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My Polo GTi *Project Red*


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Hey guys! I've not really been on here since I sold my Lupo, but I thought I'd make a thread for my Polo GTi just incase anyone's interested :P Plus my other half (Hodge112) is on here and I thought it might be nice for people to put a car to the face at shows :)

I bought the car last September with just over 60k on the clock. This is it the day after I bought it and after a good clean :D

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Since then I've done the following things:

Exterior -

De wipered rear

Front aero wipers

Sharan aerial

Re-painted bonnet & NS rear quarter

Smooth front number plate recess

Gloss black front splitter

Lupo GTi wiper arms and wipers

Interior -

Full leather re-trim and headlining, sunvisors, A,B & C pillars in black alcantara done at Premier Car Trim

Lupo GTi rear view mirror

Black interior plastics

Re-trimmed tweeter pods

Wheels -

BBS RF 3 piece splits built to 7.5" on the front and 8.5" on the rear with the faces painted in Audi silver

Toyo Proxe 195/45/15's all round

Engine -

BMC CDA induction kit with custom pipework

Audi R8 oil cap

Suspension -

FK Highsport coilovers

ICE -

JVC KDAVX1 headunit

SPL 12" sub

Pioneer GM-D8400M amp

Herz tweeters

There's probably more that I've forgotten :P But anyway, here's a few pics of how it stands now

Next to Hodge112 and Ryan's Lupos at All Types

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Lupo GTi wipers and wiper arms

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The false floor is a bit pink I know :blush: but that'll b getting fixed over winter!

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Club standing at Tatton

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I've only entered it in two show and shines so far, and come away with these so so far so good :)

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I'm hoping for more of a problem free show season next year, so hopefully I'll manage to get to a few more shows!

Any comments are welcome! And I hope to meet a few more of you at Edition :D

Thanks :)

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:wub: Stunning

Keep up the good work

Hope its at Edition B)

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Thanks guys :) I was a bit worried about posting on here because it's not a Lupo :bleh: I'm glad you like it though!

I've got a few changes planned for over winter too ;)

:wub: Stunning

Keep up the good work

Hope its at Edition B)

Thanks Ryan!

Don't think the Polo will be making it this year :( Only just got it running right after all the problems I've been having and not sure I 100% trust it for the journey. I'm pretty gutted but at least I've got all winter to get it looking lovely for next year :shades:

We'll be in the Golf at Edition!

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Very nice :shades:

saw this at dubmania, well done on the award :) its very nice!

Thanks guys! :)

Took my false floor out yesterday to recover and get rid of the cheap looking pink material but managed to mess up the fabric I was gonna put on :angry2: So I thought while it was out I may as well get some trimming practice and decided to cover it in some other red I had lying around.

Now I'm not sure whether to just keep it this colour. I know it doesn't really match the colour of the leather, but I'm worried it'll end up just looking pink again with the brighter red I was going to use :confused: Any thoughts?!!

The picture's not great tbh and still kinda makes it look pink ha, will try and get a better one tomorrow. And maybe one with the colour I was going to use too for comparison. But for now...

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I also decided to cover the plastic tailgate trim to tidy it up a bit. It's not exactly perfect, but it'll do until I can afford to get it done properly. And it was good practice anyway :)

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Changed the ignition coil this morning too as one of the plastic bits where the lead connects had broken!

Cheers :D

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Very nice looking car.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks! :)

I need to tidy up the tailgate plastic as it's a bit rough around the edges, but it's not too bad for a first attempt ;)

As promised here's a picture of the boot with a cut off of the material I was originally gonna used before I fudged it up B) I know it's not a perfect match with the leather, but it's better than what's on the floor at the minute and my god it's hard trying to find a red that matches!

Any thoughts on whether I should get some more of the new red or just keep it as it is?

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Also got these today, just need to get them repainted. I'll only be putting one on for the minute as my central locking's a bit tempremental so I don't really wanna risk delocking both sides just yet :lol:

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I like it!

Thanks!

Rainbow's finally went in today!

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And we had these lying around so thought we'd stick them in the back too as one of the rear speakers was goosed

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And a bit of stripping ;)

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Hoping to get a few things done during the week so will update soon :)

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Cheers dude

Finally got myself a LHD rear light and fitted it tonight. Looks a lot better and cleaner without the reverse light.

Sorry about the crappy pictures, couldn't be bothered moving the TT :P

Before

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After

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Any thoughts?

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