I never really got around to doing one of these properly since ive had the car so thought id collate it into one thread and stop spurring out multiple threads when i do something. sorry guys lol.

June last year (2007) i had a Rover 416i until the Head Gasket went bang. so i cut my losses and gave up and searched for a new car. (not mine but looked identical)

I then purchased a 1.4 51' plate polo thinking being a student i need something economical.  (not mine but looked identical). I owned this car for all of a month and in that time it spent more time with the  dealer i got it from than me drivign it.

I went thorpe park in it. we got there fine and attempting to come back to london pedal to the floor my top speed was 40 mph downhill and if lights were red i had to roll up to them and pray they turned green by the time oi got to them or there was no guaruntee i would be able to move after.

So i got a refund and then searched for a car. Popped along to car giant and there she sat waiting for me to buy her:

Manufacturer: VW 
Model: GOLF TDI SE  PD100
Engine: 1.9TDI
BHP As Standard: 100

After i got her home august last year i fully washed her. Arent the orange tail lights lovely...mmmmm......

My first mod, i took the Sony GT300s i had out of the previous car i had and installed it and routed the sony ipod connector to the armrest.

Along next came the GTI Rear Lights because the orange ones bugged the flip outta me. also i picked up some RS6 alloys 17inch which fitted to the car. but boyyyyyy it looked liek a 4x4

Being that high up was scary so i realized around february time that she needed to be dropped. So then along came some cheapo coilovers the Hot-Tunning ones from ebay that are still doing the job very well Kudos to Afro_Gti sorting me out with his c-spnner for some adjustments that needed to be made.

Then in Feb, the gf then got me tints for my birthday, thanks very much, kudos to her and it made the car look 10 times better. 20% back glass, 35% Rear glass and 50% front glass. very good contrasting effect and looks mint.

I then picked up soem replica anni kit parts which i did a DIY guide to on here and fitted them to the car.

Me, Afro and Amz then got together for some black pillar modding. Ill prob get it done permanently at some point but this will do for now. It took a longggggg time and alot of frustration to get it done  but props to the boys.

Before:

After:

With this completed i had a moment and oh boy what a moment. See the cracked sump. Yes the oil trail along the flatbed is allllllll mine Kudos to R44MS for sorting me out new parts on the day. i was back pun' road on monday morning a couple hundred quid down. What a shoot weekend that was...

Having cracked the sump i proceeded to obtain some spacers for the motor.

the next mod up was...... and alll ill say is RRREEEECCCCCAAAAARRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOO. kudos to R32Pete.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Having cracked the sump i was then really peed and knew i needed to raise the car. so i sold the 17s to a top bloke on here. Hope they are doign you justice Mark :) your roads are much more suited to them than mine. So along came the 18s. Mad props goes out to a certain person who help me fit them, had a laugh doing it.

Then i went down to see chris aka imagewerx to wire up the heated seats and so we did. All the seats had to coem back out again and we also re ran some wires and put my phatnoise in the boot. Its not often your interior is stripped apart so it makes a grown man nervous although you know youll put it all back together lol

Added some heat: (my sony headunit packed up and as a result back in goes the gamma which will stay for a while)

and heres the result and a shot of the boot with improved lighting in the boot after VWs woeful attempt at putting a light in the boot to use at night. what rubbish. Also are my Sub and Amp.

Thats it so far guys and shes pretty finished i feel, just some minor things remainign to be done.

To be done:

Front spacers - to sort rubbing

Genuine Valances if ever i feel i can be bothered.

Anni Skirts - still sitting in my house unpainted. its too bloomin cold now.

Shortly will be pics from the photoshoot which may get done today.

Thanks for looking.

Lowell

Nice build-up thread, and a definite improvement; very nice looking car you have there now!

That pic of your car being driven down the road by your mate is the pic for me...

Great build up feel like i've been there all the way through it

Wow - it's only really when you see pics of where a car's come from to where it is now alongside each other that you realise all the work and little bits that have been done to it along the way.

Looking good

Jon.

 damn.. car is looking 10x better      

let me know where i can get a set of those leathers !!!

 Great work!   I like how its all oem

I must admit, i would be caking myself too if all there interior was out!

 Mate I know a place in the city where we should be able to get some decent night shots... If your up for it we go there later

im up for it. gonna get the car washed shortly

Looks really good, amazing difference from the beginning to now.

BTW if you are still after front spacers I have some 5mm ones which I don't need

thanks dude.

are they hubcentric spacers mate?

 looks much better than standard :)

Damn Lowel... i dunno what it is about this last month but everyone seems to be making some BIG changes!!!... cars looking sweet mate... cant wait to see it at the bluewater meet!

There's obviously loads of love and patience gone into that.  Nice to see, the car looks great.

Wigster. 

 good work mate, car looks superb now, need to see the stance with those spacers in the flesh.. really need to get my own build up thread going!

the back looks great lol. thanks mate.

heres a teaser of what me joe and amz got up to last night lol

looks good buddy

Looking good lowell!

When your actually doing the mods bit by bit, you dont notice it, but when you have done the build thread and seen what it has changed from, it has a big impact!

Well done son!!

Has that guy got in touch about the steelies yet?

Wish i still had my golf so i could have come along to that photoshoot! where's the rest of the pics?????

hotboy836:

are they hubcentric spacers mate?

Not 100% as being 5mm there is plenty of hub for the wheel to fit on anyway but I will double check for you.

thanks mate. sent you a pm last night.

 Lowell nice Build up thread man, its come a loong way from the first picture.....

Ive seen it in many stages and its looking better and better

Amz

 Thats a nice looking car there mate. loots like a lot of time and effort has gone into your car.

I didnt know your sump blew up!

How did that happen?

thats called a lorry. me goign to work and not much room to manouver and avoid abit of a shed load.

i run over his droppings. being on 17s the car was really really low. i then try to go around the mini roundabout near work and the car slides which leaves me bemused. i then pull up at work as you can see from the picture and then walked out and was like hmmmm what an pil trail wonder whos that is.

followed it

shoot shoot shoot thats leading to my car. is that my car. bend down on my knees. ohhhh shoot that is my car.

Damn man! Thats harsh!!!

unlucky mate... happend to me on holiday with my old 1.6 in the middle of bloody nowhere in spain... it was a total hollywood movie scenario... up in the mountains about 150km back to any town with a tow truck no reception on my phone... and the sump pi$$sin out everything lol...

i was not happy... and that car wasnt even lowered!!!!

is it gona be ready for the bluwater meet lowel? 

great buildup, sorry to hear about the problems

I'm liking the pic of the three cars parked up, it reminds me when my neighbour and his mate parked up their golfs (all black) behind mine...it looked cool until they got confused and forgot which one was theirs (I remember the guy standing by my car frantically pressing his remote and wondering why the door didn't unlock..lol)

Looks really good Lowell!!

I Didn't notice the valances when we came down for the wheels. lol!

 ouch the sump job sounds nasty, can you get some sort of sump guard to protect this? dont you have a bottom engine tray?

thanks for the comments guys. 

@ DJ and Yishal

You woudlnt believe how much i was laughing that all my oil was running out. i had to laugh as it could have been much worse. had i been tail gating the stones could have gone thru the windscreen or done worse damage to the cars bodywork.

so in a way im still lucky. had i ran over it with the wheels it would have def wrecked the suspension. i should have taken a picture of the sump when it was changed. the stone punched clean thru. about the size of both my fists together. lol

DJ ill see about bluewater if im not tired then ill come down.

Yish that guy still aint called me.

@TDI Rich

cheers dude, all my neighbors keep asking me t wash their cars and i keep replying. pay me £100 and i will.

@Mark

Thats the OEM look mate many things you wont quite be able to put your finger on. had it many times lol

@ Adz

On 17s and running the ride height i as and a tdi lump i couldnt add a guard, the metal one. the 18s now give me more clearance but ill see if i really wanna put one on it. they are very expensive and now im rnign higher, is it really needed. lol

See what happens over the next few days, if you dont  hear anything, i should be seeing the guy on the weekend so i'll have a word with him then......aint got his number, so cant ring him/drop him a text!

ok dude no probs.

Nice looking motor mate. Can I ask- what was it you used to darken your B Pillars ? Im in the process of aquiring some vinyl for it but not sure how its going to go!

Thanks dude.

i think we used fablon from bnq

 Car is looking great bud... Those rims and spacers make the world of difference

Thought I'd add a few pics of 'Kandy'

And a groupie pic

cheers joe. check your email mate a couple of things to finalise.

Looking good fellas

Lowell, did that guy ring you bout the steelies? I chatted to him on sunday, and he said he was gonna give you a ding.....

 Love the look of your car man, the black and silver theme works a treat

Are you running the hottuning coilovers? Did you have any problems getting them on and how do you find them in terms of comfort?

@yish

still aint got the call yet mate.

@faisal

cheers mate. im think about gettign them permanently gloss black. yea im ont he hot tunning coils. they arrived like 3 days later. i find them comfotrable tbh no issues at all. your more than welcome for a run on them as i see u live local.

 Cheers Lowell that would be great... I was following you for a bit on the Midnight Cruise from Wembley stadium n loved the height of ur car... think it was you i had a bit of a chat with at Ace with Amz n AzRiz....

Im not sure gloss black would tie in with the theme 100% unless you get the strips and handles painted gloss as well....maybe go for a matt black instead? Having said that, I've Fablon'd mine too and think it holds/looks more than good enough so paying to get it sprayed matt probably wouldnt be worth it

may have been me mate. i take it ur comign to the next cruise on nov 1st?

when i said gloss black i meant all the bits going gloss black lol when i wash the car and use back to black on the bits the car looks very very nice.