jon_273
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Are the inner and outer track rod joints worn?
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It's quite a lot of paperwork, but then again it's just forms asking all the data and stats from the car papers. So yeah, it's tedious to do but it isn't difficult.
The import tax for me was roughly the 15% of the price of the car. But I guess it will change between countries... Where are you going?
I'd like a set of V1's, but a few other things will have to come first
Well I might be moving to Switzerland with work and I'm wondering if I could take my current GTI over with me. I'll probably end up buying a LHD car anyway though. The GTI is not my everyday car.
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The price list is here. TPS should do it a fair bit cheaper that RRP if you ask nicely.
http://www.thetradepartsspecialists.co.uk/pdf/economy/Economy%20Parts%20Application%20Exhausts.pdf
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TPS used to sell what was known as Economy Range for older VAG cars and I have an old catalogue from 2013 which lists a rear box for the Lupo. I assume that VW dealers also sell the Economy range but it is usually a fair bit cheaper from TPS if you know someone who has an account or if your local branch will sell to you.
It is a fairly easy job to hacksaw through the original exhaust - VW even put marks on showing where to cut but you will need the clamping piece to join the new box if it has not been done previously.
MAKE SURE THE REAR OF THE CAR IS SECURE - IF YOU ONLY HAVE AXLE STANDS RATHER THAN WHEEL RAMPS IT IS BEST TO USE SOME BLOCKS UNDERNEATH AS WELL.
This! Get an economy backbox, saw old one off, join new one with clamp, job done.
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Yes the red one looks like a 1.0/1.4 75bhp caliper.
The ball joint could be wrong too - that's what gives the GTi a wider front track. Might be worth checking to see if they are different on each side.
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I do. The car was bought in Germany, so to drive down I need to get these provisional number plates and a provisional insurance. Once I get to where I live (nowadays, its Switzerland) I have to "import" the car, pay taxes, do the paperwork, do an MOT test, and only then, I will get Swiss number plates and a Swiss insurance to cover me.
It's quite a long and boring process to be honest. But I think this car's worth it
The one you had looked really nice! What's it lowered on?
Sounds like a lot if paperwork. Is the import tax a lot? I ask as I may be doing something similar fairly soon.
It was on KW V1 coilovers.
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Looks lovely, and well looked after too!
If you buy a car in another european country, do you have to re-register it where you live?
P.S. I used to have one just like it
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I got the economy battery from TPS (so a genuine part), it was cheap and fits perfectly.
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I was all set to buy one until that last post! I need a passenger side one. So if I install one with "one-click" into the passenger side, the one-click feature won't work, will it?
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Yes there is. You have to use the GTI handbrake cables if you didn't already know.
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Osram Diadem, as bright as standard.
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150 seems low, I got between 200-210 on all of mine. Tested around 101k miles. The VAG software ELSA states what compression should be but I don't have it to hand right now.
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Hasn't this car had like 9 owners now?
There have been a few anthracite TDI's around with starlites (including mine), maybe you have seen similar cars on the forum before and thought they were the same one?
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What's up with the Toyo's? Only others in that size were the factory fitted Dunlops, but they are terrible in the wet, and also an old tyre now.
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It's still quite a big lump isn't it.
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But is the engine going in a Lupo?
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The rear beam is a straight swap, I have one on my TDI. The brake balance controller bolts to the same place as the height sensor on the GTI.
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I was just saying to a friend the other day that I'd love to see a lupo V5 conversion! Will be following this with interest. Hope it turns out well!
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Anyone got a part work 205/45/15? Got a puncture on one of my Dunlops so one of those would be perfect...
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We've had 3 non GTI Lupo's and they all had GALA. You have to enable it in the radio settings though.
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If only it was that easy. In my lupo loom, there is no wire in that position (marked GA). Poverty spec loom me thinks. So i guess i need to add it, if only i knew from where i could pick up the gala signal...
Oh right, that's odd then, as all the Lupo's I've had had that wire fitted. That's what the radio uses to get louder as you drive faster. Do you know if your radio had that feature working before you removed it?
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The GALA signal is in the Lupo plug on the pin labelled GA. You will see this is in the same place as the pin on the MCD labelled GALA
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Ray, I have to say I agree with you about some of the cars that get so much interest...
Back to the photo, I think that year was as close as we have ever got to having as many different coloured GTI's together as possible! Orange and Laser Blue aren't very common!
New Lupo owner needing help!!
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Could be the water pump has failed. In my experience I have found thermostats usually fail open.