sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 been on here a while now so had a couple hours to spare thought id rite up a little build thread on my arosa.started off as a completely standard 98 Arosa 1.0 mpi was in a pretty bad state few dents scratch's and scuffs, then some B**terds decided to vandalise it so young with no money i decided to "fix" it lol then i found some sideskirts lying about at my uncles garage and decided to fit them blended them all in to the arches and put some primer down so in my uncles paint shop ready for paintpaint down without lacquer all painted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 it was lowered 60mm on supersport spring and damper kit sprayed wheels panther black to match bonnet and roof and changed the whole interior lupo sport red and black with all dark plastics then some women pulled out 2weeks after everything was finished so set about some more mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 then got myself some cambridge rear lights and some new wheels changed mirrors for some dtm ones and put in some tweeters in the adjuster hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 then brought some AP coillies and fitted some hid lights also re done the front bumper and painted the grill black to match the roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 also fitted a golf mk4 arm rest oh and also got rid off those read seats and put in some RX7 seats will get pics off them later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 and decided to redo my sub box put in a jbl 1400.1 amp and some components upfront running off jbl 800.2 with a pioneer headunit 7200sd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) had the engine changed to a new 1.0 AER engine with skimmed head ported and polished all new seals ( dads a mechanic ) and rebuilt the gear boxold engine was F**ked as who ever owned it before me trashed itbrought engine off ebay for £100 and did it all in a daytoday just put on a new splitter that i brought from alex on here Edited July 20, 2012 by sonny.s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 also got some random shots over the weekend while in london Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) RX 7 seats so much more comfortable then the lupo ones and a leather omp wheelalso i and the lupo center console round the handbreak and the gear lever then under the dash Edited July 20, 2012 by sonny.s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamGill Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Great work nice to see another mk1 kicking about you've got a good family too by looks haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James827 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 the blending on those side skirts it pretty cool, Almost looks factory! Would like somthing like that (more like a GTI style) to hide my beatup sills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Great work nice to see another mk1 kicking about you've got a good family too by looks hahahaha i did have to work my arse off in his garage for him to spray it the blending on those side skirts it pretty cool, Almost looks factory! Would like somthing like that (more like a GTI style) to hide my beatup sills.i wanted to make it a alittle different from every other arosa with out a gastly bodykitt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamGill Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I guess it should make you a lot more proud doing it yourself ! I know it would me ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 it does mate thats why i cant bare to get rid ofit lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamGill Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 You could always do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Yeah could do just sawsaw a sweet mk3 GTI thinking about doing a bigger Verson of the Rosa Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 when i started reading i was thinking ah god here we go, another bag of **** but you turned it around very nicely mate! looks pretty sweet, a few things i would have done different but you put your own spin on things and thought outside the usual "Dub" box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex-Bone94 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Looking good mate Nice splitter where you get it Did it fit alright?Keep up good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Thanks sloanes, yeah I love a dub as much as the next person. It's still a work in progress decided to put the plate recses back in on the back bumper got some new rims waiting for some time to refurb them and get rid of ballooning tyres, flock the dash and retrim the interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Looking good mate Nice splitter where you get it Did it fit alright?Keep up good work Thanks dude yeah wasn't to bad tapered the edges almost like the golf mk1 splitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmxblade Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 im so jealous , i want smooth bumpers now , do you have a paint code? mines isn't there lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Lol no need to be jealous I have the paint choose at home some were I'll digg it out for you when I get home I opted for a different variant of flash rot variant number 2 it's a deeper red with a higher orange content I prefered it to the standard I think the paint choose is P3G but I'll confirm it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmxblade Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 cheers fella! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 The paint code is P3G mate just had a chance to dig it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny.s Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Little update to the project, I Went out the other day and had the biggest inpluse buy iv ever had. Came home with a mk2 fabia vRS in candy white with black magic roof 1.4 tsi twin charged engine and 180bhp it's a bloody quick car, what's everyone think about them I'll get some pictures up soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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