Ok, so late last month, I swapped my Citroen Saxo 1.4 in for something more economical and robust, and in the Autotrader, found a nice looking Polo for sale in Formby. Drove up, and it had been sold, but the guy showed me a couple of Micras he had in.
After testing it, I fell in love with her, seeing as there was a lot of work to be done on her, and she had a huge amount of potential. I also like the fact that there were no luxury extras, such as power steering or anything, makes working on it a lot easier, there's less to go wrong!!
There are a lot of scratches and bumps all over her, but this just meant I could haggle down the price, with only 60k on the clock, I thought she was a bargain, got the dealer down to £440 from £750!
Here's a few pics of her, with all the obvious imperfections shown:
The cretin who had it before me apparently thought hammerite red would cover up rust and blend in naturally!!!
Lol the last one is my favourite, she didn't come with a boot carpet, just the underlay, so a quick trip to the local market and I got her a living room carpet to tide her over until I find something more suitable.
As the pics show, everything on her is pretty much stock, including the wheels and whatnot.
I've mentioned in another thread that I'm not sure where to start on her, so I compiled a to-do list, which in no particular order outlines all the tasks I want done within maybe a month or so:
So as you can see, most of the work to be done is aesthetic, before proper tuning starts, I don't want anything to look anything but stock, I want her to be as much of a sleeper as possible, the only reason for alloys is to save on weight!
I'm also thinking for aesthetics, I should paint the rocker cover, or maybe buy a coloured one, and maybe change the front grill, as the old one on it at the moment is very much faded, so could do with a revamp. Might just spray it though.
Oh, and for any of the items where I've stated I want a new one, I will settle for used, but in very good condition, so if anyone has any, such as a decent bootlid or doors, please get in touch!
UPDATE: New backbox fitted locally for £50, stock one, not performance yet, but keeps her nice and quiet for now. Bit of a bargain, I think!
UPDATE 2: Alloys bought off JoelH on here, just in need of tyres before fitting. They're proper gorgeous ones, nice and light, but not ugly or anything.
After testing it, I fell in love with her, seeing as there was a lot of work to be done on her, and she had a huge amount of potential. I also like the fact that there were no luxury extras, such as power steering or anything, makes working on it a lot easier, there's less to go wrong!!
There are a lot of scratches and bumps all over her, but this just meant I could haggle down the price, with only 60k on the clock, I thought she was a bargain, got the dealer down to £440 from £750!
Here's a few pics of her, with all the obvious imperfections shown:
The cretin who had it before me apparently thought hammerite red would cover up rust and blend in naturally!!!
Lol the last one is my favourite, she didn't come with a boot carpet, just the underlay, so a quick trip to the local market and I got her a living room carpet to tide her over until I find something more suitable.
As the pics show, everything on her is pretty much stock, including the wheels and whatnot.
I've mentioned in another thread that I'm not sure where to start on her, so I compiled a to-do list, which in no particular order outlines all the tasks I want done within maybe a month or so:
- Full service (inc timing belt)
- New bumpers
- New backbox (old one is a bit rattley and looks loose with holes in it, excessive corrosion too
- Alloy wheels, tasteful, not gareish
- Rear disc conversion
- Painted calipers to match car
- Uprated front brakes
- Flat wipers
- Clear all windows of sticker debris from previous owners
- New carpet (maybe decarpet)
- Nicer looking steering wheel
- Clear rear lights
- Front HIDs
- New rear drivers side door
- Nicer stereo (USB and/or SD card reader ideally)
- Better aerial for radio
- New registration plates, maybe 3d ones...
- New bootlid
- After ALL that... start on the engine!!
So as you can see, most of the work to be done is aesthetic, before proper tuning starts, I don't want anything to look anything but stock, I want her to be as much of a sleeper as possible, the only reason for alloys is to save on weight!
I'm also thinking for aesthetics, I should paint the rocker cover, or maybe buy a coloured one, and maybe change the front grill, as the old one on it at the moment is very much faded, so could do with a revamp. Might just spray it though.
Oh, and for any of the items where I've stated I want a new one, I will settle for used, but in very good condition, so if anyone has any, such as a decent bootlid or doors, please get in touch!
UPDATE: New backbox fitted locally for £50, stock one, not performance yet, but keeps her nice and quiet for now. Bit of a bargain, I think!
UPDATE 2: Alloys bought off JoelH on here, just in need of tyres before fitting. They're proper gorgeous ones, nice and light, but not ugly or anything.
