VW Lupo - From standard to now - UK

[KentGTi]

Looking good, man are they really 15's? They look like 13's or something

yeah 15s lol, they look tiny in the photos but... the cars tiny anyway lol

[Anonymoose]

Looking good, man are they really 15's? They look like 13's or something

[KentGTi]

Not the route I was expecting to go, but it needs doing sooner or later. Going to fully Dynamat the car & save like crazy for a new stereo. I've been wanting one for ages & was going to stick my old JVC unit in but I'd be loosing both my factory Sat Nav & PhatNoise system so the negatives outweighed the positives for doing it.

Saving for a Pioneer F930BT, wish I had a better job!


I plan on using Focal/Rainbow/Genesis branded equipment, looks like I'm going to be buying bit by bit.



Best get saving!

[KentGTi]

Bought the Loop early October 2010 after selling up my old car. I drove it standard for a few months saving up as I have a lot of plans for it.

It's a 2001 & has the 6speed gearbox, A/C, MCD Sat Nav, Phatnoise harddrive, heated leather seats, VW plate & only 27k on the clock!

Here's how it stood when I bought it:







Since then, I've replaced worn parts. Original centrecaps as they had corroded, interior doorhandles as rubber had peeled and bits of interior trim that had faded as I wanted it looking perfect. The previous owner had done a great job & had bought winter mats, boot protectors, seat protectors etc. Nothing too exciting

I changed the rear lights to the Cambridge version which was from the European SE model. The indicator and reverse strips are same colour and IMO looks smarter.

Left is cambridge light, right was standard.


Since then I've been saving & spending:
Modifications to date:

• KW V1 Coilovers
• BBS RM's - 15x6.5 & 15x7.5
• Rolled & slightly flared arches
• Camber shims on the rear (-2.5) & fronts pulled to -1.5.
• Pressed metal plates
• Polo 9n2 Rear aero wiper (Winter)
• De-wiper blank (Summer)
• Polo GTI Red grill trim
• Cambridge rear lights
• Sharran 90mm rear VW badge
• GTI door sills
• LED replacement bulbs all round
• Polo 6n2 Stubby Aerial
• Mk5 Golf Flip Key

Finally got enough money saved up for some coilovers, went for the KW V1's expensive but IMO worth it. Been in cars with either cheap eBay coilies or AP coilovers and felt every bump going.


Kept it like that for a few months before stumbling across a set of wheels ready for the summer, I had my eye on some deep dish Enkei Mesh 92's 15x7 all round but a stupidly low offset especially with the adapters on as they were Porsche fitment. Which.... stupidly I ended up buying. I test fitted and was disappointed, there was a stupid amount of poke on the front, way more than I wanted. I put the standard wheels back on and sold the Enkei's a week later for £80 profit so all in all worked out well.

Enkei's:





Only a month later and another long journey went & collected some BBS RM012's. They're staggered 15x6.5front ET33 & 15x7.5 rears ET20. Perfect size IMO, they had been sat on a project Mk1 which hadn't been out of the garage since he owned it.

Got them wrapped in Toyo T1Rs, 195/45/15's. Didn't want to run stretch like the Enkei's had.



Although with the RM's on, had to raise the back end up as was hitting the arch on the smallest of bumps as you can see it sitting high.

Finally got around to getting the arches rolled & slightly flared, didn't fancy my chances doing it myself as REALLY didn't want the paint to crack. Another 2 hour round trip and not even a slight scrape!

How it's sitting now after a few more mods & tweaks!




rear wheel by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


front angle by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


BBS Close Up by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


Rear BBS by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


1 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


4 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


DSC01178 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr



5 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


7 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


8 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


9 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


1 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr

It was still sitting higher than I had wanted, mainly on the rear. I had lowered back down after the arch rolling but still couldn't go stupidly low on it.

Got round to giving it a proper clean ready for Deva Dubs show.

- Bilt Clay Bar
- Dodo Juice Born to be mild shampoo
- AutoGlym super resin polish
- Dodo Juice Light Fantastic Wax
- Dodo Juice Red Mist detailer
- Poorboys tyre dressing
- Autoglym glass polish


Wheels were done over with AutoGlym metal polish which has completely faded the mirror finish & Poorboys wheel sealant. So had to scrub them to try and get as much of it as possible off :/



Managed to come home with a trophy too




Again nothing changed for about 4 months until



Ordered some camber shims, got them fitted and took it for the alignment. It's running -2.5 rear and -1.5 front now. Finally I got a bit of extra clearance to get it wound down more.


DSC01242 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


DSC01246 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr


DSC01247 by LupoGTi Photography, on Flickr

I have quite a few more plans, but they're on the hushhhhhhh at the mo!