what did you and your mk3 leon do today

Curtly

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It's a samsung charging pad. I fitted it as per the Diy dash cam thread, but obviously ran the usb cable behind the centre console. Dead Easy
 

paddy6789

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Wasn't quite today, but completed it all last night; Wired up my dash cam to work constantly (motion sensor only when ignition is off), changed the spark plugs to the Audi RS7 plugs, fitted the 034 lower engine mount and prepared the glove box ready for the air con mod (air conditioned glove box).


Seat Leon Cupra 290 DSG Black Edition
Racingline R600 intake
 

Walone

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Wasn't quite today, but completed it all last night; Wired up my dash cam to work constantly (motion sensor only when ignition is off), changed the spark plugs to the Audi RS7 plugs, fitted the 034 lower engine mount and prepared the glove box ready for the air con mod (air conditioned glove box).


Seat Leon Cupra 290 DSG Black Edition
Racingline R600 intake

Would be interested to know what is involved with the glovebox/aircon mod, it's something I miss that I had on my MK6 Golf.
 

paddy6789

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Would be interested to know what is involved with the glovebox/aircon mod, it's something I miss that I had on my MK6 Golf.



If you drop out the trim under the glove box, and look towards behind the centre of the dash, there's a valve that has a black cap on it. Apologies it's not very clear because of the flash and it's the only photo I took (it's the blue and white blur in the photo to the left of the curving metal pipe).

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Take the whole glove box assembly out and there's a punched out valve gap - valve goes there.

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Then a hose to connect the two. The hardest part is navigating the hose and wiring to the CD unit and glove box back into place to bolt it all back in position.

Valve: 5EQ816355 9B9
Hose: 5G2816311

Cost from VW for those was like £11.

Had to get another hose and do a bit of a bodge as the original hose (above) on the Golf diagrams was the same part number but looked different and was about 4inches too small.

Additional hose: 3G2816311


Seat Leon Cupra 290 DSG Black Edition (Alor Blue)
Performance: Racingline R600 Intake | Racingline Turbo Inlet Pipe | Racingline Turbo Elbow | Racingline Muffler Delete | OEM NGK Audi RS7 Spark Plugs
Interior: Koonlung K1S Dash Cam with BlackVue Power Magic Pro
Exterior: TRC Front Splitter | Foliatec Exhaust Paint Gloss Black
 

Walone

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If you drop out the trim under the glove box, and look towards behind the centre of the dash, there's a valve that has a black cap on it. Apologies it's not very clear because of the flash and it's the only photo I took (it's the blue and white blur in the photo to the left of the curving metal pipe).

c0f89ddcf71a4f6d3b3fe72179934580.jpg


Take the whole glove box assembly out and there's a punched out valve gap - valve goes there.

90a6540d533f343f779a2366471cae14.jpg


Then a hose to connect the two. The hardest part is navigating the hose and wiring to the CD unit and glove box back into place to bolt it all back in position.

Valve: 5EQ816355 9B9
Hose: 5G2816311

Cost from VW for those was like £11.

Had to get another hose and do a bit of a bodge as the original hose (above) on the Golf diagrams was the same part number but looked different and was about 4inches too small.

Additional hose: 3G2816311


Seat Leon Cupra 290 DSG Black Edition (Alor Blue)
Performance: Racingline R600 Intake | Racingline Turbo Inlet Pipe | Racingline Turbo Elbow | Racingline Muffler Delete | OEM NGK Audi RS7 Spark Plugs
Interior: Koonlung K1S Dash Cam with BlackVue Power Magic Pro
Exterior: TRC Front Splitter | Foliatec Exhaust Paint Gloss Black

That's excellent! Thank you.
 

FR184

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If anyone has app connect, the Toways CablePlus 90 Degree cable is highly recommended.

I found one on ebay for less than £10.

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silles

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Tried my new toy: Mobi V-17 Portabable Pressure washer and gave her a good wash and wet wax:


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Could have taken a picture outside if it hadn't started to rain
 

AndrewJB

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Oil finally turned up so it was service time!

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Genuine sump plug
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Out comes the millers nanodrive
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Once the oil was out and new sump plug refitted it was time to do oil filter, easy if you have the right tools (usually I attempt something then realise I need a tool, this time I was ready)
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new genuine oil filter
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old filter
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Took approx 30 mins and most of that was waiting for the oil to drain! First time I have serviced a car with an oil filter like that, Previous ones have been the old style ones. Need to do my MK2 Golf now and Motorbike.
 
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who.am.i

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Took my grey one to 30k km service.oil,oil filter and cabin filter changed. So were good for 15k km.
Replacement was mk2 :-D

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russwuss

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Decided to tackle the door card rattles. Took about 2 hours total; so far very impressed with the results. Found three of the door clips were snapped already (guessing previous owner had a go at removing it) and I snapped a further 5 made sure I had 20 spares though before attempting the job!

Will take our for a drive later today and see if the rattles have gone.

Also gave it a quick wash after and tried out a new QD

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Miguel 7

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Decided to tackle the door card rattles. Took about 2 hours total; so far very impressed with the results. Found three of the door clips were snapped already (guessing previous owner had a go at removing it) and I snapped a further 5 made sure I had 20 spares though before attempting the job!

Will take our for a drive later today and see if the rattles have gone.

Also gave it a quick wash after and tried out a new QD

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I'd remove the speaker and put some there as well as thats the main source :)
 

russwuss

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I'd remove the speaker and put some there as well as thats the main source :)



Ah sorry I did that after taking the photo; I had some foam and put that behind the speaker grill thingy. Anything is better than what it was before!


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