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Saw a rather a nice black Lupo on Ronals just outside Bristol, quite low and black. I was in the green beast.
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And a few more shots from the bodyshop...
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Binnacle out for colour coding I see
Yep, a Lupo modifying first I'm sure lol.
Thanks Glenda. i must admit i miss it a bit....
Make sure you get in all those areas and give them a good clean up before it goes back together!
I'm amazed how much I enjoy, will be a lot happier when its lowered though lol.
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Looks great!
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Love yours Piers, big fan of silver GTi's!
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Great wheels those, we've just done a project car at FC on those. And colour coded looks really cool
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Saw a pic of your car on Facebook, not sure where and thought wow! Love those wheels, look awesome!
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Thanks Koop & Glenda
No probs, love the colour works so well!
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well...
the car has been into the garage and had a wheel bearing done and i had some 165/50 stretched on to the lenso's.
this was the trip to the garage..
Well there's more room in the back of a Lupo than I thought! lol Looks good fella.
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Right, so I dropped the car off to Bristol Auto Repairs to get the car looking straight before we start the build.
Plan is, get rid of the dents best we can, sort out where the laquer is coming off and colour code the bumpers. So just stripped and ready for some work.
Will post some more updates in a bit
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How to spend a **** tonne of money on things that nobody notices:
http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?/topic/75376-vixen-the-10e-lupo-to-watch-2013-bmc-cda/
lol, looks good though fella!
Page 23 is the date lines, usually found after a lesbian feature and before readers wives
No fella, that's right at the back in classifieds lol.
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Love the interior!
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I'm not sure what's on page 23... Yep, as easy as that. And just because someone rings and orders their wheels from an ad it doesn't mean they have not put time and effort into choosing them.
Sure they may not spend the time us die hard car geeks put in, and may not have as much knowledge as you guys. But everyone starts somewhere and for most people that's how they start out.
My first set of wheels were Raceline RL7s that I ordered from a magazine advert. Was a still a massive decision and took me ages to chose them and put a lot of effort in driving all over the place looking at wheels. But ultimately I got them from an advert.
Oh and any links to some of your guys Lupo builds, or maybe a few pics. Be good to see your motors
Anyway.... the car has just gone in the bodyshop, will post some pics up in a bit.
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At least they're encouraging their younger readers to look further for wheels than the local halfrauds
That's the thing, a lot of people will just go to their local Halfords or auto store. But then they will as that's what is easily accessible to them.
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Piers, im just getting at the fact the replys are we could but we dont dont want to, where something like yea thats something we may look into in future write ups or may talk briefly about that,
your point about them doing it on a budget so theyre using the free wheels theyve been given, thats hardly going to be budget for a reader, considering they cost over 700 quid including tyres id hardly call that budget
i just dont feel its a true reflection of building a car on a budget when your picking things based on whats on offer from a sponsor,
When I say budget I don't mean as cheap as possible. Obviously it could be done cheaper, but we are a magazine. The car still needs
to be a good looking car and achievable. We wouldn’t expect someone to do the build in one go like us, but do it in stages. Or, just do one stage such as lowering and wheels.
And of course we are going to work with partners and sponsors. We obviously work with and help support our industry.
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Thing is, like it or not, many youngsters are attracted by the wheel and tyre packages as it lets them pay it up.
So this article will be inclusive and of interest to them, which is most likely intended.
...and prices are now dropping, so are being bought by people who have neither the budget nor the inclination to go find a set of wheels to refurb and fit. They just want to buy and drive.
Very true, I think a lot of newer drivers would go for a simple tyre and wheel package. Like you say, buy, fit 'em and drive off.
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i dont really think he's being defensive... your challenging his decisions so hes just replying with his answers and reasons for what hes doing. You havnt seen the article yet as its not been written so how can you comment on whats going to be in it? Glenda and the FC team might decide to do a technical guide and point out forums etc for wheel choice...? thats up to them. They clearly have a good thing going with the mag as its always on the shelf so they are doing something right. theres no doubt he "could" have done what you say... but hes been given the wheels for free by a sponsor... its a project on a budget and im sure you will agree, free wheels are better than any when there is a budget! especially if they are brand new... If they were doing a project on an open limit budget then i would agree with what your saying but they arent...
Scotty put a good point across, and to be fair Glenda gave a good answer back.
Just to be clear, I mean on a budget to the reader, not we are on a budget. We could do a silly expensive build with £2k amps if we wanted
to, but that's not realistic to most people.
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christ why so defensive, it may not be why you chose them but its how it looks, i never mentioned anything about rare or crazy fitment wheels, i merely pointed out as a would be reader what i may be more intrested in reading about, and id hazard a guess alot more people would be, anyone can open fast car and pick out a set of wheels from the ad,
also what is hard about doing some researching advising readers theres a far wider and more extensive wealth of parts readily available in other places, and by doing this it doesnt need to be expensive either,
i also have wheels on my car thats never been on a lupo either( as far as i have seen in my 6 years of ownerhsip) but i took my time and did a bit of research and feel better in the knowledge that unless i sell them on you probably wont find another set on a lupo, (again as far as i know and have seen) and they cost me buttons practically
point im making is shouldnt you be taking these points on board as opposed to getting defensive an blunt,
whatever happened to taking constructive criticism and feedback,
as a magazine producing an article for readers and not listening to what potential readers may like to see is quite poor,
I'm not being defensive fella, I just have a different opinion. I never said we wouldn't advise readers of the huge choice of available
wheel options.
And if I were not listening, I wouldn’t be on a forum replying to your comments.
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i can see where scotty is getting at and also where you are coming from but rota's seem a bit of a kop out, (im presuming roa have kindly donated to the cause) im sure itd make a more intresting read about finding a good wheel for decent money that had a bit of effort and research put in rather than picking up a phone and ordering a readily available of the shelf wheel,
half the fun is seeking out that certain something, that isnt plastered all over the ad pages,
How are they a cop out? Yes, we have sponsors on board of course, but that wasn't why we chose them. And that's the point, they are readily available and people can get them.
FC is full of cars with crazy fitments, and rare wheels and also expensive wheels. The point is, it doesn't have to be hard or expensive to build a car. Also, the OSR is hadly plastered across ad pages. I've never seen a set on a Lupo or another car for that fact.
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I think this is a great project. I'm 24 and just got my first car, unfortunately insurance is still silly but definitely not as bad as if I was younger. Meant my budget could stretch to an Arosa Sport. The other thing is first car and first time spannering on one can be intimidating, I've worked on my own bikes since 17 but having a massive lump of car sat infront of you can still intimidate at first. Basic mods will help ease me (and other younger readers/modders) into it. FYI I also see it the other way round where car mechanics are afraid of touching bikes too lol.
Oh, and OSRs
Exactly, ease you into it. That's the whole point of this project
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Like I said it's an entry level build that won't scare off the younger readers. We are always building cars that have wide wheels, arch work etc. It's a straight simple here's how easy it is to build a fun car.
There will always be questions on forums, that's one of the main reasons people join them. Unfortunately most new forum members that ask advice just get shot down in flames by people with high post counts.
As for PCD/offset articles we can't run these every single month, as it's not exactly rewarding to regular readers. Plus, we run a lot of the content online as well.
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if you ask me, those osrs look mint, not many people have them, and i have never seen a set on a lupo before. lows, spacers, a tiny bit of camber on the rears and half decent interior with flocking ?
I've never seen them on a Lupo, in fact I don't think I've seen them on anything yet and I got to quite a lot of shows. They may need a bit of spacing, but will worry about that when the car is lowered
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You've said rotas are everywhere and then told him a list of wheels of equal popularity/ commonness. You big bewb.
That's what I think also. I'd love to get originals, but SSR XR4 wheels are not exactly cheap. And I think they look a little bit like Starmags, so should suit it.
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I know, but at least there a little more inkeeping with VW rather than some cheapo JDM rip offs.
Yep, that would be very VW but where's the fun in that?
Fantasia green lupo
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Welcome, also in a Fantasia Green Lupo. Live in Bristol, but work in Bath so will prob see you lol.