Vwthunders build thread (finally)

[vwthunder]

Well Most of you in the Polo section know my car.

I have owned it for the last, hmm, around two and a half years and put a lot of time and $$ into it.
To save a few $$, just about everything i have done, has been done by myself and with help of friends, thanks guys

Anyway I plan to keep it for a long time, seeing as I have put so much into it, so i thought i would start a build thread, listing future mods and progress.


As the car stands currently


Outside
Tinted windows
Cupra front lip
Honeycomb grills
Black front badge
Black rear badge
Stubby antenna
Rhino roof bars with bike attachment
Hella Black tail lights
Stubby antenna
Projector headlights with DRL's and HID kit installed
OMP tow strap
Aerocatch bonnet pins


Suspension
Whiteline front lower control arm bushes
Powerflex front control arm bushes
Powerflex Steering rack bushing
KW V3 coilovers
Whiteline rear swaybar
Ultra racing rear under body brace
Whiteline front adjustable swaybar linkages

BBS LM wheels 17X7.5 & 17X9.5 205/40/17 and 215/40/17 Kumho KU31's
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 17X8 wheels with 215/45/17 Hankook RS3's
VW Detroit Denver 5X100 Federal 595 515/40/17
Simmons FR17's (rebuilding at the moment)


Brakes
Front
Porsche Boxster callipers
ECS 334mm 2 piece rotors
Hawk HP Plus pads

Rear
ECS 310mm upgrade
Hawk HPs pads
Engine
Eurojet 3inch dumppipe
Custom Catback stainless exhaust with Xforce Varex muffler
Frankenturbo
Giac K04 tune
386cc injectors
Oem TT225/S3 maf housing and sensor
Custom fabricated aluminium TIP
PWR intercooler with 2.5 inch piping
Froge 007 DV with spring kit
Forge front strut brace
Forge Turbo inlet Pipe
Forge short shift
42dd cable bushes
Billet shifter bracket bushings
Phenolic intake manifold gasket
DeatschWerks DW65v intank pump
Audi R8 oil cap
BMC CDAintake
Full river, small battery
Euro Valve cover (polished)
INA valve cover bung
SAI delete with Forge blanking plate
42dd catch can
Gruven parts Billet dipstick and dipstick tube
Troques –AN fittings
Polished fuel rail
SEM intake manifold, smoothed and polished
Polished Throttle body
Polished engine mount
Polished Hood Lifts
Deleted wiper washer
Deleted coolant/overflow
Battery moved to boot


Inside
Dash cubby
Edition 30 flat bottom steering wheel
Recaro Sportster CS seats
Custom Fabricated roll cage by Fabraications
OMP 4 point Harness (driver)
Boost gauge
SWG vent gauge holder
Custom Carbon Highlights
Forge Big Knob
Pioneer AVIC F900BT double din headunit
Alpine SPX front splits
Kenwood subwoofer
Scan Gauge
Stubby antenna




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Most recent pics

Just installed some V3's






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[Jarred]

this is the shot right here!!

what are the future mods?!

[vwthunder]

this is the shot right here!!

what are the future mods?!

Future Mods, well today the ECS 310mm 2 piece rear rotors are going on, and waiting for ECS to get the Stage 2 Version 2 Fronts in, which is a 2 piece 332mm, with carrier and hawk pads. Not cheap, but seeing as I did the rears, i want to do the fronts too.

Working on putting some bonnet struts in too, Got the Downpipe finished the other day, need to bulid the rear part. Going to get car on a hoist and build over the ream beam with some mandrel bends

Found some threads on the Passat W8 interior light, looks interesting.

Now i know someone who can weld, the sky is the limit.

Future future future mods, well 2 seats, Recaro Sportster CS's probably, cage the rear half, Cup front bumper, custom intercooler, more detailing, water meth, more power, LSD

[Jarred]

sky is the limit! I like that!

[vwthunder]

sky is the limit! I like that!

I see there is a guy in the UK doing a all wheel drive conversion using TT quattro parts, also a few guys doing it to Seat's

[Buller_Scott]

nice one troy! that's dedication and determination - "modding" the polo has made me go the other way - apart from coilies, bushes, tyres and remap, im not going to go any further than that haha.

how do you find the falkens? do they need much heat in them, and are tyre pressures easy to find/sort?

[Evaded Motorsport]

I see there is a guy in the UK doing a all wheel drive conversion using TT quattro parts, also a few guys doing it to Seat's

That is tempting, Do what the guy in Europe did, 1.8ltr Diesel block, convert to E85, 900hp through factory VW Gearbox at the wheels. Come at me Evo's

[Jarred]

That is tempting, Do what the guy in Europe did, 1.8ltr Diesel block, convert to E85, 900hp through factory VW Gearbox at the wheels. Come at me Evo's

that would be so awesome!

[GoLfMan]

Working on putting some bonnet struts in too, Got the Downpipe finished the other day, need to bulid the rear part. Going to get car on a hoist and build over the ream beam with some mandrel bends

Now i know someone who can weld, the sky is the limit.

building that part of the exhaust will be fun. When you get all the materials, sing out and we'll smash it out in a day

through some photos up of the welds and stuff, everyone knows what your car looks like

[vwthunder]

building that part of the exhaust will be fun. When you get all the materials, sing out and we'll smash it out in a day

through some photos up of the welds and stuff, everyone knows what your car looks like

Yes I will put up some pics of you welding lol

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Tried to do some work today, but things didnt go my way.

Stripped the bottom bolt of the rear calipers, not much room to get a 1/2 drive in there, Doh. Going to have to wait till Tim can weld something to the bolt to get it off







I was trying to put these on