HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Hello, thank you for viewing my thread. This is my first one and im just going to be showing everyone what I have done to my VW Fox I bought it from a salvage yard with 12k miles on the clock, when we got it home it had damage to the front right wheel and door. We put a new door on it and fixed the wheel problem.First time using this forum so bare with me but ill be uploading pictures soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) http://instagram.com/p/YILcDSTU3H/No idea how to upload photos...? Edited September 10, 2013 by HarrisonsFoxR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/HarrisonsFoxR/media/Fox%20R/Frontdamageside_zps98be4df7.jpg.html?sort=2&o=24 Edited September 10, 2013 by HarrisonsFoxR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Copy & paste or use tags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 As you can see she was a bit damagedBut me and my dad soon fixed her up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Then started the modifications, first off I put some red neons in the footwell and a switch in the dashboard for them followed by; Pioneer 240w 2 way door speakers, vibe blackair 12" subwoofer & pioneer 4500BT Headunit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Then I bought a set of Volkswagen Golf GTI Montreal 16" alloys with 205 60 16 tyres!The car looked like a monster.. The wheels were WAY too big and rubbed against the car.So I took the tyres off the rim sanded them up and painted them 2 pack black? I then bought a set of 205 40 16 tyres to sort out the rubbing problemAfter putting the wheels back on the car it looked like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Well rescued! Good work. Needs to be closer to the floor though.R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I then put a twin 3" exhaust on the back.- Just a side note, anyone who is thinking of doing this consider buying just the tip, even though mine sounds decent the old "fart can" noise does get on your nerves after a while.I also added a Red Volkswagen racing badge to make it my very own "Fox R" lol. This is what it looked like from behind at this stage (edited a number plate on with paint) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 After a while of riding around on my stilt like Volkswagen Fox suspension I decided that It either needed to be lowered or to put this Volkswagen fox RDX front bumper on it. I opted with the springs but heres what the bumper looks like: (I borrowed this picture from someone else this is not mine)Anyway, I decided to get it lowered instead of the bumper so I purchased a ProSport Volkswagen fox lowering kit and my neighbour put it on for me! (He is one of the best mechanics I know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Well rescued! Good work. Needs to be closer to the floor though.RWhat Ray said Looks good on the Montreal 2s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Anyway, I decided to get it lowered instead of the bumperPhew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Fitted some Audi A6 style day time running lights, tinted the windows & Half painted the calipers in red (I still need to do it properly)Heres what it looked like, the lowering springs are on in the pictures of the wheels but not the shot with the DRLSFollow me on instagram: xharrison_m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 My next purchases will be these, I plan to have these all on the car before christmas:Tinted rear taillights - £85Anddddd A slightly lipped edge spoiler - £87 Wind deflectors - £35 And a bung to dewiper the rear - £12What are your opinions? what should I get first? What shouldn't I get?SIDENOTE: Hopefully i'll be going graphitti tunnel on Wednesday evening with one of my friends who does photography and Ill try and get some decent shots of the silver fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Latest pictures, sorry its not clean I promise I will clean it when It stops raining!Follow me on instagram: xharrison_m Edited September 10, 2013 by HarrisonsFoxR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel93 Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Let's make this clear...I'm not going to follow you on Instagram! Haha.Car suits the montreals well, but two things....get rid of the DRLs, they look horrid and second spray the rear drums black, the red looks tacky. Apart from that the cars looking brill, well done on fixing it up aswell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan94 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Don't by those rear lights 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsd Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Not usually a fan of fox's but this looks sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 It was written off with such light panel damage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) It was written off with such light panel damage?That's modern insurance for you. They'll write off a car with literally no damage nowadays. It's absolutely barmy. My friends just had a Polo 51 reg with only 65k miles 'written off' due to a rear end shunt. It needed new bumper and had done some light creasing to the boot. He's bought the salvage lot for £50, bought a second hand bumper off eBay and had the boot uncreased by his local garage... you wouldn't even know it was in a crash now. All in all, cost of the repair was about £100-£150.Absolutely mental to be honest. Edited October 13, 2013 by Skezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Let's make this clear...I'm not going to follow you on Instagram! Haha.Car suits the montreals well, but two things....get rid of the DRLs, they look horrid and second spray the rear drums black, the red looks tacky.Apart from that the cars looking brill, well done on fixing it up aswell!Its okay lol you don't have to follow me I just like following other people with foxes so I can see what they've done on theirs Cheers for the positive feedback, although I am going to have to disagree with you on the red callipers, I redone two of them last week and I think it really suits it these pictures do not do them justice Not usually a fan of fox's but this looks sweet!Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonsFoxR Posted November 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 It was written off with such light panel damage?Yeah they wrote it off because of that, the pictures you can see are pictures of the car in the salvage yard! crazy isn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee17 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Get it lower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) the garage has proabbly quoted the insurance company for new wing new door rear quarter repair and full respray of the whole side, so probably quoted high 3 figures maybe even 4, , so u can see where theyre coming from,but to do yourself all that damaged could prbably be prepared without replacing panels, and a side respray could be repaired for around 500 quid, depending where you go, Edited November 15, 2013 by jamiea7x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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