Project Polo 9N #15 (Final)
Flickr regulars may remember my Polo project which I undertook over a weekend back in August. Work involved replacing the bonnet and passenger wing and applying some much needed tlc to the interior and exterior by way of a very thorough clean.
I had two outstanding jobs left to do after that weekend in August. The first was to replace the passenger wing mirror with the correct body-coloured item to match the driver's side. This was done a few weeks ago in mid December. It took a long time to find a reasonably priced secondhand unit in the right colour on e-bay, but my patience paid off and I eventually managed to obtain one at the end of November. This was fitted easily enough and looks much better than the 'temporary' unpainted one fitted some five years ago.
The final job was to source and fit the VW centre caps for the alloys, as the VW logos seemed to have fallen off all four of the originals. There are loads available on E-bay, so another quick search saw a set on its way to me. These were received just in time for Christmas and fitted on Christmas day morning!
So here's the finished project... Shame it needs cleaning again, but unfortunately the rain over Christmas didn't allow me any opportunity to get out there and give it a quick clean. Maybe in the New Year...
Project Polo 9N #15 (Final)
Flickr regulars may remember my Polo project which I undertook over a weekend back in August. Work involved replacing the bonnet and passenger wing and applying some much needed tlc to the interior and exterior by way of a very thorough clean.
I had two outstanding jobs left to do after that weekend in August. The first was to replace the passenger wing mirror with the correct body-coloured item to match the driver's side. This was done a few weeks ago in mid December. It took a long time to find a reasonably priced secondhand unit in the right colour on e-bay, but my patience paid off and I eventually managed to obtain one at the end of November. This was fitted easily enough and looks much better than the 'temporary' unpainted one fitted some five years ago.
The final job was to source and fit the VW centre caps for the alloys, as the VW logos seemed to have fallen off all four of the originals. There are loads available on E-bay, so another quick search saw a set on its way to me. These were received just in time for Christmas and fitted on Christmas day morning!
So here's the finished project... Shame it needs cleaning again, but unfortunately the rain over Christmas didn't allow me any opportunity to get out there and give it a quick clean. Maybe in the New Year...