‘Ride slow and shine’
Derick Vilas is currently running the stock 1.4 engine while putting together a 2.0 8v ADY engine with dictator management.
Cobie Bok - A talent is a gift; if you have one, use it to its full capacity, is the motto of Derik Vilas.
One of the members of Namstance car enthusiast group, Vilas was born at Otjiwarongo. Vilas’ father taught him everything he knew about cars and electrics.
“I started working on his cars at the age of six and ever since then cars and music have been a hobby to me,” says Vilas.
He worked at an auto tuning shop in Otjiwarongo called CW Sounds & Co. The shop closed after a year.
Vilas built up his first Mercedes from scrap with his brother, Deon Vilas. Afterward, they installed a massive sound system in the car.
After writing off the Mercedes in an accident, Vilas bought a Golf 5 1.4 TSI, made some modifications to it and then sold it to buy a Polo Vivo 1.4 - his new pride and glory. Vilas has been driving the Polo Vivo for three months.
Vilas’s Polo Vivo 1.4 specs
He fitted two modified Recaro bucket seats in the front, and installed an XTC four-inch amp powering 8" landlines in the rear and the door speakers, a 10hm stable monoblock Starsound amp powering 12" Pioneer subs in the boot, and a simple Sansui head unit.
The car has a 60mm drop coil suspension, riding on 17-inch 7.5Aj Vossen rims. The headlights are fitted with LED H7 bulbs and LED bulbs all over the exterior.
Vilas is currently running the stock 1.4 engine while putting together a 2.0 8v ADY engine with dictator management.
“I currently own 330c Viair compressor and a 10l air tank with wireless controlled solenoid to manage the system. Still saving up to buy the bags and front struts,” says Vilas.
“The whole engine bay is prepared with a wire tuck for the new engine and the theme for the car was simply to keep it clean.
“Most importantly I stance. Not everyone sees what you see so be unique, ride slow and shine,” he says.
One of the members of Namstance car enthusiast group, Vilas was born at Otjiwarongo. Vilas’ father taught him everything he knew about cars and electrics.
“I started working on his cars at the age of six and ever since then cars and music have been a hobby to me,” says Vilas.
He worked at an auto tuning shop in Otjiwarongo called CW Sounds & Co. The shop closed after a year.
Vilas built up his first Mercedes from scrap with his brother, Deon Vilas. Afterward, they installed a massive sound system in the car.
After writing off the Mercedes in an accident, Vilas bought a Golf 5 1.4 TSI, made some modifications to it and then sold it to buy a Polo Vivo 1.4 - his new pride and glory. Vilas has been driving the Polo Vivo for three months.
Vilas’s Polo Vivo 1.4 specs
He fitted two modified Recaro bucket seats in the front, and installed an XTC four-inch amp powering 8" landlines in the rear and the door speakers, a 10hm stable monoblock Starsound amp powering 12" Pioneer subs in the boot, and a simple Sansui head unit.
The car has a 60mm drop coil suspension, riding on 17-inch 7.5Aj Vossen rims. The headlights are fitted with LED H7 bulbs and LED bulbs all over the exterior.
Vilas is currently running the stock 1.4 engine while putting together a 2.0 8v ADY engine with dictator management.
“I currently own 330c Viair compressor and a 10l air tank with wireless controlled solenoid to manage the system. Still saving up to buy the bags and front struts,” says Vilas.
“The whole engine bay is prepared with a wire tuck for the new engine and the theme for the car was simply to keep it clean.
“Most importantly I stance. Not everyone sees what you see so be unique, ride slow and shine,” he says.
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