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Josh's Leon FR tdi. R32 interior fitted.
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I've not had any problems with mine so farYou are lower at the front than me though! What coilovers are you runnin?
Have fun fitting all those bits mate!
Jom coilovers
I'm not as low as the below pic at the moment, its more if you hit alittle bump on full lock or up a drop kerb.
Can do if you like, I ordered real leather lol! Is it a mk4 one yours? Because if not ill have to buy a pull thing to open ot as its broken, not a problem though. if it is a mk4 one we could just send lids?
Well if you want this one then I can order one of the handles now? Ill get a genuine one too if not then I can trim and have a working lid lol, winning either way.
Found a huge bit of wheel movement on full lock tonight! got MOT tomorrow at 1130 too, I'll try and get it looked at and see whats up, but I don't know!
Good news though, when the new box oil was changed, apparently the oil was nice and clean, with no swarf in it this time. It selects all gears and there is no abnormal diff movement/noise.
Good news though, when the new box oil was changed, apparently the oil was nice and clean, with no swarf in it this time. It selects all gears and there is no abnormal diff movement/noise.
Well, the armrest is re trimmed in leather, looks really good! Started taking her to bits for the new box yesterday, took the subframe and shafts off, fitted new ARB to the subframe. Fitted the new sump too, looks really good. Tonight We took the old box out, undressed it and dressed the new one. Took the flywheel off, so I could put the new rattle plate one, with some new pressure plate stretch bolts from darkside. Hopefully tomorrow I can get a half day off and do the rest, which will be put the clutch and pressure plate on, then the box in and put her back together. Got to pick up a o/s track rod too as it's knocking. Made a shocking discovery today, the upper gearbox mount, the threads on the mount were cross threaded, so it could be a good thing that the box is back out again, and the new one had the mount still attatched, luckily! We came to undo the mount, and they really weren't tight lol. Will update with pics tomorrow depending if she's back on all 4's!
This is how she was left on Monday night.
ARB fitted, what a crap fit by the way, the droplinks have to be sort of stretched out to fit.
Shallow sump, very nice piece of kit. Oh and for whoever asked about oil level, it doesn't have the oil level sensor indent, so that means with it being 11mm shallower, it actually holds the same amount of oil.
The old one suffered a battering at some point by the looks of it, probably the threads as the sump plug was different too.
These little bad boys really tighten up the changes, really reccomend them.
Little update, got a little few knocks. One is definately the tie rod, got to get a 34mm spanner to do it though, what a **** size! Think the other noise might be a wheel bearing, but I've just sourced a hub puller so I'll do the tie rod and the bearings at the same time. Finally got the cv's off too, so I'm going to get new ones on and use OEM shafts and send the others back because they're really not nearly as good as the OEM ones. They took some battering tonight though!
Both my babys hahaha, had fun on th hog tonight
ARB fitted, what a crap fit by the way, the droplinks have to be sort of stretched out to fit.
Shallow sump, very nice piece of kit. Oh and for whoever asked about oil level, it doesn't have the oil level sensor indent, so that means with it being 11mm shallower, it actually holds the same amount of oil.
The old one suffered a battering at some point by the looks of it, probably the threads as the sump plug was different too.
These little bad boys really tighten up the changes, really reccomend them.
Little update, got a little few knocks. One is definately the tie rod, got to get a 34mm spanner to do it though, what a **** size! Think the other noise might be a wheel bearing, but I've just sourced a hub puller so I'll do the tie rod and the bearings at the same time. Finally got the cv's off too, so I'm going to get new ones on and use OEM shafts and send the others back because they're really not nearly as good as the OEM ones. They took some battering tonight though!
Both my babys hahaha, had fun on th hog tonight
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New arrival yesterday....
We all know what a lowered fr on oem wheels looks like, but a reminder lol.
New wheels very happy!
That's it for the moment, got some weird knocks though still....
We all know what a lowered fr on oem wheels looks like, but a reminder lol.
New wheels
very happy!
That's it for the moment, got some weird knocks though still....
Just love the way it site in this photo!
Did the perforated leather handbrake today, to match the grips on LCR steering wheel.
Needs a bit of leather paint though.
Did the perforated leather handbrake today, to match the grips on LCR steering wheel.
Needs a bit of leather paint though.
Started taking out the interior today to blacken it all right up! Bought some leatherette for the roof but I cba with it really, so got some fabric on its way too. Also on its way are some team heko wind deflectors, a connects2 to use an aux lead, more yellow film for the headlight covers, a genuine boot tray and a single nomad pillar. Re painted 2 jack trims and one of the bumper caps as it got battered when the bumper came off, so ill do some stone chips with the cocktail stick and paint in cap method.
Got some good condition FR facelift wheels banging around too if anyone fancies them.
Got some good condition FR facelift wheels banging around too if anyone fancies them.
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It is a bloody big job I didn't realise how much trim needed to come off.... Majority of the boot, all the inside except the dash lol got to wait until at least Monday for the fabric paint until she's back together, and hopefully get rid of some creeks and squeejs
Drove to my misses yesterday with no rear view mirror.... So it was priority lol.
Few of how things are coming along.
Few of how things are coming along.
Are yours painted? I'm just wondering what the pillars where the seatbelts go through how long the paint lasts with belts rubbing?
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The LCR rims suit the car well mate and although there only 1 inch bigger they do look quite abit bigger , glad your happy with them
good job on the pillar spraying, like you say hope the paint holds out for you.
, glad your happy with themgood job on the pillar spraying, like you say hope the paint holds out for you.
Nice one on the black interior, never seen someone do this before. As long as you put lots of coats on then it should last forever
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