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Spenny's 2nd TDI


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finally got my Lupo Tdi, its my second car, the first was a 1.0 red seat arosa
travelled 14 hours from Leeds to Cardiff and back to get her home

He's a black tdi with full colour coded interior, which means blue/black leather seats and headrests, leather gaiter and handbrake cover, leather upper door cards, leather stitched steering wheel, cup holders, heated seats, sport alloys etc etc

after a four hour clean:
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my old car:
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still lots to do so i'll keep you posted:
- bee sting ariel
- colour code badge Carbon fibre wrapped, ready to be fitted
- paint callipers Red
- sort out paintwork
- fix gearbox (if i can?)
- clean interior (boot full of dog hairs) All interior stripped and cleaned
- Fix speakers (cracked)
- paint door handles (scratched) Wrapped in blue carbon fibre
- New alloys Tsw venoms painted and fitted, only temporary until Bathurst are refurbed
- Lowering
- new Grill FK grill honeycomb with GTI badge, ready to be fitted
- rear spoiler bought, need to be painted and fitted
- re-map?

thanks for taking the time to look, any comments would be appreciated :yes:

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looks good! great base for modding, wish i had a tdi ;)

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thanks guys, ye brad i was looking for about 2 months for a tdi before i found this one

and not sure yet Rowan, got some old TSW Venoms in the garage i am going to put on while i save up :thumbsup:

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ah hope mine is something like that mate, let me know when you get yours done. and to your earlier question, no they havent been retrimmed, they are factory, thi car was a demonstrator model so was loaded with all the extras VW had at the time :thumbsup:

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yes mate i have 1 rear headrest so i took it out because it looks lopsided, just until i buy a new one and get it retrimmed :-)

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also just ordered some leather fabric to retrim my headliner, door handles and rear headrest (when i get one)

does anyone have a spare rear headrest or now where i can get one?

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ok so got the mods off and running with the simplest of starts:

out with the old 6 foot one:

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in with the bee sting:

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thats all for now, update on lowering to follow!

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also picked these up until i can get a set of coilovers:

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second hand but only used for a month so a bargain at £20 i think!

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cheers mate, nice to get the ball rolling with a few small mods :thumbsup:

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also just ordered some leather fabric to retrim my headliner, door handles and rear headrest (when i get one)

does anyone have a spare rear headrest or now where i can get one?

Car looks good mate. I think i've got a spare headrest in the loft if you want it? Need to have a search around first though haha

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ahh ye mate that would be great! if you could find it i'll arrange a courier to pick it up. thanks, PM me :thumbsup:

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that'd be fine mate, or theres a website called MyHermes.co.uk which is usually cheaper than the post office. just let me know and i'll send the money ot your paypal if you have one. thanks a bunch :thumbsup:

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cheers pete :thumbsup:

another update:

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honeycomb grill :cheeky:

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going to incorpoate it still, and try and fit it onto the grill so it still fills the bonnet recess. will take a bit of messing about but i defo want the vw badge :yes:

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any ideas on how much my car will be worth with the gearbox fixed guys?

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2001, 126k miles, full service history,

not selling, just curious

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