dan newns

yeah only the front two wheels actually had the spacers on them, the rear two had slightly wider wheels, so i guess they didnt need the spacers. thanks again ill get onto it tonight.

thanks for that information silver, im sure the spigot does have the size on it, i will look later tonight and then try and find one on the net,

hi guys, since owning the lupo around 2 months now ive had an issue with a bit of wheel vibration, so i thought it was the balancing went down this weekend to have it sorted turns out it looks like a bit more than that, they took the front wheels off to find a set of spacers, ok nothing wrong with that i hear u ask, its currently running keskin kt5's 7j at the front, now we took of the spacers and they went to balance the wheels when they came back we noticed something rather strange with the disc somewhere along the line the previous owner/owners had used gaffa tape and wrapped it around the section of the hub that sticks out that the wheel slides onto (cant remember its tech name sos all but you know what i mean) well we wondered why this was there, so we stripped it off only to then realise that when we put the wheel back on there was a heck of a lot of play with the spacer, turns out the spigot ring(i think thats what its called) that comes with the spacer is the wrong size for the vw hub, so they padded the hub out with gaffa tape and put the spacer on and drove it like that, imagine my surprise, the garage didnt have any that would fit the diamater and wasnt sure what the diamater was. so do you guys know the diamater of the lupo and also where i might be able to get a sprigot ring? that will go from the original spacer size onto the vw hub? luckily enought my cousin had some g60s lying around so im driving them right now ( really like them actually like them more than the alloys), if pics are needed of what im talking about spacer wise i can get them on tonight if you want. thanks Dan

after reading this ive noticed a small amount of bubbling on the roof of my car as well, should i just phone vw up and explain this will they understand or is there something in particular i should say to them the car is a 99 so it should be covered under the 12 year warranty?

yeah the colour was what first attracted me to it, i just love it, stands out and gets some looks even though people do call it slimer, but i kinda like that nick name so ive run with it, im not sure about the keskin kt5 center caps colour coded though i think i might look for a set of normal grey/silver ones and replace them as they currently have the VW type on there

dreamweaver is a great tool for learning to code html etc, but sometimes it overblots pages especially with javascript, hence not using it in daily work, but its great to learn with, for websites i would recommend looking at stuff like tizag tutorials or w3 schools as these are great sites for tutorials and learning the basics, css stuff well if your looking for inspiration then check out css zen garden they have some nice stuff on there, or do a search for css templates on google, another few places that i tend to look at when needing answers for things are either sitepoints website or web design forum, both got some very knowledgable people there and always willing to help out. and i agree with scottgroovez, tutorials only help to a point its putting this into practice and having a go yourself is where you learn more, draw some ideas out on paper and create them with html start easy and them work into more difficult things. and if you ever need a hand or got a q to ask dont hesitate to drop me a pm, and ill help out in anyway poss, Dan

its a 1.4 16v s. and the indicators have been moved to the lower front bumper. not really a big fan off them in that place tbh and its the first thing on the list of changes..

well finally got round to taking some snaps, took these the weekend before last just before the spring festival been so busy only now getting them up really enjoying the lupo right now best fun driving if had since owning the mk1, currently saving the cash up for some mods maybe some coilovers and a new head unit.

i have a custome job in my car came like that when i bought it, they have removed the cd playes etc and the vents and fitted a screen with a head unit above it, ill take some photos of it and post up if you like??

Hi All just a quick question ive found a pair of the front indicator lenses that sit below the main headlights, and im looking to buy them now ive been quoted 60 including delivery may i just ask is this a good price or not? i cant seem to find anything on the internet regarding price or perhaps im just searching for the wrong thing? can anybody help me does anyone have a part number for them so i can get my mate to ring up VW and ask them how much they would charge him (gets a discount on things through work), also does anyone have the part number for the cambridge lights ? or even better does anyone have a set of the indicator lenses for sale on here or are thinking of selling them then let me know. thanks Dan

thanks for the info guys another thing to add to the list of things i want...

hi all, just been reading up on a thread on edition 38 of a silver lupo, and i noticed he had changed his boot to a seat arosa boot is this correct? if so is this a difficult mod to do as i must say it looked sweet as!!! thanks in advance Dan

really like the color, and those wheels, same as mine but i got color coded center vw caps but the original keskins look sweet i think ill be on the look out for them, thats what i want mine to look like i think that looks smart not over the top just right, just given me more things to add to my lup list!!! coilovers are a must though..

well i just worked out i got around 41 mpg on my last fill up, pretty happy with that was getting around 45mpg in my tdi mk3 golf and it wasnt as much fun to drive tbh..

hi sorry ive added a picture now i hope this helps a little and sos i havent really got any better pics im gonna take a whole host of pics of the car over the weekend when ive given it a clean and then ill chuck them up on my hello all post.

hi sorry ive added a picture now i hope this helps a little

maybe i asked this question wrong after thinking about it, i think the small lights are the indicators are they not? if they are is it possible to get these two plastic bits and the indicators themselves is it possible to change these out at all, as mine has nothing there its just one solid piece and ive seen some with two small what i thought where lights but now im thinking indicators. thanks Dan

hi all, ive just read the how to on smoking headlights, now im totally not conifdent with myself doing this, and im sure there are people out here already who have done this to their motors, or might know people who can do this for you, so does anybody know anybody out there who could do this for a fellow lupo owner? thanks Dan

Hi all my first real question on here, ive done a look through the forum and cant seem to find what im looking for answer wise or ive completely missed it and im dumb, basically i have a 1.4s and it doesnt have the 2 smaller lights near the grill under the main headlights, i would really like to have them, so the question i must ask is this hard to do, as ive read things about bumpers and wings being different with non gti models etc, is this the case with this kind of change? or is it simply just take out the section that is there and replace with a section that has the lights ? if so anybody got a section for sale with lights? im guessing im going to need to have the wiring (is it complicated to hook up or is it just a simple VW left the connection there but as it didnt have them didnt hook up?) any advice or information would be much appreciated, if im just being thick then sos Dan

Hi All, i recently bought my first lupo a 1.4 16v fantasia green little number, ive usually gone down the golf route owning a range from mk1 to mk3 and thought i would make a change as i am not travelling so much now so i thought i would get one ive always loved the look of them, and ive never been able to match the sense/feeling of driving the mk1 gti i had a few years back, until now, i love this little car its superb never really owned a 16v before and the drive is completely different, i will have to get some pictures up here as soon as i can, just thought i would say hello and introduce myself to everyone, just out of interest any of you guys from around the hereford area as thats where i currently am based any meets in this area? thanks Dan