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Hi! My names matt, I’ve just picked up and absolute gem of a mk2 arosa. Been searching high and low for a rust free lupo within my budget and not a million miles away and was unsuccessful so I turned my searches to arosa’s and found a peach. Already sitting on jom coilovers, lupo gti interior and a few other goodies. If anyone has any tips, advice or anything please do let me know! I basically just wanting to talk cars to people who like cars 😂

I share and understand your frustration caused mostly by VWs lack of main dealer support. But I've obtained many parts from... https://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.com/catalog/en_uk/nav/lupo/ and https://www.oemvwshop.com/6e-2004-2006-c3234/ I'm currently undergoing a rolling restoration of my 2004 GTI which I've owned for 19 years. This forum and the GTI Facebook pages are excellent help. A single cross reference list would be a massive help to us all - just needs somebody to "own" it. Currently I'm concentrating on the underside and running gear of my car - so if you need any part numbers etc., just ask, I'll tell you what I've used. Stick with it - most 20+ year old cars will come with this problem. Best of luck, Chris

So after my encounter with the deer 🦌 I've finally got the car back to a presentable and drivable condition albeit a few parts still needed, I managed to get a radiator surround and grille and had a few issues getting the indicator panel but ended up buying a brand new one, I also have a second radiator surround as a spare after finding a lupo in a breakers yard so I got some other parts for free, the main thing I was needing was a bonnet since mine was in need of replacement from a bad paint job and rust all over couldn't believe my luck when I found it in the scrap yard almost mint condition too just needed a good polish up.

Decided first to take off whats broken and then make decisions, newest update: its not that bad and will be doing a bigger job at once: fixing the rust over the window cince its cracked anyway and making the manual transition. Am marking all the connectors before I forget what goes where. since i have two weeks of vacation at the start of august i should have plenty of time for all this

Oh and for what happened was theres new asphalt it was just slightly wet and I happened to look down after starting to accelerate from a green light, didn’t notice cars stopping just after they started moving. Rather than releasing the brakes(ABS is off at the moment since there are no brakes) and avoiding him fully to the right I couldn’t manoeuvre and smashed at around 30km/h ;D. Quite a jump I had

Sooo, good news for you guys, lost attention for a moment and now im thinking of parting the Lupo out, I’m assuming some of you guys would be interested in lighter doors or boot lid or anything else it still has intact

Hi, wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction, I’m wanting an Arosa rear window sticker. Same as the lupo/golfs. In red, always been a fan and I’m dedicated to finding one 😂 Also enjoy a photo I took today of the mk2 after its first wash! cheers

Cheers dude! Oh really? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a blue arosa tbh. Always silver or red mk2’s. And I’m based in Lincolnshire, little village called broughton

That truly is a nicely presented ‘Rossa!’ I’ve a blue one I’m just repairing atm with rust damage. Where are you based as your car originates from Manchester?

Took me some time to reply, last time i did anything major was blocking off the rear drum cylinders since they would leak a week after being replaced and just today i managed to find a way to convert them to disc brakes, ordered lupo 6n2 gti stub axles with bearings, carriers and callipers for 180€ with shipping if anyone cares about that 😀 also i have removed all the carpets at this point and majority of the front panel since im getting ready to change the dreaded automatic. The gear lever, pedals clutch cable and the part that connects gear lever to the gearbox cost me only 60€ but i still haven't found anyone to remap the ecu. Also i removed the sunroof and did a very rough plexiglass job but i will redo that with a thicker piece. Hardest part was the form of my stub axles

OMG! That's an absolute minter you have there. Excellent! A keeper for sure.

Thank you, Ive not had a chance I’ve I’ve been at work but I’m going to get some better photos of the outside and interior tomorrow 😊

Apparently golf mk4 seats fit with very little work, also beetle seats match the rails similarly. Would have to be 3 door car though remember, or just strip the rear and cage the beast

I like it.

HI, after some research i found a oem black logo for lupo from original chrome 3B0853601 to black with code 3B0853601A01C The original lupo chrome is 1J6853630B I didn't find the black for lid.....Do you know if there's a black logo suitable for Lupo lid?

Thank you so much!

Hi fellow members. I’ve joined so that I can advertise my Lupo for sale in the hope it will go to a genuine enthusiast! if you have any questions please feel free to give me a shout. 1999 VW Lupo 1.4 I recently acquired this Lupo from a family friend who decided it was time to give up driving - sadly I have no use for it and it would be a shame to see it sat there doing nothing when somebody could put it to good use. Would ideally suit a VW enthusiast or a private collection due to the low mileage but equally would make an amazing 1st car or town car. Runs and drives very well for its age and as expected from such a low mileage car, everything feels nice and tight, clutch bite feels great and gearbox engages and stays in every gear selected with no issues. * Genuine 23,000 miles from new * 2 Keys * Long MOT until April 2025 with no advisories * Father and Daughter owned from when it was 6 months old * Supplying dealer number plates, rear window sticker and keyrings. * Lots of stamped history in the book, mostly the supplying dealer then done by a local VW/Audi specialist. Unfortunately the Lupo does have a couple of imperfections as I’ve tried to show in the photos which I guess is expected considering it’s age. The most noticeable being the scuff over the O/S rear arch, this has been touched in with a pen by the previous owner and in my opinion looks worse in the photos than it actually is, if it’s something that bothers you, I’d estimate a body shop would charge around £250 to sort it. There’s a small dent in the O/S front wing and also some scuffs on the rear bumper, these can all be seen in the photos. The heater slats in the middle vents have popped out, I do have them, they’ll just need putting back on. I’ve tried to be as thorough and supply as many photos as possible of the bad bits as I wouldn’t want any potential buyer to feel mislead but should you require any extra info or photos of anything in particular then please let me know as it’s not a problem. £SOLD Any inspection welcome, test drives are also welcome with proof of insurance

SOLD.

Hey mate! Appreciate the comments. I agree, it probably is too good for a first car hence posting on here in the hope it’ll find it’s way into somebody’s private collection. It’s not mint but is a very good example for one of these which hasn’t suffered the usual abuse and has a nice history. I think for the condition and mileage, the price is very reasonable, I doubt there’s many out there these days with such low mileage. Cheers, Mike.