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    Combination of posts....lots of little things like service and roadtrips +new parts I used the vento for a family holiday to visit the mother-in-law in Folkstone and fully loaded with suitcases etc I got 35/36mpg No big update, for its MOT I had to re-fit my indicators in the wings,make a bracket to put my front numberplate on +raise it to stop the wheels hitting the archs + get a loan off a cat (cheers Gus) and it passed Then I lowered it +got the cat taken back off I`ve bought new indicators +towing eye blank to brighten up look of the lights and managed to get BniB foglights for
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    Some pics from Fast + Modified show....our club stand (Fkindubs) was made up of mainly very clean oem+ cars and we won best outside stand and as it was a modified car show that consisted of lots of plastic+fibreglass contraptions was quite an achievement for us [/
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    However, I hadn`t given them enough time to turn them around in time so I got a loan of a set off wheels they just had lying around!! They are compomotive CXN2 splits, they are for a porsche and had been rebuilt using new centres powdercoated in sparkly silver along with the rear barrels, repolished lips and gold bolts. They are 7.5 and 8x16 et 42 ish I got the tyres on on sat afternoon before the show so I used the 30mm adaptors I already had but.... the rubbed like a mother (naughty swear),so I`m gonnae get 25mm adaptors for the front +get the rears machined down to 28 and I`ll be sorted
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    August 09 The Vento was due on the FKindubs stand at Fast +Modified the standard wheels went on so that the teledials could get some Mike the Polisher love... oem+
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    Thanks
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    One cool Corrado
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    Yup, They were 7+8x16 with 30mm adaptors
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    Some all together pics, I had wanted the Vento ready for a car show but at this stage we had missed our deadline! The 2.5 week turnaround had taken almost 6 weeks but the bumpers took longer than expected + the custom plate recess took 2 days to perfect but it looked factory so I didn`t really mind. This takes us up to August 2009
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    A couple of days work to get it all flat+ polished then I let them build it up
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    Then the hard work of block sanding and polishing up began!! I got both bootylids painted just incase!
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    Reflection yO...it was still to get flatted and polished at this stage. Some off the bumpers etc, Indicator blanks from a Sharan were given the once over (they might not stay)
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    Before it was in the shop I had talked about changing the colour but after seeing the car in a long mirrored window I decided I had to keep it the same colour but with a twist! I had a good chat with the painter about what I wanted colour wise. There was 3 shades of dragon green in his paint chip book and we went with the darker shade of dragon green with the difference between them added to the mix...extra blue green gold + red I hadn`t seen the colour on anything so when I saw it on the car it would be a surprise to me!.... I also had sourced a new bootlid with no spoiler (saved welding up 6
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    I was going in to the bodyshop almost on a daily occurrence at this stage so I didn`t miss anything... Some parts in primer At this stage the car was about ready to get rubbed down + the archs done however when I went back they had been rolled+ sealed and the car was in primer but I didnae have the camera ... some of the subtle tweaks mentioned on the job sheet in the above pics casting marks smoothed off the bumpers, plate recess taken out the front bumper keeping the swage line, the rear window divider was painted gloss black, rear number plate tub narrowed a little to loose the gap
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    Some bodyshop progress pics I found one off these
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    The vento went been in the bodyshop and I started the stripdown
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    At the show The day after the show and the day before the bodyshop
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    Some wheel test fitting pics Vr6 allroad :thumbdown: I was a bit worried at this stage about the tyre looking to small but when it was lowered it was fine :thumbup: The Vento was booked into the body shop the week after the show in the previous post...I had been been in and discussed my plans with the guys and it was agreed that I could assist them with the teardown and come in + take pictures... I was in the bodyshop yesterday and again no camera but the rear archs have been rolled all the body work has been rubbed down and some bits had been primed +flatted and it was going to ge
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    Fast forward to June 2009... I sold my multi award winning Lupo Gti and the new owner wanted the Oem wheels so I kept the 16" polished Porsche Teledials I had on it.. I had some photyshops done to see if I`d like the Teledials on it and decided I did. So with a bit of help the coilovers went on + with 30mm adaptors the wheels went on too. Some pics with the wheels and the coilovers on it at Biggar (local Scottish show) And on the way home I`ve since lowered the back a bit more and it looks better
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    It was described as "mint condition" in the owners eyes, However it turned out to be just a tidy car in my eyes there was quite a few minor scratches 2 shopping dents on the passenger side 3 wee dents on the rear bumper and a rusty stonechip at the back wheelarch Not quite mint! Had planned to get the rusty bit and the back bumper repaired and painted, coilovers +the Porsche teledials on it as soon as the Lupo sold. I set about the scratches in the meantime with the buff +vavious grades of polish+wet+dry and I was happyish with the paintwork, no pics of said happyness cos I was also ge
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    I`ll try and make sure that this thread makes sense at the start! I`m going to copy my build form our local forum. Hopefully it still makes sense. Rewind to March 23rd 2009.... After a 9 month search for my perfect Vento Vr6 I found the one! My brother and I travelled 250 by train to have a look at a dragon green Vento Vr6, I had several phone calls with the owner and he had e-mailed me lots of photos of the car. I had pretty much bought it over the phone because there was a lot of interest in the car. The Vento had 41,000 miles and he was the 3rd owner (vw demo plus 2) It was expensive but
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    My work in progress..... one of the sornd Vento Vr6s My other Vr6..... one of 33 Vento vr6s registered on the road this year
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