Richud Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Bought my GTI back in september 2009 after looking for the rite one for 8 months, managed to find a 54 plate with 32k on the clock and all the extras the first mods were only small ones, fitted rear aero wiper german pressed plates and red grill piping.couple of months later i lowered it on KW V1 inox coilovers, also installed the awesome ARB. obviously doin them at the same time, the difference from before was crazy.summer of 2010 decided to do the g60 280 upgrade managed to source some carriers off ebay.on the front i went for brembo max disc's and tarox padsrears were max-torque disc's from kamracing with greenstuff pads random shiny photo fitted a cupra splitter, not brilliant for the roads around here....spent more time hanging off than on lolbought some flashy leather bits off a member on here, well happy with these.My bathurst's were lookin pretty tired so a trip to the wheel specialist sorted that out, had them done in black chrome.the rear wheels were hiding in the arches after lowering so i added some 15mm spacers, probably could have gone bigger but didnt want scrubbing.decided to do some engine mods so had a janspeed cat-back fitted and also fitted a BMC with cold air feed.fitted new coil pack and leads when i installed the BMC because the ride was getting abit lumpyAfter reading peoples reactions to power flex bushes i bought a complete set for the front, while i was doin it i decided to fit new ball joints and drop links (what a bitch ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Most recently the car has been in the body shop having the bumpers and boot done, managed to get some pics this afternoon before it got dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubsy Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) definately taking this in the right direction looking really good fella Edited March 3, 2011 by dubsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 definately taking this in the right direction looking really good fellacheers man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emz Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Looking awesome!! I'd take the GTI badge of the tailgate though as it looks good completely smooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat1983 Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Nice but I prefer a VW badge on the boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 yer iv got a smaller badge to put on, when i clean it next i will give it some thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dec Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Excellent example you have just made me wanna get my bathursts done in black chrome! Also I personally love the badge on the boot think it's perfection as I had a smoothed boot on my old sport and got bored of it so I think just the gti badge is the perfect answer gives you something for the eye to catch. Great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatttty Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Wow, very nice example. Some nice mods as well Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbo Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Looking smart, also cant beat a good old pair of Troy Lee's for working on the car in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H3NRY Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Love it. First time ive seen someone smooth out the 3rd brake light. Maybe de-wiper to finish off the smooth back end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Love it. First time ive seen someone smooth out the 3rd brake light. Maybe de-wiper to finish off the smooth back end?i will remove the wiper in the summer, the lupo back end just gets so dirty so quickly. only problem is id wanna put it back on for the winter which is a bugger when you have glued a glass plug into the window lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Looking smart, also cant beat a good old pair of Troy Lee's for working on the car in ha yer in the winter i double up on the troy lee, wear two pairs lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTdi Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Looks fantastic, makes me want a Gti so bad!Think you should get a Mk5 VW boot openeron the boot tho, would finish it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) had a go at using the DA today, im new to this so was abit weary about doin damage so started off light. got all the swirls out of the bonnet but the deeper scratches remain.shall i just stick a course pad and a cutting menzerna and blitz it? Edited March 5, 2011 by Richud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexTRea Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Wish I could find a GTI with that lower mileage!Cracking example!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Looks fantastic, makes me want a Gti so bad!Think you should get a Mk5 VW boot openeron the boot tho, would finish it off!in a perfect world i would but thats alot of work! idealy you need to source a whole mk5 boot and cut the fitting out of that to weld to the lupo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Wish I could find a GTI with that lower mileage!Cracking example!!just keep looking man, i was looking for ages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsley-Arosa Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 very good work!I like the subtle work so far! Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILTD Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Any pics of the front door cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Any pics of the front door cards?the front door cards are standard black gti leather, will get them red leathered someday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 been busy with the car recently so thought id update on here gave the car a good clean and put it in the garage for some machine polishing, im new to the DA but got the hang of it pretty quick.so far iv done the roof and the bonnet.decided to upgrade the OEM headunit and speakers, i went for the pioneer AVH-3300bt and rainbow sax-265 speakers. not running the speakers off an amp yet but i upgraded the speaker wires in preparation for ampage.didnt want any cables hanging around in the cabin so im gonna keep my ipod in the dash.sorry about the glare two bloody weeks after a bumper respray and i have a boulder chip on the front highly annoyed my old aerial was perishing so decided to go for a OEM shark fin item, thanks to Mike_M for thistoday iv just given the interior a good clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj2112 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 that is one nice lupo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richud Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 thanks squire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat1983 Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Really like this! Stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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