• Guest would you be interested in CUPRA or SEAT valve caps? let us know in the poll

  • Welcome to our new sponsor Lecatona, a brand dedicated to enhancing performance for VAG group sports cars, including SEAT, Audi, Volkswagen and Škoda. Specializing in High Pressure Fuel Pump (HPFP) upgrades.

RDS' Leon Cupra R

RS6

Nov 24, 2009
1,110
0
Amazing work RDS that heat shield looks better than some i've seen for sale that are proper ones :D

Progress is great love the polished look i want! how hard was it to do?

Yup i've taken off my bonnet carpet to much better with out avoid all that heat soak!
 
Last edited:

RDS

OEM+
Aug 11, 2010
2,276
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
Cheers James.:D I used P38 body filler, not sure whether it'll be any good once subjected to heat but theres only one way to find out. I'll not be filling the holes on the engine cover for now as I dont believe the filler will be any good on there. I'm looking forward to finally having a tidy bay. Once completed the red hoses and gloss black plastics should look good.
 
Last edited:

RS6

Nov 24, 2009
1,110
0
ooh just a bit :D looks a tidy bay already! ps i got the revo stage 2 map done same as you now!
 

RDS

OEM+
Aug 11, 2010
2,276
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
Amazing work RDS that heat shield looks better than some i've seen for sale that are proper ones

Progress is great love the polished look i want! how hard was it to do?

Yup i've taken off my bonnet carpet to much better with out avoid heat soak!

Thanks RS6. The manifold wasnt hard just a lengthy process to complete, I used an orbital sander to strip of the paint then an assortment of wet and dry sand paper from 120 grit to 1000 grit then used the last two stages of this
Stripping the paint off makes a lot of mess.
 

RDS

OEM+
Aug 11, 2010
2,276
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
ooh just a bit :D looks a tidy bay already! ps i got the revo stage 2 map done same as you now!

Good stuff mate. I keep meaning to have a fiddle on with the settings with the SPS, there are three settings on mine that were set up by the previous owner but I think they may be a bit conservative. It'll be good to see what settings yours is on.
 

RDS

OEM+
Aug 11, 2010
2,276
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
Received a couple of new things from Forge today:

P1020512.jpg


Polished Non Resonated Charge Pipe and Ancillary Boost Hoses

Inside view of the Charge Pipe:

P1020519.jpg


I've also sanded smooth my engine cover and primed it, it just needs smoothing down and painted black now:

P1020509.jpg


I bought some 3" ducting to sort out a cold air feed from my foglights:

P1020511.jpg


and got some new windscreen wipers:

before
P1020387.jpg


After
P1020525.jpg


Cheers for reading:D
 

t0m

LCR 225
Apr 29, 2007
8,133
7
Kent
Good buys mate.. I have the same wipers, very good.

Is that the updated Forge charge pipe?
 

RDS

OEM+
Aug 11, 2010
2,276
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
all look well rich was looking at the charge pipe other day.

Cheers wayne:D

Good buys mate.. I have the same wipers, very good.

Is that the updated Forge charge pipe?

Thanks Tom, I've been desperate for wipers for a while now, I'm very pleased with them.

It's the new charge pipe, batch was with the polishers on friday according to Forge. The surface on it isnt perfect but i'm happy enough with it. I got the standard replacement one as I dont have the DV cold side kit.
 

Doogle

Guest
Nice work with the grille. Really neat tip, like it!

Great looking car
 

t0m

LCR 225
Apr 29, 2007
8,133
7
Kent
Could you buff up the finish yourself a bit on the charge pipe mate?

I don't have the cold side kit either. Not essential.
 

D.K

LCR 225
Oct 24, 2007
6,408
3
se london
It's the new charge pipe, batch was with the polishers on friday according to Forge. The surface on it isnt perfect but i'm happy enough with it. I got the standard replacement one as I dont have the DV cold side kit.

I saw one of the last batch they did and I was'nt impressed to the finish,
Get some Autosol and fine grade Wirewool on it.
 

RDS

OEM+
Aug 11, 2010
2,276
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
I saw one of the last batch they did and I was'nt impressed to the finish,
Get some Autosol and fine grade Wirewool on it.

I thought they would have made more of an effort to get them perfect this time. Is it better to use Autosol and fine grade wirewool or mops and compounds?
 

D.K

LCR 225
Oct 24, 2007
6,408
3
se london
Autosol and fine grade wirewool will be fine mate, just make sure you dont do it on your best dinner table and wear some latex glove's ;)
 

D.K

LCR 225
Oct 24, 2007
6,408
3
se london
If theres still small scratch's in it, start with a 800 grit Wet & dry paper and work upto 1200 grit, Dont worry it will go dull when you do this, then go over it with the Autosol ;)
If you get stuck give me a shout ;)
 
Last edited:

LCR 225

Nick
May 1, 2010
323
1
Bristol
Nice bunch of goodies you got there.

Where did you get the wipers from? Ive been wanting to get some of those for a while now.