South African 4 door

[Flaps]

Sweet Polo's!!!

Love the eyelids. I've always wanted some for mine. Where did you get them from? Are they South African made?

My ex is in Cape Town, beautiful place!

Goodluck in the rugby tonight. Your going to need it

[naughty]

Are they South African made?

nope - those eyelids were imported in from 'i dont know where' by the guy whose car i posted there - he brought in 10 units of those from somwhere and was selling those for ZA 800 rands (approximately 133 AU $)- that was unpainted but already primed

apparently they are not fibreglass but some form of stronger plastic hence the highish price - not sure if he has any left but im gonna try and get a set from him - if he doesnt have anymore then ill try and find out where he sourced those from

My ex is in Cape Town, beautiful place!

yeah - CapeTown is truly a beautiful place - well worth visiting

Goodluck in the rugby tonight. Your going to need it

LOL - thanks (i think) but anyways im not the biggest rugby fan in the world so i follow a policy of "whatever happens, happens" LOL - not gonna lose any sleep over it

[jasn78]

heres a pic of a mates car to show what the caractere bumper looks like - im also probably going to add the eyelids like his as well - since this car is off the hook

where can i get that bumper from

[mitch_gti]

Welcome

Love the wheels on both cars! look fantastic.


The wheels on the black TDI, are they 17 or 18?

[Wand Weaver]

Gee, there's not much room back there for the shopping with that sub sitting in the boot!

You're the second non-Australian guy to turn up here with a 5 door GTI. Darn that makes me jealous - the 5 door was the one option I really would have forked over extra cash for!

[shaneth]

You're the second non-Australian guy to turn up here with a 5 door GTI. Darn that makes me jealous - the 5 door was the one option I really would have forked over extra cash for!

Couldnt agree more.

Love both of the cars mate. Welcome to the forum.

[naughty]

where can i get that bumper from

well i know where you can get it from in South Africa - its distributed here by sportech - but that wont help you much in brisbane

but its made by a company called caractere - not sure at all if they are represented in australia - if they are not heres a possible business oppurtunity for any budding young entrepreneur as a possible business to open ie importing these items - caractere do a full range of vw stuff for almost all the models available now

The wheels on the black TDI, are they 17 or 18?

the wheels on the tdi are also 18" and he is also running 215/35/18 tyres - but he has done a small drop on the car (Eibach naturally)

thanks for the welcomes and compliments - both are much appreciated

[kelvniii]

Nice ride!
But just wondering what rims you are using? is it from the Golf GTI?
the offset fit on our polo?

[naughty]

Hi - the rim is actually a replica of the one on the golf gti - the one on the gti is 5/112pcd - this one is 5/100pcd so that it fits on the polo - both of them have an offset of ET35 - and this replica has a width of 8J which is a bit wider than the standard Polo rims

the additional width gives the car a slightly better handling characteristic but the ride is somewhat firmer - but on a flat road it doesnt create too much difference but hit a pothole on the road and you feel it as a bit of bone-jarring impact - but if you mostly travelling on roads you know you quickly learn where you can drive enthusiastically and where not (within your speed limits i might add)

the rolling diameter is not too far off - and using the 215/35/18 tyre keeps it around the same hence the gearing etc isnt affected too much and this whell is slightly lighter than the standard one so it doesnt affect acceleration or put too much strain on your gearbox

about the only difference betweenthis and the original gti rims in terms of looks is that the original one shines a bit more - but thats to be expected since here the golf gti set with tyres goes for a whopping R24000(ZA) which translates to around approximately $4000(AU) but i managed to get these replicas with the pirelli P-zero tyres for around R9600(ZA) which again roughly translates to around $1600(AU)

we have a few brands of replicas - these were built by a company called evo - and we also have a few other "noname brand" versions here - polo accessories are easy to come by since the Polo has been the best selling car in South Africa in competiton with and alternating with the toyota corolla and runX hatchbacks for quite a while now - so we have plenty of accesories for those available here - some of them better than others - just trying to keep mine as tasteful as possible - cos a few of those make the car become too ricey but we have a huge variety of wheels and bodykits available which can fit the Polo - so you can do lots of changes to the looks

[Flaps]

I was in Cape Town for 3 weeks in February this year. I only spotted about 5 Polo GTI's and none were modded I've never seen so many AMG Merc's though!!!!

Keep us posted on the eyelids!