VW Stew's Arosa 1.4 16v sport -Dead or dying

Here's my new Arosa, after previously having a Lupo sport, then moving to a mk4 TDI, decided to go back to petrol power and got this little beast! Its got a pipercross induction filter (sounds awesome), lowered i'd guess about 40mm on the back and 60 on the front, and came with some spare front 40mm springs.

got a massive list of stuff i'd like to do to it, starting with a bit of cleaning

before


and after


did a bit of painting on the key too





Bodywork sorted


LCR front splitter


Lupo rear lights (Cambridge or
tinted indicator)


Cupra plate surround


Lupo GTI wiper arms and blades


Fix rear wiper motor and Polo
aero rear wiper


16v grille badge


Paint
callipers red/hubs silver


Debadge
boot and 16v off front bumper


Double din USB radio


Under dash cup holders


Rear speakers and subwoofer


Flip key


3^rd sun visor


Golf interior light


Lupo clocks


Cut rear
headrests to sit flush


Remove
tinted windows


Fix passenger window


Whiteline Rear anti-roll bar


Sports cat


Raceland manifold


Get new springs fitted


Yokohama s drive tyres


EBC/brembo brakes

Looking good and things to do look good apart from why you putting lupo clocks in?

looks good

thanks guys, just prefer the font on the lupo clocks and the red/blue instead of all red

vwstew55 wrote:

thanks guys, just prefer the font on the lupo clocks and the red/blue instead of all red

ah i see, led companys can change them any colour you want and even change colour at different revs

ooh very nice mate. looks sweet

thanks, might have to have a look into changing the colour of the clocks then, might go for some mad colour like pink haha! Also forgot to mention the car went into the bodyshop this morning for a few things doing

Nice mate! Plans look good too

cheers, its been at the bodyshop 2 days and im missing it already! can't even use my golf cos thats got no insurance

Keep the wheels , think they look awesome on arosa , quite rare too!

Thanks guys, the wheels are definately staying, need properly cleaning up at some point and maybe a refurb, but they do indeed look awesome!

Been doing a spot more cleaning under the bonnet, its a bit better, but it was freezing and I had to go to work, so it shall do for now, anyway, pics

before


and after


next on the agenda this week are a new front wheel bearing to stop it grinding away, and to actually put some oil in it as just discovered tonight that the last owner was running it with next to none in.

Been busy on my Arosa recently, got a few of the probs sorted but still got a few more to do,

firstly i happened to beclimbing about underneath one day and discovered a fairly big patch of rust, so that needed sorting pretty quick, all treated, oxided and hammerited now though.



thought while it was up in the air i'd take the opportunity to give the brakes a nice bright red coat of hammerite too, but then discovered all the discs and pads are completely shot, so ordered some of those too.



in better news finally got the headrests cut down so there not floating round in mid air anymore



and de-tangoed the front and de-wipered and de-badged the back, a lot of de-ing going on here!

good progress keep it up dude

Right, the Arosa's been treated to a few goodies recently, starting with a new head unit, a double din JVC one with USB etc etc


decided it needed a bit more bass too so luckily got myself a 400w sub and amp combo for xmas, much better


whiteline rear arb, was a bit of a pain to fit, mainly cos it was raining and one of the old bolts snapped, but it does what it says on the tin!


and finally, attempted a mini photoshoot but i only had my phone and even managed to make pics off that blurry, but here they are anyway

lookin gd to me m8

Looking good, you going for lupo rear lights?

cheers, yeah thinking of the lupo lights but i don't really like the standard ones that much so i think they'd have to be cambridges or have the indicator bit done with tinting spray

There are all reds that I run but red on red is to much I think, what colour would you do?

I would probably just tint the indicator bit till its a really dark red/black sort of colour, then maybe laquer over it or polish the hell out of it, then take the plastic orange tint thing out of the insides and use some silvatec bulbs, either that or just save up and get some cambridges, had some on my old lupo, wish i'd never sold them now haha!

Tempted to fit a arb to my gti!, car looking good mate!!!

Thanks, you should get one, mine's only on soft and its got rid of a fair bit of understeer

Once again attempted a photoshoot, but then forgot my camera, will eventually remember it one day, these pics have just emphasized how much i need to sort out some new rear lights, and give it a wash, as well as how useless i am at taking photos. May have accidentally hit the rev limiter in top gear on the way home too, ooops!

I always forget my camera lol then use the iPhone

If it was me I would remove the chrome round the grills at the front but that's me

And please don't take this the wrong way but you must of been pushing your poor sport to hit the limiter

I will remember my camera one day!! Yeah ive been wondering what to do with the chrome stuff cos its all bubbling and peeling off anyway, might get some of that matt black plasti dip stuff and go over them with it. I didnt really mean to hit the limiter lol, it was downhill on the motorway an i didnt really notice how quick i was going till it bounced off, don't intend on doing it again!

So, the Arosa has been doing my head in recently, because the exhaust seems to have started rattling between about 2500 and 3000rpm so loud it drowns out the engine and even set someone's car alarm off, my dad says its probably a baffle come loose inside it?? anyway reeeeally need to get it sorted, even if it means a new exhaust, have to be an OEM one mind, dont really like loud aftermarket ones that much.