What did you do to your Polo today?

[oliverconnell]

today i received my polo back from the smash repair place. Ended up going with Buranda Smash Repairs and they did superb job absolutely perfect.

BTW love those seats, hope they fit for you. Will look great once they are in.

[jasn78]

fixed a rattle round my head unit, annoyed at myself for not doing earlier since too 1 minute lol

and tested out all new gear, thoughts on all new gear in other thread soon

[binnyvo]

Finally got the BMC CDA conversion done.


from this


...to this


next on the list, turbo downpipe and getting my FMIC mounted.

p.s. does anyone know or could recommend a good workshop ( sydney area ) that i can get the piping done for FMIC. Much appreciation in advance for any input.
Cheers, Binh.

[Stuwey]

Very nice seats, but is it just me, or is ~$6k on seats a little much? With those other mods as well, wouldn't it just be cheaper to start off with a Golf Gti to begin with?

Well, my back is stuffed. No factory seats suit me. I cant drive it for more than 40 mins without needing to get out and have a break. Also, i'm only paying a little over $3k. So not 'too' bad.

I bought the Polo because I had the cash, no loan required. The Golf was the high side of $40k. I couldn't justify it. Horses for courses. Nothing better than a hot hatch!

[shhplit]

Finally got the BMC CDA conversion done.


from this


...to this


next on the list, turbo downpipe and getting my FMIC mounted.

p.s. does anyone know or could recommend a good workshop ( sydney area ) that i can get the piping done for FMIC. Much appreciation in advance for any input.
Cheers, Binh.

wow looks awesome!

how much did that cost?

AND can u hear a lot more induction noise now?

[Bubu]

next on the list, turbo downpipe and getting my FMIC mounted.

p.s. does anyone know or could recommend a good workshop ( sydney area ) that i can get the piping done for FMIC. Much appreciation in advance for any input.
Cheers, Binh.

The best place to get the pipe work done is Plazmaman. I have only heard good things about his work and I have personally seen a few jobs he has done for some mates of mine.
He has a mandrel pipe bender and dosent do multiple welds to chage direction of the pipe. If I had a choice I would go to him over anyone else in the country.

You have to give him a call cause its by appointment only. However, I have since heard that they dont do custom work anymore. You could always check with them on that. If they dont, you can ask them to recommend someone else.

[binnyvo]

Wasn't cheap. It cost $1055 all up(that's including the odyssey battery - old battery didn't leave any room). I don't think induction noise is that much louder than standard, but it does sound better.

[VW GTI]

Well, my back is stuffed. No factory seats suit me. I cant drive it for more than 40 mins without needing to get out and have a break. Also, i'm only paying a little over $3k. So not 'too' bad.

Why is it you're buying factory RS4 seats then?

[Stuwey]

Factory RS4 seats are actually a re-badged Recaro Sportster CS.

[Treza360]

Wasn't cheap. It cost $1055 all up(that's including the odyssey battery - old battery didn't leave any room). I don't think induction noise is that much louder than standard, but it does sound better.

You'll find with time and kilometers you'll start to hear more induction noise as the ECU discovers that it can breathe more freely. I know when I got mine, I was a bit meh and then all of a sudden one day on the highway I put my foot down in 6th and couldn't believe the difference in sound.
I'm really interested in seeing how those Recaros go fitting in the little Polo. Gonna be not much room between the seats me thinks and good luck getting anyone in the back. As long as they fit though who cares. Fantastic seats.
Cheers,
Trent

[Stuwey]

As long as they fit though who cares. Fantastic seats.

Exactly. The last set of Recaro's I had were awesome. Pain-free driving at last. This should make for three sets at home now

[Kai]

Whats the part number of that oddessy battery?

[GTI_jim]

fitted the SEAT intake with a K&N to boot. New Phillips Diamond visions and parkers.

Also fitted two side lower honeycomb grilles... couldn't for the life of me get the centre standard one out!!!

anyone got any tips?

(pics coming soon)

[binnyvo]

Whats the part number of that oddessy battery?

The part number is PC680.

[Kai]

The part number is PC680.

The cheapest i can get that is $247

Which i guess is alright oddesy battery.