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Ill start my build thread again as I seem to have lost my old one .

This being my 2nd polo an upgrade from my 1.2 3cylinder washing machine this was a 1.6 sport which looked like this

and then got the black monza's on from previous car and gti grille and gti badges etc sprayed up rear badge black.

Took a trip to powerflow where I got my custom made exhuast straight through cat -back and then fitted my BMC DIA to complement the sound of her

After some thought AP coilovers were my choice, resonable price for the quality I thought, slammed all the way down at the back and few twists up on the front when first fitted.

Got a FK debadged grill and Lamin-X yellow fogs

Then came polybushes all round powerflex bushes and a whiteline rear ARB fitted at the same time.
8000k HID's then replaced my M-tec bulbs as I wanted something a little brighter, not saying the M-tec's were bad they were very good for the price, and LED number plate lights.

M-tec
HID's
Then got some gti headlights which vastly improved the front end look

uprated sounds inside orion speakers with a vibe active sub, does the job provides the bass notes, although am looking into something with higher SPL and louder outside bass booming for shows.
Then started carbon wrapping I think most people on here went through that phase a while back carbon wrapped B pillars, steering inserts, VW front badge and air vents.


and took out the rear adjusters from the coilovers to get some extra lows. and ofcourse the added window stickers with a ukpolo sticker at the top!!

Then sprayed up the normal nut covers into different colours which I thought is a different touch to the car

Then recently fitted the LCR splitter, greenstuff EBC pads on the front and seat cupra strut brace ( which really compliments the rear ARB imo)



and recently under went a full wash, clay, polish and sealant.





Thats everything up to date and in one place
Cheers
Matt

CLEAN

looks great mate!

maybe you should get a gti rear valance so the muffler tips would have a better placement?!

did have one sold it to MODDEN9N on here, as powerflow quoted me another £120 to move the exhuast up an inch or so , so it would fit nice in the recess so I thought better of it and thought its not too bad the way it is certainly not worth that.

Gonna be putting it on next week!

surprised it isnt on already easy job to do!

Looking good mate!

lovin the car atm matt, that gti valence would of really set it perfect
i noticed i got the exact same air filter, have you cleaned it since you got it? how did you go about it?
it would be good to know, thanks mate.

Cheers tim! and beijing polo .

beijing polo wrote:lovin the car atm matt, that gti valence would of really set it perfect
i noticed i got the exact same air filter, have you cleaned it since you got it? how did you go about it?
it would be good to know, thanks mate.

I haven't cleaned it yet I guess theres a BMC cleaner fluid you just put in the filter ? I looked at it the other day does look quite filthy! and have you connected your cold air feed to the BMC or left it open like mine? any pics of urs?

and the valance was a shame maybe if I get more money I might re consider getting one again and getting the exhaust moved up

Very nice car mate!

What paint/how did you about doing your wheel bolt covers mate?

Looks really good, would love to do mine

BennoGTi wrote:Very nice car mate!

What paint/how did you about doing your wheel bolt covers mate?

Looks really good, would love to do mine

Thanks mate, first I lightly sanded down the caps with wet and dry to roughen the surface and get rid of the shiney coating, then got the paint from local garge that supply touch up small spray cans for doing panels (but halfords car paints exactly the same) I got perlescent paints too so they sparkle a bit better and then a double coat of lacquer over the top, apparently look good going along so im told!
painted and lacquered in a day and put on the next day when fully dry

matt_123 wrote:Cheers tim! and beijing polo .

beijing polo wrote:lovin the car atm matt, that gti valence would of really set it perfect
i noticed i got the exact same air filter, have you cleaned it since you got it? how did you go about it?
it would be good to know, thanks mate.

I haven't cleaned it yet I guess theres a BMC cleaner fluid you just put in the filter ? I looked at it the other day does look quite filthy! and have you connected your cold air feed to the BMC or left it open like mine? any pics of urs?

and the valance was a shame maybe if I get more money I might re consider getting one again and getting the exhaust moved up

here ya go

not sure about the cleaning, but my mate has a CDA version. he tells me to take it apart and wash by hand! i cant seem to find a BMC cleaner over here, so it seems anything else necessary. how are you going about it? before i start opening it up!

I would probably just take it apart and unscrew the tiny screws i think lol take the outside cone off and hopefully its an easy job to put back together! if not just spray some cleaner in there .. and let soak up a bit lol

good job, you've done alot there!! looks great

Gtimatt wrote:good job, you've done alot there!! looks great

cheers matt! its come along over the past year thats for sure!