Phillip's little Red (Marco)

[BrisPiripi]

My little 2007 Polo is standard.....at the moment. It is essentially going to be used for driving myself from home to the bus station each day (and back) and from home to the gym as well as frequent trips just for fun throughout the week or meets when I get involved (we do bigger trips during the weekend in my wife's car).

Pretty sure that my next investment will be in the rolling variety (I like large wheels), so am thinking a set of 18"s won't go astray
This will probably be followed by a rear sway bar (I've read some great stuff on here about this being a must)
Exhaust/Intake improvements
Stereo

After that...who knows.

[simon k]

looks familiar!

I'm coming up to 12 months with mine, thoroughly enjoying it

[sambb]

Nice tidy car mate. All the black bits are so black!

[simon k]

All the black bits are so black!

haha - that's right, looks much nicer than dusty grey!! did you clean them Phillip?

I put my left side trim back on a couple of weeks ago. I'd taken it off to paint the side in January (?) - looks better

looking at the first photo, it's really crying out for some rear wheel spacers. I should take a photo of my car at the same angle, it looks phat

[BrisPiripi]

I literally bought it on Monday. Took those photos from the seller. It looks mint IMO, I'll need to look into cleaning tips methinks.

Hmmmmmm rear spacers you say. I'll look into that, depending what wheels end up moving it around

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[h100vw]

18s don't suit the 9N. They will upset the dynamics of the car. You can really sense the extra rotational mass on these small vehicles. Worse still if it's not tuned.
Rear anti roll bar works well. Rear LCA bushes are terrible get some anti lift ones fitted.
Sticky tyres on the std wheels is the way to go

[sambb]

Yep agreed. Bridgestone Re003's a re a decent street tyre that you can sometimes get in a pay for 3 get 4 deal. !8's get horribly heavy unless they are super expensive track ones and they will just make the car accelerate slower due to gearing/weight and tyres will be pricey. I doubt they'd even fit. Tyres/ bar and the bushes at the rear of the control arm are the way to go. Then whack a stage 1 tune in it and it will be pretty nippy.

[MattSA9N3]

I had the 17" Audi TT wheels on for a while. They looked great but boy did I notice the extra weight. Gone back to lightweight 16" BBS wheels and the improvement in handling is huge.

[BrisPiripi]

Great advice everyone. Where is the best place for a stage 1 tune in Brisbane?

[Polo GTEye N9]

I had the 17" Audi TT wheels on for a while. They looked great but boy did I notice the extra weight. Gone back to lightweight 16" BBS wheels and the improvement in handling is huge.

Yes do the LCA rear bushes, I did. Delete the air pump too. Mine has been a lot better on fuel since it was done. Computer showed 4.7 recently. Downhill lol

Mine has had the 17's on it since I got it in 2010, but I have never been pleased with the 40 profile rough as heck ride. And as Gav said 18's are not suitable, I am leaning on going back to OEM wheels if I can get a reasonable set of 4. Ohh you have a set!!! on Marco!

So as Markos' owner, if you do change from OEM wheels please give me the 1st option to buy them off you?

Cheers Al

[simon k]

I have RE003s on my car, very nice to drive on, but I went up to 55 profile - the speedo is spot on accurate, but I reckon they're too heavy...

Hmmmmmm rear spacers you say. I'll look into that, depending what wheels end up moving it around

I had these spacers made - they go between the stub axle and the rear beam so are permanently installed rather than spacers that go between the wheel and hub...

[BrisPiripi]

I have RE003s on my car, very nice to drive on, but I went up to 55 profile - the speedo is spot on accurate, but I reckon they're too heavy...



I had these spacers made - they go between the stub axle and the rear beam so are permanently installed rather than spacers that go between the wheel and hub...

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Awesome. Do you have any pictures on how the wheels sit in relation to the body?

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[simon k]

Awesome. Do you have any pictures on how the wheels sit in relation to the body?

I'll take one for you - I'll see if I can take it from the same angle as yours. I made the spacers in 3/8" and 1/2" so it pushes the wheel out that far. I have the 3/8" version fitted. The difference between spacers and ordinary wheel spacers isn't huge, but theoretically these put less load on the wheel bearings, they're lighter and definitely cheaper

I did it to make the track wider for handling, but it does look cool - the difference really stood out when I dropped the car on the ground after putting them in.

I have a set of lowering springs (~30mm drop I think?) that are surplus. Sam sold them to me for cheap, happy to pass them on

[BrisPiripi]

Yes do the LCA rear bushes, I did. Delete the air pump too. Mine has been a lot better on fuel since it was done. Computer showed 4.7 recently. Downhill lol

Mine has had the 17's on it since I got it in 2010, but I have never been pleased with the 40 profile rough as heck ride. And as Gav said 18's are not suitable, I am leaning on going back to OEM wheels if I can get a reasonable set of 4. Ohh you have a set!!! on Marco!

So as Markos' owner, if you do change from OEM wheels please give me the 1st option to buy them off you?

Cheers Al

Sure thing. I acknowledge your 'dibs' call

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[Polo GTEye N9]

Your a champion. Brisbane guys look after each other!