Battsy Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) This thread will show my progress on my first car, Seat arosa mk1 in flash red. I bought the car in January 2012 knowing basically nothing about cars, so when i saw the ad for the arosa i instantly asked my mate if it was a good car as he had one himself, he said yeah and i should go view the car a couple days later i ended up buying. so here is how i bought the car:So when i bought the car i knew it was lowered but i never knew by how much. After having a grinding noise coming from under the car i took it to a garage to find out the drive shaft had come loose, this was in result of the car being so low, they then told me it was lowered 100mm, i was shocked and knew this was to low as i live on speed bumps, in time it was just going to do damage to the car so therefor i booked in to get raised, the bonus of this was my mate had a set of black alloys which i tried to fit on previously but the car was to low and the arches where rubbing on the wheel so i took them to the garage with me and got them fitted after it was raised.With the black alloys fitted it is currently looking like this:The red and black just makes the car look so much better in my opinion, after having the car raised it now sits lowered at 40mm, from going to 100mm to 40mm is such a massive difference and i will defiantly be going lower when i get a different set of wheels in the future, however i am going to Ibiza in a few months so i will be saving for the holiday rather than mods at the moment!My Future plans:Get rid of the yellow film on the front lights,replace a cracked outter shell wing mirror(drivers side)Sport exhaust (center exit) Make the car all fresh n new with a full service kit and servicing.BBS alloysLeather interiorDouble din touchscreen dvd playerpaint work touch upsThanks for viewing and look out for updates in the futureAll feedback welcome,-Matty Edited January 15, 2013 by Battsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTdi Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Please get this very very clean again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Please get this very very clean again!clean as in washed? :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam R4 Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Please get this very very clean again!Is this your old Arosa James? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElZ 16v Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 i want white teardrops on my mk1 atleast i no theyl look good now aha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Looking good, though I'm not sure about the splitter & the headlights look weird with the indicators not having the yellow film on too (like ElZ's) but obviously you're getting rid anyway so it's all good lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 I like it when you got it more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 i want white teardrops on my mk1 atleast i no theyl look good now ahayou reckon? i wasnt to keen on them, although ive wanted to get black alloys on it since i bought it, pm me i may sell to you Looking good, though I'm not sure about the splitter & the headlights look weird with the indicators not having the yellow film on too (like ElZ's) but obviously you're getting rid anyway so it's all good lolyeh the splitter was already on it it dont bother me lol, and yes exactly why i am tking it off, I like it when you got it more ;o probally cause it's lowered more, need to get LOW again lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 any suggestions:)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupo D Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 That's a good ride mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 That's a good ride mate. Thanks mate! little update:Got a new tracking rod and tracking sticks to road so much better now , also removing the yellow lights this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north wales loop Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 don't fancy swapping your rear lights for lupo ones do ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Ive got cambridge lights mate so no sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north wales loop Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 not goth the mk 1 arosa ones then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonball Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Unless custom made / modified I think you will struggle with the centre exhaust.The green badge on a red car, hmmmm "no likey" as Paddy McGuinness would say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Unless custom made / modified I think you will struggle with the centre exhaust.The green badge on a red car, hmmmm "no likey" as Paddy McGuinness would say.Yeh true mate, normal exhaust for now then!And same.. i hate it im gonna respray it at the weekend, ive only got it because mine come off (someone snapped it off) at some point and my mate had this one spare and gave me it, also taking the lighting film off.. doing this all on sat hopefully look abit smarter not goth the mk 1 arosa ones then?no sorry m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmxblade Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 this is weird , i just bought a flash red mk1 arosa all the same faults as yours minus the driveshaf issues, i also had bought some polished teardrops off a guy on svag...il get pics up soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 haha nice mate, show me some pics when u get time:) i need to update this as ive changed some stuff now got rid of the film on lights, spraying my badge black aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmxblade Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Lawl, just spray mines black too!! hopefully taking the rear wiper of tomorrow and the bumpstrips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) Finally got round to taking the film of the front lights, it was much easier than i thought as it just peeled off! i was expecting to have to take the whole light out, result:Still need to spray the badge black but i couldn't find out how to remove the badge does anybody know how to ?The sun was shining and i had the day off work so i gave Aro a polish and wax was very happy with the result!:The reflections show how shiny its looking at the moment I need some spacers on the rear for a little bit of poke, does anybody know what size i should go for and where do i get them from please? i have also booked in for a service, this will be done this Saturday I cant wait to experience the after result, hoping it will make it a bit quicker as i think the car hasn't been serviced for some time.More pics and updates Saturday Edited January 8, 2013 by Battsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mphgoose Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Looks like a lovely first car, i do love the teardrops though! Keep up the good work. For spacers hubcentrics are better than the ones that use regular wheel nuts, keep an eye on ebay or most vw forums, i find www.clubpolo.co.uk is good for wheels and parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Looks like a lovely first car, i do love the teardrops though! Keep up the good work. For spacers hubcentrics are better than the ones that use regular wheel nuts, keep an eye on ebay or most vw forums, i find www.clubpolo.co.uk is good for wheels and parts.Thanks mate! and yeh i kind of miss them in a wierd way even though i well wanted black alloys :SI want bbs rms in the future tho! and thanks mate, ill have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmxblade Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 looks much better with the yellow tints removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battsy Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 looks much better with the yellow tints removedthanks mate, looks much better with a normal badge too Update--Got a full service, car runs perfect now.5 weeks till i go to ibiza, after this new alloys and back to being LOW is going to happen, also a boot build will be made along with new interior (possibly). big plans so as i stated above the badge is now back to normal:There are also some new aero wipers on which are amazing compared to my old rubbish ones which left marks all over the window when it was raining haha..thats all for now, Matty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTdi Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 I want this car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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