Ok well ive done a few mods here and there to my car and thought i should post up some pics.  The photos are not great.. but its all about the car lol!

list of mods so far

RS6 wheels

GTI rear lights

Ipod instal

2, 7" screens

Rear Spoiler

thats about it apart from tiny little things like vw rubber matts all aroud etc

did have mud flaps but decided against them.. still may go back on

Ok well here are some pics

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There is still loads of want to do.

Lower it.  Get rub strips and door handles colour coded (but need to wait for the back to black to come off)  Rear mkv wiper.  VW centre caps for wheels.  Maybe tints.  Anni front.

 But i dont know whether just to wait and maybe get a bigger engine car.

O and a new arial as some so and so nicked it last nite..

Any comments welcome

Chris

yeh i forgot to add that, i already have one, but am going to wait for the car to go to the paint shop to get it done there (after reading your guide one time i thought i should just leave it to the professionals lol!)

 Ok have done a few more mods and thought i should post them up.

i first of all got some vw centres for my wheels.

Then it was to add a rear aero wiper to the rear, just hated the look of the old one.  still unsure wether or not to get a front one though

Then i got round to painting my sharran badge, not the best of jobs but hey, first attempt at painting...

need to polish the paint on it, or something.  bit disapointed with the top bit of the v.

and i replaced my stolen arial,

not the best of fits, but i got it off a scrap car..

will have to give it a bit of a clean tomorrow.

any comments welcome

Chris

Nice looking car mate, i really like that colour.

If you dont mind my asking, where did you get your rear wiper from, and how much did it set you back? Was it a new arm too, or just the blade?

ramezk:

Nice looking car mate, i really like that colour.

 

If you dont mind my asking, where did you get your rear wiper from, and how much did it set you back? Was it a new arm too, or just the blade?

 

got it from vwspeed.  it was £22.  i had a look around and that was the cheapest i could find it! no doubt some others will have got it for alot cheaper tho!

double post sorry

 took some pics of the old girl today thought id put them up, if anyone wants to give me some tips on how to take good photos cuz im terrible at it!

just waiting for the back to black to come off then having the rub strips etc painted, and will fit either an ani or a v6 front

comments welcome

That's looking really good so far mate.  Nice subtle mods to a well looked after car.  Good work.

Have you thought about de-locking?  There's several kits on E-Bay at the moment for less than £20 and it will solve the security issue as well as slightly improving the look of each side of the car...

Wigster.

 yeh i have, but will get it when im getting the car painted as i dont want to get a black one and then have to get another once the car is being painted! should be going in soon to be painted up tho!

 ok time for an update

ive painted my front calipers, just waiting for two free days when i can start painting my rear ones, quite impressed with the look.  looks great looking in reflective windows at low speeds lol

before someone spots it there is a wheel nut missing.

next was to start striping the car for painting

all looks a bit sorry for itself atm, but will look all good again once its all painted up

ive got a V6 front and a cupra splitter going on (seen on another thread) however im painting the V6 front and possible the splitter, as i think this would look good, but we'll see.

its also getting a nice new mirror casing as some numpty drove into mine !

 o and if any one has any anni side skirts for sale pm me

Loving the car mate, GREAT colour by the way!

Where are you based if you don't mind me asking? (Just thought I recognised the view in one of the photos - I probably don't though)

Hope to see you at a SW meet soon!

 lol agreed!

i live just outside stround, you probs dont have a clue where that is tho!  i took the shots at swifts hill.

yeh i saw the thread for it yesterday but im unsure if im away for that date or not.  its annoying cuz i always work on most weekends, would be great if they did a 'night drive/meet' on a weekday.

but if im not on holiday i will try and make it

ok just got it back from a mate whos done some painting.. pics pics pics

colour coded bottom valance

new v6 front with seat spliter.. colour coded.. also front grills

another pic futher out

and handles and rub strips + delocked now (its soo p1ss to break into.. even i could.. so de lock your cars guys!)

and a nice new mirror!

pretty damn pleased.. just need to paint the rear calipers

Looking great Chris, careful modifying always looks best.

What's next then?

 Sweet ride dude, looking good

Where did you get the splitter from

 would love to drop it. but i read all these storys about a bad ride..  and dont really understand all the arb and dampers and stuff  so still un sure about that!!

im not too sure, still think about blue badges.

i might leave it for a bit so i can spend my money on other things as im skint as it cost 300 for spraying!

redflame:

 Sweet ride dude, looking good

Where did you get the splitter from

seat dealership, cost 21 but worth it

 actually i just remeberd just next plans are side skirts.. but not sure which ones as anni ones are done to death but i want to keep it vee dub!

chris_golfse:

redflame:

 Sweet ride dude, looking good

Where did you get the splitter from

seat dealership, cost 21 but worth it

cheers mate

chris_golfse:

 lol agreed!

i live just outside stround, you probs dont have a clue where that is tho!  i took the shots at swifts hill.

yeh i saw the thread for it yesterday but im unsure if im away for that date or not.  its annoying cuz i always work on most weekends, would be great if they did a 'night drive/meet' on a weekday.

but if im not on holiday i will try and make it

Yeah, I vaguely know it, used to walk around there a lot as a child.

Night drive could be fun... mention it on the next meet thread (Robinswood Hill, Gloucester)

ok lil update..

feedn up horrible tyres on the front so splashed out on new toyo proxies (well splashed out for me 93 a tyre!)

i also finally painted my rear calipers..

all going good soo far, i took some pics of my car the other day http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/206950.aspx

just need to save up for some coilovers and spacers.. but i seem to spend all my money on my car

How did you paint your callipers mate? Did you remove them or mask everything up around them? I would like to do mine red when i get a spare weekend.

AidenUK:

How did you paint your callipers mate? Did you remove them or mask everything up around them? I would like to do mine red when i get a spare weekend.

i just masked around them. didnt fancy taking them off as i dont have a clue and unless you know what you are doing i wouldnt fidle with brakes lol!  you can do a pretty good job by just masking them.. and who looks really closely at brakes anyway?!

 cool, really nice chris, how about the rear spoiler?

if i had the dough, its goin down the path of what i would make mine like

same car 1.6 sr in the blue

great work!

alex-atari:

 cool, really nice chris, how about the rear spoiler?

if i had the dough, its goin down the path of what i would make mine like

same car 1.6 sr in the blue

great work!

what do you mean about the spoiler?

lol i wonder if its worth spendiong the money, is sooo skint cuz this car and its not even fast :P

Great looking car.. my favourite wheels!

You say you have 2, 7" screens?? Why?!

tre271:

Great looking car.. my favourite wheels!

You say you have 2, 7" screens?? Why?!

need one in the front one in the back.. was a student in sixth form a few months ago.. had a lot of free periods lol!  and there good for road trips!

tbh i was young and naive! lol

Got some new bulbs in the old headlights the other day

new side lights

i really need to de-tango the indercaters.

and i also replaced the dipped lights for brighter ones

i also got some retro fit aero wipers, i really wanted hte new blades aswell but could not justify £70 for just new arms!  but they do a great job and look alot better than the orginals

i also have a bmc cda air fliter to go on.

i have a little list of what i am hopefully be doing to my car soon

lowering (probs on jamexx coilovers)

new exhuast system probs piper because they are soo much cheaper than other ones

15mm spacers on rear

5 or maybe 10 on front

Chipped (i know you opnly get 12bhp best, but with the induction kit and exhuast i recon i cuold get 130/135 bhp

then if i can be botherd and have enought money..

anni side skirts

anni rear with ehuast cut out

then cup of tea job done!

Chris

Well time for an update,

ok, i have had a bit of spraying done, got the following done,

front rubstrip smoothed and filled to look like a US one, 

v6 rear valance smoothed and painted

v6 miltek put on

bmc cda air filter

thats about it for now i will take some pics tomrw, however, my tensioners have gone, causing my cambelt to silt, causing the values to go off timing causing them to bend... not happy.. lots of money is being wasted in geting it fixed...

il post some pics up tomorrow.

Love you car mate, Im a 1.6er too ;)

But i have to say i really wouldnt bother with a remap, another 1.6 driver on here had a milltek and the bmc cda and he only ended up with 90 bhp at the wheels.

As  i said id get some pics up, am getting quite happy with the outside now, think ill stop wasting any more money on the outside apart from maybe some coilovers.  but here are the pics, exhuast looks a little wonky so ill try and sort that out a bit.

US rubstrip

v6 valance and slightly wonky miltek, looks really bad in this pic for some reason

some of it in bits

Looking good