SlowPoke

Cheers guys, the subie caused alot of upset despoilered with the purists! But I was going for the American look at the time & it really grew on me Had to sell it though as it was a massive money drain, and I wasn't happy with standard power after all the cosmetics, you need deep pockets with big toys! Hense the 1.0 Eco lupo Any thoughts on this colour? It's a new vinyl from arlon.

Hi everyone, i joined up over a year ago when i first got my lupo and for a whole year i've done absolutely nothing with it, it was in a sorry state and its time i did something with it, so work began on it this friday, keep up Firstly ill show you some pictures of my old sadly missed car (my impreza) Just links im afraid as ill exceed my picture allowance on here http://i654.photobuc.../IMG_0297-1.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0314.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak...2_6823971_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak...1_1997439_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak...0_7782969_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak...29_348746_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak...8_5742593_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak...7_2107212_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak...26_343394_n.jpg Im a vehicle wrapper/signwriter by trade here's my best handywork (shameless plug) Car started looking like this: http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0463.jpg And was fully wrapped in 3m carbon http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0464.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0465.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0466.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0467.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0468.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0469.jpg http://i654.photobuc...85/IMG_0470.jpg Right then on with the lupo! - sadly i have no pictures of when i first bought it, but it was in a bad way, every panel had a ding, front wing and light surround was smashed, roof laquer was peeling. My temporary fix (black gloss vinyl) comes off ****ed roof Workmate drove his astravan down the side of it! Smoothed Badge, Delocking the tailgate soon as my remote locking arrives. Passanger door had a different locking barrel and no key so bye bye! Smoothed Bumper Smoothed Lots of Dings to sort Wheels came off! For these, (Adjuster spring came out after i was instantly disappointed with the lack of lows) Removed the inner arches, anyone planing on making their car lighter might want to consider what lies inside the sills... It weighed quite alot!! New front wing and light surround on, Front wing was a pig to fit so many hard to get to starbolts of varying sizes! Sitting lower, still very far from happy!! Joey'd the headlights Tyres yet to arrive but test fitted the rears..hmm poke More poke..Can you guess what they are yet?.. 15x8 et25 schmidt modern lines. Loads more work to go but as you can see for 2 days i've not done too bad! ill post up more as and when i've made more progress. Tyres arrive tuesday hopefully, (185.45's) and then the arch bashing can commence! - my favourite! Then colour change (full vinyl wrap) i have a few ideas but still mulling them over. Complete interior strip out, then half cage for more rigidness because it still feels soft as sh*t on the TA's! Umm also need to get lower probably source some FK's for the rears, anyone shed some light on how to get the fronts even lower? i've removed the helper just the main spring and C adjusters remain right down the bottom of the strut, is that right for max low? these coilovers are nothing like my old subaru's.. Cheers in advance.

When i had a 106 rallye, i did the 1.6 gti conversion & never changed it on the log book, the MOT guy marked it down as a hybrid engine and got it through the emissions test

Hi Guys and Gals, im Dave as mentioned, i come from a subie background, looking to sell up and get myself an eco cruiser that has loads of style, so i instantly thought lupo. i love the cheapness of the wheels as im a bit of a wheel whore, and the lupo's have a great stance, anyway ill be looking for anything but a GTI as i just want something mega low and slow hehe, ill be keeping an eye out in the for sale section! Anywhere here's my Subie which is currently being sold, (deposit taken) hopefully it will give you guys an idea of how keen i am on modifying cars