chris260

I was in my wife's mini clubman, you were just at the bottom of pavillons way. It made me want another Lupo GTI!

I saw you in this last weekend on the new wheels, it looks great.

Great to see all the progress on this Pete, glad it's back! It was off to the scrap yard the week Mitch picked it up hence the state it was in when you got it so fair play to you for getting it back to where it is now. It was still mine when the engine went, i turned it off when i got home one day and it just went with no warning at all. Got in it to go to work the next day and it wouldn't start, investigated a bit and discovered the auxilliary belt between the cams had slipped and bent 7 valves and snapped one in half which took a chunk out of the head. I'm going to put it on the garage wall as an ornament! Gearbox went to a guy on here, still got the paddle clutch which was decent.

I've got a 6 speed which had 68k when removed from my old gti if you're still after one? £275 No noises or anything, it was only removed as i broke the car after cambelt failure.

Unfortunately my Lupo has gone now but if a silvery beige mini clubman flashes you then you know who it is.

I'll have to keep an eye out for this next time i'm back in Brackley visiting the in-laws, looks like a lovely example! Looks loads better now it's on coilovers, nice leather too.

Genuine Bosch Lupo GTI 90Amp alternator as removed from my 69k mile Lupo GTI. This was in good working order prior to removal. These are over £200 new so grab a bargain at £50 plus postage.

I'm selling my engine cover from my old GTI as i no longer have the car. It was painted dark red to match the interior so would be of use to a GTI owner with custom trim or anyone who wants to make their engine bay a bit nicer. Looking for £50 collected or £60 posted. No offers. PM me if interested. Thanks!

Can't beat a rustica picante! Can anyone get them to take out? Quite jealous right now!

You love it!! Needs a clean again now though.

I've not posted anything in here recently as i've been up to my eyeballs with wedding stuff and actually having to fix stuff. Here's what's been going on since september, sorry for the phone pics! I gave it a good clean before the winter, topping it off with 2 coats of poorboys. Considering getting a short plate so i stuck the one on from the golf. Stuck a K&N panel filter in it just after christmas, i know a lot of people say there's no benefit but i definitely felt a difference with this. Whether or not it's because of the old one being fairly dirty i don't know but never felt this much difference from just a standard replacement filter. Could also be due to the remap but who knows, it drives loads better anyway! Took it for it's MOT in Febuary and it passed with only an advisory for the exhaust, excuse the MOT ride height! However on the way back the brakes were absolutely stinking so i prepared for the worst. A big chunk of brake pad was sitting on the driveway too so was fairly certain at this point it was new caliper time. Foxy told me when i bought it that it was dodgy. Here are the driver's side pads i took out! Ordered up a new rear caliper and then also discovered one of the fronts had seized. This was the source of the stinking brakes but it must've only just happened on the brake test for the MOT, probably due to me hardly using it over the winter. Shiny new rear caliper! I managed to get 2 polo gti hub assemblies including ABS sensors, calipers and carriers for £40 out of pure luck they were being sold in Brackley when we went to visit Sarah's parents so snapped them up. Bled the brakes a few times which is always fun Then i was back in business! Inherited a decent toolbox and cleaned up the garage. Smoked my plates. then got the car this dirty in about 100 miles, bring on the summer!! Still loving the GTI so i don't think i'll be selling it any time soon. I want an exhaust for it yet as it annoys me that this one doesn't sit straight so hopefully that'll happen soon. Also, i did a quick shoot with Payna as he'd got his interior done. His was way cleaner than mine so i'll leave a couple of pics here. Lupo GTI Autumn by Chris Tweddle, on Flickr Lupo GTI Autumn 01 by Chris Tweddle, on Flickr

I reckon that must be superlupo's (if anyone can remember him?) old Lupo. I always wondered what happened to that, just seemed to disappear. More pics in this link http://www.tpr-hiring.co.uk/page9.htm Seems to have had a fair bit of work done in the years it's been away if it is the same car.

So you like Vietnam then?

You don't have much luck with bikes. Collar bone last time, now this!

I can already tell this thread's going to make me miss my old sport! Loved the last 2 cars so this should be good.

Definitely a GTI front end including the wings. It's been done before, there was a tdi on here years ago which had a similar conversion but different sideskirts and had the rear arches extended a bit. Funnily enough it showed up on my instagram the other day so it's still around somewhere. It was silver and badged up as a GTD. I can't see it being too hard to do, just need to extend either the wing or the sill like Mitch did with his 3L stuff.

Cheers! It's a pain in the arse to keep clean mind, i wish it was silver! Roofbox was an ebay find, nobody else bid on it so it just went for the starting price. I won't compain! Apparently it's the box VW offered as the official accesory too so keeping with the OEM theme. Keep your eye on ebay and gumtree as they often come up for about £60, it's a Thule Polar 100.

Cheers mate, have to say yours is looking mint at the moment! Was going to try and catch up with you at Edition but didn't see you about apart from when you were driving off the showfield.

Pretty sure it'll just be the standard exhaust just with the tailpipe painted but worth asking. Here's a link to the build thread from when i had it and loads more pics on my flickr http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4118&st=100 http://www.flickr.com/photos/christweddle/ Got any other plans for it?

This is my old car, glad it's ended up back on the forum! My original build thread is still about somewhere from when i picked it up new. The exhaust must've been painted since i had it but it was always something i wanted to do to tie in with the black/blue theme.

What type of badge would you like me too bring back? I'll see what i can do as i have a selection. Also here's a photo from when Foxy visited with his replacement for the Lupo.

Very nice this Brad! How are you getting on with the mk1?

Cheers guys, really happy with the car at the moment. Kent and Joe, love both your cars. Especially the plate on yours Joe, very fitting!! Apart from the filter and exhaust there's a few bodywork bits i want to do still. Possibly a polo or mk5 boot handle as the filler has sunk a bit where my boot handle was removed or might just get it redone the same. I think i know what route i want to go down with the wheels but i'd like to keep it OEM so looking at a number of options.

Really nice Lupo this, i had a quick look at it at Edition and it definitely stood out to me! Sits really well and the interior looks top quality too, well worth going to MJ for a good job.

Quick update with a pic from Edition. Stuck the roofbox on for the trip down to Overstone which made things a lot easier for getting the camping stuff in! Lupo @ E38 by Chris Tweddle, on Flickr Nothing major to report apart from bought a load of new detailing stuff so gave the interior a good going over to keep it looking fresh. After seeing how some have worn whilst at edition i can see why foxy went for the heavier grade of leather. Next up is a service then i want to upgrade the filter and exhaust!