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Both bolt in and weld in will require welding of the shell but ones capable of coming out
Both bolt in and weld in will require welding of the shell but ones capable of coming out
Mark, the standard wheels are 15x6 ET43.
How do you disable the passenger airbag - via vag-com?
6J rims will be about right for the Arosa, too wide will be too much grip (and less fun?) for the weight perhaps. just get some 195/50 tyres 
However, moving to ET35 rims will push the wheels out 8mm per side, and fill the arches nicely - and will weight up the steering a little.
Disable airbags on vagcom yes.
While not sitting in the car.... go into the airbags module, change adaptation, find the correct channel & disable each bag independantly. Save.
However, moving to ET35 rims will push the wheels out 8mm per side, and fill the arches nicely - and will weight up the steering a little.
Disable airbags on vagcom yes.
While not sitting in the car.... go into the airbags module, change adaptation, find the correct channel & disable each bag independantly. Save.
im running my 17's for road use and trailer entry then onto 15's for attacking the rear or lesser mortals on track
If this is done, when the airbags are unplugged (I'm thinking side airbags in the seats when they are removed), will it prevent any faults being logged/indicator lights on the dash?
I'm gonna stick with 15's.. it'd be nice to find out how much the standard alloys actually weigh without tyres.. that'd help in selecting replacement wheels
6J rims will be about right for the Arosa, too wide will be too much grip (and less fun?) for the weight perhaps. just get some 195/50 tyres
However, moving to ET35 rims will push the wheels out 8mm per side, and fill the arches nicely - and will weight up the steering a little.
Disable airbags on vagcom yes.
While not sitting in the car.... go into the airbags module, change adaptation, find the correct channel & disable each bag independantly. Save.
MrsB lupo is running my 7x15 ET35 pro race 1's ok... some arch rolling done as she wants is very low (read - one sump later low!)
R888's 195-50-15 on it
I don't think I'll be going that low! Not looked at TD wheels, will give them a look..MrsB lupo is running my 7x15 ET35 pro race 1's ok... some arch rolling done as she wants is very low (read - one sump later low!)
R888's 195-50-15 on it
Lol, another vulture! Don't you have a cage, buckets and no rear seats!?Let me know when you start wanting to get rid of some of the interior bits and I will place my order and mosey on over
p.s. you forget the rear wiper, thats a good few grams of weight saving there
Rear wiper is staying, I can remember how quickly the rear window mucks up and you can't see anything!
Cheers mate, I'll disable them all and unplug the seat ones asap.
I was being a vulture earlier actually! But I have a half-and-half interior at the moment between pale and dark grey - I need to get a headlining, carpet, boot lid trim, sun visors and window winders to complete the set, and was making sure you don't forget about me
And I don't know if its having mudguards, but my rear window really doesn't muck up too quickly
I was being a vulture earlier actually! But I have a half-and-half interior at the moment between pale and dark grey - I need to get a headlining, carpet, boot lid trim, sun visors and window winders to complete the set, and was making sure you don't forget about me
And I don't know if its having mudguards, but my rear window really doesn't muck up too quickly
I certainly have alot of that stuff! Once I get the buckets (need cage first) I'll 'catalogue' what I have and give those who have posted in my threads on here and Club Lupo a heads up on the items first
Mud-gards - that explains it, they'll add drag and about a kilo though, so a may as well stick with the wiper!
More Heatgun Action
Today I was determined to remove the last of that damned glue on the roof, but quickly found I'd left 'the best 'til last'! However, my heatgun and newly discovered tool for the job (plastic ice-scraper) got the job done. I do think that once the car has been caged, I'm going to end up re-spraying the roof along with painting the cage as all the marks still look quite messy:
The eagle eyed among you will have noticed from early in this thread that my Arosa is suffering from the usual VW group problem of misty headlight syndrome on the passenger side. The cause of this was a poorly fitted clip, however, I simply couldn't get my hand in to sort the problem out; so off came the entire front bumper to allow me to remove the light cluster:
I now hope to have sorted the problem and fitted some nice LED sidelight bulbs whilst I was at it. Removing the bumper unveiled yet more mud and crud on this car, so once again I put the Karcher to work.
Now that the bumper is off (it will be staying off for a while) I have also removed the front fog lights from the front bumper. These won't be going back so have been added to my parts collection, now rapidly filling the garage! I have a plan for the lower area of the grille that they used to occupy.. details to follow ..plus I've saved a good 0.5Kg
I also took the opportunity today to draw up a list of bits that I need to order from my local stealer, and whilst doing so I discovered that the boot doesn't actually lock After a bit of investigation it's just a bit of broken plastic so hopefully their parts dept will be open tomorrow.. 'Hmm' ..but in the meantime I've disconnected the locking mechanism and now the boot can only be opened from inside.
That's all for now, hopefully the next few weeks will involve fitting nice, new, shiny bits
Today I was determined to remove the last of that damned glue on the roof, but quickly found I'd left 'the best 'til last'! However, my heatgun and newly discovered tool for the job (plastic ice-scraper) got the job done. I do think that once the car has been caged, I'm going to end up re-spraying the roof along with painting the cage as all the marks still look quite messy:
The eagle eyed among you will have noticed from early in this thread that my Arosa is suffering from the usual VW group problem of misty headlight syndrome on the passenger side. The cause of this was a poorly fitted clip, however, I simply couldn't get my hand in to sort the problem out; so off came the entire front bumper to allow me to remove the light cluster:
I now hope to have sorted the problem and fitted some nice LED sidelight bulbs whilst I was at it. Removing the bumper unveiled yet more mud and crud on this car, so once again I put the Karcher to work.
Now that the bumper is off (it will be staying off for a while) I have also removed the front fog lights from the front bumper. These won't be going back so have been added to my parts collection, now rapidly filling the garage! I have a plan for the lower area of the grille that they used to occupy.. details to follow ..plus I've saved a good 0.5Kg
I also took the opportunity today to draw up a list of bits that I need to order from my local stealer, and whilst doing so I discovered that the boot doesn't actually lock
After a bit of investigation it's just a bit of broken plastic so hopefully their parts dept will be open tomorrow.. 'Hmm' ..but in the meantime I've disconnected the locking mechanism and now the boot can only be opened from inside.That's all for now, hopefully the next few weeks will involve fitting nice, new, shiny bits
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i think you should by a new mac myself
I have the brick next to me, gonna test now
My G3 800 is feeling the strain, but so is my bank balance! Let's see what shows up at MacWorld in a week or so, the Arosa has priority though!
Give me a shout if you need a discount code/page for the Apple Store and can't remember it from the last time I sent it to you.
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