1994 Arctic Blue Polo Coupe

[polodan]

Recently aquired this, my new project, and third Polo, after selling my MK1 project. Its another MK3 coupe, in very rare Arctic Blue. It has all the original manuals and service history up to 2007 and has 83k on the clocks. Here it is, as bought:

[polodan]

Since i got i,ve done a few small jobs and little mods.
I strated, as i have done with my 2 previous cars, by cleaning the engine bay. 17 years of grime said 'hi' to Mr Gunk, resulting in this:



Next job was to jack it up, and clean all the dirt and mud from round the rear arches and filler neck area. When the cleaning was done, i wire brushed the brake drums and painted them with Satin black Hammerite, along with the part of the rear beam visible in the pic:



I then fitted this, which actually did before i got the car. I carefully sanded all the green from the light filter, and cut some blue aceatate to shape, then placed it in front of the original filter:



Went to Bus Freeze show, where i got these. Passat chrome winders:



And on the way home from Bus Freeze, a small detour was taken to get these. Supersport 60/40 suspension kit:



Rubbed down and painted the rear badges black, much better than the worn chrome they were:

[polodan]

And finally to get up to date:

New valve caps:



A bit of polished stainless bling to banish a common MK3 Polo problem for good:



And some pics of my 2 MK3's:





Hope you like the car and progress so far. More to come very soon ;D

[kerrly]

Sweeeet blue polo that is a good colour, kinda what i was thinking when i planned to respray my old Polo GT.

It's nice to see someone else who goes through the same steps as me whenever a new car arrives. don't forget to whip the battery out and check the battery tray drainage holes and for signs of rot.

dave

[polodan]

Ah yes. The dreaded battery tray, nearly forgot too look. Hopefully i'm as lucky as i was with the white one and the MK1. Both were Rot free

[homeforsummer]

Nice to see one of these in a bright colour. Get a little bored of seeing red or gold Polos after a while...

[robdaviesss]

well nice colour that blue one!

[barny1976]

Nice, any better pics though, lots of close ups but no side shots of it lowered etc, the silver one looks good as well!

My flat mate at uni had one of these back in the day, only it was new then, (he was a rich kid). If I remember it was pretty nippy around the town.

[polodan]

Cheers for the comments guys. Through town they are pretty nippy, more due to the fact i can dart through gaps most drivers wouldnt dream of.

No more pics at the moment, as its parked up the side of my house. Its not lowered yet, and the silver one is white ;D

[conrad]

very very blue! cool though.

[polodan]

More junk in my trunk! 6n engine cover and Golf elbow:



Black parcel shelf. The start of the swap to a black GT interior. Hopefully gettin the seats soon, just door cards and carpet to find:

[polodan]

Well its been a long time since i pointed my mouse cursor towards this site. And not alot has happened with this car. Its been pretty slow going, limited by money first, then a christmas job. But some progres has been made in the last few months, and here it is:

I Fitted my 6n polo engine cover and my Golf elbow. Actually have 2 of the Golf elbows. The first didnt fit. Reason being that there are several types, and foolishly i didnt do my research and ended up with the wrong one, shortly followed by the correct one. Pics of fitting:





It took me a few evenings to get to that stage, as the studs in the throttle body have to be removed first, and were, in short, a curse word to remove.



I moved on to the engine cover. The cover is bolted to the head, off two brackets. These replace the standard engine lift brackets. As can be seen above i had a little problem with the left side. Whats happening in the pic is the bracket is pinching the pipe from the expansion tank to the engine. Pipe had to be popped off, and re-routed.



Engine cover, resting on the brackets (not bolted down) and the elbow arrangement with a new cone filter which i think was a bargain at £6. I tryed my best to find a filter with black element, as i didnt want lairy colours that i couldnt change (paint cant be used for obvious reasons).



Above is the finished engine bay. I am quite pleased with the result. I changed the colour of the filter end plate, from the blue it was to satin black, with my trusty rattle cans (really don't know what i'd do without satin black High temp paint will sort the manifold out eventually.

[polodan]

Pretty much done with the engine bay, i moved back to the interior, and got myself a GT steering wheel, and a factory boot carpet (instead of the thin rubber mat the standard polo came with)



Now i need the clocks to match it. Looks a bit better though.

I made my first German ebay purchase too. And it was a good one, in my view anyway:



Anyone know what it is?
Thats right, electric headlamp adjustment kit. It was all NOS, boxed (except switch) and all genuine VAG, and a bargain at £30 posted. This was a very rare option on polo MK3's. Whether i ever fit it, only time will tell.



Also got the above switch. Its an electric window switch, from the rear of a MK3 Golf convertible. It wont work with the rest of the electrics i need to convert to electric windows (from an early MK2 Golf) but can be made to. And fits neatly below the stereo

The latest parts are lighting related. Clear front indicators and some blue side repeaters.



This colour really lends itself to the clear indys i think. Looks so much fresher. Amazing what a difference a single modification can make. These are also fitted with chrome bulbs, to lose the 'Fried egg' look.



Another ebay bargain. 99p got me a set of blue side repeaters. When they arrived i wasnt too sure, but went ahead with fitting anyway.



Result was a near perfect match to the car colour ;D. After trimming some plastic from the bulb holders, and finding my chrome bulbs didnt flash orange enough to overpower the blue lense, they slotted into the wings.

Hope you like! More stuff coming soon.

[polo3]

That's awesome love the colour! Never seen this colour before, mines white too any other plans?

[polodan]

Jan 10, 2012 14:47:36 GMT polo3 said:

That's awesome love the colour! Never seen this colour before, mines white too any other plans?

Well, the usual really. Nice rims, lowered, bit of paintwork. Probably be changing the interior to a darker one, and fitting the stereo stuff from the white one along with a 10" sub.

[polo3]

Sounds good check my blog out if you fancy it

[TomD]

i like this!! nice 4 branch and a 6n style rocker cover will finish that engine bay off i reckon

[polodan]

Jan 10, 2012 17:39:14 GMT TomD said:

I like this!! nice 4 branch and a 6n style rocker cover will finish that engine bay off I reckon

Looking in to 6n rocker covers. They require drilling for the breather to function correctly. 4 branch would be nice, but isnt practical as this car legally requires a CAT . And it would be on and off every year for the MOT.

[polodan]

Time for another update! I added alot more parts to my hoard this week. Picked up half a boot full of parts from a nice lad locally on Thursday, who was breaking a polo coupe. Some good stuff among it. Most of it was/is either filthy, scruffy or both (already cleaned some of it), but most of it will come good, with a clean or a spray of satin black ;D

Heres Thursdays purchases:



I made a return visit to the same car again this morning, to collect some seats. Its the same interior as in my white one, Genesis spec Tartan/ dark grey and nearly mint. Also took a GT steering wheel thats better than the one already on there. Had to get up early, as Dad had said we'd get them in the van, but had to be early. Then he decided he couldnt, so had to get them in my white Polo.

The seats:



Only thing not pictured above is a leather gear gaitor, with blue stitching, as i fitted that straight away. Much better than the split rubber one:



All the above stuff was £60. Very reasonable i think ;D

[armour]

Mega colour, I've always wanted one this colour