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  1. LR5V

    GTI Upgrades

    lots of shopping & stuff back from powder coating And the polybush haters can look away right now...
  2. LR5V

    GTI Upgrades

    Hi Nacho - The manifold was on the Lupo when I got it - yes those dbilas manifolds are very expensive. the previous owner said that it wasnt built that well & he had to do a lot of work tidying it internally + port match. He even had the dbilas remote air filter - this kept blocking so he swapped it for the cone. For the price you are a few hundred away from bike throttle bodies, a manifold & stand alone management. I have not looked, but I assume it is just the standard throttle body, but with all those bends removed. its still on remapped OEM ECU Gearbox is back, unfortunately the speed sensor was destroyed on the trip down, so need to get another - cant seem to find a part number online -I am hoping these may be easy to find in a scrap yard? This where some of the weight was lost in the fly wheel: Hard to see, but the pressure plate ihas also been ablenced to the fylwheel: Quaife stuff & my old diff back:
  3. The price difference is irreverent - as poly bushes in general last longer than OEM rubber, take less time to install and (if you believe it or not) improve handling. They do not transmit noise into the car and the refreshed steering feel you will get with new rubber bushes is what you get with polys - but that exact feeling lasts a whole lot longer.
  4. Thanks for the offer - I am not stuck, these are spare drive shafts I was stripping for powder coating
  5. Thanks Rich - Think it may be - do they have part number stamped on them? Edit - just can a angle grinder wire brush over it - no number
  6. wouldn't be a great gave, one was nearly slice in 2!
  7. Well I dug up the bare drive shaft list on CGTI it says Lupo GTI Short shaft: 430.5mm Long shaft: 656mm My long one is bob on short is about 10mm longer at 440??? drive shaft lengths didnt change from 5 to 6 speed - the 6 was an"extended" 5 speed was it not?
  8. I got a pair of Gti drive shafts that I have been stripping down to get powder coated. I got the hubs as well, turned out that non gti ball joint had been fitted on the nearside side and the (shot) drive shaft had been hammering into the Gbox cup. The short drive shaft outer CV would not come off, ended up doing this: Revenge is sweet, however trying to find out why it was refusing to come off the only thing I could see was a difference in drive grooves: LH one is 5mm shorter than the long shaft on the right Lengths of bare shafts are: Short 440mm & Long 655mm Got a horrible feeling the short is not Gti one.
  9. LR5V

    GTI Upgrades

    But the bumper stays on the golfs! - Thanks I will do it your way when the day comes. Yeah - I have a bad habit of getting a pairs of used hubs to rebuild ready for the day they get swapped out, I have in my collection M3 Mk & some LCR hubs to go onto my Mk4
  10. LR5V

    GTI Upgrades

    Thanks for the replies When it comes to gearbox's I wouldn't trust myself with anything more taxing than a clutch change! I sent it off to a VW gearbox specialist, unfortunately he is all the way down in South Wales. He is well known in the VW community, does dog boxes, sequential all sorts. I believe he does so many diffs he must get discount, for mine he beat Awesome & Darkside price wise by a good margin. he actually mills off the crown wheel rivets of the existing diff and bolts it onto the Quaife. I am getting my old diff back. He did an over the phone un-boxing, he has not done one of these before, made some interesting noises and said it was good that they provided the shim. Bolts are genuine VW Verbus 12.9 - I asked for ARP, but suspect they would have been over kill
  11. LR5V

    GTI Upgrades

    Rich - Actually I'm up the coast from you in Edinburgh, but the Lupo was from your neck of the woods cj1 - Yes I am eager to see the difference it makes to the handling. But this will be delayed my control arm bushes need replacing, so no point just swapping the box, it will have to wait to be done with rebuilt hubs, rebuilt control arms & rebuilt drive shafts. Oh and my radiator weeps, rather than fitting another massive VR6 rad I am going to fit a smaller alloy rad and in the liberated space fit an oil cooler -plus shed some weight with AC delete Question - Does the Lupo front end come off in one lump - i.e. lights / bumper / slam panel all together - like on Golfs??
  12. LR5V

    GTI Upgrades

    Gearbox rebuilt. Flywheel was 6.4kg Refaced New pins and slimfast money shot: Quaife
  13. It was a bit of a tongue in cheek post, I understand the app is to give the car homecoming lights (or whatever twee term its got), lights stay on for a set amount of time after you stop. And to control how sensitive the lights are to the dark + how much delay before they come on.
  14. This one is cheaper & has an app! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTO-Headlight-Switch-Sensor-Module-Bluetooth-For-VW-Golf-MK4-Jetta-4-Passat-B5/152951996055?fits=Car+Make%3AVW|Model%3AGolf|Plat_Gen%3AMK+IV&hash=item239ca63e97:g:dr4AAOSwnBJasMFt
  15. I'll provide the car, you are welcome to source stig & track
  16. I dont agree, but I respect the opinions given. I can see OEM rubber bushes working better for others, but to me poly bushes help with how I drive, at least that is my experience in my Mk3 & 4 - especially the boaty Mk4. May be I should rule myself out, my Mk3 started with power flex purple beam bushes, I did not notice the difference when I changed to blacks - the purples failed prematurely, that's why I am not a fan of PF, but will have to bite the bullet when I rebuild the Lupo beam and go for black ones as there really is no other choice other than OEM, I cant be arsed with the hassle of pushing those in, much prefer the poly fitment. I am about to Super pro the front end, it is a shame they dont do the beam too. There is no definitive answer as it is such a subjective subject.
  17. There is a good thread on that one here The guy was into his SQ and had really mad amps subs mid etc.
  18. LR5V

    VW Logo

    It may be a bit big for key ring, supose you wouldnt loose it
  19. Not the best of names.. but are FAG wheel bearings good? sitting in my ebay shopping list, I have a cheap pair of them for £40 delivered from Germany.
  20. Admitedly it was a Mk4 I have seen them used hub on the car, no alignment changed Ebay wheel bearing removal kit - there may not be the same amount of room on our Lupo's Personally I also prefer the hub out, I have a cheap press and I use a Bearing race driver to push the bearing home
  21. Screws - got a fist full from a scrap yard, soaked in Nitromors for 3 days, most of the black fell off giving: Yes -I think the recent scrapping i found on the liner was from a wheel spinning my way onto a main road, looks like its a front end re-build sooner than planned
  22. Cleaning behind my arch liners today I found the nearside arch liner was rubbed by the wheel against the footwell. even more annoying, under the liners there was patches where the wheel had rubbed down to the metal and a PO had just covered this with a new liner. I am guessing its wrecked control arm bushes, will replacement stop this form happening? -not anything more sinister At least there wasn't anything growing in there & I replaced the rusted liner bolts with Audi stainless ones - Thanks Rich for the tip
  23. Not sure why you are adding weight in a steel roof for rallycross. I can appreciate the likelihood of rolling is high, but you will have a rollcage. How about fibreglass roof panel moulded on another Lupo and bonded onto the nubbin of roof you have left in your open air?
  24. On the mk3 golf the switch is held in place by a screw within the steering column outer tube - this is only accessible after steering shaft has been removed and then with a jewellers screwdriver though an opening in oposite side of the outer tube. options for doing this on the golf were whole column out or disconnect the UJ at the pedals and pull wheel and shaft out of column outer tube -cant say if lupo is same -VW do tend to be lazy with their designs, they may well have left that opening for the screwdriver, therefore no need to get a new lock
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