Modding a MkII Polo

[Moonie]

getting my hands on a Polo at some point, 1989, which I think makes it a MkII.

I want to do a bit of modification on it, but nothing silly, want the outcome to be a little like this:
https://www.digimods.co.uk/images/Virtualcarimages/cars/vwgolf3.jpg

I.E. matt paint, lowered by a fair bit, and some cool rims, maybe with stretched tyres. No trinkets, and no interior modding due to cashflow.

Thing is I haven't done anything with cars before, so can anyone reccomend anywhere to get rims for a MkII Polo, or which kind of attachment they have (4stud, 5stud etc., I don't really know what I'm talking about.

Also could someone tell me how difficult, for someone mechanically good with bikes, it is to lower one, and do a self spray job?

Cheers
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[Drew]

You will have to buy the special 'polo to golf transformation kit' to make it look like the picture

[Ste]

[Faldo]

[Moonie]

Looking at that, it's a bit of a bad example, I was thinking something more like this:
https://px6.streetfire.net/0001/51/31/1021513_600.jpg


I know that's a MkI.

Imagine the rims from the Golf in black on the polo. That kind of thing.
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[Moonie]

I know that's a Mk3 Golf, but I was posting to show the modifications not the car.

And it's costing me £150. I'm not so bothered about devaluation.
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[Ste]

What is helped by having the tyres like they are on the Golf?

[MarJay]

Every time you modify a front wheel drive hatchback... it makes baby jesus cry.
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[Moonie]

What's helped by painting a white stripe around the edge of the wheels on the Polo?

It looks cool, that's about it. I don't think I'll do that anyway though, as it seriously decreases the tyre life.
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[TUG]

They all look shit, Why dont you modify the fuckin engine like REAL people do?
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[Faldo]

[Moonie]

[Jrod]

[Stelmer]

Not sure on modding but they can take a good amount of thrashings apparently...

On an old car that cost next to nowt, i'd only change the plugs, oil & filter & air filter and spend the rest tarting it up. Parts alone, £20 max if you go to the right places (motosave are cheap and asda oil is good). Rust should kill it before the engine gives out.

I fitted 2x 12" subs and a radio worth more than the car to a friend's Polo. He drove it like he nicked it and to my surprise, it held up well. Gearbox locked up in first eventually. Not sure on the state of the engine at the end though.

[5v3d3b0]

Modded cars are chavvier than peds...

[Stelmer]

You should have seen my MK1 Micra.....

[mistergixer]

Is it the 'baby hearse' model of polo, or is it the coupe? I had a 1.0 coupe on a H plate many years ago, it was fun ragging it around, but as my bicycle had thicker tyres it was terrible for the understeer.

Frankly, spending any (unnecessary) money on a £150 quid shitbox is nothing but Barrynomics. Cars like that should be cheap, basic no-frills transport, run them till they won't pass an MOT, then scrap it for another shitbox and repeat.

Anyways, back to Marjay vs Pug205er and the age old FWD vs RWD debate. Here's my 2p:
Regardless how much is spent on 'performance' parts for a FWD hatchback, it's still going to be an understeery scrabble-wagon - as that is the nature of FWD. I'd rather have a bog-stock RWD car, than a tuned FWD car, because the RWD car will always be more fun to drive.
(ok, there are some exceptions to this rule, but i'm not going to talk about them as it renders my blanket statement useless)
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[MarJay]

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Has to be said the watercooled vw scene is like a plague on the motoring scene.

Stretched tyres arent cool, infact make you look like a complete tool to everyone who doesnt drive a modded vw

Also even more annoying when they are adorned with retro 60s stuff and whitewalls.


As for wheels, they are 4 stud I have a set of multispoke alloys that should fit it as it should be the same pcd as the mk1 golf.

Thats about it actually for watercooled vw's that I own bits for, got loads of aircooled stuff

[MarJay]

[garth]

Blah blah, unsafe bollocks

Stretched tyres look cool!
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