lupo182 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 finaly doing a thread bought my lupo for £500 expecting a reck but quite supprised 110k miles ok bodywork apart from accident damaged repairs being shocking and no history.drove home and it started to mess allready but it was expected managed to limped it home. the following day had a look into it turns out its had a new engine and who ever put it in did not like to change spark plugs and they were shot so i did a full service cambelt ,water pump the lot taking no risks with the no service history which i went with the genuine belt and water pump thanks to tps finished work on the saterday to do the service ended up finishing the belt and pump in the dark and rain which i wasent pleased about but test drove it and it was sound bleed up easy and drove spot on so that solved that problem and on the sunday i fitted the coilovers i ordered before i even got the car silly me love it like a go cart grip is amazing few pics of it at the moment list to do: new wheels lower to suit wheels (slamed)standerd exhaust (taking the chavy evo thing off)smoothed boot ,bumpers and tidy up the tatty repairs and body workprobly more but i cant think as of yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo182 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 just finished dyeing my headliner a cheap option i have found it to be at autoglym black dye being £4.50 per can and i used 2. just have the handles and sunvisors to paint up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Bargain, mine also had quite shocking repairs & no history & I paid twice that haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo182 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 its the front on mine he has pulled the bumper off and cable tied and wood screwed the bumper and grill together and the light lugs are broken and held in also with wood screws i think he was a joiner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark lupo Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Aaaeee a joiner would never use his screws to fix a car ... I recon he was a plumber ! ... Looking forward to the progress of this one .. Mines silver too ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo182 Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 haha thanks mate.i have just looked at yours looks sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo182 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 thort this looked cool this morning few big updates in these few weeks will keep updated jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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