Great afternoons work there mate The short shifter looks great for a new coat of paint.
I'm glad you're happy with the bushes. They're a great upgrade for the money! It's good to know you've replaced the bushes as time goes on with any car. I've been really pleased with my linkage bushings and the feel they give just as much as the poly bushing underneath the car.
On the Powerflex dog bone mount... do you currently have the standard setup? You'll notice increased cabin vibrations at first but these do calm down back to pretty much oem feel after you've clocked up a couple of hundred miles, sometimes less depending on how it's been fitted.
One note and I don't want to put you off - I used to run the Powerflex dog bone bush, but it was replaced by AmD for the SuperPro version when I got the whole bush kit done. Now my Powerflex one was in a pretty bad way when it came off, it had perished a bit, which did surprise me if I'm honest. It was never fitted at AmD the Powerflex, so I'm not sure if maybe it was on too tight or something but I thought I'd let you know of my experience. My friend fitted my Powerflex and I do remember him saying they have to be torque'd on just right.
I don't want that to put you off your one. I had my one fitted for 2 years before I replaced it with the SuperPro.
60nm + 1/4 turn iirc.
You don't do anything by half do you!!?!!
Again amazing attention to detail.
Hope the family are well
Just seen this thread!
Your leon is a credit to yourself!
Just shows how good seat were at designing it! Glad im seing a nice oem+ example rather than all these silly bling rubbish wheels that are hella flush nowadays lol
Yeah you should be ok with only a couple of thousand miles a year mate. Plenty of others have used Powerflex for years so I think you'll be fine, I maybe had one bad one or as said it was the fitting originally that did it. Also you have the actual dog bone bit too where as I just had the bush.
I did 3000 in mine last year, but I do like to push it from time to time and feel those handling mods earning there money, lol.
Looking forward to seeing more progress on your car this year matey
Good work on the polishing! Hope you enjoy your paternity leave, looks like you've got lots done per sleepless nights. Life changing it certainly is, for he better I might add! My daughter was 10 days late and my son 7 so get as much done as you can know. It's exciting times do you know if your havering a girl or a boy?
Are you going to find a body shop locally or travel to one?
Bloody hell mate all those parts look immense for the polish!
This is going to be a great car for years to come. Well done mate
Pipes come out really well James, what kit are you using on it ?
Megs NXT metal polish
Or if your feeling flush Zeplin 2 stage metal prep and sealant.
Personally I'd stick to the Megs
It's best to have a surprise rather than finding out at the scan.
I've just ordered those bits plus a few others from Dave and also a none return valve. Looking forward to see how yours turns out. I'm waiting for warmer weather before I sort my bay out!