1.1 tintop

Dunno if I had a thread and it got lost in the swap over or just disapeared but im finally getting a move on with my car and figured i'd share. Basically I bought the car for my sister for her 17th birthday(6 years ago)on the premise that it was a straight enough car with a small enough engine that she could insure. Plan was to lower it slightly and throw a set of wheels on it for her.






put some lowered springs and wheels on it for her




but she decided she wasnt keen on it and she fancied a polo and so the slippery slope was greased…….

so I put some coils on the old gal




but the distributor died so I fitted a 1.3 carb

then the gearbox died so I fitted a  1.3 polo gt engine with the digifant injection it also had a cam and head and stuff so I was happy for a while

but my other love is wheels….so picked a set of OZ executives after a very very long time hunting


but they were for my jetta coupe really

whipped them off again then ugraded some mechanicals for the new engine

I refurbed the executives a bit and they got wider


and had to throw them on for a while




it lasted like this for a while


but the engine I was building for my mk1 jetta was shouting at me………


and the inevitable happened


bigger again


powdered and poly'd everything


dubpower mani


and near as damnit in

Nice thread matey. Plenty of rim changes and now the engine looks spot on.

picked up some new wheels in RS070 guise as part of a swap for another set from an old car


although they were a bit dirty


cleaned up fairly decent though


finally got them on


but the camber needed was a bit mental


made up some door liners out of binbags due to a leak


and picked up some fun bits and new bits




freshened it up and finally straightened the wonky indicator that had been annoying me


but I was mainly throwing wheels on and off while I had a lot of fun in it(ported head and cams,lightened and balanced,four branch and a jetex rallye…)


had my 15s on it for a while


but swapped it up when I got bored


or the weather got bad

got some bits to tighten it up a bit and added them to seam welded wishbones




then it took a back seat while I worked hard for a while………

and got side tracked with a few dailies that turned into projects  

and jobs that left me no time for much play  

then decided enough was enough!!!!!!!!!

hatched a game plan and started amassing stuff






found another set of BBS's,RS001s this time and already in 8" flavour….refinished them a bit at my mates bit




centres,baskets and rings done


but they werent wide enough for the power Im planning…..

more like it


ill continue later as im on nightshift just now and falling asleep typing but one more pic wont hurt for now

Interesting thread mate. Lots going on here. Are you going for the full Berg cup look or just the wide arches?

Its pretty much just going to be a track car,need the arches for rubber

smudger1980 said

Nice thread matey. Plenty of rim changes and now the engine looks spot on.

never noticed this post while I was loading the post lol,thanks   and the engines coming back out again lol

missed a wee bit….while it took a back seat it sat up my sisters drive for a couple years  cf_emoticons__BangHead:ended up like this




battery was dead and the brakes were gone which wasnt a biggie as the brakes are all getting redone for the bigger engine again and the battery is moving inside the car but ten quid of fuel and a three year lay up and it drove  took it to my mates garage and he gave it a wash


and back to former glory  

I had to go away to work again but dougie my mate got started on the prep for the arches




he cut out the front lip so he could try on the front arch too although I had been intending to go gf front wings later anyway

first leave cycle back home and I took a couple wheels over to trial with the new lips






then we trialled on the berg arches

picked up the start of my fuelling system from obp motorsport,amazing delivery,they were virtually here overnight

FIA foam filled fuel cell


Swirl pot


and I got another berg kit from NSPlastics again because he had started doing fibreglass wings that incorporated the berg front arch to save trying to blend an arch to a wing


also picked up a dam this time but I still dont know if im going to run it or not

managed to get it up on the ramp at my mates before I headed back to work


started removing the underseal


got the bulk off it done but ill catch the rest once the tank and axle come off


also started to prepare for the flat floor pan


so cut this bit off


then took time to mock up the wheels again after I got the lips chrome powdered

facebook just threw a fit so im going to bed,ill finish it off up to date later but thats the thick end of a fortnights work  

Amazing stuff matey. Nice work.    

Nice work Daz, just got a berg kit for my white one too

Ive got that white kit spare as well Arun hahaha  Ill phone you when im back on my leave about your wheels and your kit mate  shows how tired I was this morning lol,it wasnt facebook that was playing up it was photobucket  cf_emoticons__BangHead:and its still not great  …..maybe the wifi in the digs  Thanks for the comments

Cheers Daz

I say I've got the kit, but I've only got the arches at the mo, will need a front apron eventually.  Found a set of bossman WL Motorsport arches on Club GTI for good money so snapped them up.


Glad to see you're not letting work take over your life anyway, definitely keep your threads updated

I still dont know if im going to run with the berg valance or not   mines will need a fair bit tweaking to get it to fit and im still not convinced about the aero benefits

how wide are your wheels