Seat Leon FR 2.0 mk2 - Nicknamed Loretta - Progression Thread

DiddlyDonker

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And then on Friday I managed to Vinyl wrap my B & C Pillars.

This overall was pretty easy. The B Pillars are just 4 torque screws.

The C Pillars however...

I managed the first one fine, with very little difficulty, having to take the door card off and everything went fine, no problems with the window seal or anything.

But then on the second one, the yellow and black clip on the handle to lock pulley fell off and fell apart. I had no idea where to reattach it so I had to take the other door back apart just to compare.

What a ball ache.

But the end result looks good to me, and I really am a novice at Vinyl Wrapping. (If anyone has any tips or anything, that would be awesome, I am wanting to do some interior parts but curves and stuff are looking quite scary for vinyl wrapping atm)

Anyway, here is the end result.

B Pillar.
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C Pillar.
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Your wrapping looks very neat! I wrapped my wing mirrors, put me off wrapping anything else!! Pillars look a lot better now than the horrible original grey plastic though. I like the front FR badge just by the number plate too, will have to do that for mine. I agree on centre caps although it doesn't actually look too bad, and I'm liking the red callipers so on the black FRs, again I'll have to do that on mine at some point.

All in all car's coming along nicely!
 

Ollie1990

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I've also been thinking about changing the fabric on the inside of the doors, to a red, as I'm going to wrap some interior parts on my days off this week. Gloss black wrapping on that as well, with some small red bits like the surround of the air vents.
 

Ollie1990

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Planning on giving the car a good clean tomorrow, it will be my first time using Maguier's clay. Can't wait to see the difference. Also got a full Auto Glym kit as a present that I will be using for the first time tomorrow, so definitely looking forward to seeing the results :)
 

Ollie1990

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First go with the clay today, managed to remember to take some pictures during the process as well. It's not a massive difference to look at but the paintwork definitely feels smoother.

Before.
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Bonnet before.
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After first wash with Auto Glym Bodywork Shampoo Conditioner and dry.
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After Meguiar's Clay.
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The bonnet after clay.
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The Clay after use. (Definitely got some stuff off :D)
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Wheels (Auto Glym Wheel Cleaner and Tyre dressing)
And Glass (Auto Glym Glass Polish)
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Exhaust polished with Brasso (some metal polish I acquired at work)
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Coat of TurtleWax Black and some trim restorer.
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Bonnet after Wax.
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SeatCupra.Net sticker arrived at this point so I thought I'd put it straight on.
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2 pictures of finished product.
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Ollie1990

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Triple R Composite Splitter ordered.

Spacers for front and back ordered as well. 10mm on Front, 15mm on Rear.

That's probably all of my budget for this month; got a holiday to pay as well...

Next on the list is Rear Diffuser, but I really like the double central tailpipes. So I'm thinking of getting a cupra backbox, or maybe even a full new exhaust. I don't know enough about the differences between things such a Cat-back exhausts and stuff; so a little research is in order I think.
If anyone has any nice guide or tutorials towards understanding exhaust systems a bit better; let me know :)
 

warren30

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nice mate i have 2.0 t tfsi myself had it since march, same has you just did few interior jobs mats door sills,
now looking at bigger mods skirts and engine mods, some of the autoglym stuff good, get bilt hamper clay bar next time
best around for price £10 only need water, bilt hamper korosol and wheel cleaner are ace products mate,
for windows put some ag super resin polish on aswell dry rub of.
look forward to your updates
 

Ollie1990

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Paintwork is looking good for now, probably leave it a while before I Use clay again, but I'll definitely look into the bilt stuff :)
Definitely looking at some bigger mods now but obviously, money is a restraint for everyone. After splitter I think it will be exhaust and then rear diffuser to go with it :)
Thanks for checking out the thread!
 

Ollie1990

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Couple of pictures from recently.

New Wiper blades, in ridiculously sized packaging.
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Finally got my MPGs over 50 on my route home from work.
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Mine and my dads Volvo C30 T5 parked up at work :)
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