my Polo GTI (wheels updated)

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:07

i was going to buy a golf 5 gti to replace my aging citi golf - but sadly due to financial constraints i couldnt get the golf (need the money for other things) so i decided on getting a polo gti

i dont think im going to sleep till tuesday - im just busy organizing the insurance and paying the dealership on Monday for the car and picking it up as soon as the transfer clears

heres the skinny - last week the car was at the dealership with a whole bunch of stickers - and it still had the checked cloth seats which IMO are totally fugly - so i ordered the leather

heres a small piccie of the car with the stickers all over the bodywork and the normal rims still on it

so from monday onwards they started on the car and heres a few pics of how its finished off - i took these with my phone at the dealership - so please excuse the phonecam pics - will take loads of better pics once i collect her

heres the front wheel - 18" clones of the detroits - got the original vw badges to fit into the clones

and heres on of the rear wheels - she definitely needs a drop - but im going to drive her around for a while and maybe do the drop once i can recover from spending all that im going to in the next few days

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:08

here she is all cleaned up and ready to roll - this is one of the money shots

and heres a slightly different angle - couldnt do too many angles since she was parked too close to the wall - she actually looks a little lower in real life as compared to the photos - but i will do a small drop on her soon

and this is whats going to be amazing - the fugly cloth seats have been transformed into a thing of beauty - wait for the high res piccies of this - but this has to be seen to be believed - hard to say this is aftermarket - it just looks like the car rolled from the factory like this

this is anthracite with red stitching - wanted it a darker black - but im not gonna complain with how she finished off

damn - now i just cant wait to pick her up - watch this space for some decent high res pics next week

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:10

future long term plans include in this order :

1) complete the audio setup
2) caractere front bumper
3) some form of eyelids
4) ANO rear valence (cos its real cheap compared to the votex and looks about the same)
5) color code the factory side skirts
6) Eibach 35mm drop
7) Koni FSD shocks

chip the car and then do other work on the performance

Post by **maxxis** » 14 May 2007, 09:14

Awesome man.

Congrats. With your mods it will be a unique little monster.

Now comes the fun part. Keeping a black car clean for longer than 5 seconds after washing it

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:18

Now comes the fun part. Keeping a black car clean for longer than 5 seconds after washing it

its already been glazed - hopefully that will help a bit - but the shine is just amazing

Post by **maxxis** » 14 May 2007, 09:20

It helps. Had the same stuff done to my VTEC when I got it.

Have you ever owned a black car?

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:23

Have you ever owned a black car?

nope - this will be the first black one out of the 8 cars ive had so far

but apparently the shampoo that they give you is supposed to actually keep the car better than any other shampoo in conjunction with the glazing

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 14 May 2007, 09:29

From now on, dust and rain will be your enemy.

Post by **maxxis** » 14 May 2007, 09:31

Here is a little something i learned from owning a black car.

I only use Mequiars products. www.meguiars.com

They have this little product called ScratchX. If this cant remove a scratch then its permanent.

Black cars show scratches like nothing. Usually on top of the glaze coat. They show up as white lines. The normal polish from Mequiars works pretty well to remove the minor ones. Mind you Ive removed some pretty scary ones with it

The shampoo from Mequiars is also very good. After washing with a sponge and drying I usually run the car over with the detailing cloth. What a shine.

Just wash it once a week and the paint will stay like new.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:32

Hman wrote:From now on, dust and rain will be your enemy.

haha - they always were - the last cabbie was pearl green - almost as dark as this black - and yep im sure id be able to keep her clean most of the time

thanks Maxxis - yes - i intend to use a lot of meguiars products - since the VWCLUB of SA members get a discount of those items (i think) and im gonna join that club soon - membership is only around R140 a year - and card carrying members get a 10% discount for a lot of items

10% discount just on the koni shocks alone pays for the membership fee at least 5 times over

8O

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 14 May 2007, 09:34

Meguiars is good.

Edit: BTW. Naughty, I don't like Volkswagens, but at least it's a working car, so I am jealous.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:42

BTW. Naughty, I don't like Volkswagens, but at least it's a working car, so I am jealous

its okay ...... i forgive you LOL - lots of people dont like VW - so you are not alone - but i am a bit of a hardcore vw fan - the last 4 cars ive personally owned were in this order :

1) 1988 VW jetta cli 16v exec (fullyworked - did joburg to dbn in 3hours 15 minutes with this one once when she was race tuned)
2) VW fox 1600 atomatic
3) VW citigolf chico 1.6 luxline
4) and now this one

the fox and chico both lasted around 7 years each - so i got good service out of those

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 14 May 2007, 09:46

Ja, they're not bad cars. Just wish I had a car that is in a drive-able condition.

My uncle likes VW's too.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 09:47

Ja, they're not bad cars. Just wish I had a car that is in a drive-able condition.

whats happened to yours ????

ps my citi was also giving a few problems - she is in at a specialist carb place - just gonna go and pick her up from there at 1pm and start pulling out the sound - the new owner should be picking her up tomorrow

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 14 May 2007, 10:06

Block cracked, because the radiator was mostly blocked. I fixed that when I got the car, but still had problems. It's now at my dad's place, he saw the crack. It's really fine, you can barely see it, but when the engine heats up it expands. With my current financial probs I can't fix it.

Oh well, that's life hey.

Post by **ryanrich** » 14 May 2007, 10:24

Congrats on the new car naughty!

Looks lovely! Black is a really good colour for it...

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 10:45

shot Ryan - will post some driving impressions once i pick her up - just need to sort out the tracker/netstar thingies first

Keigo · Post by **Keigo** » 14 May 2007, 10:49

thats a nice car~

congrats naughty~

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 10:50

thanks keigo

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 14 May 2007, 11:00

Congrats naughty .... great car.....great set of wheels

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 11:11

shot Alpha - the wheels are more-or-less identical to the stock ones - just shinier and bigger with Pirelli P zero tyres on

gonna sell the original rims with tyres and buy a laptop with the cash - that will give me dvd in the car but with a big screen in comparison with the other guys with the specific car screens

pok · Post by **pok** » 14 May 2007, 11:15

*thread jack*

Hooligan GTI

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 14 May 2007, 11:25

naughty...

Will look good with the black.

Very nice car.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 14 May 2007, 11:26

pok - thats the golf 5 gti - ive got a polo gti - but yeppers - no fear ill probably make mine look better and go faster like that one too

shot darkranger - ive seen those - been considering it - will definitely take a look when the rest of the mods are done - but there are other mods that are a greater priority

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 14 May 2007, 11:36

NP man!! gonna try these on my Polo on Saturday... Just to see if it will look good. Got a dark silver Polo...

Oh, another thing, where do you work and how do i apply... because there must be great cash flow if you are able to buy a Polo GTi and MOD it straight up!!