gavstar88 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Well I thought it was time that I made a project thread seeing as the mass of parts ive fitted and that are in my room need some indecent exposure Bought the car on 30/10/10, I even went down a day early to go and get it as I was so excited.Now Ive wanted a Lupo for about 4 years now as Ive always loved the way they look, and in that time ive more or less decided what im going to do to it.So here goes...Heres how the car was advertised (bought from a mate)When I got her home (all the parts bar the coilies, which got sold, were given to me taken off, if I had got it a week earlier they would have still been on lol)First thing I bought the night I got the car, were these Wolfsburg Plate Surrounds.And de-badged grill (bonnet recess soon got removed as it was nasty, soon to be smoothed out)The custom Powerflow back box then went on, nice and hidden so I can go lowerMy first pay day then gave way to my first ever set of coilovers Got those and my Mattigs fitted at the earliest available opportunity.Love this pic!Then I finally got round to fitting my old Kenwood flip out unit from my 206, replacing the nasty JVC piece of crap that was already in there.I wanted all the "brain" unit of it to be hidden away, so I ran all the cabling for it back to the boot, and in the wheel well is where it shall live.then decided it would look better a little lower down These were soon to come back from the powdercoaters...and then the bolts were hand painted gold, these will more than likely be the last thing to go on... the last piece of the puzzle if you like My install has been an ongoing project which I now have most of the parts I need to finish..Heres a little start to current state of finish...Starting off - standard bootRemoved the standard boot liner to use as a templateGot all my measurements laid outTrial fit of the subTrial fit of the base itselfThis is where its been left at the mo unfortunately, the false floor is going to be raised up to sit flush with the top of the boot where the bootlid locks in, I had some wooden raisers made up for this so all I now have to do is secure these into the bootpan, trim the false floor so it sits flush with the rear seats and cover it then its ready to go in, still undecided whether im going to use the suedette I have left over from a previous install or to use normal carpet for a more OEM+ look, we shall see Hope you all like my current progress.Other parts awaiting fitment.Audi TT Knee restsTT Pedals (currently being powdercoated matte black.Headlight Protectors (will have a slight modification to them eventually(Pic to follow)Porsche key fobAlphasonik Powercap x2 to go with my new Alpha amp ( mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm )Doorcards - I currently dont have these as theyre having some special treatment watch this space for updates Edited January 9, 2011 by gavstar88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turna29 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 looks nice, cant wait for it to be fully finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lermy Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 looking good there mate coming along nicely, 1 thing though lose the power cap you dont need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) I cant wait for it to be finished either...but its a long way from there yet, so much other stuff to do before im truly happy.But all will be revealed as time goes on As for the powercap, Im going to have to do a bit of research into it as these Alpha ones need to be charged up before use, and Alphasonik know theyre **** when it comes to audio, my collections slowly building of their stuff but its rare that it ever comes up for sale First update: I have some M3 Leather seats coming soon, will have to see how much work its gunna take me to get em fitted Edited December 17, 2010 by gavstar88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99hjhm Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Ralphy's old car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Certainly is...MINE NOW! lolAnyone know where his thread on it was/is?Funnily enough 99hjhm I was just looking at your thread Edited December 17, 2010 by gavstar88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99hjhm Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Certainly is...MINE NOW! lolAnyone know where his thread on it was/is?Funnily enough 99hjhm I was just looking at your thread http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=65073&st=0&p=785055&hl=ralphy's&fromsearch=1entry785055He was a case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Rubbish project thread...hardly anything went on But cheers dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VdubSam Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 looking good pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 Getting there slowly but surely Just wish I hadmore spare cash to get everything sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris c Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 looking nice the keskins should look well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Fingers crossed, they should have a test fit tomorrow if all goes to plan (chances are it wont lol) I just cant wait till its all matte black...then Ill be 95% happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris c Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 the whole car ? i like it in red personally are you vinyl wrapping it just incase you dont like it or painting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 The whole car will be matte black eventually Im going for wrap rather than paint as a) if I dont like it I can just tear it offand the wrap is so much cheaper than paint, you can get a whole car wrapped for like £350!Crazy prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Red Lupo Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 love it! Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris c Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 yeah wrapping is definitely the way to go only downside is its hard to do the door shuts ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 LIKE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted December 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Has to be done... Expensive for a **** key tho lol, still having trouble getting the blade to fit as it's too thick, careful work with the table grinder to thin it down a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Small Install UpdateSeeing as the weather picked up a tad today I thought I'd trial fit the pieces for my install.This is where I realised that there are someDefinite adjustments to be made...Boot as it isRaiser blocks in placeBoard trial fit reveals some interesting issues, the sub hole I've cut is way too far back, and raising the board up also clashes with the fact that the seats are tilted, so this board willBe scrapped, a new one purchased and new measurements taken.As bad as having massive arch gap, this also means that the riser blocks will need to be trimmed down.For the board to sit flush to the top of the bott of the boot (try saying that passed) then a massive 3.5 inches needs to be taken off the top of the blocks to get the right height.This is the blocks all measured up for chopping which I'll do next week when I can be bothered to get the table saw outSo all in all not a bad day for finding out what needs to be done.And if anyone wants the current board of MDF I have which fits the floor of the boot perfectly then they're more than welcome to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossB Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi mate, I recognise your username from 206info . Car looks to be moving along quite nicely, will be interested to see those Keskins fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Ahhh hey Ross, how ya been dude?Finally got my baby sorted, forking love it, was always mega jealous that you had a loop still looking a nice motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossB Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I'm good mate thanks, nice to see another ex-206 owner with a Lupo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 U knows it fella... Onwards and upwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newnesie Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 By the look of your rear end, it needs a clean Gonna look good can't wait to see how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavstar88 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Lol your not wrong nesie has been ages since it's had a wash but it's so damn cold over my way and being I'll for the last few weeks hasn't helped at all.I'm nearly all better now so the Loop will be getting some special treatment soon (snowfoam and detailing products stashed away in my room)Have a few days off this week as my birthdays on Thursday and I intend to spend copious amounts of time on the car and nothing else Watch this space...Lol your not wrong nesie has been ages since it's had a wash but it's so damn cold over my way and being I'll for the last few weeks hasn't helped at all.I'm nearly all better now so the Loop will be getting some special treatment soon (snowfoam and detailing products stashed away in my room)Have a few days off this week as my birthdays on Thursday and I intend to spend copious amounts of time on the car and nothing else Watch this space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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