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It's been mine for about a year and a half since i started driving. Driving experience is nuts in these things😍 Fast for what they are...got 199kmh in mine recently. Mileage is 178,106km - it's km because its a Japanese import!

Gorgeous!

Welcome to CL. That looks a nice unmolested example. Have you had it long and what's the mileage.

Thanks a lot, I'll check with the garage on Tuesday. Proud to be a part of it! Of course! Keeping mine original as you can seeq♥️

Even though I don't own a GTi, I have a feeling they are they exact same as Polo 9N ball joints. @Rich and I and a few others here on CL were researching the similarities. If you can accurately measure one of yours (pics?), I still have an old 9N polo BJ sitting on my bench for reference. Regular Lupo BJs have a 10mm thread and a smaller cone. Welcome to Club Lupo pics of car?

Evening, My Lupo GTI has failed it's MOT due to the front suspension arm ball joints, n/s & o/s. Tried all the ball joints you can find online when you search for them, but they don't fit the GTI, despite saying they do in the parts description. If anyone's had this issue before, or replaced any ball joints before and would be able to help me source some, that would be greatly appreciated. LET ME KNOW! Cheers,

@amgeriz@ObjectiveAway @mk2Hi guys. MOT day today! Didn’t go as well as anticipated lol. Apparently a brake cylinder on the rear is causing alot of the problems involving brakes but said “might” need some brake shoes on rear too?: Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Nearside Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (ii)) Nearside Rear Hydraulic brake cylinder leaking and braking performance affected (1.1.16 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately (major defects): Offside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.4 (b) (ii)) Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases flexi (6.1.2 (a)) Rear Brakes imbalanced across an axle (1.2.1 (b) (i)) Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) Rear Brakes imbalanced across an axle Axle 2 (1.2.1 (b) (i)) Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) He also said it may need a catalytic converter but I’m sure there must be something in that the spark plugs are very black within 1year of driving in the sense of it running rich but mechanical knowledge limited. The exhaust leaking is that flexi which I did kind of expect. Windscreen wipers were brand new so will have to double check i’ve fitted all ok which is frustrating. Any advice input or advice appreciated, thanks again.

ahh too bad man, hopefully another time!

Yes it was me. I had to leave early. Sorry.

German Garden Takeover at The Stag! @lupo1.0se I heard there was a Silver Loop GTI here. Was it you? If it was, my apologies for getting here so late! Couldn't be bothered for the rush hour traffic so just left when it had died down, haha.

No it is not that simple to install any rivet, you need to use rivet tool, or pull it with diy tool, watch some videos on youtube and you will get it.

Not much... The Nankang NS-2R today cost 81€, the Toyo R888R 110€ and my next choice, the Yokohama A052, 116€.

How much €?

I finished the front tyres again, this time only covered 7000km because of the camber. The problem I have is that I can't wear them quick enough on the outside to compensate inside wear on normal use, plus the inner tyre spins on hard cornering, worsening wear even more. I already decided what tyres will be the replacement, to suit better my needs But before, because I have still some tread on the rears, better than buy another pair of Nankang, I'm going to try these Toyo R888R to compare.

Hmm just searched threaded rivet nut. Didn't know such thing existed. But how to you mount it in the existing holes in the door metal? You just screw it once and once inside when pulled in opposite direction it will deform in such a way that it will stick strong?

Banff, Canada

Hey everyone! Surprise!! Otis got some Polo 6n steelies. Always liked the look of them, and though I initially wanted white steelies back when I bought this thing, silver has me on a lock! the whole body coloured thing is cool in my eyes. £50 for 'em.. not too shabby hey? They're not the best of condition, but still very impressive for the price. Had the tyres swapped as a couple months ago, I bought some new ones.. good thing the polo 6n wheels are the exact same size as thats saved me a lot of dosh! A good wash for them soon and it'll look top notch. Before and after down below

That's a good plan. Would make it a lot easier to access. But I'm touching wood it's a while before I need to do that. Next on the list is replacing the snapped coil spring. Then maybe upgrading the rear coils and dampers to ones from a golf as when it's loaded the cars on the bump stops, and it would be nice if it wasn't lol.

I would go fully custome and drill small holes in door metal, then line wood bolts thru door cards into the drilled holes. With 8 bolts it would hold better than original. There are many other options how to hold that door card in place way better than original, like using threaded river nuts, in my opinion, repairing stock mounts is the worst way to solve this problem.

Im always glad to see someone who is not only asking questions but also doing real work, nice job! 🦾 For the next time – it is very easy to replace the timing belt with a floor jack under oil pan, just remove all engine mount bolts on this side of engine and jack the engine up and down as much as you need to access everything, no need to put hands in small gaps at all.

It's been one hell of a work horse and I've got to be honest I've not been kind to it thrashing it around Europe fully loaded roof tent and all. I'll find some pictures from my camera roll and take a couple tomorrow when it's light and post them. It's definitely earnt some love so I'm goign to tart it up this summer and get it in good shape, hoping this thing lasts another 20 years. As for the timing belt it's had a new one a couple of years and about 20 odd thousand miles ago so should be good for a while. Or until I can afford the insurance on an engine swap.

If you keep car, I'd change the belt and tensioner. Then it'll be good for another 6 years or 50k miles. 👍🏻 Sounds like a good little car. Any more pics- in and out?

UPDATE Its fixed! Turns out it was the timing belt that had jumped a couple of teeth. I prised it off using a pry bar and then did the same in reverse while pushing the car 😭. @mk2 thank you for suggesting it was the timing belt you've singlehandedly saved my sanity. And thanks to everyone else for your suggestions. Idk where I'd be without this forum .

I couldn't see any marking on the fly wheel but I could see the one on the camshaft gear. As you can see the engine is slightly out of time. What would be the easiest way to slacken the belt enough to be able to match up the top gear? Ik there's a tensioner I should slaken but I can't get the bottom cam cover off because one of the bolts is being blocked by the aux belt pulley. I could pull off the aux belt and try but I wanted to see what the consensus was on the easiest way. Thanks.

Ah OK, so I'll line up tdc with the mark on the cam gear then. Thanks