Thought i'd share some pics and the spec of my Arosa.
I bought it accidentally on ebay when a sporadic saturday night bid went wrong! still for £920 it wasnt a bad win to be honest.
It was in a **** state when i got it, slowly but surely i've minted it up though.
This is after i'd sorted most of the cosmetic bits out.
The front end was hanging off so i had the bumper painted and colour coded and purchased a new set of headlights which i fitted when i repaired the shody work of others.
I sourced some new wheel to house the 280mm golf VR6 brakes in the form of some vauxhall corsa 15" steels (Yes i had them on my Arosa before Darkside Developments!
) and wrapped them in Falken Tyres.
I fitted a set of gauges, golf heater controls, starter button and a cup holder/coin tray
I ordered a set of polybushes from powerflex in the form of their new "black series" which perform well but have no give in them
When i came to remove the old arms to fit the new polybushed ones i found that the previous people who had been looking after the car had damaged the captive nut in the chassis leg then cut a hole and used filled to disguise the carnage, nob heads![[:@]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/furious.gif "Furious [:@]")
So i repaired the captive nut and welded the chassis back up
The box was also getting a bit crunchy so i fitted a stage one balck diamond clutch and some millers fully synthetic gear oil which cured the issue and works well.
I also filled the dog bone mount and left it in the fridge to cure for a couple of days
Once it was fitted it ruined any comfort left when the engine was running and shook the car quite harshly so it put a new standard one back on.
Picture of the bay once i was happy with it
And one of the red TDI badge
I removed the universal wipers in favour of some lupo GTI AEROs
Miles better i'm sure you'll agree
This is how it stood for there on
Once all the work was done and i was happy i took it out for a blip one night on a strip of private road () and snapped this little beauty before heading home, quickly.
I know a couple of guys who run an up and coming body modification company specialising in embosed wraps so i had them wrap the bonnet for the time being then once the spoiler is on they're going to wrap the roof/spoiler and i might consider a coulour change to Matt Lime Green
Here's the wrap complete with Seat badge
The badge
They also wrapped the top of my tool box
The pictures dont do it justice but their work is spot on!
If you fancy a wrap or an imbossed wrap with a logo or emblem of your choice get in touch with EDGY DESIGNS - Check out some more of their work here!!!
This is the Arosa today in the "sunlight"
The full spec is as follows
Seat Arosa TDI S 2001 Y
AMF 75BHP 1.4 3 cyl 6v PD TDI engine
Green cotton air filter
Cold air intake
Custom straight through exhaust
EGR delete
Polished and ported inlet manifold
Metal impellar water pump
5w30s LL3 oil
Stage 2 Revo software which should be good for 110BHP but i cant varify that
Transmission
Black diamond stage 1 fast road clutch
Millers fully sunthetic 75w90s Race gear oil with Forte Slick change treatment
Brakes
EBC DOT 4 synthetic fluid
HEL braided black hoses
280MM cross drilled front Golf VR6 discs, calipers and carriers
Rear Lupo GTI axle conversion with cross drilled discs, calipers and carriers
Golf caliper springs
Pagid pads all round
Suspension
Jom coilovers supplied by DPM performance (top crowd)
Powerflex "Black series" full bush kit front and rear
new front suspension arms with powerflex bushes
Lupo GTI rear axle
20mm Arosa sport front anti roll bar with powerflex bushes and stregthened drop links
Rear 22mm whiteline anti roll bar also supplied by DPM performance
Front upper, lower and rear strut braces
20mm hubcentric spacers front and 25mm hubcentric spacers rear
Wheels
15" Vauxhall corsa steel wheels
Falken 205/45r15 tyres
Exterior
Colour coded front bumper
front fog lights
shark fin aerial
wrapped bonnet by EDGY designs
Lupo GTI AERO wipers
De-badged
Docked (rear wiper removed)
De-locked
Stubby mirrors, colour coded
New headlights with HIDs
All led lights with resistors apart from the brake lights
De-badged front grille
Interior
Golf GT TDI front seat from Stefan @ SRS autos (Darksides sister company)
Lupo GTI dark grey interior from Dubbers sport VWs in Slaithwaite
Tailored chequer plate rubber mats
Matt black spherical gear knob
Push button started button
Oil pressure, Boost and Voltage gauge fitted in the dash board, colour coded lighting
Custom mk4 golf light switch with led soldered in for rear fog light tell tail
Mk4 golf heater switches
relocated heated rear window switch
Lupo cup holder and coin tray
Black alloy tax disc holder
Sound system
Sony cd player
Sony 17cm component speakers
And that about it.
I'll post more if i remember or if i add to the list.
Enjoy!
MJ
I bought it accidentally on ebay when a sporadic saturday night bid went wrong! still for £920 it wasnt a bad win to be honest.
It was in a **** state when i got it, slowly but surely i've minted it up though.
This is after i'd sorted most of the cosmetic bits out.
The front end was hanging off so i had the bumper painted and colour coded and purchased a new set of headlights which i fitted when i repaired the shody work of others.
I sourced some new wheel to house the 280mm golf VR6 brakes in the form of some vauxhall corsa 15" steels (Yes i had them on my Arosa before Darkside Developments!
) and wrapped them in Falken Tyres.
I fitted a set of gauges, golf heater controls, starter button and a cup holder/coin tray
I ordered a set of polybushes from powerflex in the form of their new "black series" which perform well but have no give in them
When i came to remove the old arms to fit the new polybushed ones i found that the previous people who had been looking after the car had damaged the captive nut in the chassis leg then cut a hole and used filled to disguise the carnage, nob heads
So i repaired the captive nut and welded the chassis back up
The box was also getting a bit crunchy so i fitted a stage one balck diamond clutch and some millers fully synthetic gear oil which cured the issue and works well.
I also filled the dog bone mount and left it in the fridge to cure for a couple of days
Once it was fitted it ruined any comfort left when the engine was running and shook the car quite harshly so it put a new standard one back on.
Picture of the bay once i was happy with it
And one of the red TDI badge
I removed the universal wipers in favour of some lupo GTI AEROs
Miles better i'm sure you'll agree
This is how it stood for there on
Once all the work was done and i was happy i took it out for a blip one night on a strip of private road (
) and snapped this little beauty before heading home, quickly.
I know a couple of guys who run an up and coming body modification company specialising in embosed wraps so i had them wrap the bonnet for the time being then once the spoiler is on they're going to wrap the roof/spoiler and i might consider a coulour change to Matt Lime Green
Here's the wrap complete with Seat badge
The badge
They also wrapped the top of my tool box
The pictures dont do it justice but their work is spot on!
If you fancy a wrap or an imbossed wrap with a logo or emblem of your choice get in touch with EDGY DESIGNS - Check out some more of their work here!!!
This is the Arosa today in the "sunlight"
The full spec is as follows
Seat Arosa TDI S 2001 Y
AMF 75BHP 1.4 3 cyl 6v PD TDI engine
Green cotton air filter
Cold air intake
Custom straight through exhaust
EGR delete
Polished and ported inlet manifold
Metal impellar water pump
5w30s LL3 oil
Stage 2 Revo software which should be good for 110BHP but i cant varify that
Transmission
Black diamond stage 1 fast road clutch
Millers fully sunthetic 75w90s Race gear oil with Forte Slick change treatment
Brakes
EBC DOT 4 synthetic fluid
HEL braided black hoses
280MM cross drilled front Golf VR6 discs, calipers and carriers
Rear Lupo GTI axle conversion with cross drilled discs, calipers and carriers
Golf caliper springs
Pagid pads all round
Suspension
Jom coilovers supplied by DPM performance (top crowd)
Powerflex "Black series" full bush kit front and rear
new front suspension arms with powerflex bushes
Lupo GTI rear axle
20mm Arosa sport front anti roll bar with powerflex bushes and stregthened drop links
Rear 22mm whiteline anti roll bar also supplied by DPM performance
Front upper, lower and rear strut braces
20mm hubcentric spacers front and 25mm hubcentric spacers rear
Wheels
15" Vauxhall corsa steel wheels
Falken 205/45r15 tyres
Exterior
Colour coded front bumper
front fog lights
shark fin aerial
wrapped bonnet by EDGY designs
Lupo GTI AERO wipers
De-badged
Docked (rear wiper removed)
De-locked
Stubby mirrors, colour coded
New headlights with HIDs
All led lights with resistors apart from the brake lights
De-badged front grille
Interior
Golf GT TDI front seat from Stefan @ SRS autos (Darksides sister company)
Lupo GTI dark grey interior from Dubbers sport VWs in Slaithwaite
Tailored chequer plate rubber mats
Matt black spherical gear knob
Push button started button
Oil pressure, Boost and Voltage gauge fitted in the dash board, colour coded lighting
Custom mk4 golf light switch with led soldered in for rear fog light tell tail
Mk4 golf heater switches
relocated heated rear window switch
Lupo cup holder and coin tray
Black alloy tax disc holder
Sound system
Sony cd player
Sony 17cm component speakers
And that about it.
I'll post more if i remember or if i add to the list.
Enjoy!
MJ
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