The Progression of my Mildred
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The Progression of my Mildred
I'm quite new into the modifications scene, and I have a little slow 1l but wanted to join the 'Low & Slow' club until something happened to my engine so I could get a conversion. I also wanted to do a Harlequin re-make but not too sure what people might think...
The only rust patch I have is on the drivers door & it's hardly anything, I need tips on how to get rid of this!
Can anybody give me hints on how to get this rust patch off & how to use mesh etc etc..
Here are some photos of my standard Polo:
My splitter was grey and it had split in the middle and the previous owner used yellow glue to stick it together. My boyfriend reglued it with glue that goes clear, then resprayed the splitter black.
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I would love to know what people think I should modify & what I should change. I was thinking pinstriping my grill? With red obviously.
Also, is my car Tornado Red? Haha.
The only rust patch I have is on the drivers door & it's hardly anything, I need tips on how to get rid of this!
Can anybody give me hints on how to get this rust patch off & how to use mesh etc etc..
Here are some photos of my standard Polo:
My splitter was grey and it had split in the middle and the previous owner used yellow glue to stick it together. My boyfriend reglued it with glue that goes clear, then resprayed the splitter black.
Before:
During:
After:
I would love to know what people think I should modify & what I should change. I was thinking pinstriping my grill? With red obviously.
Also, is my car Tornado Red? Haha.
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Your car is Flash Red. Tornado Red is a Golf colour.
For a decent repair, youll need to get that door done at a bodyshop - do it sooner than later or the rust will ruin the door
16V bumpers are a start, with some clear side indicators
For a decent repair, youll need to get that door done at a bodyshop - do it sooner than later or the rust will ruin the door
16V bumpers are a start, with some clear side indicators
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Re: My completely standard 6n. IDEAS?!
Thanks for clearing that up for me!alexperkins wrote:Your car is Flash Red. Tornado Red is a Golf colour.
For a decent repair, youll need to get that door done at a bodyshop - do it sooner than later or the rust will ruin the door
16V bumpers are a start, with some clear side indicators
Yeah I'll do it as soon as I get the money up, do you know roughly the price?
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Re: My completely standard 6n. IDEAS?!
Like alex said get some clear side indicators, they look alot better.
You could also get some clear side repeaters as well.
You could also get some clear side repeaters as well.
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Yeah I'm definitely up for that. The amber & red is not a good look.cornishdrummer wrote:Like alex said get some clear side indicators, they look alot better.
You could also get some clear side repeaters as well.
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Re: My completely standard 6n. IDEAS?!
It aint a great combo.
Have a look on ebay and see what you can find, or look at other peoples on here.
Have a look on ebay and see what you can find, or look at other peoples on here.
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Re: My completely standard 6n. IDEAS?!
Any updates yet then ?
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Indeed! Sorry it's taken so long.
So, the first 'proper' little personalisation thing I have personally done to my car was today, my boyfriend bought me a pinstripe kit thing to see how it'll turn out.
LUCKILY it's exactly the same red as my car :supercool:
So, we started pinstriping it.
This is how it looks now
We need to redo the edges because we used a blunt stanley knife
and I've taken the 1.0l badge off.
My car has barely faded!
& Drilled holes in my airbox to make it that tiny bit louder.. I didn't really want to do too many and make it sound stupid!
So, the first 'proper' little personalisation thing I have personally done to my car was today, my boyfriend bought me a pinstripe kit thing to see how it'll turn out.
LUCKILY it's exactly the same red as my car :supercool:
So, we started pinstriping it.
This is how it looks now
We need to redo the edges because we used a blunt stanley knife
and I've taken the 1.0l badge off.
My car has barely faded!
& Drilled holes in my airbox to make it that tiny bit louder.. I didn't really want to do too many and make it sound stupid!
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Re: My completely standard 6n UPDATE :)
Did you use ST RM Style Stripe, if so thats the stuff I used to do my grill, if you apply heat you should be able to get nice curves on it.
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STICKERBOMBED! :supercool:
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During:
I loved this, there was a sticker that said "Hot Sh*t from Japan". My boyfriend (vr6golfchris) said "cut out the hot & keep the 'sh*t from japan' "
After:
CARS CALLED MILDRED
So.. I loved this SO much.. I did my tow loop cover but this wasn't the final product it was just a few stickers before! So doesn't look much different
WELL happy afterwards..
Start:
During:
I loved this, there was a sticker that said "Hot Sh*t from Japan". My boyfriend (vr6golfchris) said "cut out the hot & keep the 'sh*t from japan' "
After:
CARS CALLED MILDRED
So.. I loved this SO much.. I did my tow loop cover but this wasn't the final product it was just a few stickers before! So doesn't look much different
WELL happy afterwards..
Re: The Progression of my Mildred (New name & Stickers)
Bang Tidy, i do like the pinstriping on the grill best colour polo to have also ;D
with the door, it may be worth a trip to a scrappy, £20 - £40 for a second hand door, same colour, WINING
with the door, it may be worth a trip to a scrappy, £20 - £40 for a second hand door, same colour, WINING
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Re: The Progression of my Mildred (New name & Stickers)
What else are you going to do ?
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Re: The Progression of my Mildred (New name & Stickers)
Going down 60mm on the front & 50mm on the back next week & not sure yet
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Re: The Progression of my Mildred (New name & Stickers)
Sounds good.RiPolo6n wrote:Going down 60mm on the front & 50mm on the back next week & not sure yet
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Re: The Progression of my Mildred (New name & Stickers)
Nice work on the badge that looks quality!
Not sure on the name mildred though
Not sure on the name mildred though