What did you do to your Polo today?

[cliffo]

I gave the Polo its first wash in 6 weeks - I have been very lazy - please forgive me VW gods.

[VW GTI]

You washed your car with a chami???

lollllll

Well I had washed it high pressure hoses etc and it was hardly better than when I started.

Took forever haha.

[R1 Crasher]

Even though the car was brand new and only picked up Yesterday,What is it with dealers ,their detailing is rubbish and as far as I can tell thats most dealers.
So today I clayed the whole car and gave it a proper coat of wax.

This how it should have been delivered.

[PeterHBne]

Must have been the weekend for slack VW owners to clean their cars.

Mine received it's 2nd comprehensive clean in 6 months of ownership.

I did the bucket thing (easier than expected) but used the hose for a final wash off (forgive me Anna Bligh!!!!!)

Depressing to find lots of little stone chips and areas of tree sap & flying fox s**t damaged paint work.

Then I remembered that no-one else looks at the paint work from 5cm's and I still have my health and it's a car

I forgot the wheels are actually silver and that it really is a nice looking vehicle underneath the grunge.

[Ben_GTI]

Went for a drive down to Apollo Bay and back then washed the car. I need to find passengers who don't get scared easily!!!

[Timbo]

Timbo is your car lowered at all? because even as it is, it sits nicely

No...stock springs but Koni adjustable shocks. I've thought about Eibach or Koni springs, but having driven cars with these, there's no handling improvement (IMO) relative to the benefit you get from better damping. The GTI springs are already lower.

For some reason -- probably the offset -- these wheels and tyres seem to 'fill out' the guards better than my old 17"s with the same tyres

[cliffo]

I forgot the wheels are actually silver and that it really is a nice looking vehicle underneath the grunge.

I too re-found the joys of silver wheels, too long hidden under a black layer of guck!!... Mmm silver=soo much better

[MACCAA]

Thought I'd treat the l'il Pog to a new set of shoes -- these are some BBS RWIIs 17x7.5 I bought on eBay, which have been reconditioned, polished and centre painted a deep anthracite, wearing Bridgestone Adrenalins in 205/40. I was worried the tyres would look 'stretched' on the 7.5" rims, and thought I might need to think about 215s, but I reckon it's all good







You put the centre caps in upside down.

You put the centre caps in upside down.

[Blitzen]

Hehehehehehe...Thats like "Its only flat on the bottom!!"

[Timbo]

You put the centre caps in upside down.

Bugger! That means I'll have to take the wheels off, the tyres off the wheels, turn the centre cap around, put the tyres back on, balance them again....


With the extra width and wider offset, these make the car feel noticeably more planted. Only problem is they're almost 1kg per wheel heavier than my other 17's. Ah well...use these on the road, and the old ones on the track...sell my stockies (anyone interested?)

[Cygnus]

Took my car to Coolendel Nature Reserve over the weekend, and my poor GTI had to endure 11km of unpaved roads. TWICE!!

This is the result:


After an hour of cleaning, it's gotten back its shine somewhat:


Lessons learnt n: - Always find out beforehand whether there are any unpaved roads before setting off in my GTI..

[WEDEL.1]

Finally got the wheels with new tyres on. Tyres are 185/60X14 Toyo. Pics taken at our Show DaySunday 6th.

[DaveMack]

Looks the goods, Maris.

Dave

[JIMTRON]

Installed Seat intake and BMC panel filter. Very happy with the top end gains.
Installed boost gauge with fancy blue lit digital readout to match blue dash lights.
After i installed the boost gauge i went for a drive and noticed a max reading of 18psi, though usually pulling up to about 15-16psi and holding it all the way to 6,000rpm. Seemed a bit more than what i had actually expected.

[Koz]

Installed boost gauge with fancy blue lit digital readout to match blue dash lights.
After i installed the boost gauge i went for a drive and noticed a max reading of 18psi, though usually pulling up to about 15-16psi and holding it all the way to 6,000rpm. Seemed a bit more than what i had actually expected.

pics, pics, pics please!!!