a few months
Chrome Angel Eyes
Clear Hella Rear Lights Tint Sprayed Red and Custom LED Kit
Boot Popper and Handle Removed
Stainless Steel Exhaust System With Hidden Back Box
Aero Wiper Kit


Thats bout it


Thanks for looking guys, if ive missed anything else out ill add to it

Love that colour, if you're getting the suspension repaired, you might as well get coilovers while you're at it.

Mk5s are going for bargain prices nowadays!

The repair bill is gonna cost well over 500

My mate with a Polo GTi is lending me his GTi suspension until i get coilovers which is pretty cool

Nice one! I hope you've found useful what I've sent you about the bodywork.

Yea it was fantastic fella thank you very much!

That link was great too!

Didn't quite realise how much it would cost tho for the bumpers

Gonna just de strip the side for now!

You do know the side strips have holes behind them and need welding up?

The MK4's are only glued on, but they done a proper job on the MK5

My mate literally just told me about the side strips!

Well cheesed off now tho

i was in a kind of similair position to you about a month ago.
i decided to crash mine into a grass embankment on a country road which buckled 2 of my alloys ruined my exhuast system. i got some gti bbs alloys for mine.
what are you doing about your alloys? going to get a new set?

i was in a kind of similair position to you about a month ago.
i decided to crash mine into a grass embankment on a country road which buckled 2 of my alloys ruined my exhuast system. i got some gti bbs alloys for mine.
what are you doing about your alloys? going to get a new set?

Bought a set of replacement alloys from a very nice bloke on here

Hes a legend and his polo looks awesome in the flesh!


So its still OEM for me and ive ordered 4 new firestone tyres

Just to add to the repair bill.........

Nice mate, your doing all the rights things!! I'd perhaps clear up the stealth shelf though.

You kicked your car?!?!

Gutting about the crash mate. Looks good tho mate, I'm liking the colour. Should look awesum lowered!!! Keep us updated.

Will keep you guys posted, got my mirror to go in and some silver indicator bulbs aswell as some new bulbs thankyou tim received them today fantastically packaged

3LL1077 wrote: thankyou tim received them today fantastically packaged

No problem! Although it was actually my Dad that packed them