Been meaning to get this done for ages, so here it is!
Bought the car in February last year via the for sale section of this website. Previous owner "92 rocks" had kept the car immaculate.
Looked like this when I got it
As an added bonus, the sale included a set of 4 fully refurbed RXii's which had only had summer use
The car also had a couple of subtle mods such as front aero wipers and shortened door pins.
As much as I liked the RXii's, I've always been a fan of one particular wheel, so decided to sell the summer wheels in order to raise funds.
Again uk-polos came up trumps and "Owen JT" took them of my hands, just as my wheels of choice appeared for sale half an hour down the road. However, I didn't think the factory 4x4 set up would suit, so I went over to the darkside (club polo) and got a 60/40 kit from Phil J, before buying the following;
One of the previous owners was an Audi service manager and the car had some Audi plate surrounds, which were pretty faded and didn't really look right, so I got a new set from Dubmeister. I know these aren't to everyones taste, but I think they fit in quite well with the look of the car and are a quick fix if I ever change my mind, although I did try to choose a less common style of surround
The only change I might make is to cut off the black clips at the top and see if I can use some tape or sticky fixers to hold the plates in place, with a neater finish.
At this stage the car looked like this,
To keep the car tidy I did a few other bits such as replacing the driver's door grab handle & insert, replacing the GTi badge on the grille and the aeriel gasket on the roof. I also swapped the "fishing rod" for a stubby ariel at the same time. One of my headlamp washer covers snapped off so I replaced that and the car stayed pretty much the same as the winter approached. I put the standard RXii's on for the winter, but replaced the VW centre caps as they had suffered the usual bubbling effect. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures with the standard wheels on but I'm sure you can imagine what it looked like anyway.
Once the weather improved i put the Ronals back on and decided a couple of subtle changes were needed. Firstly I painted the front VW badge black and removed the GTi badge from the grille. I then debadged the Polo and GTi from the boot, but the paint underneath is noticeably different if you are any where close to the car, so I need to decide if I'm going to get this sorted or put the badges back on!
At present the car looks like this
Oh and nearly forgot - made myself a key ring
Future plans are for a stubby and a passat aero wiper for the rear and possibly an after market HU that 1)I can connect my ipod to and 2) Doesn't have random tantrums where all it will do is say "CD error" and beep. The car also has a couple of paint chips etc which could do with looking at.
Comments welcome!
