RDS' Leon Cupra R

[RDS]

Hi James,

I agree on the quality of the throttle body cover, I've not fitted it yet, I'm planning on painting the throttle body first. Its quite a snug fit so the tape should do the job but I'll be keeping an eye on it once fitted.

Cheers for the comment on the diffuser, its holding up well at the moment although I've not used the car much recently due to being away with work. I'm going to try and get the splitter off next, hopefully without damaging it,so I can finally get that painted black too.

Hope you have a great Christmas and New Year too mate.

Richard

 

[RDS]

Christmas present from the missus turned up through the week from camskill:

EBC Ultimax front brake discs - USR1338

 

[EL]

Great choice, very happy with the ebc discs on mine especially now in running the ferodo ds2500 pads with them

 

[RDS]

I'm going to be getting the DS2500 pads eventually, I had OEM Brembo pads fitted 2.5k mile ago so need to wear them down first

 

[EL]

Good choice mate. I had a set of Mintex 1144 pads on when I first fitted the discs however am finding the ferodo pads work better with these. Awesome stopping with both pads but the ferodo have the benefits of no grinding when cold, no sqeaking noises on light breaking (so far) and seem to better with regards to producing less dust

 

[t0m]

Lovely present from the missus mate! I'll be taking the same route in not too long

 

[RDS]

she's a goodun mate, still got my birthday money off her to get the wheels refurbished

 

[RDS]

Finally got round to fitting the throttle body cover:
(excuse the mess, bay needs a clean)

Before:

After:

Also got the front splitter off to paint, should be back on in the next couple of days.

Cheers for looking

 

[tyrer]

Sweet sweet bay mate, simple and very well done. I love the look of it!

Nice additions

 

[RDS]

Cheers mate

All I want for it now are some new caps then I think its about done.

 

[tyrer]

Strut caps?

Get the OEM ones carbon skimmed mate

 

[RDS]

Strut top caps
Oil cap
Coolant cap
Washer cap
Power steering fluid cap

 

[EL]

Liking that mate, good going

 

[t0m]

One of my favourite bay's on the forum.

Great work Rich, looking very very tidy

 

[RDS]

Liking that mate, good going

Thanks mate

One of my favourite bay's on the forum.

Great work Rich, looking very very tidy

cheers mate, makes the effort worth it.

to be honest I'm not to happy with the look of the cold air feed from the foglights, I may just get rid of it and get some mini foglights to fit. Also means I would have to make a new heat shield

 

[t0m]

The cold air feed looks ok from here bud. But if you're not happy then consider alternatives.

I wouldn't go changing the heatshield though, that looks so 'at home' in this bay.

Really hope you can make the next AmD mate, would love to see this car in the flesh. This is one of a few I can say that for IMO

 

[RDS]

Cheers mate, I'll have to make sure its upto scratch when I bring it down so your not disappointed. I think parking it away from D.K's will help though

 

[sambryant]

fair play rich it looks awesome hope you had a great christmas as well. the caps will finish it off very nicely imho. the air feed looks fine to me and hides all the mess under it lol.

 

[RDS]

Cheers Sam, that is the plus point to the feed I'll see how I feel in the future.

 

[James23Parkin]

The throttle body cover looks very at home Richard!

I didn't want to clog up your thread with pictures, but I have my twin air feed routed through the gap between the front bumper and the side wing (same place as where the intercooler pipework lives), and this leads to the air filter besides the battery. I used 100mm neoprene ducting but for the bit that is visable in the bay, I used some SS tubing and Forge piping (but not necessary); the point is that there's room if you wanted to have a play around and you can achieve a fairly un-noticeable look. Furthermore, the twin-feed's function is pretty good, over other options IMO.

Can I ask, what was the pipe diametre for the red piping that leads from the manifold to the coolant tank (brake servo bits i think...), etc? Also, is the diametre the same as the piping you've used from the throttle body? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hope you had a good Christmas buddy?

James.