mccathei09 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) I bought my Lupo GTi about 5 months ago so don't know everything about them, as only my 2nd car just turned 19. I have the original invoice from when the car was bought in London and has every optional extra except the sunroof. It also has the colour concept in Jazz Blue, as the car has black/blue heated leather, blue gaitor, blue handbrake and black mats with blue trim. I just replaced the gaitor and handbrake for black ones as they looked a little tatty, before I got rid of the blue ones I looked on here to see if the colour concept is common or not. All I could find on here was the colour concept being available on the Lupo Sport, so was wondering if anyone else knew of a colour concept GTi? Thanks Josh.Edit: If it does turn out to be rare, does anyone know where I could get a new blue gaitor and handbrake or if I could get mine reconditioned? Edited June 6, 2011 by mccathei09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottster Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) Sounds v rare - never heard of one like it. Edited June 6, 2011 by Pottster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopEd Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Are you sure it's not that someone's put a colour concept interior into a standard GTI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccathei09 Posted June 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Are you sure it's not that someone's put a colour concept interior into a standard GTI?No I've got the original invoice of when it was bought brnad new from VW and it's on there, I bought this car with more luck than judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newnesie Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 this is the first GTi colour concept I have heard of on here, seems bloody rare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopEd Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Have you got any pictures of the interior? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusgrant Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 its a gti in jazz blue?! need pictures....!this is the first GTi colour concept I have heard of on here, seems bloody rare They are rare, the only one i;ve seen was a red colour concept with barry boy wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I think its just the interior marcus.OP, that is unbeleivably rare. So much so that I bet most people didnt even know they existed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Bit odd as the idea of a colour concept was that it was colour co-ordinated throughout.Does the receipt actually say "blue leather" or just "leather"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidebrothers Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I like to see some pictures of your car, sounds very interesting this!Must be rare that, not many 'colour concepts' about anyway never mind in GTI form!Nice one Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 This thread is useless without pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I never heard of this being an extra or something you could take out on the L00000000p!Pics must be seen of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 pics & tits, or GTFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 if possible, pm me your chassis number and I'll have a look at the vehicle specs to see if this is a factory issue or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccathei09 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Bit odd as the idea of a colour concept was that it was colour co-ordinated throughout.Does the receipt actually say "blue leather" or just "leather"?Just checked the invoice and it says 'blue leather'. I didn't realise it was such a rare option, wasn't until I sold my old alloys to someone on here and he commented on my interior that I had a look around about it. Stuck at college atm only got this photo I took on my phone that has the new black handbrake and gaitor, but looks as though I will definitely be looking buy a new blue gaitor at least as all the top of it is shredded by rings off the previous owners girlfriend .Anyways heres the photo (bad quality on my phone)Will get some more up later of the rest of the interior, I know its standard spec because the guys at VW Listers were impressed when I gave them the chasis number when buying a new centre brake light, gaitor and full exhaust system (ouch!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsextornado Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Just checked the invoice and it says 'blue leather'. I didn't realise it was such a rare option, wasn't until I sold my old alloys to someone on here and he commented on my interior that I had a look around about it. Stuck at college atm only got this photo I took on my phone that has the new black handbrake and gaitor, but looks as though I will definitely be looking buy a new blue gaitor at least as all the top of it is shredded by rings off the previous owners girlfriend .Anyways heres the photo (bad quality on my phone)Will get some more up later of the rest of the interior, I know its standard spec because the guys at VW Listers were impressed when I gave them the chasis number when buying a new centre brake light, gaitor and full exhaust system (ouch!)Are your doors silver? Should they not be jazz blue like the rest of the car? Looks tidy though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Haha busted!!Op owns a moon / replex gti and has bought some colour concept seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipwell Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Haha busted!!Op owns a moon / replex gti and has bought some colour concept seatsBut thats the whole point of this thread, that he has colour concept seats in his GTI. We knew it wasn't going to be a Jazz blue GTI.Might be original, but at £2000?, I think they were mad to have done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Just checked the invoice and it says 'blue leather'. ...I know its standard spec because the guys at VW Listers were impressed when I gave them the chasis number when buying a new centre brake light, gaitor and full exhaust system (ouch!)Are your doors silver? Should they not be jazz blue like the rest of the car? Looks tidy thoughThat was exactly what I thought, but seems he has the original invoice to back up what he's saying.Haha busted!!Op owns a moon / replex gti and has bought some colour concept seatsAgain, seems he has the original invoice.I'm sure VW would do whatever you wanted from the parts bin if you paid enough. I can't quite see the point of a blue interior though. Thought red would have been more in keeping with the red GTI touches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccathei09 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 But thats the whole point of this thread, that he has colour concept seats in his GTI. We knew it wasn't going to be a Jazz blue GTI.Might be original, but at £2000?, I think they were mad to have done it.Yeah 2 grand does seem made seeing as 2 owners later I only paid £2900 for the whole car!!! However according to the service history the first owner lived in Kensington it seems and had it on a private plate, then only drove it for 4,000 miles in 2 years, so probably wasnt too much for them to wack on a extra £2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 You bought that for 2900? What wrong with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 53 plate GTI for £2900? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_273 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Bargain!Colour concepts also came with matching (blue in this case) stitching on the steering wheel. Is yours red like a standard GTI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Uhoh my bad just the thread title is a bit confusing on an iphoneTo me it reads colour concept gti.... So i thought it would be jazz blueSome 1st owners go crazyMy golf mk4 tdi had heated recaro leather at a £2200 cost optionThats just bananas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccathei09 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Yes! Mine has got blue stitching on the steering wheel. I agree red would of been better as I've got the red GTi seatbelts. I got it through a friend of a friend that heard I was interested in getting a Lupo GTi. The girl just needed to get rid of it because she needed a diesel and she got off the first owner cheap as she was a family member. I got it cheap as she didn't have a clue what she had, didn't even tell me it had A/C until I viewed it and saw it. She hadn't looked after it very well such as the alloys were kerbed, was VERY VERY dirty, dent in the bonnet. But a guy I race against works for VW and when I spoke to him said he had a GTi engine with only 18,000 miles on that was taken out for Volkswagen Racing and replaced for 1.8T, so I got that engine,brand new alternator, cambelt kit, pumps, flywheel, clutch, plugs, leads, discs, pads, shocks etc.. for about £800 through him as she hadn't changed the oil for about 40,000 miles so thought I would play it safe with all the money left over at that price. Then just bought Bathursts, bonnet off here, got a new centre brake light and made it water tight, stuck some new Toyo 205's on and swapped the sidelights for LED bulbs. Washed, polished and waxed the hell out of it and now it looks almost as good as some of the great ones on here (that are left standard, its the best look ). Only thing left is to buy a lower front bumper as mine is slightly scrathced on the one corner if you look closely, the sort ones only you notice but it stands out everytime you wash it and annoys the hell out of you!!Just put the blue gaitor back on and prefer the black not too keen on too much blue.... will just keep them to wack back on when I come to sell it.Thanks for the advice guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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