Hi All,
Given not many know about my car i thought i may aswell get a build thread up, only with the help of the members on here have i got where i have now! so this is a small thank you and to give you an insight on what i have actually been doing. Ofcourse with any build thread they dont show the stress you go through but hey, im sure you all know what that is like anyway! Would we change it for anything in the world? Well... ye, a nice lottery win and let someone else do the work lol....
So, started off roughly 12 months ago as a 1 lady owner (not great i know) full vw service history (also, not great) VW polo breadvan 1.0 catalyst. Nothing special, discovered tucked away in a small coutry garage by my cousin, quick call to me and i was later on the blower speaking to the garage to see what they knew! Sales chappy wanted ONE THOUSAND POUNDZZZ! Yes, really! Or my corsa and £800 and well, that was taking the piss so i left disheartened. Later my mum found out and got on the line to the guy, god knows what happened but it later got collected for £300 with 12 months tax and MOT which it had neither of when i went asking! lol.
Not alot happened the first few weeks as i was still collecting parts and paying my mum back for actually getting the car, it was a full on impulse buy and well i was caught off guard at the end of the month with no money!
Couple of weeks went by, nothing much changed but i soon ended adding a few bits:
ended up with abit of this:
Added some nice wheels in 7 and 8" flavour off Guy (Mclovin) :
Thinking to myself i wanted a nice tidy 16v hybrid conversion i started tidying my bay out abit, not thinking much into it more working it out as i went:
Decent steering arm angles achieved also with the coilover conversion
Thinking more with going N/a a custom 2" PipeWerx exhaust was purchased and fitted:
On the ramps at PipeWerx:
Done:
Found me a bora to compare ride heights, as you do haha:
At this point i was fairly happy, money was coming in for the 16v conversion and i had a few bits to keep me going until i could afford the fancy bits.
Thats where the boredom started and i did this:
Then the weight saving started, all sound proofing was removed bar the door bits, never got around to that!
Got my fuel lines inside and did abit more in the engine bay:
This is where the fun really started, the full rebuild!