Well as some of you may know, I had a bit of bad luck with my mk4 - but this is the replacement - a 2002 Bora Sport 1.8T. I bought this car around the beginning of May as I needed to get back on the road asap; but after picking it up I had a rough idea of the route I was going to go with it from day one.

Anyway here it is in standard form.

Fitted my R32 trim that I managed to salvage from the mk4.

Some work in progress pics, spraying the valances and skirts and fitting the coilovers, plus giving the brakes a coat of red paint.

Milltek and Forge TIP waiting for their turn lol

The finished result:

And a few pics on the club stand yesterday at Inters, for those that weren't there.

Thanks to all of my friends that have helped me get this together so quickly

Comments welcome

Goody

 Can't believe how much the skirts, spraying the valances and the wheels have changed the over all look ofthe car looking really good and at a fraction of the cost of the previous one so I hear too

Really tastefully done, do you feel more secure with the boot between you and sleeping drivers now?

Neil

Very nice mate!!! The Valances make a big difference!! You must be well pleased

What coilovers have you opted for?

Are you tempted with another R32 front brake setup for this project?

Will you be going down the Forge FMIC intercooler route once again? Only ask as you mentioned that youve installed a new TIP. Im trying to decide of i should go down that

 Well mate you already know my feelings about this car and the pictures speak for themselves and myself,what a stunning looking car and amazing transformation

a real credit to you once again

loving the signature

wow! thats some progress!!

looking good dude!

 looks loverly mate! i had one in that blue and pics never did the colour justice, on a sunny day when it's all polished up it looks great!

good work going on there and you aren't hanging about either, i will say one thing though - damn you and your sport clocks!

do you find the drive / handling different to the golf? i did.

omd's!! what a make over! good to see you've come out top bigger and better! looks crazy! just not tooo sure about the....wait theres nothing im not to sure about!! lol

great stuff

old_n07:

 Can't believe how much the skirts, spraying the valances and the wheels have changed the over all look ofthe car looking really good and at a fraction of the cost of the previous one so I hear too

Really tastefully done, do you feel more secure with the boot between you and sleeping drivers now?

Neil

Thanks Neil, I'm very pleased with the outcome - and yes definitely at a fraction of the cost compared to the Golf

The Bora definitely feels safer just for having a boot; alhough some idiot nearly took me out on the M1 yesterday on the way to inters!!

Goody

lim_walk:

Very nice mate!!! The Valances make a big difference!! You must be well pleased

What coilovers have you opted for?

Are you tempted with another R32 front brake setup for this project?

Will you be going down the Forge FMIC intercooler route once again? Only ask as you mentioned that youve installed a new TIP. Im trying to decide of i should go down that

Cheers - I am very pleased with it, looks way better than I had thought it would

The coilovers are just the cheap ebay ones, but I can't fault them tbh.

Definitely going down the Forge FMIC route again, I just need to get the one off the Golf or try and get a good price on another one. As for brakes, I will upgrade them if some come along at the right price

Goody

davo01:

 Well mate you already know my feelings about this car and the pictures speak for themselves and myself,what a stunning looking car and amazing transformation

a real credit to you once again

loving the signature

Yeap I do mate, and don't forget you were one that helped me with this - including going to view it!! Otherwise I may not have this now

The sig was something I knocked up earlier

Cheers dude

Goody

R44MS_K:

wow! thats some progress!!

looking good dude!

Cheers mate - it had to be done, plus it needed doing sooner rather than later as I wanted it ready for inters

Goody

olethalb:

 looks loverly mate! i had one in that blue and pics never did the colour justice, on a sunny day when it's all polished up it looks great!

good work going on there and you aren't hanging about either, i will say one thing though - damn you and your sport clocks!

do you find the drive / handling different to the golf? i did.

Cheers The colour is awesome, defintely a deciding factor with the purchase... and you're right the pics really don't do it justice!

I like my sport clocks too, those, the vents, and the all red rears are all quality for standard parts

As for the drive, it drives very similar to the Golf, but I have more confidence with this in the corners for some reason - and that's with less suspension mods.

Goody

hamidi:

omd's!! what a make over! good to see you've come out top bigger and better! looks crazy! just not tooo sure about the....wait theres nothing im not to sure about!! lol

 

great stuff

Cheers mate

That comment made me laugh when I read it!!

Coming soon will be a refurb for the wheels as they really need it, and I also want a downpipe/sports cat to squeeze some more power out of it (already been mapped etc. as well lol !)

Goody

 Looking good mate, didnt even know the golf was gone what happend.

Do like the look of the bora

 Looks great! Well done, and quick too!

 The more i look at it, the more a love it!!! Hats off to you for the time it took you to transform.

Looked the dogs danglys following it on the motorway

 Gorgeous car Si, now making me want a Bora...you always do this Lol

 agree with both kyle and dan

redflame - see his golf build thread page 6

redflame:

 Looking good mate, didnt even know the golf was gone what happend.

Do like the look of the bora

Cheers bud

As Matt has said above - check out page 6 of the Golf build thread

Goody

V5Michelle:

 Looks great! Well done, and quick too!

Thanks Michelle - quick in which way though lol

If both of our Boras are ever at a show/meet together I think we should get some pics - as I think the blue and red combo would look immense!

Goody

C7KWC:

 The more i look at it, the more a love it!!! Hats off to you for the time it took you to transform.

Looked the dogs danglys following it on the motorway

 

Cheers Kyle

I can't take all of the credit for the time though - Plenty of help from Alleyroo and davo01 helped me get it ready in time - and the painting of the valances/skirts was spread out over 3 weekends

Goody

IbanezDan51:

 Gorgeous car Si, now making me want a Bora...you always do this Lol

lol sorry mate, I seem to have that affect ! 

Cheers though dude

Goody

 Oh my days, just had a look at the old thread

That was seriously bad mate, wounded

Its good to hear you all got out unscathed though.

Good to see your still dubbing

redflame:

 Oh my days, just had a look at the old thread

That was seriously bad mate, wounded

Its good to hear you all got out unscathed though.

 

Good to see your still dubbing

Yeap it was sad times

Have to agree it's good to be back dubbing though

Goody

goody_gti:

V5Michelle:

 Looks great! Well done, and quick too!

Thanks Michelle - quick in which way though lol

If both of our Boras are ever at a show/meet together I think we should get some pics - as I think the blue and red combo would look immense!

Goody

Oooh yeah! We'd have the red white and blue! Union Jack pics! I'll be at edition, how about you?

V5Michelle:

goody_gti:

V5Michelle:

 Looks great! Well done, and quick too!

Thanks Michelle - quick in which way though lol

If both of our Boras are ever at a show/meet together I think we should get some pics - as I think the blue and red combo would look immense!

Goody

Oooh yeah! We'd have the red white and blue! Union Jack pics! I'll be at edition, how about you?

Yeap will definitely be @ edition

We'll have to sort something closer to the time, hopefully I'll have a few more mods come then as well!

Goody

 Nice one me too!

Also when we have one of our meets again at Ultimate Car Care you should pop over, Derbys not too far from us, we have quite big turnouts and quite a few guys come from the forum

 I thought you'd do the build thread soon after inters.

It's looking stunning mate, without a doubt the best bora there at inters on saturday IMO.

Can't get over how well this colour works with the kit and wheels, makes me wish I'd still got my bora (if it had a real engine that is lol).

Really enjoyed working on the project again, and glad you got it all done for inters too.

Andy

V5Michelle:

 Nice one me too!

Also when we have one of our meets again at Ultimate Car Care you should pop over, Derbys not too far from us, we have quite big turnouts and quite a few guys come from the forum

Sounds good to me, I'll keep an eye out for the meets and try and make one

Goody

alleyroo:

 I thought you'd do the build thread soon after inters.

It's looking stunning mate, without a doubt the best bora there at inters on saturday IMO.

Can't get over how well this colour works with the kit and wheels, makes me wish I'd still got my bora (if it had a real engine that is lol).

Really enjoyed working on the project again, and glad you got it all done for inters too.

Andy

Cheers mate, it was good fun transforming a standard car once again wasn't it

Goody

Thought Id see this on here at some point! Looks absolutely stunning, really transformed it Think the GLI front and V6 rear works really well. And the wheels give it a really good look, I think its the blue but they look far deeper than when they were on the Golf.

A real credit to you though Si to come back from what happened with a car like this, many would give up and throw the towel in but its a new challenge! And everyone knows that Bora's are the best (well after Polo GTI's that is...)

Tom

 Looks spanking in the pics, looks even better in the flesh

 Hi Si,

Greeting from Oz, OMG about the Golf, Did you manage to keep the R32 Interior from the Golf to go into the Bora ?

Stu

tomxt99:

Thought Id see this on here at some point! Looks absolutely stunning, really transformed it Think the GLI front and V6 rear works really well. And the wheels give it a really good look, I think its the blue but they look far deeper than when they were on the Golf.

A real credit to you though Si to come back from what happened with a car like this, many would give up and throw the towel in but its a new challenge! And everyone knows that Bora's are the best (well after Polo GTI's that is...)

Tom

Cheers Tom - comments like that make it all worthwhile, all the help/comments I have had is what makes the Dub scene imo

Goody

Chris_4536:

 Looks spanking in the pics, looks even better in the flesh

 

Cheers dude

Goody