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Morning all! Bought a 2011 1.4 SE yesterday and loving it already.

My other car is a modified Mk1 Octavia vRS which I've had for 10 years now. Fiddled with everything on it over the years and I'm instantly getting the itch with this Polo now!

First bit of advice I'm after is what is supposed to be in the boot as standard? I can see there's space for something on the left hand side of the boot, with a strap there. First aid kit? Then when you lift up the floor there's a long thin space on the rear face of the boot, looks like it's for a warning triangle or something maybe. I think I have a full size spare with the foam tool holder in the middle of the wheel. I just hate that there's stuff missing so hoping you guys can educate me. Part numbers would be amazing.

Only complaint I have so far is the handbrake seems high. I expect the rear drums and shoes are the originals so may just replace. Unless there's an easy way of adjusting them. I'm not used to drums. Front discs and pads look new.

What tasteful mods would you recommend? Prefer to stay OE and use bits from higher spec'd cars.

Nearside headlamp looks to have a bit of condensation in it. Any tips on a repair?

Cheers,
Bodge

Welcome Bodge,

If you learn to use the links contained in the following link you can find everything you need for your Polo 6R. 'Everything'.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=42713#p466570

Take a look through the forum, there are some users who do not stop making modifications in their POLO, some of them have many images and others also provide all the information needed to make them ... they seem crazy.
I'm sure you'll find everything you need to know.

I hope someone else can help with more tips.

Regards

Stuff in the boot, well my wife has an August 2015 Polo 1.2TSI 110PS SEL and I bought the general VW emergency kit - big mistake, the warning triangle does not fit into that slot - so that warning triangle went into my daughter's late 2009 Ibiza SC and its old school lump of steel and weighing a ton found a new home. What I bought, via ebay was a Q5 warning triangle which fits perfectly! What other thing that I keep in the boot is a plastic threaded bar which is the same as my old Passat had to make controlling the removal of wheels and locating the next wheel on the hub, it proper reason on the Passat would have been to keep the front disc aligned on the hub when the wheel is removed as Passat did not have disc securing screws. I think that it is a big VW 4X4 aluminium version that I keep in the garage for when I have wheels off my cars - quite handy!

Edit:- rear drum brakes, yes a bit of a nuisance when you are used to rear discs, but they do seem to behave normally, only issue being the adjustment wedge stopping moving in the space it should "like" to move in, this leads to a high brake lever as the shoes wear,my daughter's late 2009 Ibiza SC 1.4 16V is a bit like that, I might take things apart this summer - though it is not an MOT issue yet and holds the car well on steep hills.

ciclo wrote:Welcome Bodge,

If you learn to use the links contained in the following link you can find everything you need for your Polo 6R. 'Everything'.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=42713#p466570

Take a look through the forum, there are some users who do not stop making modifications in their POLO, some of them have many images and others also provide all the information needed to make them ... they seem crazy.
I'm sure you'll find everything you need to know.

I hope someone else can help with more tips.

Regards

Brilliant, thanks so much for the links. I was looking for something like that. I used to use VAGCAT but it appears to have disappeared. So this is great.

RUM4MO wrote:Stuff in the boot, well my wife has an August 2015 Polo 1.2TSI 110PS SEL and I bought the general VW emergency kit - big mistake, the warning triangle does not fit into that slot - so that warning triangle went into my daughter's late 2009 Ibiza SC and its old school lump of steel and weighing a ton found a new home. What I bought, via ebay was a Q5 warning triangle which fits perfectly! What other thing that I keep in the boot is a plastic threaded bar which is the same as my old Passat had to make controlling the removal of wheels and locating the next wheel on the hub, it proper reason on the Passat would have been to keep the front disc aligned on the hub when the wheel is removed as Passat did not have disc securing screws. I think that it is a big VW 4X4 aluminium version that I keep in the garage for when I have wheels off my cars - quite handy!

Edit:- rear drum brakes, yes a bit of a nuisance when you are used to rear discs, but they do seem to behave normally, only issue being the adjustment wedge stopping moving in the space it should "like" to move in, this leads to a high brake lever as the shoes wear,my daughter's late 2009 Ibiza SC 1.4 16V is a bit like that, I might take things apart this summer - though it is not an MOT issue yet and holds the car well on steep hills.

Glad you said that about the VW generic safety kit as I was about to order it! The whole reason was to get the correct triangle and 1st aid kit. Don't suppose you have the part number for the Q5 item.

Familiar with the wheel guide tool you mention. Never used one but I can appreciate how useful it would be when changing a wheel in the rain and dark on the side of the road! How do you remove the little black plastic wheel bolt caps? Expect I'm missing a little tool.

Sounds like the same issue as me on the rear drums. The handbrake holds well and passed the MOT on Monday, but I prefer to use about 3 clicks rather than the current 5-6.

I wasn't expecting this car to come with Hill Hold! Fancy. Took me by surprise parking yesterday. I assume Hill Hold uses the ABS pump to apply all four brakes? Electric power assisted steering is also cool. I'm in the exciting phase of still finding stuff so apologies for the stupid questions!

Found the correct warning triangle part number via ciclo's ETKA link. The ETKA image shows it being fitted in the correct place so it should work!

Warning triangle:
8K0 860 251

Also the 1st aid kit:
5K0 860 251

Perfect! ... right now I did the screenshot...
2018 Q5

Try using this website/parts listing:- http://www.oemepc.com

That warning triangle is what I bought via ebay for £12.99 delivered, you might find it cheaper, lots of them being sold by scrappys.

The hook to remove the wheel bolt head covers is "extractor" 6X0 012 243, going by what ebayers might ask for that, it would probably be cheaper to order it in via a VW group dealership's parts dept.

Edit:- one item that really should get carried in all cars, but is not mentioned too often in these forum is, a high vis jacket sort of thing, there is a space for that in the UK spec'd cars, I think that it is a space behind the cover on the passenger side kick panel - it does seem strange that UK does not require us to carry them with us in the car at all times, my daughter's late 2009 SEAT Ibiza, has it space to store that on the driver's side in an exposed slot - so you can't forget where is it (meant) to be kept. The generic "kit" available from VW has 2 of these Hi Vis jackets in it along with a first aid kit, warning triangle (that does not fit the Polo storage slot) and some other things! Luckily, I chose an SEL spec for my wife, so it has the double depth boot floor - so the space below the top boot floor is full of "useful" bits and pieces and a first aid kit is stuffed along with another Hi Vis jacket at the left hand side of the boot - but that car does not have any restraining/securing straps fitted at that point.

Another Edit:- Hillhold, yes a handy function but you need to be aware when it will be "applied" and when it will not - depends on the angle the car is at and the selected gear, if in neutral I don't think that it will get applied. My February 2011 Audi S4 has the "full" version of Hillhold or whatever Audi call it, it seems to stay on "for ever" and only get released when you ease up the clutch pedal - I'd think that there is a time limit but I have not reached it yet! Also, as it has an electric (I hate them!) handbrake, if you is in Hillhold mode and open the driver's door, the handbrake gets applied and Hillhold is disabled which is smart/handy/okay! One thing is that you can switch the Hillhold function off in my S4, if you want to, actually the switch is there only to let you switch it on if you want to use it, I never used it until my wife got her new Polo with that function in it!!

Yet Another Edit:- yes you are correct in that the Hillhold function is part of the ABS block and it just closes the valves for a short period in time, so the brakes will only hold as "well" as you have pressed the pedal.

Wow VW wanted £45.20 for the 8K0 860 251 warning triangle! Found a new one on ebay for £10.90 delivered so I've got one of those.

I think I might actually have one of those hooks in the garage somewhere from a previous vehicle. It'll be in a box somewhere, that I'll never find!

Yeah I'm going to buy some hi-vis jackets and put them in that A-pillar trim compartment. Nice little cubby hole. Also just going to get a normal 1st aid kit and strap it in the location in the left of the boot. Love all the storage in this car, it's all very well executed. The owners manual compartment is brilliant. Mine also has the double boot floor thingy but I have to fit a buggy in the boot so will probably remain on the lowest setting.

Thanks for the info on hill hold, I'm slowly getting used to it!

I just discovered that the radio has bluetooth! Nice surprise.