Lupo Lights again...
Lupo Lights again...
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Bassfiend229hp

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5,530 posts

280 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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I don't think I'm brave enough (and I already have two full sets of Lupo headlighs already) but just in case someone is feeling adventurous...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lupo-Gti-Xenon-Headlight...

  • sigh*
Phil

QBee

22,493 posts

174 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Bassfiend229hp said:
I don't think I'm brave enough (and I already have two full sets of Lupo headlighs already) but just in case someone is feeling adventurous...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lupo-Gti-Xenon-Headlight...

  • sigh*
Phil
Phil, next time you need a front end respray at the same time as the car does eek perhaps consider having a speed six light conversion done?. Adds about £350 to the cost of just the paint job.....

TJC46

2,199 posts

236 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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QBee said:
Phil, next time you need a front end respray at the same time as the car does eek perhaps consider having a speed six light conversion done?. Adds about £350 to the cost of just the paint job.....
No, no, no nono.........vomit............... the speed six lights do not suit the Chim at all .I.M.O

The faired in headlights on the last of the chims, really suit the car, and when funds allow, i might just have it done..............but then again..................... i like the "standard" lights as they suit the age of the car................................ .....confused

Its all about personal taste.

The later faired in lights on the mark 2 Tuscan really look the dogs bcensoredks.....................but thats on a Tuscan.

Edited by TJC46 on Wednesday 24th July 20:45

chris1972

3,597 posts

167 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Those are my sentiments... I think we need a group Lupo session, with somebody experienced present!!!

jojackson4

3,049 posts

167 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Leave them alone they look bogeyed

jojackson4

3,049 posts

167 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Sorry am turning into goaty bill

phazed

22,508 posts

234 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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jojackson4 said:
Sorry am turning into goaty bill
Noooooooooooo.................

Bassfiend229hp

Original Poster:

5,530 posts

280 months

Wednesday 24th July 2013
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jojackson4 said:
Sorry am turning into goaty bill
I turned into a side road earlier...

Phil

Bassfiend229hp

Original Poster:

5,530 posts

280 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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I do like the Lupo lights on a Chim ... I think they keep the original style but add a modern feel to the car, I likened it previously to it being like the car having cataracts removed!

The faired in lights look good too but to me they then just look too much like a Griff to me.

The Tuscan "twin" light conversions can look really nice and modern but I've seen some which have three or four light modules embedded in each side of the nose and they can easily look too busy and reminiscent of the "sentinels" in the Matrix...



Phil

QBee

22,493 posts

174 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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It was the two light version to which I was referring, as shown on Central TVR's website. I agree totally that it is a matter of taste. My car happens to need a front end respray, I happen to like the look of the two light conversion.

Bassfiend229hp

Original Poster:

5,530 posts

280 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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I do like the "T350" lights fitted to the Green Chim at the bottom here too...

http://www.sportmotive.com/partsales/headlamp.html

...but £1,800 plus the dreaded! eek

Edited by Bassfiend229hp on Thursday 25th July 07:59

chris1972

3,597 posts

167 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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Bassfiend229hp said:
I do like the "T350" lights fitted to the Green Chim at the bottom here too...

http://www.sportmotive.com/partsales/headlamp.html

...but £1,800 plus the dreaded! eek

Edited by Bassfiend229hp on Thursday 25th July 07:59
Too pricey...

phazed

22,508 posts

234 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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Lupo materials amount to less then £150

chris1972

3,597 posts

167 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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I'm not brave enough... fancy helping? wink

phazed

22,508 posts

234 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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Sure, Autumn/Winter?

chris1972

3,597 posts

167 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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phazed said:
Sure, Autumn/Winter?
Cheers Peter, I'll take you up on that!

Bassfiend229hp

Original Poster:

5,530 posts

280 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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I'd definitely be up for a "lights weekend" too if that's on the cards ... have two pairs of Lupo headlights in the loft already for this. biggrin

phazed

22,508 posts

234 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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OMG!

Start stocking the beer up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QBee

22,493 posts

174 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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Bassfiend229hp said:
I'd definitely be up for a "lights weekend" too if that's on the cards ... have two pairs of Lupo headlights in the loft already for this. biggrin
Does this mean you will be fitting one set at each end of the car, so you can see where you are going when spinning off backwards? rotate

Bassfiend229hp

Original Poster:

5,530 posts

280 months

Thursday 25th July 2013
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QBee said:
Bassfiend229hp said:
I'd definitely be up for a "lights weekend" too if that's on the cards ... have two pairs of Lupo headlights in the loft already for this. biggrin
Does this mean you will be fitting one set at each end of the car, so you can see where you are going when spinning off backwards? rotate
No - there was a Tiver selling a pair on eBay and with a day to go they'd only got like a tenner on them ... then he pulled the auction because, as he said by email, he wasn't prepared to let them go for peanuts and he wanted "x" for them.

I told him that he was looking way too high and that he really should be looking at "y" for them and he took it as an offer so I kinda felt obligated to buy 'em ... hence I now have two sets. biggrin

Phil