Fatttty's Lupo GTi | Sold and gone to it's new home.. new car hunt begins :)

[fatttty]

Cant be as bad as me last year. Had the car still in paint on the Friday, had to rebuild it, detail, tax, MOT and insure in time for the Saturday. I vowed this year I'd be prepared. Hence im making the most of my sundays when my mrs is at work

[Tom's Lupo]

nice work

[fatttty]

nice work

cheers Tom, you started cleaning your yet

[ponnyj]

Great work! I wish i could make it to UD to have a sneaky peek around this!

Also wish i had enough patience to clean mine like that!!

[Koop]

I'm frankly in awe of the patience & attention to detail that goes into this Lupo. Really hope I can make it to UD there's a few I look forward to seeing.

[fatttty]

I'm frankly in awe of the patience & attention to detail that goes into this Lupo. Really hope I can make it to UD there's a few I look forward to seeing.

Thats very much i love the little touches that people dont notice at a first glance. Thanks for the nice comment dude, hopefully see you at UD's

Alex

[Tom's Lupo]

cheers Tom, you started cleaning your yet

mine is all clean now got some more bits to paint and then put it all back in

[fatttty]

Not really done much this weekend, been trying to remove the bottom bolt from the exhaust manifold cover so I could get the cover off. What a nightmare. It was rusted solid and the head was pretty much rounded off. Spent an hour with my dad with every tool we could think of, ended up hacksawing the bolt head off.. victory

Also gave the bumper reinforcers and brackets a quick coat of gloss black, still need a final coat but they look quite good for a garage paint job

Pretty much it for now, Alex

Edited February 20, 2012 by fatttty

[Lermy]

looking bloody good mate, deffo alot of little details.... but thats what makes a car i think, when someone has a look round but then comes back and notices something they didnt before

[fatttty]

looking bloody good mate, deffo alot of little details.... but thats what makes a car i think, when someone has a look round but then comes back and notices something they didnt before

Cheers dude, I'm with you. I love the little touches that people dont notice at first glance. More to come in the next two weeks

[fatttty]

Ok, so made some more progress this weekend. Stripped my brake calipers and painted the caliper and carriers, didnt take any photos though. Started putting the front of the car back on. Reconnected the aircon piping, mounted the bumper reinforncer and brackets and also got the main headlights in place.

Started changing most of the smaller bolts in the engine bay to chromed ones-

Fitted an Audi R8 coolant cap that James (99hjhm) had modified to fit the standard Lupo bottle, looks ace and works well with the R8 oil cap-

OEM slam panel stickers = WIN

And finally, brought a brand new exhaust heat shield from VW, drilled out the pop rivets and removed the bracket from the bottom and the top as I have something planned.. watch this space-

Thats all for now folks. Alex

[Emz]

Looking awesome Alex

Edited February 27, 2012 by Emz

[Huw Pugh]

Made from 100% win!

[chris260]

Loving this. Can't beat a bit of attention to detail!

[fatttty]

Looking awesome Alex

Thanks Emz

Made from 100% win!

Haha cheers Huw

Loving this. Can't beat a bit of attention to detail!

Yup love it

[Lupogti4376]

Where you getting hold of your chrome nuts and bolts buddy ????

[fatttty]

Where you getting hold of your chrome nuts and bolts buddy ????

The M6 ones are from eBay the engine mount bolts and other specific ones are being plated

[Lupogti4376]

Thanks mate looking forward to seeing your car in the flesh at ud!!

[fatttty]

Thanks mate looking forward to seeing your car in the flesh at ud!!

No worries ill hopefully see you there mate

[aaronhtid]

Very nice Alex, Hope you do very well.

[Lermy]

looking good there fella, liking the chrome bolts

[fatttty]

Clean... and a new present has arrived

[Piers]

looking awesome mate... cant wait to see it at UD

[fatttty]

Cheers Piers

[dubsy]

Clean... and a new present has arrived

slimline induction kit to fit where the carbon canister sits?