RobDon's Leon -

[RobDon]

Got the Cobra Monaco Pro seats fitted. After making up rail adapters myself using steel bar and steel spacers, along with high tensile nuts and bolts, they're in! Not to everyone's taste, but I was bored with so much plain black so fancied brightening things up, got these seats cheap because the FIA date had expired in Feb 10. They match the whole black/blue theme of the car.

Pic of the suede steering wheel and gearstick gaiter, also suede:

What the boot area looks like:

I'm in the process of making a boot floor cover, it will either be carpeted or done in 3M di-noc carbon vinyl.

I am considering fitting an OMP bolt-in roll cage as I am going to return to doing trackdays.

 

[Damoegan]

I think they look great, Rob

 

[Hartosh1]

Looks great Rob i love the placement of the fire extinguisher

 

[Willie]

Great news Rob, will you be on the track this year?
Can you let us know when your on as I'd like to come watch/passengers ride

 

[PhilW]

Rear tensioners still in?

Not the seats i would have gone for, but you cant argue with them if you got them cheap.

3" harneses would have looked better imo too.

 

[Willie]

Looks great Rob i love the placement of the fire extinguisher

It looks alright but you won't be able to get a hold of this if your harnessed in

 

[Cupra Ross]

Nooooooooo! You've turned a beautiful example (probably the best) of the Mk1 Leon into a track hack.

Fair enough though, it's your car to do what you see fit with. I loved it the way it was.

 

[Willie]

Its going to do what its been crying out to do for years and what its been build to do.
Canna wait to see it in action

 

[RobDon]

Exactly, it's been a road car for a long time and I wanted a change, I'll never part with it but it's good to change things, I wanted to go a bit more hardcore with it.

 

[Cupra Ross]

Exactly, it's been a road car for a long time and I wanted a change, I'll never part with it but it's good to change things, I wanted to go a bit more hardcore with it.

Fair play to you, Rob. You certainly don't do things by halves.

 

[RobDon]

Plus it's easy enough to revert it back to a full interior again if I go off the bucket seats.

 

[csd_19]

Great to see you're heading back out on track Rob It's been a while eh

 

[RobDon]

Yeah. Bottom line is I've owned the car for 7 years and it's been a road car all that time. I hardly use the car on the road or for anything else (2001 car with 43k on the clock!), so I had to give it a purpose, something fun and exciting, I rebuilt the engine to be strong and now it has some real power, so it was time for a change and use it properly.

 

[RobDon]

Oh wow, having major second thoughts about this now.

After going for a long run down some country roads, I have made my car alot more noisy and uncomfortable! The bucket seats really hold you in place, you really don't move which makes cornering alot safer and easier, but you feel every bump in the road and the road and exhaust noise seems 10x louder now! The cushioning is alot less on these seats, hence feeling every bump through the base of the seat. I knew they'd be less comfortable but they are alot less. Maybe I'm getting too old.

I don't know, a big part of me wants to refit the interior and sell the Cobras.

 

[brightsideteeem]

I hardly use the car on the road or for anything else, so I had to give it a purpose, something fun and exciting, so it was time for a change and use it properly.

Country roads are different to tracks mate

 

[RobDon]

True, they'd be fine on a nice smooth track, plus you won't hear much noise with a helmet on. Just wasn't expecting it to be quite so extreme on the roads!

 

[Willie]

Wait till your scraping off the sound deadening and fire proof matting.
Its super loud then

 

[Ibiza125]

They won't be the most comfy bucket seats. I've sat in them before and thought they were horrible compared to others I've owned.

On the subject of noise... The more noise the better!

 

[RobDon]

May have to invest in extra base cushions then!

 

[benhomer737]

awesome car mate, wish i had it