Little Red - the making of my dirty diseasal!

[Little Red]

When I originally bought Little Red (May 2012) - 1 owner from new, completely bog standard!



How she looks today! (October 2014)

What's been done so far:

Inside
SONY XSP-N1BT Double DIN Smartphone Cradle Receiver
Cruise control stalks - to be fitted
Cupra red air vent toggles
Cupra handbrake cover
Cupra pedals
Leather black with red stitching custom gear gator
Custom floor mats


Outside
Vinyl wrapped black roof
Shark fin aerial
De badged tailgate + blacked "S" boot handle
De badged front grill - custom honeycomb grill
LCR front splitter painted anthracite
HID headlights
LED sidelights
LED number plate lights
Smaller (but legal!), personalised, number plates
Anthracite painted wing mirror covers
Cupra spoiler

Power train
Remapped PD130 engine running two options (1) 170bhp/270lbft (2) 170bhp/300lbft (serviced every 3 months, Cambelt annually!)
Milltek large bore downpipe with sports cat
Powerflow cat back stainless system with Cupra style tip
H&R -40mm lowering springs
H&R Spacers - track increase of 30mm rear
H&R Spacers - track increase of 20mm front
FR standard wheels refurbished in anthracite (powder coated)
Piper cross panel filter
PD160 intake

As suggested, I'm starting a build thread on my Mk4 FR PD130!
I have lots of ideas and plans for her, but will all be done a bit at a time as I slowly save the spare pennies
But as each thing gets done ill document it here now; hope you enjoy and maybe even inspire some other fellow Mk4 owners in the same way that I've been inspired by others I've met on this forum

 

[Badger]

Looks good! Definitely a lot of care has gone into this car

 

[Little Red]

Thanks Badger and of course a lot of the things wouldn't have been succesfully done without your knowledge and help!

 

[rosssei]

Looks fantastic - a lot of subtle OEM+ changes really make a massive difference!

 

[Little Red]

Cheers rosssei haven't wanted to go too extreme, just subtle things only us enthusiasts would notice plus don't want to lose the aggressive look!
Think I'm happy now with appearance, barring one or two things, then it'll be engine etc

 

[rosssei]

What are the plans for the engine? Sounds good!

 

[Little Red]

Nothing too mad as I need to ensure she stays reliable and good on her mpg (I do a LOT of miles) however after getting to see badgers car at the weekend, a remap, EGR delete, brakes and exhaust are first on the list!!

 

[Badger]

That's a small list

 

[Little Red]

That's just the start of the list

 

[Badger]

You could also get an S2000 filter for an addition.

 

[Little Red]

You could also get an S2000 filter for an addition.

As in the Honda?? (Or am I being blonde lol?!)

 

[Badger]

Yep, that's what's fitted to mine. £12.

 

[Little Red]

Haha mint ill try that then!

 

[Acksaw]

Looking good. Jealous of the splitter, I've had one in my garage for over 3 years and never had the ability to fit in, fairly useless me!

 

[Little Red]

Haha thanks acksaw! I won't lie I didn't fit it I lost my rag cus I couldn't get it looking perfect, my fella then went out and did it perfectly (apart from screwing into washer fluid reservoir - so bear that in mind when u do it ) but I ended up buying a second hand one (seat parts ordered wrong one then wouldn't change it ) so it had all the holes ready so it want his fault - but makes me wonder if the previous guy had done the same thing haha!

 

[Little Red]

Finally found a local cupra spoiler for sale, and brand new too!
Actually I didn't find it, badger found it....and unfortunately there were also other goodies listed in the advert!!! So today I came away with this lot!!!



The much wanted cupra spoiler
A lovely cupra handbrake cover (thank god, the thing I got off ebay was rubbish, this is so lovely!!)
Cupra pedals, and....
PD160 intake

All barring the spoiler which needs painting are already on the car, so I'm a very happy girly right now
Honestly can't stop holding that handbrake now, feels a million times nicer than the horrible floaty cover I got off ebay to match the gear gator!!

 

[KK]

Nice get the spoiler on ASAP

 

[Little Red]

Nice get the spoiler on ASAP

Haha don't you worry I'm trying, just waiting for my body shop to let me know when they have space

 

[Badger]

Finally found a local cupra spoiler for sale, and brand new too!
Actually I didn't find it, badger found it....and unfortunately there were also other goodies listed in the advert!!! So today I came away with this lot!!!

Lowe (Andy) made the connection, I was just the messenger!

 

[KK]

Where you taking it?