DanGB Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) Hello chaps and chapettes.Im Dan from SE London, and ive recently bought a Lupo as a second car to share with my missus'.Its an 2001 X Lupo 1.4S 16V in Flash Red with 104K on the clock. I paid 1850 after a bit of haggling from an independant dealer which is probably a bit over the odds but it was easy and the best I saw after a few weeks of looking. Also had a bit of peace of mind with it. Car's in good condition paintwork was almost perfect, no dents, just a bit of laquer coming off by the front lights. The interior is immaculate apart from the usual peeling door handles!Ive just had the usual rust done on the roof by VW for free as well.Now for some pictures.Firstly my other ride, my true love..my super modded Seat Leon.. with over 400 ponies under the hood, so its a totally different animal to the lupo. But the lupo is almost as fun to drive with the choice mods I have now..Now.. here comes the Lupo..Mods since I purchased: Weitec Hicon GT CoiloversAux-in cable for the HeadunitRclick Remote central locking kit (already had central locking)VW 14inch starlite wheels with 195/45/14 tyresShiny new number platesand finally today I shall be fitting the Whiteline Anti roll bar from Awesome GTI I picked up at E38.THe main problem being with the car is that is that my missus uses it several times a week to go to the stables. That in itself is no problem of course, but the road leading to the stables (private road) has the worse speed humps known to man. Ive known standard cars to scrape these bumps. The car has been lowered a fair bit but I really cant go as low as I want due to this, but nevermind. It handles like a dream so thats the main thing.Thats my story so far... Edited November 7, 2010 by DanGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomica Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 welcomee thats a clean loop wid 104k on the clock nice find also sweet looking leon dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy_lass Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Very nice, I absolutely love Starlites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croakey Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Looks very clean for the mileage!I liked the look of your Leon at Edition too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12yan Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Nice one Red lupo and Starlites = win lol Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) Hello horse boy The Lupo looks very clean and tidy, the startlites are looking good! Edited September 12, 2010 by lunalupi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Looks great! I want your wheels ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Thanks for the comments guys. Going for the super clean immaculate OEM look like Ryan, going to clean up and polish some bits in the engine bay as well now. Thats all new to me as the engine in the Leon has never been about good looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Looks good Dan! Hope the lady appreciates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben.g Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 nice dude! looks really tidy.how did you do the aux in on the HU. can you share any info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) nice dude! looks really tidy.how did you do the aux in on the HU. can you share any info?Thanks,Yes the cheapest way which is purely an input using the headphone jack of your mp3 player/cd palyer etc, is using a cable like this:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230497184556With the headunit in the Lupo, you need one of these 'intellegent' units as it sends a signal to the headunit to emulate an attached CD player. Basic aux-in cables will not work and the HU will never switch to the CD player input, that was the first mistake I made Its easy to fit, and I found the best place to postion the cable is to feed it under the HU into the tray that sits under the headunit. There are already large holes to feed the cable into the tray.The Cable then sits in the tray so you can conveniently place your ipod or whatever in there for your journey. Let me know if you need any photos. Edited September 13, 2010 by DanGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Looks good Dan! Hope the lady appreciates it. Yeah she loves the wheels, they were her idea. She wants them done in white though.. im not so sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Red and white works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Red and white works well Yeah you would say that..She wants a white with sparkly bits, but I think the silver just looks too classy to change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Starlites really don't look good at all in white. They lose definition and dimension in bright colours.The silver helps to give them dimensional shadow which really emphasises the shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 (edited) Currently polishing the manifold heatshield, its a right arse as the metal is really uneven and bumpy so its difficult to do it with a electric sander! and all those black spots were almost impossible to remove..Before: Edited September 18, 2010 by DanGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsley-Arosa Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 leon looked cool at ED38!This looks good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layum8 Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Tidy Looking car there.Liking the Starlites! She wants a white with sparkly bits, but I think the silver just looks too classy to change!Just started spraying my winter wheels which are going to be white with silver glitter - Great minds think alike.Let you know how they turn out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben.g Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Thanks,Yes the cheapest way which is purely an input using the headphone jack of your mp3 player/cd palyer etc, is using a cable like this:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230497184556With the headunit in the Lupo, you need one of these 'intellegent' units as it sends a signal to the headunit to emulate an attached CD player. Basic aux-in cables will not work and the HU will never switch to the CD player input, that was the first mistake I made Its easy to fit, and I found the best place to postion the cable is to feed it under the HU into the tray that sits under the headunit. There are already large holes to feed the cable into the tray.The Cable then sits in the tray so you can conveniently place your ipod or whatever in there for your journey. Let me know if you need any photos.Thanks dude. So is there a way of running both the aux in and the cd changer together? do you have any pics? Cheers dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 (edited) Thanks dude. So is there a way of running both the aux in and the cd changer together? do you have any pics? Cheers dudenot sure about running the CD changer and AUX, I dont think so?Heres a pic of the cable installed: Edited September 27, 2010 by DanGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 (edited) Gave a bit of a clean yesterday, cant believe how bright the paintwork is Spent a hour removing about 10,000 white horse hairs as well from inside!Also de-wipered the rear. The Wiper was a right arse to get off. The Halfords gromet is a bit grey looking, any ideas to make it a bit more black? Edited September 27, 2010 by DanGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12yan Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice work Dan !!!!Looks stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Looks lovely and subtle.I see you're in SE London, Prept wednesday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGB Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 thanks dude, I strive for your cleanliness Currently detailnig the engine bay and blinging it up a little.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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