This is now my second attempt at writing something on this forum about my car. I had started a 206 thread, but I almost immediately forgot about it. I did only have it for around 5 months anyway, stuck some coilovers on it, GTI interior and wheels and called it a day.
So here is the replacement, which I've had since October. A 2004 Volkswagen Bora 1.6 16v Highline in Reflex Silver. Had around 113k when I got it. Some electrical gremlins, scratch here and there, and only a month of MOT left. Had FK coilovers fitted, the trader who sold me it didn't know much about it. Also had drilled and grooved front discs, which was odd for a 105 hp 1.6.


The interior is lovely, no rips, and apart from the A pillar fabric peeling off, and broken armrest cover thing, its immaculate. Came with a Kenwood head unit. Cruise control, heated leathers, electric windows and mirrors all work too! The number plate lights and boot handle didn't work, but redoing the broken boot loom fixed that.

After a thousand miles, and an MOT, it was time to set myself a deadline of Ultimate Dubs in March to get it looking presentable.
First on the list was speakers. I had put the Alpine sub from the 206 in the boot, but the speakers were letting it down. So a set of 4 Pioneer TSA1670F's were purchased, and replaced the standard ones. However, the Kenwood unit doesn't offer a lot of settings, including a subwoofer option, so bass is still pumped through speakers. Thing is, because of my funny wiring, I don't even keep it connecting on in town journeys, because the Pioneers are rather good. It's only on motorway journeys where you need a sub, because the 5 speed 16v with a leaky exhaust is deathening at 70.


Onto the suspension. It came with FK coilovers, with helpers and adjusters still on. So I got myself some powerflex front top mounts, binned the helper spring, and immediately enjoyed listening to metal on metal grinding. The driveshaft was rubbing on the anti roll bar. I haven't quite decided if I'm binning it completely, or getting a JOM ARB for 60 quid (which apparently gives you 100mm of clearance!).
Onto wheels, I got myself some 18x8j VW wheels off a Beetle of sorts for 70 quid, which didn't fit on the front. A pair of 20mm spacers fixed that. 225/40s were rubbing on the wing, so a pair of 205/40s fixed that too. I'm not sure on the white, but sandblasting is expensive, so for now, it'll do.



So armed with an arch roller, an angle grinder and some motivation, I will be attacking the front of my car this week, to get it as low as I can in time for Dubs. How hard can it be?
Excuse me for the lack of detail and dreary-ness!
So here is the replacement, which I've had since October. A 2004 Volkswagen Bora 1.6 16v Highline in Reflex Silver. Had around 113k when I got it. Some electrical gremlins, scratch here and there, and only a month of MOT left. Had FK coilovers fitted, the trader who sold me it didn't know much about it. Also had drilled and grooved front discs, which was odd for a 105 hp 1.6.


The interior is lovely, no rips, and apart from the A pillar fabric peeling off, and broken armrest cover thing, its immaculate. Came with a Kenwood head unit. Cruise control, heated leathers, electric windows and mirrors all work too! The number plate lights and boot handle didn't work, but redoing the broken boot loom fixed that.

After a thousand miles, and an MOT, it was time to set myself a deadline of Ultimate Dubs in March to get it looking presentable.
First on the list was speakers. I had put the Alpine sub from the 206 in the boot, but the speakers were letting it down. So a set of 4 Pioneer TSA1670F's were purchased, and replaced the standard ones. However, the Kenwood unit doesn't offer a lot of settings, including a subwoofer option, so bass is still pumped through speakers. Thing is, because of my funny wiring, I don't even keep it connecting on in town journeys, because the Pioneers are rather good. It's only on motorway journeys where you need a sub, because the 5 speed 16v with a leaky exhaust is deathening at 70.


Onto the suspension. It came with FK coilovers, with helpers and adjusters still on. So I got myself some powerflex front top mounts, binned the helper spring, and immediately enjoyed listening to metal on metal grinding. The driveshaft was rubbing on the anti roll bar. I haven't quite decided if I'm binning it completely, or getting a JOM ARB for 60 quid (which apparently gives you 100mm of clearance!).
Onto wheels, I got myself some 18x8j VW wheels off a Beetle of sorts for 70 quid, which didn't fit on the front. A pair of 20mm spacers fixed that. 225/40s were rubbing on the wing, so a pair of 205/40s fixed that too. I'm not sure on the white, but sandblasting is expensive, so for now, it'll do.



So armed with an arch roller, an angle grinder and some motivation, I will be attacking the front of my car this week, to get it as low as I can in time for Dubs. How hard can it be?
Excuse me for the lack of detail and dreary-ness!

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