Urgent help! suggestions needed for my upgrades

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Skiidawap
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Urgent help! suggestions needed for my upgrades

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My name is jaryd and im 19 and for my 18th i got my first car which is a vw vivo polo 1.4l

I want to upgrade my car but dont know where to start, i want improved power but i dont want to buy a new car either so i got to work my rust bucket as is so im gonna run it till it dies but i would love any suggestions as what upgrades i should get or plan too
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Just enjoy the car. Mods can come later, already it is a way better first car than most of us had. If you have to mod the car, I'd start off with appearance. Things like decent set of rims, slightly lowered suspension, decent detail/polish, other HU (OEM) and so on...
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Skiidawap wrote:My name is jaryd and im 19 and for my 18th i got my first car which is a vw vivo polo 1.4l

I want to upgrade my car but dont know where to start, i want improved power but i dont want to buy a new car either so i got to work my rust bucket as is so im gonna run it till it dies but i would love any suggestions as what upgrades i should get or plan too
Short of throwing tonnes of money at an engine swap there isn't much to be gained from engine mods on the CLP engine.

Decat, branches and a 1 box 50mm exhaust is about the most I would go to the trouble of doing. More than that is ridiculously expensive.

As mentioned above, put your money into wheels and sound. If you really have to satisfy the need to go faster, buy another car.
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I'm selling an intake on the forum, should free up some ponies and give decent tone if you interested.
Do it once, do it right!

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This is not urgent
Help is not required
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Complete 6R swop...engine+dsg box+4motion.
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Or rs3 conversion would be cool aswell.
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