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 Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:39 pm |
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Location: West Midlands
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:42 pm |
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Is there any physical way people can ban me from looking at this thread as Ross is tempting me even more in buying a Lupo GTi 
This should look sick 
EDIT - Posted just as the pics came up...I was right...this is ;) ;)!
Please sell it me or would you take my XSi as p/x????
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:45 pm |
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Location: Benfleet, Essex
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:48 pm |
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Location: Leeds / West Midlands
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Looks great mate, needs more poke on the back i reckon though and could possibly go a bit lower?
Love the car and wheels though great stuff!!
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:49 pm |
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The coilovers seem excellent so far, the ride isn't bouncy or crashy at all, barely feels like it's on coilovers! Haven't properly tested out the handling yet but I'm confident it will handle like it's on rails, shame about the Nankang tyres though, lol.
The height of the front was guess work to begin with, but we quickly realised it was a bit too low as the front splitter was hitting the floor, and it looked lower than the rear anyway (rears are set as low as they go). So we raised it up by 5 threads and it made all the difference, no rubbing, and it's coped fine with all bar one speed bump so far . The other good thing is I don't even need to remove the front wheels to alter the height, just simply jack it up and wind them up or down, easy!
I'm chuffed to bits TBH, love it
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:54 pm |
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| snow_n_low wrote: |
Looks great mate, needs more poke on the back i reckon though and could possibly go a bit lower?
Love the car and wheels though great stuff!! |
Yeah think I'll space the rears out slightly at some point, they do sit further in than the fronts. As for lowness see my post above, the rear can't go any lower without removing the adjusters (and apparently if I take them out it will drop a lot more, too much probably), and the front is treading a fine line, any lower and it hits the deck quite a lot. When the front was lower to begin with I drove down a bumpy road, went down a dip and hit the front splitter, lol.
Uz - get one mate, they're awesome little cars. You can't have mine though  
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:57 pm |
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Location: birmingham
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| Uz_SWGT wrote: |
Is there any physical way people can ban me from looking at this thread as Ross is tempting me even more in buying a Lupo GTi
This should look sick
EDIT - Posted just as the pics came up...I was right...this is  ;)!
Please sell it me or would you take my XSi as p/x???? |
i know what you mean i never liked them before but this one is badass!!!
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:03 pm |
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Cheers 
Think the red rim tape works really well too . Put a new red pinstripe round the grille aswell today as the old one had faded quite a bit.
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:04 pm |
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| pug150 wrote: |
| i know what you mean i never liked them before but this one is badass!!! |
I've always loved the Lupo GTi, Mate used to have a Black one (one that Ross has the wheels off) and now owns a Red one which is full on decked (rear adjusters are out) sitting on Mirror Polished Schmidt Modern Lines. Seen those 2 and also this one is like even more tempting me
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:14 pm |
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Location: West Midlands
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What coilovers are on the red one in Evesham Uz?
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:22 pm |
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Location: South West London
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Good to see you were able to fit the coilies mate..and the car looks the bogs dollocks! About as low as them now anyways..so the big question is would you recommend them for me to buy for the Pug?
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:29 pm |
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Thanks mate, I'd definitely recommend them, you wont be disappointed! There's loads of adjustment on the fronts, I could go 27 threads lower than what they're at now, more adjustment than I'll ever need. And as I said, the ride is great, it's not as crude as my 206 was on the V-Maxx coilovers, much more supple, you get what you pay for I guess!
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:38 pm |
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Location: South West London
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Cool..you've convinced me! I'll be purchasing some of these bad boys this week I think..I'll let you know when its all done and fitted. Thanks for your help mate.
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 1:40 pm |
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Location: Bristol & Leicester
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Ross, completely changed my opinion on Lupo's. It looks sexual.
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:22 pm |
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| Ross wrote: |
| What coilovers are on the red one in Evesham Uz? |
Was asking about it yesterday and he said its on cheap ones he bought off someone on ClubLupo. Don't know the brand though.
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