Right peeps i know this has been done by many and many Arosa/Lupo owners.

But i really wanna go Euro on my Arosa to as i can do all the paint and filler work myself as i'm a body repairer. Good thing it's only gonna cost me for the paint.

Can someone gather up some ideas/pictures for me?

What i have in mind is lower on coilovers, euro wheels and a nice exhaust. Smooth off all the existing bodywork and remove all the current knocks and scratches out of the car.

James
 

StuM

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Nov 1, 2007
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Hi James,

Are you after photo-shopped images, or pics of real cars online?

If the latter.. how about these...

Seat-Arosa-81347.jpg


Ignore the back wheel!

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Cheers,
Stu
 

lunalupi

...is not a bloke!
Jul 29, 2006
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Wiltshire
Get them plastic welded - or alternatively see if Craig has any he is selling, I've lost track of which ones he is keeping and which ones are going! :happy:
 

1litre wonder

(s)Low rider
Jul 6, 2006
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Glasgow
*steps in with my big size 14's* ive got 2 sets of smoothed out bumpers , ive deffo got a spair rear bumper , fronts not to sure tbh.

the best way to do it is to cut them out , reses them and then plastic weld them back in and then some chemical weld to make sure , then all you need is a very thin skim of filler to finish it off . the half way line is a challenge . the front bumper on the back of it i have rivited the upper and lower half together to help keep it ridgid . then chemical weld down the line and a skim of filler .

heres the outcomes

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smoothedfront1.jpg


smoothedrear1.jpg


and then the latest project

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anyway heres mine back when it had its euro wheels on

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1litre wonder

(s)Low rider
Jul 6, 2006
412
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Glasgow
I do love the look of that Craig - looks almost like an Arosa R might have looked had they built one.

cheers , the number of hours it took , cutting and plastic welding was shocking . im more gutted i had to sell the zenders cause im putting a 20vT in the arosa so the bigger brakes wouldnt fit behind them :( so soon it shall be an Arosa Cupra R :lol:
 
Right spent about 4hours or so in the workshop making a start on my front bumper.

Took me like 20/25 mins to work out where the screws was to remove the front bumper in the end i got there so wasn't too bad. Making sure i kept all the screws and bits in a mixing cup. (kept kicking it over lol)

Then got a air saw/blade cutter out and cut the section that needed to be out and welded back.

Once i got the sections out i got some 80grit sandpaper and remove the paint off the bit i'm gonna plastic weld to. The sections that i cut out i also grinded slight smaller.

Now i had to check on the back of the bumper to see what plastic rods i needed for this sort of plastic which was PP. Some plastic bumpers are made out of ABS plastic.

This bit took me ages needed 2 people to help me hold the piece in place whiles i tack it in place. One it's tacked i stared to plastic weld it all the way round making sure it was strong enough.

Whiles i was welding it i welded the two sections of the bumper together.

Below is some pictures of my bumper so far.

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Whiles i was doing that got someone to remove my side bump strips with a hot air gun.

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Next step is to fibreglass filler the section over then a fine layer of bodyfiller to smooth it off.

more updates coming soon.

James
 

1litre wonder

(s)Low rider
Jul 6, 2006
412
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Glasgow
if you plastic welded the rub strips back into the right position you shouldnt need fibre glass as its very brittle and would break , i plastic welded the rub strips in mine to just below the surface of the bumper so all it took as a thin skim of flexable filler to avoid using fibre glass
 

1litre wonder

(s)Low rider
Jul 6, 2006
412
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Glasgow
plastic welding again . when you have the bumper off you will see on the bottom of the bumper there is like a flap that secures it onto the front pannel with wee poppers , if your careful you can remove some of that plastic and plastic weld that into the space as that way the plastics are the same type and will have hte same melting points etc
 

1litre wonder

(s)Low rider
Jul 6, 2006
412
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Glasgow
:cartman: i completely removed that platfrom when i made the arosa R style bumper and used that plastic if i needed to weld a plate in :cartman:

edit* that as well as its just the right thickness there that you can cut it with a pair of sharp siscors ( man mum was not happy when she got them back blunt :cartman: )
 

1litre wonder

(s)Low rider
Jul 6, 2006
412
0
Glasgow
i used the ever faithful soldering iron with a wide tip on it . melted the plastic a dream and didnt burn it either :D anywhere that there wasnt enough plastic i just used a trim of spair plastic to fill it in
 

Boo

The original wee beastie
Nov 12, 2006
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Eastbourne
Its going to look great when its done James :clap: Do you guys never have problems matching the paint up after doing something like that ?
 
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