jonisginger's Leon 1.6 S mod thread.

[jonisginger]

Okkk...well firstly sorry for the extreme shooping, I love GIMP. My car's in EXTREME BLUE, the really deep rich blue .

Right well I got my car about 2 months ago, 01 MK1 Leon, nice condition, drives well etc.

Enough boring stuff.

So I have some plans now and I've done two things so far so I thought it was worthy of a thread.

Right so she (Sasha ) started as a standard Leon 1.6 S...



And then I added some mudflaps (a £10 first-mod thing :|)



Then I got some 18" RS4 wheels...



Upgrades so far

Black FR seats,
Audi RS4 18" alloys,
LCR Splitter,

My plan now is (in no particular order), though these are likely to happen first:

New front and rear OE mudflaps,
Induction kit and cold air feed,
LEON lettering across the back and debadging,
Front ARB,

Then a bit after:

Cupra/FR/R brake upgrade (312/323mm discs and pads),
Rear exhaust cutout, then sports exhaust system,
Bosch aero front wipers, [now going to be VW ones]
Fabia rear wiper,

Then later, though they might happen sooner:

Rear ARB,
Colour coding,
Honeycomb grill,

Yeah thats the plan so far! Let me know your thoughts! Or if you know of anywhere that might be able to help out with cheap parts for stuff I have in mind, I'd be grateful!

Basically put anything you wanna put!

 

[jonisginger]

Small update, a friend of a friend of a friend does colour coding, so colour coding might be happening next month when I get paid!

I'll try and get some moar pics up and not shoop them too much soon...

 

[Craigus]

Plans sound good matey, the brakes upgrade is well worth it!

 

[jonisginger]

Yeah the discs on mine are so weedy!!! They aren't confidence inspiring!

 

[daz_cymru]

nice mate and good list but one thing i would recommend is to go for the vw wiper conversion instead of the bosch one

 

[jonisginger]

Ahhh ok thanks. I thought bosch aero ones were the bollocks haha. how much are we talking for a full wiper conversion?

 

[daz_cymru]

urmm i dno....its just the blades fron vw but better quality than the bosch ones

 

[jonisginger]

Ahhhhhh ok. Will do.

 

[daz_cymru]

heres the part number and conversion is apart of it : 1J2 998 002 CONVERSION there about 20 pounds

 

[samu23]

where did you get the leon lettering from? and nice car

 

[jonisginger]

thanks

Leon lettering was like £11 from stealer lol XD

 

[jonisginger]

Ok, little update.

Got some FR seats for £150 and fitted them the other week, now need to find a black parcel shelf and some black Leon S doorcards (HINT HINT)

Getting some lowering springs a week tomorrow at the latest which should be much better.

Then I need to find a smashed up FR or Cupra R and nick the brakes off it. And a smashed up Fabia (are they fast enough to crash?) and steal the wiper, or get one from Skoda if it's cheap..ish.

I keep almost buying pissy little induction kits but keep bailing. And by pissy I mean £100 ones.

I need to find a way of putting a decent backbox on mine but it has no exhaust cutout Any advice?

Latas.

EDIT: I have a funny feeling the standard inlet manifold i.e. engine cover is hilariously restrictive so I need to really scrap that, especially when the engine is hot and/or it's a really hot day.

 

[jonisginger]

Fitted the LCR splitter today.

TO ALL NON FR AND LCR OWNERS: FIT THE SPLITTER, it makes a WORLD of difference to the looks! A b-och to fit though

I'll get some pics up in the next few days when I find my phone cable...

Going 40mm downtown in the next week or so too

 

[Jimski]

Wahheyyy nice to see another 1.6'er, looks and sounds good mate.


Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

Sweet.

Does scrapping the engine cover in favour of induction kit and CAF make any difference did you find matey??

 

[Jimski]

No dude, i sprayed mine gloss black and got a Quikshift induction;

As she is now;

Le engine bay;

Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

is yours the 8v engine?

Did the cone filter make any difference other than it sounding different?

 

[jonisginger]

that colour coding makes me hard

 

[Jimski]

I think it makes a difference yes dude, but nothing to prove it!

Obviously a little less restrictive, better airflow?

Haha nice! you would be looking at £180 - £250 for colour coding i rekn.

I paid £180 but it was a favour.


Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

yeah, quoted £200.

is yours 16 or 8v?