Samage
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Feb 19, 2010 19:04:38 GMT
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With my K70 still not finished, and my daily Beetle off the road for serious structural attention, I needed a little car to fill the void. It had to be small, economical, have MOT and be less than £500. Finding something local that wasn't garbage was not an easy task. I was just about to give up when I noticed this little Polo appear on Autotrader. The advert was less than an hour old when I rang, and within 2 hours of the advert being placed I'd gone to Swadlingcote and bought it. In that time, there'd been 3 phone calls and 21 email enquiries about the car! It's a 1991 Polo 1 litre saloon, as you can see. Done 91000 genuine miles, and is in pretty good nick aside from a few minor scabs here and there. (Pics are a bit dark, was evening when I got it home!) Interior is VERY clean: Nothing hiding under here: How do I know it's done 91000 miles? Why, I looked at the full MOT history since 1996, receipts for the last few years and VAG service booklet of course. Came with EVERY booklet from new, including the handbook, warranty book, dealer map, world dealer directory, receipt booklet and service book: Services and original receipt: It's got 12 months MOT and is taxed until the end of May. How much did all this cost me, I hear you not-ask? £395. Well pleased. Was quite an experience driving it home, having driven a 72 Beetle every day for the last 4 years, I kept thumping the brake pedal. And nearly going through the windscreen because the brakes on this actually work! ;D Plans? None as yet. All spare time is going on the K70, and then the Beetle.
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Last Edit: Feb 19, 2010 21:10:50 GMT by Samage
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Feb 19, 2010 20:21:03 GMT
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That is seriously tidy! but please tell me youre at least taking it out of thew clouds?
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wanted, 25th hour. Required daily, cash waiting
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Feb 19, 2010 21:15:59 GMT
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That looks a nice motor for what you paid.
I'm torn between encouraging you to keep it stock, and saying "slam it on nice wide wheels" because every time someone modifies a polo, they seem make a complete mess of it for some reason.
If you do modify it, please prove me wrong! These are lovely little cars
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Feb 19, 2010 22:25:04 GMT
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With my K70 still not finished, and my daily Beetle off the road for serious structural attention, I needed a little car to fill the void. It had to be small, economical, have MOT and be less than £500. Finding something local that wasn't garbage was not an easy task. I was just about to give up when I noticed this little Polo appear on Autotrader. The advert was less than an hour old when I rang, and within 2 hours of the advert being placed I'd gone to Swadlingcote and bought it. In that time, there'd been 3 phone calls and 21 email enquiries about the car! It's a 1991 Polo 1 litre saloon, as you can see. Done 91000 genuine miles, and is in pretty good nick aside from a few minor scabs here and there. (Pics are a bit dark, was evening when I got it home!) Interior is VERY clean: Nothing hiding under here: How do I know it's done 91000 miles? Why, I looked at the full MOT history since 1996, receipts for the last few years and VAG service booklet of course. Came with EVERY booklet from new, including the handbook, warranty book, dealer map, world dealer directory, receipt booklet and service book: Services and original receipt: It's got 12 months MOT and is taxed until the end of May. How much did all this cost me, I hear you not-ask? £395. Well pleased. Was quite an experience driving it home, having driven a 72 Beetle every day for the last 4 years, I kept thumping the brake pedal. And nearly going through the windscreen because the brakes on this actually work! ;D Plans? None as yet. All spare time is going on the K70, and then the Beetle. SALOOOOON VERSION Nice one mate
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Samage
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May 13, 2010 20:54:39 GMT
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So, I've had the car a few months now. I said I had no plans for it, and indeed I didn't. But, somehow I've ended up with a set of 6x14 Compomotive MSs for it. A friend was getting rid of them cheap, so I thought I might as well. They look like this. You'll note there's not much dish - there isn't ANY actually, they're flat faced: They won't be going on the car just yet - all the tyres are mullered, and far too big because they came off a Jetta. I did however do a test fit on one side of the Polo: Personally I'm rather pleased with them. I know dish, and stretch, and insane poke is where most people go these days, but I quite like the flat wheel look. In addition to getting new, lower profile tyres (I want a stock rolling radius so the speedo doesn't get thrown out), I'm also planning on painting the wheels either gloss black or white. I'm leaning towards black at the moment. And yes, I am planning on lowering it, but NOT slamming. Just something subtle to close up those comedy arch gaps a bit. I hear a 60/40 shock and spring kit is good for subtlety and gap-closing whilst still being reasonably comfy to drive? This is all going to happen over the course of a few months though - need to put aside monehs from my next couple of wage slips to buy the stuff. Plus, I'm partway through rebuilding the K70's brakes and poking out the Beetle's floor rust, so my spare time's taken up with that right now! So it'll be staying stock a little while longer yet...
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g40jon
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that is a superb example of a mk3 saloon! I see you are from nun-eaton! my old polo gt lives out that way. its a burgandy squareback if you ever see it around! Your wheels look great! would recommend 165/60s as a good tyre combo. I run them on my g40 which is lowered 60/40. I don't know who told you 60/40 would be comfortable! perhaps they were using a h&r lowering kit (probably the best kit out there for a polo if you have £400 burning a hole in your pocket!) If you go for a budget kit it'll be a pretty harsh ride, but for the £150 most budget kits can be bought for, i don't think there much room for complaint. If you like comfort, 40mm springs on the front and g40 25mm lower springs on the back using std dampers gives a pretty good stance. if you want any pics to see how either setup sits pm me and i will send you some. Oh and if you ever want to sell, please pm me 1st!
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Samage
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May 14, 2010 14:00:44 GMT
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Ooh, pics of that 40/25 setup would be nice.
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May 16, 2010 10:42:25 GMT
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Subtle mods sounds like a great plan. Not every car has to look like a caricature.
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May 16, 2010 17:36:59 GMT
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Last Edit: May 16, 2010 17:37:40 GMT by retrowagen1234
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May 16, 2010 17:38:27 GMT
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That looks a nice motor for what you paid. every time someone modifies a polo, they seem make a complete mess of it for some reason. If you do modify it, please prove me wrong! These are lovely little cars huh?
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May 16, 2010 19:44:20 GMT
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That looks a nice motor for what you paid. every time someone modifies a polo, they seem make a complete mess of it for some reason. If you do modify it, please prove me wrong! These are lovely little cars huh? Unfortunately true a lot of the time. down on roughly sprayed, overtyred teardrops, as seemed to be popular when i was an active clubpolo member, isn't a good look
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Samage
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May 18, 2010 13:06:16 GMT
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Gave one of the Compos a wash, a going over with some wet and dry, and then a quick n dirty coat of black. This isn't the final finish, I'll be sanding this one down and doing it again properly when I do the others - this is just a sort of test run, a "proof of concept" if you will. I think they look great in black myself! (Ignore the massive tyre, as I said before all the tyres are going soon!) I'm going to wait until the old tyres are off before I spray all the wheels properly, because apparently painted wheels often get chipped when the tyres are being taken off, even by pros. Any thoughts/criticisms welcome.
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May 19, 2010 10:52:54 GMT
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Unfortunately true a lot of the time. down on roughly sprayed, overtyred teardrops, as seemed to be popular when I was an active clubpolo member, isn't a good look haha ahhhh that look, one of the long list of reasons to steer clear of club polo.... not realy any good for anything older than a 6n now adays.....
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Samage
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May 19, 2010 16:27:55 GMT
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I've always found ClubPolo to be alright TBH. Yes, there's a few tossers on there but you get that in any major forum. That said, there's a thread on there at the moment about a wide-arched mk3 that's making me cringe - and it's not that car that's the cringeworthy part...
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mclellanmac
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May 19, 2010 21:32:45 GMT
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Good grief that clean, and i like the raked lowering plans, slammed is all well and good, but gets a bit tiresome on a daily, especally as the roads near me appear to have been ploughed!
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Samage
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May 24, 2010 17:17:58 GMT
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Had ANOTHER change of heart and decided to just paint the wheels with the old tyres on. Means I don't have to go through the hassle of masking up (a real ballache to mask, tyres are!), hence the massive overspray on the tyres seen here: Apparently if the tyre shop are careful when they change the tyres for the new ones (I've decided on 165/60/14s - 55s would have been preferable but cost a massive amount more!) then they can do it without chipping the paint. That said, if they do chip the wheels, it shouldn't be too hard to touch them up. I think they look even better in black, although there's some orange peel I need to sort out when they've had a few days to harden. I'm not going for a pro finish, the car's never gonna be a show winner - I just want to get them looking as good as I can. Oh, and I had a bit of black left over, so I sanded the grille badge down and did that too: I know the thread's not that interesting at the moment, but it's all progress!
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EmDee
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May 24, 2010 17:43:19 GMT
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nice one mate, I like how you're going your own way.
With reagrds to the suspension I've gone with a 60/40 drop (quite low but manageable on speedbumps etc) I was lucky enough to be able to afford the H&R cup kit which I think is amazing, it's surprisingly comfortable but handles like a go kart. They also do a 35mm cup kit which I've heard is more comfortable.
Anyway the idea behind what I'm saying is that the cheap suspension kits are generally a bit gash so be careful and consider saving up £4-500 for some proper stuff - otherwise you may aswell just chop the springs.
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Samage
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May 24, 2010 18:42:56 GMT
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Yeah I suspected as much about the cheapo kits... thing is, the car only cost £395, I'm not sure I can justify spending more than the price of the car on a single mod! Apparently you can go 40/35 with lowered springs on the standard shocks, which I might do instead - that's supposed to be comfy still whilst not allowing the springs to fall out of the cups (which is an MOT fail, and also the reason I'd still have a cheapo short shock kit over chopped springs).
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Last Edit: May 24, 2010 18:43:45 GMT by Samage
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Samage
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Well, 10 months on and I can report absolutely nothing has gone wrong with this car. It's an excellent daily for the money. Mod-wise, nothing much has happened either. Only thing I've added outside is red trim to the bumpers. You can see it in this slightly belated pic of the Polo in the snow: That's one kind of ice - which leads me neatly onto the other kind. The standard Blaupunkt pull-out cassette player was just about dead, it only made noise of of one side and every time you changed volume it was accompanied by an ear splitting crackle from both speakers. So, for Christmas, I got me a nice Sony CDX-GT35U head unit: SO SO much better, I has radio and can use my iPod via the Aux port (unfortunately it doesn't support iPod via USB. No matter, Aux is fine with me.) Just need to get some better speakers now, got some being delivered next week. Just some cheap 3.5" jobbies to fit where the standard ones go, anything's got to be better than the cardboard stock ones! I know I need to get my thumb out of my backside and start doing some proper work on it, but money's been short and I'm waiting til I'm 25 in May. Cheaper modified insurance.
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2011 17:33:03 GMT by Samage
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bstardchild
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There is another Polo forum apart from "porka" or "clubpolo" as it is now.... Oh and what a cracking little saloon All in favour of those that say reversable mods and don't bloody ruin it please
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