2002 VW Lupo Cambridge - JDO

[Deaky97]

Much better above the door handle and flowing down and out. Going to look killer with the wheels and those stripes!

Yeah man glad you agree! Final stages now hahaha

[hinrichs]

Much better above the door handle and flowing down and out. Going to look killer with the wheels and those stripes!

[Deaky97]

On the decals front, me and Hoot Designs have had a rework of the stripes, i think they look a lot better like this now:



What we thinking? I personally prefer them flowing like this!

[Deaky97]

ratings, I say get grey centre caps to tie it all together...

NOW how about you draft me up some OEM decals )))

p.s heres a present

This is all kinds of amazingness

[Mehowski]

ratings, I say get grey centre caps to tie it all together...

NOW how about you draft me up some OEM decals )))

p.s heres a present

[Deaky97]

DECALS



SUCH OEMS



(Gold decals will have been removed oc)

[Deaky97]

for a VW, this isn't to bad.

Hahaha, trying to make it slightly different to the norm

[Benwalsh91]

for a VW, this isn't to bad.

[Deaky97]

Had an hour spare last night so i've got another little job out the way..

Managed to crush my indicator connectors so i've had to replace them, thankfully we've got the stocked at work, other than pins for them.



Good job we've got a god knows box of pins! Miraculously found some lol







All done, just need to find some slim conduit now!

Also had a play with the notch, just to have a quick look at how much lower it sits now the coils been wound down 10 threads so it's now maxed out.

BEFORE



AFTER



So i've now lost about 15mm off the overall height, but i want more. Helpers are coming out now.

[Deaky97]

Dude of course, shoot a message when you are think to coming!

Your were that low without a notch? You're crazy!

And like I said on Instagram, 2inch lip up front!

I will do bro!! And yeah i just let the driveshaft do the work lol, needed to have a proper bash on it to get it sorted lol

[Deaky97]

The speedlines were definitely the best choice

I did like them, just wasn’t the look i was after!

looking good man!

Cheers dude! Hopefully have it driving in a few weeks!!

Looking stella, proud of ya

Almost there dude! Just need that banner now to get the look going

[Mehowski]

Looking stella, proud of ya

[DawsonLiri]

I'll be over your side of the world next year i think for some shows, you'll have to meet me

Yeah man 110%, Was the main reason i bought the car hahaha. Body work came back Friday. You'll see in about 5 mins when i've written up my update

Dude of course, shoot a message when you are think to coming!

So, SUPER busy weekend, but have smashed out a shit ton of work.

Main job was doing the notch in the chassis rail/crash beam. Now if you're not sure what a notch is, it's essentially a cut out that allows your driveshaft to have more room to move without smacking the bottom of your car (Meaning i can go stupid low). I was going to give it a go, but as i've only really got limited experience with body work, i wanted a professional (My Dad) to do it. He's done 4 bare metal resto's over the past 15 years with 2 concourse magazine features so it was definitely worth the ask!

Initial cut out, 1.25" radial hole





Plate was then cut on, tried and cut down to size to ensure it fitted the hole perfectly. Then welded in and sanded back.







And there's your notch. Currently looks like that as i need to get hold of some underseal and paint! You can see in the last photo how much more travel room the shaft now has, under load or cornering that shaft was rubbing on the body and had left a groove!

Now the cool bit. While my Dad sorted that, i was ripping the interior out and putting the front end back on....

MAN i can't wait to get this done.







So so happy with the paintwork, needs a tiny bit of blending in with the doors etc as the colour is just the tiniest bit out but i'd expected this to be the case anyway. My bumper was like this until is had some sun on it to bleach it slightly, so it might just need some life to blend it in!

Wheel colour works so well with the body, i just need to get hold of some lips now so i can get it rolling!!

Your were that low without a notch? You're crazy!

And like I said on Instagram, 2inch lip up front!

[Benwalsh91]

looking good man!

[SoapHero]

The speedlines were definitely the best choice