Discussion
Right, where do I start.
I have owned the car for 4 and a half years now, its been through a couple of different looks. I went down the silly 'scene' route with stupid camber and dished wheels, budget AP coilovers as low as they could go.
In the last year I see sense and decided to make use of the car for what it was designed for. I set about getting some new coilovers, I opted for BC Racing as I heard nothing but good things about these. I was then on the look out for a set of lightweight wheels, a set of Team Dynamic 1.2's were my choice. I then soon changed to a set of OZ Ultralegerra's. A few other handling upgrades such as front and rear anti roll bars were fitted. Every single bush was replaced under the car, a mixture of Powerflex and OEM were used as i didn't want the ride to be too hard on on the road.
The next thing was some lightweight seats, at the time I had a set of Corsa VXR Recaro's re-trimmed which looked lovely but weighed a lot. After sitting in a pair of Recaro Pole Positions, these had to be the seats. A week later I had set in the car with some OMP Harnesses to match my OMP steering wheel.
I had the car weighed, without me and a full tank of fuel it came in at 930kg.
Modifications so far:
4-2-1 Stainless Manifolds into a decat Janspeed system.
BMC cold air intake
BC Coilovers
Whiteline RARB
H&R FARB
Powerflex bushes
Recaro Pole Positions
OMP 4 point harnesses
OMP steering wheel
OZ Ultralegerra
G60 Brake upgrade
Braided Brake Lines
Wheel stud conversion.
Future plans are to get a bit more power out of the 1.6 with a port and polished head, cams and a new inlet manifold.
A CAE shifter is also on the list.
For anyone interested in seeing more pics you can follow me on Instagram: @ClaytonJoness
This is one long journey in short basically lol. I'll leave a few picture below of what it used to look like and how it looks now.
I have owned the car for 4 and a half years now, its been through a couple of different looks. I went down the silly 'scene' route with stupid camber and dished wheels, budget AP coilovers as low as they could go.
In the last year I see sense and decided to make use of the car for what it was designed for. I set about getting some new coilovers, I opted for BC Racing as I heard nothing but good things about these. I was then on the look out for a set of lightweight wheels, a set of Team Dynamic 1.2's were my choice. I then soon changed to a set of OZ Ultralegerra's. A few other handling upgrades such as front and rear anti roll bars were fitted. Every single bush was replaced under the car, a mixture of Powerflex and OEM were used as i didn't want the ride to be too hard on on the road.
The next thing was some lightweight seats, at the time I had a set of Corsa VXR Recaro's re-trimmed which looked lovely but weighed a lot. After sitting in a pair of Recaro Pole Positions, these had to be the seats. A week later I had set in the car with some OMP Harnesses to match my OMP steering wheel.
I had the car weighed, without me and a full tank of fuel it came in at 930kg.
Modifications so far:
4-2-1 Stainless Manifolds into a decat Janspeed system.
BMC cold air intake
BC Coilovers
Whiteline RARB
H&R FARB
Powerflex bushes
Recaro Pole Positions
OMP 4 point harnesses
OMP steering wheel
OZ Ultralegerra
G60 Brake upgrade
Braided Brake Lines
Wheel stud conversion.
Future plans are to get a bit more power out of the 1.6 with a port and polished head, cams and a new inlet manifold.
A CAE shifter is also on the list.
For anyone interested in seeing more pics you can follow me on Instagram: @ClaytonJoness
This is one long journey in short basically lol. I'll leave a few picture below of what it used to look like and how it looks now.
Edited by claytonjones on Monday 18th December 08:11
Edited by claytonjones on Tuesday 19th December 07:29
Edited by claytonjones on Tuesday 19th December 07:47
Edited by claytonjones on Tuesday 19th December 10:11
Edited by claytonjones on Saturday 23 December 21:21
That's a great looking little Lupo and I'm glad to see it's now not scraping the desk. If it was a 1.0 it may get away with it but the GTi deserves more so I'm liking the more performance orientated mods now. 
I used to have a Lupo Sport back in 2010. That was low on a set of KW coilovers. Raceland manifold, induction kit and exhaust meant it ran a respectable 117bhp on a rolling road. Was a good laugh I must admit and a car that received it's share of compliments. People just like Lupos it seems.
Good work OP.
I used to have a Lupo Sport back in 2010. That was low on a set of KW coilovers. Raceland manifold, induction kit and exhaust meant it ran a respectable 117bhp on a rolling road. Was a good laugh I must admit and a car that received it's share of compliments. People just like Lupos it seems.
Good work OP.
Nice! I'm about to start a new job and I'm going to see how much of a chew the train is and if that doesn't work out, I've already been scouting eBay etc for a Lupo GTI to run halfway there and get the tram the rest of the way to work. Had a couple of 6N2 Polo GTIs which I really liked apart from the cheese gearbox so would love a Lupo...
Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff