VW Lupo - From standard to now - UK

[colt czt]

nice work, love it

[KentGTi]

Sorry about such a delay with an update, haven't really kept that upto date with it being winter as not many changes.

Erm, my car passed it's MOT in December with flying colours although they had to lift it onto the ramps ha!

And lots of pictures that I've taken but not posted:


Untitled by Ross Mullins, on Flickr


DSC02355 by Ross Mullins, on Flickr


My Lupo GTI by Ross Mullins, on Flickr


Shiny wheels! by Ross Mullins, on Flickr


DSC02285 by Ross Mullins, on Flickr


DSC02370 by Ross Mullins, on Flickr

Unfortunately there's been no huge changes to the car, although I have ordered some things which are taking FAR too long to arrive as I ordered them 39 days ago today!!! The excitement is slowly dieing down Especially as it cost me the most I've spent on the car, way over £1000!! And no it's not air :P

And due to the bad weather here in the UK just before Christmas, my wheels have turned into this:



They only touched the salt ones and were wiped down straight away but oh well, gives me something car related to do as I've been polishing them up slowly...

And when I say slowly I mean.... well, one wheel took me nearly 10 hours by hand lol!





I've since come to my senses after not being able to move my hand for ages after it cramping lol, and bought a drill foam polisher extension. It doesn't quite give the same finish as by hand but I'm going over them by hand after letting that do most of the work!



The only problem is due to the speed of a drill, it makes the dirt/polish splat everywhere so had to sit in the garage after getting dirt all over the walls, myself, the cat and the carpet



And here's some other little random things that have arrived:





and here's how the car is sat now on the standard winter wheels



Cheers for looking & I'll try to post more soon lol!

[Torben DH]

really a beaut!! love ur car

a little inspiration engine wise 1,8 20VT with 341BHP

http://www.bilgalleri.dk/mar_vis.aspx?MarID=1355345

[Cooke]

Looks really good man, loving that sticker too!

[h4ml3t]

I want one !!

[xk120c]

Any Updates on this...

[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!!

[-Erik-]

Love the way it looks! Subscribed

[SinlessVillainy]

I really dig this build!

[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)

[dav3design]

That's pretty sexy!

[CubbyChowder]

love it!

[rresetrrewind]

Wow man. Looks good.

[Shepherd]

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

[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