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The old one should come out if you bend the pushed-down tabs back up. When you install the new one, push the tabs down to lock it in place

You'll need the radio removal keys to get that out, they vary from brand to brand. If you can't find any, sometimes an old credit card cut into strips is enough to push down the side of the radio and release the clips that hold it into the frame. It looks like the silver edge part around the radio will pull off and show where the keys slide to release it. The interior light needs a flat blade screwdriver pushed in as shown below: Its held in with a spring tab. When you have the lamp out, there is a small 'door' on the back that unclips, allowing access to the bulb. The bulb is a 10w 265 festoon.

The lower ball joints are sided for left and right, so maybe you have 2 for the left hand side or 2 for the right hand side fitted?

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Is your Lupo an FSI or a TDI? The FSI has a steel subframe, it's only the TDI that uses the Aluminium subframe, although on both the FSI and the TDI 3L have the lower ball joints as part of the wishbone. I don't have the measurements to see if a normal Lupo wishbone and a lower ball joint are the same size and distance from the subframe to the hub, but it may well be worth measuring yours and comparing to a normal Lupo to see if that's a work-around?

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Apologies, didn't download the video! I'd say the radio is faulty in this case then. Might be worth testing in another vehicle if you can, but as it comes, it should work with no mods to the existing wiring loom. Only thing you would need to do is input the security code, but seeing as it doesn't even turn on, you can't do that!

Stupid question, but have you pushed the volume knob in to turn the unit on?

Happy New Year to you too! Every Japanese imported GTI I've ever seen has AC! So I'm guessing that it's standard fit, seeing as Japan is classed as sub-tropical.

PM me a reg or chassis number, and I'll see what I can find

To get radio codes now, the car has to be connected to ODIS in the workshop and it generates it there. We used to be able to get them from the radio serial number and the vehicle chassis number, but sadly not anymore!

Lupo gearbox won't fit a Polo, the engine block is completely different. Also, the Lupo is hydraulic clutch, the Polo is cable

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Most of the PAS pumps seem to be the same across the board, only a few exceptions with older engines. But the GTI uses the same pump as a 1.0 and a 1.4, so no reason why it wouldn't fit

I'll be there, Brooklands isn't a million miles away from me!