Little Green Giant Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Fit a standard rear beam, lose the widetrack at the back ? !!!! please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjkkk Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Care to show me a picture of this "standard" rear beam and what's a "widetrack"? Sorry I don't know the terms in english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Care to show me a picture of this "standard" rear beam and what's a "widetrack"? Sorry I don't know the terms in english.The GTI beam is (40mm?) wider than the non-GTI one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjkkk Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Hmm is it really? Would it be "bolt-on" kind of swap? What else use a same beam as the non-GTI Lupo? Lupos are really hard to find here, unlike there. What about Polo 6N/6N2? EDIT: It seems it's not wider after all http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=74292 What a great website this is, you find EVERYTHING on here Edited February 5, 2011 by jjjkkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niallod Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Friend had a few fresh photos.take care y'allunbelievable !!!!!cant wait to mines finished completely on friday just waiting on a bit of welding to be done every mm counts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjkkk Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Don't tease!I like the sound of welding part, especially if it's about chassis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty b-road Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niallod Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 We shall see how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 ive just had some welding done, ... STATIC WINS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjkkk Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Everybody seems to work on something Blah, I, myself need to wait 'till spring... still few months to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niallod Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 ive just had some welding done, ... STATIC WINS yea it wins wen your properly low. imo.....i wasnt low enough. you could still put your finger under my bumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 its not about bumpers, its about arch gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 jowey speaks the truth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niallod Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 well find me a set of tramonts in 15" then ya see dont work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjkkk Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) Painted black. Oh and I'm well annoyed too! I wanna install the steering wheel but I don't know what it takes! Do I need to modify slip ring? Solder joints? Rewire? Never done this and never taken a wheel apart before. All possible tools are here where I am but the damn car is miles away in safe! Impossible to try and compare and check out things...Only thing I know for sure is that these kind of wheels should fit staight to Mk5's. But will Mk5 steering wheels fit straight to Lupo? Think not... Edited February 8, 2011 by jjjkkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 should go straight on.Mk5 steering wheel is the same as Mk4 and Mk4 steering wheels are the same as Lupo'sThe airbag connection should be the same too. Of not just use the connector off the Lupo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatttty Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 should go straight on.Mk5 steering wheel is the same as Mk4 and Mk4 steering wheels are the same as Lupo'sThe airbag connection should be the same too. Of not just use the connector off the LupoYou'll need the slip ring from the lupo steering wheel as the connections are wrong, also the MK4/5/6 wheels dont have a slip ring on the back so you need to mount the lupo one to the back of the wheel. Air bag connections need to be cut and re-soldered along with the earth wiring and horn.99hjhm was a lifesaver and helped me out with the wiring on my MK6 wheel. Took him about 3-4 hours. Actually mounting the slip ring to the back of the wheel took me about 5 hours as I had to file about 4mm off the back of the wheel and the boss to get it to fit aswell as carefully drilling the mounting holes and counter sinking them.Worth it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Come on Fatttty, do me a favour and sort a how to out!! Need summat to keep me interested in my interior!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatttty Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Come on Fatttty, do me a favour and sort a how to out!! Need summat to keep me interested in my interior!!haha the wiring was beyond me mate, MK5 wiring is a bit different to the MK6 but I got the general jist of it. If you want any info on mounting the slip ring etc just PM me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Cheers buddy! Need to get myself ETKA and ELSA really so I know how stuff comes to bits and get some wiring diagrams on the go! I will no doubt be in touch at some point tho matey, I feel the need to stop spamming this thread now tho, whoops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooch Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 got same mk6 steering wheel in mine not to bad to fit.you paint the inserts black or they come black? mine are satin silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatttty Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 got same mk6 steering wheel in mine not to bad to fit.you paint the inserts black or they come black? mine are satin silverMines the R-Line Gloss Black. It should have the MF Buttons but I had them removed and smoothed over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooch Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 oh right. ive got the non multi-function wheel i.e no buttonslovely wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Well volunteered then Hooch! Crack on with a how to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooch Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 you need a post count of 100 to post in the how to section....everyone knows that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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