My VW Polo

[Jordan6n]

Hi

always browsed the site and thought it was time to sign up, I have a 1998 VW polo 6n that i have restored from a scrapper to brand new
i Know it wont be to everyones taste as its a small car and not powerfull but i have spent alot of time and money on getting it to the way it is just now

heres a few pics of how it was July last year




a bit rusty, didnt run right and some bits just falling off by touching them

i have full build pics but i have loads and dont think you'd be interested in seeing all those

and now how it looks sitting in our garage awaiting some last touches

thanks for looking
Jordan







ignore the red calliper its not there now

[gareth.e]

Those wheels look terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! looks like you're going to need wheel spacers too lol

[ScottishSamurai]

I know it's the 'scene' thing to do now, but lowered that much on those wheels just ruins the look for me! And I'm not an old man, only 17!

I think the car is too big for wheels that size, maybe and inch or so bigger and a bit higher and it'd look fantastic!

[steedy27]

Great Job, The car looks great! Think the wheels look ok but if its to your taste keep it mate.

[Rich135]

Great job on the body, but the wheels really are terrible.

[S3_Graham]

not my taste but fair play... lots of work!!

How hard was it to transplant the front end on??

[Jordan6n]

I know the wheels arnt the nicest but theyre beiing changed after new year

the front end needed nrw front panel, new bonnet, new wings, and new bumper then have the heaflights rewired to work. You also need to cut off sections of the inner wings and weld on a bracket

[Si_steve]

I like the wheels, I like the opposite of the 40" wheels everybody loves on their m3's or whatever it is that everyboy drools over nowadays

[KingJeff 4th]

Any chance of som 'in progress' pics and a bit of a write up?

[Jordan6n]

Thanks, they wheels are only 15 and i'm looking at my new set witch are 16s, not a huge difference but i think smaller wheels suit it better than big wheels

yeah i'll do that later once i find them all

jordan

[dave328]

Think it looks very smart indeed, but agree with the others about the wheels.

Workmanship looks top notch

[Jordan6n]

ok some progress piscs

first day in the garage and a qick grid back to see how bad the rust is, some was easily treated but some was quite bad and had to be relaced





starting to strip it down



managed to pick up a set of gti front and back seats
a bit dirty


fitting bits back on to e primed and also fitting a mk4 golf R32 side skirts


new wheel arch to be welded in


new mirrors, they were damagd but i was smoothing the line off them anyway


after a bit of hassle with the mirrors finally reprimed them


smoothed petrol cap primed,


Got a genuine mk5 gti spoiler with break light


polished dih on wheels


otten arch and rusty end of sill cut off


New arch piece welded in place


all fixed


Fibreglassed


almost done


R32 skirt smoothed in




frot end being put into place



frot bumper smoothed with GTI grilles and smoth glss black GTI splitter


got mre pics somewhere but just not on this computer

[barclay03]

I always liked it when scott had it, but you've put in a fair amount of work dude

[Greendubber]

I like it, think it looks great.

And the wheels suit it IMO.

[mark_mcd]

Smart project. Raise it to the height it was when you got it and I'd say good effort!

Any pics of the rear - did you do anything with the exhaust setup i.e. get it up into the bumper a bit?

Edited by mark_mcd on Thursday 3rd December 15:26

[Jordan6n]

Dont have a pic of the rear here

the back bumper is 2 different bumpers smoothed together to make one to fit
the exhaust is now hidden so you dont see it anymore

[Jordan6n]

Dont have a pic of the rear here

the back bumper is 2 different bumpers smoothed together to make one to fit
the exhaust is now hidden so you dont see it anymore

[Gallen]

Fair play mate - FANTASTIC job!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you DIY??? If so hats off to you - paintwork finish looks a million dollars. Where do you work?

[Jordan6n]

Thanks

yes all the work was done by myself, my brother and dad, we have our family business in Glasgow called Touch-ups for paint and bodywork

in a few weeks time the interior is being sent for a retrim and hopefully new wheels after new year

Jordan

[Jordan6n]

just found pics of the rear bumper

this is the 2 bumpers being smoothed together so i have a place for my number plate



the last step before priming



primed



because this was basically a huge repair i primed the bumper, then wet flattened it and then re primed it so that once it was painted the finish would be perfectly flat

not the best pic but i took this after giving the tailgate a flatten and polish