Well I thought I might as well start a build thread. Already made a website for my Bora, but I figured if I have a build thread there can be talking in it too

So, the story so far...

Following a little accident involving a mini roundabout, a woman driver, a downhill wet road and my Mk2 Golf with no ABS, I bought my Bora lol.

I started out with my '02 PD130 TDI in April 2007 looking like this:









The first things I did to her was to get rid of the badges on the back (as for whatever reason they were stuck on too high anyway!) and add cruise control a few months later; fitted by myself with some fellow forum members.

The next thing on my list was wheels, I think these can make the biggest difference to a car and changes it from just another Bora to mine!

In Oct-07 I opted for the RS6 reps, I thought their style suited the Bora perfectly, and the price of the reps made it affordable! Lowering was still to come but here's a couple of photos just after fitting (and yes, I was using the widowmaker jack!)







End of '07 saw the need for some new wiper blades so I upgraded the arms and blades to the Aero items, they look a look smoother.



Finally, In January I got myself some Koni 40mm springs to bring the height down a bit. Fitted myself (with some help from a forum member when I got stuck with the fronts!).





Much better right?

Through Jan and Feb '08 I just fitted some Bora sport rear lights (all red without the clear/white section at the bottom), and a short aerial I got from a forum member which tidys it up nicely.

Just a pic of the aerial...





Next up, in March was some custom modding to the front lights, I anni'd them and wrote my own guide here.







I also bought a new badgeless bonrath grille, but I gave it to a forum member (John, 'Bora Tee Dee Eye') to spray for me and haven't seen it since. So I bought a Kamei Mesh grille instead which has stayed on since (but without the Kamei badge now). Both shown below.

Along comes May and I've bought myself a marmite mod, got Bora a bonnet bra from Colgan Customs in the US. It was expensive but I feel it's a lot better than the ones available in the UK.







The end of 2008 sees something I've been wanted a while; a remap. I took mine to ChippedUK near Birmingham to get my ST3 and get a rolling road session before and after so I had the graphs to keep.

Went from a standard PD130 with ~225lb/ft to 169Hp with 288lb/ft. I'll do for now...

The start of 2009 saw the introduction of some Recaros...







Quickly followed by some BBS RCs







And quickly followed again by some nice LCR Brembos (with 256 vented from the same car)







Which required some spacers up front to clear them. So made sense to space the rear too! 20mm a side does nicely...

May '09 and I've got myself some JOM coilovers! Just got them fitted before the All-Types show, so here's a couple of photos on the stand.





These needed the arches rolling as there was quite a bit of rubbing on the way to and from the show. So got them done at a local bodyshop called JB Autos.

Moving on up to October, that last three mods of the year are:

A smooth front bumper with a 4mo valance. It's just the standard item with the rubstrip smoothed out. It was bought second hand ready smoothed and was sprayed by my brother (a smart repairer with 'Revive!'). It makes such a difference!







Along with a black mirror on the same day. From this:



To this:





And to bring us up to date, my most recent addition is my Whiteline front adjustable ARB (to be accompanied with a rear one once funds allow)







So now we're at the present day! I'll be adding things as and when they come. Comments welcome

lookin good mate !

Cool. So where do you put the numberplate now!??

Ah ha! The clever bit... (well, not that clever)

Bumper came with the grilles as well, so just attached my plate holder to one of the centre grilles. When it's photo time I just swap the grille with the normal plain one that I keep in my boot

Nice car fella....keep up the good saloon work 

Cheers. Can't beat a bit of boot!

Done a bit of messing in Fireworks and made this:

 Bootyful

The bonnet recess needs sorting though. 

lol Yea I know

I'm not too bothered by it though, so I'm sorting out other things first that make more of a difference (to me anyway). Probably be another year before I sort that out.

Thinks like that kinda scare me, because once it's done it's done forever (or at least without a lot of work). But I doubt I'll put everything back to standard when I sell it anyway, and that won't be for a few years yet. Just need to make up my mind and get it done!

P.S. Got another one of those pictures almost done lol.

Done! Think this one's better. And no bonnet notch haha.

nice bora...

Ta mate

Coilovers really sorted the stance and that smooth front looks smart mate

those graphic stylee things are wicked ! can you do me one ?!

Cheers mate. Problem with the coilies is I still want it lower (any they will go) but it's low enough for a daily, especially with an exposed sump (scratched it a couple of times, yet to smash it though!).

lol yea I guess so, PM me a pic and I'll do it sometime. Can't say when it'll be done as I just do it when I'm bored

Woodinator:

Done! Think this one's better. And no bonnet notch haha.

I spy my car

 Very impressive, u must wash er like 14 times a week lol. love the wheels and brembos!!!!

lol cheers mate, but sadly not in this weather. Never enough time anyway these days.

Usually gets washed once a week in the summer though, I feel that makes up for the winter neglect lol.

Couple of photos courtesy of ABM from the TSR Performance Rolling Road Day.

Currently on the 'winter wheels' that are my old RS6's, still got to give it to them, they do look good. Just not up to the same level as the RC's.

Made a respectable 165bhp and 270lb-ft which I'm happy with.