jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Well its only taken me 4 years lol but here is a little history of my beloved motor!As I said I bought her about 4yrs ago with ABT 17" wheels, highine interior and vento front and smooth bumper. Before I even put her on the road I swapped out the old coilies and dropped her on Koni fully adjustable coilies (as recommended by Craggsy!), full straight through Longlife stainless exhaust and backbox and colour coded mk4 Polo rear door handles to leave her looking as below:Next minor mods, sourced a pair of rare projector Vento lights:New Optima Red Top battery and chrome holder, new header tank, polished gas struts, Raid HP air filter and uprated 8.5mm Dub Power HT leads:I decided the wheels needed re-furbed so had them done in BMW shadow chrome. Due to having plans to turbo her i decided i needed something to stop me first so on went a pair of Porsche Brembo 4 pots and 312mm grooved discs upfront and mk4 Golf rear calipers with Green Stuff pads on rear:Then I got lazy and didnt do much to her other than uprate the cams to 248 profiles (Thanks to Tony) and on went some blue Samco'sSoon got bored of the Vento front and every man and his dog were doing it so i put the Golf front back on complete with Mk4 style crystal headlights and debadged grill:After blowing up my gearbox and sheering a driveshaft I left her standing for a good few months until my rebuilt box complete with Quaife dif arrived! Got that fitted JUST in time for Inters and set off! After a great show and a couple of days at home i went on to destroy my CV joint on the replacement driveshaft!!!Below is a pic showing the CV casing next to the dent it put into the tarmac as it came off! Thank god it went down and not up through my wing!!Then came the final mod and probably the most drastic, another full interior. Stripped the car out and put in a false floor, rear strut brace, front strut brace, 2x Konig K50000 seats and harnesses. The false floor, seats, dash, and panels were covered in a toffee vinyl with the roof lining and some trim on the dash covered in a darker vinyl. The center consol/handbrake surround was flocked and the pillars/plastic sprayed matt black.And this is how she looks today Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Lol, been a long time comin.... Shame you ruined a perfectly good vr. Jokes!! Looks good Hun. Link to post Share on other sites
b19drg 0 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Good work dude Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Very nice... Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Cheers people!Haha yer Nat someone has to ruin them haha Link to post Share on other sites
eastwood john 1 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 your interior looks well nice, Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 your interior looks well nice' date=' [/quote']Haha well i thought it would just about do the job Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 amazing what a bit of snow & few cold nights in can do!she's looking good... actually no she's looking Great Ollie :-) glad all sorted in the end!& yeah tis about time...I'm sure my build thread's on here somewhere.... Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thanks Helen got a little more to do to her to get her exactly how I want but finally nearly getting there. Hopefully I'll see a lot more of you guys next year Link to post Share on other sites
spinksy 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 love the vento front end - what exactly do you need to change for that? Link to post Share on other sites
*P3nfold* 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Liking the interior something different. Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 about time !!!!! and glad to see you are keeping her and have re-found your vr love mate look forward to seeing you at some shows next year Link to post Share on other sites
VR6_Absy 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Very nice especially the interior :-) Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 love the vento front end - what exactly do you need to change for that?Headlights, bonnet and grill and that is it! Simples Link to post Share on other sites
Nero Mk 2 8 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Nice thread ollie!! Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Cheers Chris, how you keeping? Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 about time !!!!! and glad to see you are keeping her and have re-found your vr love mate look forward to seeing you at some shows next yearHaha i know, i know, ive been rubbish! :$Yer you too old boy, hopefully you'll have something from the V stable again by then? Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 about time !!!!! and glad to see you are keeping her and have re-found your vr love mate look forward to seeing you at some shows next yearHaha i know' date=' i know, ive been rubbish! :$Yer you too old boy, hopefully you'll have something from the V stable again by then?[/quote']yes you have !! yeah I hope so mate, fingers crossed Link to post Share on other sites
nivag27 5 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Nice work ollie glad your keeping it dude Link to post Share on other sites
ez_101 1 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Sweet motor mate and well done on all the work looks like a spot on job!! Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Thanks Helen got a little more to do to her to get her exactly how I want but finally nearly getting there. Hopefully I'll see a lot more of you guys next year place for you on the OC stand it is :-) ... shows are so much better when you can bring a car to them!!! lol though I found it quite relaxing last year not to be so worried about dirt :-) Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Nice work ollie glad your keeping it dudeSweet motor mate and well done on all the work looks like a spot on job!!Cheers chapsThanks Helen got a little more to do to her to get her exactly how I want but finally nearly getting there. Hopefully I'll see a lot more of you guys next year place for you on the OC stand it is :-) ... shows are so much better when you can bring a car to them!!! lol though I found it quite relaxing last year not to be so worried about dirt :-)Haha yer was hoping my spot had been kept warm through my absence this year. Will be good to see yours back at shows as well! Link to post Share on other sites
d1cky1982 0 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I love it Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Cheers matey Link to post Share on other sites
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