aBhardwaj1990's daily, Laura the Bora.....Runner up at Inters, pics on page 62

abhardwaj1990

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Mar 16, 2009
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As some of you know I've moved on from Isabella the Ibiza, and have bought myself something more up-to-date and economical :D

It's a VW Bora TDI SE in silver. Now named Laura!

Mods to date:
Debadged, VW Badges Vinyled and Mirrors Vinyled Gloss Black, Page 2
Pioneer AVIC-HD1BT Double Din display installed, Page 4
New key Carbon Fibred, Page 4
Front badge carbon fibre wrapped, Page 5
Rear badge carbon wrapped and back plate colour coded, Page 6
Car washed, polished, waxed, grill painted black, Page 7
Picture wh0ring after wash, 6/1/10, Page 7
Osram Nightbreaker Bulbs fitted, page 9
Stubby aerial fitted and wire tidy! Page 13
Centre console carbon fibre wrapped, page 14
Matte black roof done and 4 motion splitter fitted, Page 15
Wheels finished and revealed, Page 16
Lowered, wheels fitted, picture wh0ring, Page 18
And some more wh0ring, Page 18
HID's fitted, headlight 'Joey' mod done, pics of damaged wing (inc. smurfs), Page 21
Pic's, standard vs 'dubbed' Bora, Page 21
Harlequin Bora, Page 22
Back from the bodyshop, Page 23
Full detail/paint correction + wh0ring, Page 25
Porker v Bora, Page 25
Ground breaking MPG, Page 26


Collected her today, has 124k on the clocks, runs sweetly and is in awesome condition for the age!
Body is mint, only has 1 tiny dent on boot. Only other downsides are horrible chrome mirror covers, arm rest lid is broken and the cd player is an aftermarket sony, would prefer the OEM one with the cd changer......or a double din display

Now for some pics, not great, will take some better pics after she's been washed and coated

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Plans are to give it a good valet, protect it over winter.
Debadge,
ICE,
Remap,
Lower,
Split rims,
Smoothing,
Air ride etc....................I wish, if only I had more money lol

Hope you like :)
 
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suj

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Finally you put pics up, you big copying homo ;)

Can't wait to mod mine, and you the same, get a photoshoot on the go ;)
Good buy man, well happy for ya :)
 

abhardwaj1990

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Mar 16, 2009
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Cheers people :)

Beryl is her name, for now. Need something else lol. I know suj will beat me, he's got more money lol, it's not a race anyway :p

Oh and I've already been chopping :p

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I won't be doing white/black/grey wheels though. That's just boring :p
 

abhardwaj1990

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These chrome ones look like covers just stuck on, so I'll be taking them off, and seeing what's underneath.

Not really looked into the lupo mirrors, will check them out :)

I'm thinking of vinyling them matte black, to go with a matte black roof, but that will be done next year. Plan now is to get it in tip top condition. Too bleddy cold outside to do much else! Oh and working on the ICE :)
 

abhardwaj1990

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Thanks, Damien

Ibiza stays in the family, brother will be driving it after he passes. Hopefully he looks after it! I will be wanting it back in the next few years, will be my on going project :)
 

suj

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arun sorry but that chop, if you have it like that, looks ermm....crap lol

smoothed splitter, badgeless grille? not a fan at all

wheels are awesome, look on ed38, my mate gary gill sold his off his E46 bmw to dan who has a bora (it's up for sale) awesome wheels, but not cheap :( lol

tbh we are now doomed, all wheels are stupidly expensive, I miss 15" wheels :( lmao
 

abhardwaj1990

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haha, I'm not having it like that, I was bored on photoshop so decided to do some random stuff to test my skills lol (wow come to think of it that is well nerdy!)

Its not meant to be a smoothed splitter, colour coded lol.
I've seen a few splitters that look really good, like this one, i've seen another that looks better than this one
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Tell me about it :(
I've got a while to wait and save yet though, coilovers come first and can refurb the current wheels for now. If I can be arsed lol
 

suj

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yeah i need one them splitters, cool as, but standard grille looks best IMO
hmmm RH wheels....they will cost what you spent on the car :( DOH, why are they all so expensive lmao

cannot wait to see yours done :love:
 

abhardwaj1990

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Mar 16, 2009
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yeah i need one them splitters, cool as, but standard grille looks best IMO
hmmm RH wheels....they will cost what you spent on the car :( DOH, why are they all so expensive lmao

cannot wait to see yours done :love:

Yeah same, they look good, not sure where to get one though! let me know if you find one.
As for wheels, I really don't want to spend thousands lol, 500 is max lol

awwwww thank you, likewise :p
Will be a while yet though, got my mum and grand dad lecturing me about spending money on the car haha
 

stezo2k

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Mar 15, 2008
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"Laura the Bora" best name ever :D

Loving the dashboard lights, look a lot nicer in blue compared to the red in most SEATs

Nice car
 

suj

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Tbh 17's are easier/cheaper arun, look good, and you can run a bigger profile tyre, so slightly better ride (try and keep rolling radius the same)
 

abhardwaj1990

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Mar 16, 2009
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"Laura the Bora" best name ever :D

Loving the dashboard lights, look a lot nicer in blue compared to the red in most SEATs

Nice car

Cheers dude, I can't take credit for the name lol, was named by someone else :p

Tbh 17's are easier/cheaper arun, look good, and you can run a bigger profile tyre, so slightly better ride (try and keep rolling radius the same)

Yeah exactly what I was thinking, It's what I'm looking for atm, however, my uncle did buy some 18" Audi/BBS splits for his TT, which he's now sold. So I may take them off him if he has them :)

They were these I think....
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gezmeister

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17" for comfort, 18"s for show :D

I've got a set of 17" TT rims on my LC, and another set of 17" Antera 309's which i'll refurb in the new year. Had 18"s on and found the ride quite harsh, and that was on stock suspension lol. Plus with 17"s you can lower it more on a higher profile, as suj said above, its all about comfort ;)
 
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