VW Lupo - From standard to now - UK

[Francois Dillinger]

love it so far. would definitely benefit from wider lips and more low though

[IGeL]

The Car looks Great and the front splitter looks rad man keep it

[KentGTi]

love it so far. would definitely benefit from wider lips and more low though

Thanks mate, yeah I'm not sure what to do though. Either going to build the RM's out to 8.5 rear and put the 7.5 upfront or I'm able to get a set of these from Poland.



They're Giovanni Cantoni's. And are 15x7, would look lovely with a polished lip & the centres finished in red.

Car does sit lower than the picture above but an uneven drive doesn't help!

The Car looks Great and the front splitter looks rad man keep it

Thankyou

[KentGTi]

Windscreen was replaced a couple of days ago, it's lovely looking out with no chips/scratches!

Gavin couldn't come out though as Autoglass wanted £590 or £500 if I paid there and then over the phone ... rang around locally and they came the next morning for £132. Luckily for me the tinter paid out!

Surprising enough he came back to give it another shot, this time without touching the mirror! lol

He then offered to do my back 3 windows for free as a way of apology, I wasn't sure but for free I couldn't refuse!

Here's a few pictures from when I finished work:


DSC01497 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


DSC01495 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


DSC01494 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


DSC01492 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


The tint looks darker in the photos than it actually is, probably as they were taken around 9pm. It's a 35% tint.

I'm still not sure on the back 3 but it's growing on me, but I do like the sunstrip. Each to their own I guess as I bet it won't be many peoples cup of tea.

Anyway... if anyone in Worcestershire needs their windows tinting... I couldn't recommend him enough. All I paid was £30 for 2 trips out, new windscreen, sunstrip & rear 3 windows tinted. And his work is high quality, he's about as fussy as me. Not a single bubble/mark/crease!

[KentGTi]

Finally finished polishing one wheel... yeah only done the one as I have work, it's taken me 3 hours and I couldn't even open a can of coke my hand was that dead.

Now I know why people send stuff away for it to be polished up...

And because it took me so long... here's some pictures (They're all unedited, not even touched the brightness/contrast)!


One wheel polished - 3 hours later.. by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


Tadaaa by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


2 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


1 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr

Going do the other 3 over the weekend, hopefully it wont be as warm as it was today though!!

And here's a couple more I took considering I had the camera out already & I had cleaned it, ya know!


8 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


7 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


6 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr

Now time for work

[Shepherd]

Your Lupo looks great,dude. Therims fit it nicely, just could be a bit lower

[rresetrrewind]

Wow man. Looks good.

[CubbyChowder]

love it!

[dav3design]

That's pretty sexy!

[premium detailing]

Car looks stunning bud!

Good shout with the DODO stuff! You can also use their waxes to protect your wheels, i often use one of the harder waxes designed for protection, Hard Candy works really well and smells amazing!

You can also use it on your car to get best results, laying on the Light fantastic to enhance the shine and then upping your protection adding the HC on top for long lasting protection

(Im DODO approved haha)

[SinlessVillainy]

I really dig this build!

[-Erik-]

Love the way it looks! Subscribed

[KentGTi]

Been a while, getting ready for winter. Gave the car a fresh detail to prepare.





Spent just under 100 quid on the following:

Ordered:
- Elite Plush drying towel
- Elite Polishing Towel
- Elite Buffing towel
- Dodo Juice glass waffle weave cloth
- Dodo Juice glass cleaner
- Dodo Juice sponge
- Autoglym interior sponge
- Sonus foam applicator pad
- Poorboys White Diamond Glaze (looking forward to trying this)
- Raceglaze Leather cleaner + Brush
- Raceglaze Leather balm
- Megs tyre applicator

Decided to give my leather a good clean today using Raceglaze Cleanser and Raceglaze Balm. I've previously used Renapur which was good but this stuff is amazing! Neither of the bottles smelt of leather, one smelt of polish and the other of pee but my leather now smells brand new and looks the part too as it had gone quite shiny and creased.

It got rid of the majority of the smaller creases and it feels lush to sit on. Here's a quick picture from when done:



And I also found the replacement passenger side door handle & grab handles I'd been meaning to fit under my bed. I did the drivers side ages ago but decided that was me done for the day as they aren't the easiest things to change! The rubber was peeling which bugged the hell out of me!

Although.... I've come inside and left it like this:



The car took me about 9/10 hours to fully go over, clay bar'd, washed, glazed, polished & waxed it!!

The reflections on the bonnet looked brilliant after and it felt well soft







^ and I de-locked both drivers & passenger door handles



The winter wheels are going on next week before the salt comes & I plan on building the wheels out, although.. most of my money is being saved for a 4-1 manifold with decat & custom exhaust. Going to be doing this in the next month just after my MOT! Can't wait!!

[xk120c]

Any Updates on this...

[h4ml3t]

I want one !!