what did you and your mk3 leon do today

[Maypack]

Followed my wife to our local dealer so she could drop off her Leon Xcellence for its first service. Whilst there saw these wheels which I thought looked pretty sweet.

I’ve no idea if the price is good or bad but they would have looked great on my old FR.

 

[Damo H]

Followed my wife to our local dealer so she could drop off her Leon Xcellence for its first service. Whilst there saw these wheels which I thought looked pretty sweet.

I’ve no idea if the price is good or bad but they would have looked great on my old FR.

With tyres that's pretty good!

 

[Rob66]

Met a few of the members off here at the Blackpool meet and won this bad boy as I had the dirtiest car (not by choice)

Excellent work @Jimbobcook

Also thanks to @Sharpy for the Meguiars cleaning kit. Looking forward to using it to try and win the cleanest car next time

That is a superb model does anyone know where to get these? Cheers

 

[Rob66]

Followed my wife to our local dealer so she could drop off her Leon Xcellence for its first service. Whilst there saw these wheels which I thought looked pretty sweet.

I’ve no idea if the price is good or bad but they would have looked great on my old FR.

Look like great value be good with winter tyres perhaps.

 

[Deleted member 103408]

That is a superb model does anyone know where to get these? Cheers

Yep they are hand crafted by @Jimbobcook but you have to attend a meet and win a prize. there is a thread on him building them

 

[Rob66]

Cheers old boy.

 

[Jordan Neill]

I've got the single with the front resonator taken out and the rear muffler still in. have you got any videos of both out?

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right okay that could be interesting. I havet any videos at the moment but will get some done and post up

 

[Jimbobcook]

Evening all,

Trying to get some ideas for local meets and for anything people wish to travel to they may not be so local.

I've created a thread on some locations and a poll to keep the results. If you fancy attending a meet with the forum pop over to this thread https://forums.seatcupra.net/index.php?threads/your-thoughts-on-local-meet-locations.448543/ and pick 3 locations and put a comment for any specific location you may know of.

Cheers

 

[Ninja10R]

Didn't do much with my Leon as it was a (extremely rare where i live) snowy day, but i took care of the key and key chain.

 

[Hogey]

Today I took my 280 Sub 8 in for the brakes to be electronically bled & fluid changed, mainly because of how spongey the brake pedal felt compared to my 290 which didn’t have the Brembo’s. The bite was always towards the top of the pedal range & didn’t require multiple pumps to stop on a dime.

Anyway I got it back & it’s actually not any better... the Seat dealer says this is because the pads are down to 4mm & there’s ‘extra distance to cover’ for the pad to contact the disc. To me this doesn’t seem correct but I’d be interested to see what you guys think

 

[Damo H]

Today I took my 280 Sub 8 in for the brakes to be electronically bled & fluid changed, mainly because of how spongey the brake pedal felt compared to my 290 which didn’t have the Brembo’s. The bite was always towards the top of the pedal range & didn’t require multiple pumps to stop on a dime.

Anyway I got it back & it’s actually not any better... the Seat dealer says this is because the pads are down to 4mm & there’s ‘extra distance to cover’ for the pad to contact the disc. To me this doesn’t seem correct but I’d be interested to see what you guys think

I'm no expert and I understand the theory of what they are saying, but I'd still call BS on that. When my 280 needed new pads (not Brembos I admit), the pedal feel didn't change after the new pads were fitted (it was never bad prior to the pad change).

In fact thinking back to the Stoptechs on the MINI, after 60k and needing new pads the pedal bite point hadn't changed on that either...

 

[Hogey]

I think the service desk guy is thinking of brakes that you’d see on a mountain bike which retract back to a set position. But on a car it’s the rotation of the disc which pushes the calliper open to say 1mm from the disc surface. The depth of the pad sat beyond the surface is somewhat irrelevant

 

[Damo H]

I think the service desk guy is thinking of brakes that you’d see on a mountain bike which retract back to a set position. But on a car it’s the rotation of the disc which pushes the calliper open to say 1mm from the disc surface. The depth of the pad sat beyond the surface is somewhat irrelevant

Yeah I would not expect the pistons to be 'sucked' back all the way into the caliper.

Not ideal, maybe worth taking it into an independant VAG Specialist. Where are you based?

 

[Damo H]

A few days ago I finished off the stripes (99% anyway) and had a res delete done by the lovely guys at VAG Manchester...

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Res Delete Video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLXD_8nEvt/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 

[brivww]

Mrs Wilson was particularly impressed with her fuel consumption yesterday, on a short trip through the roadworks on the M6 to Crewe. Personally I didn't think this mpg was possible in a 300 ST 4 Drive!

 

[zeffania]

Impressive. My wife would probably be in the 20s. I really can't see how she can get mine so low when she drives or, if I let her

 

[Deleted member 103408]

Mrs Wilson was particularly impressed with her fuel consumption yesterday, on a short trip through the roadworks on the M6 to Crewe. Personally I didn't think this mpg was possible in a 300 ST 4 Drive!

I certainly see that sort of figure on long distance motorway driving (when at a steady 70) to the last two meets, but in normal driving its a bit lower

 

[DEAN0]

I think the service desk guy is thinking of brakes that you’d see on a mountain bike which retract back to a set position. But on a car it’s the rotation of the disc which pushes the calliper open to say 1mm from the disc surface. The depth of the pad sat beyond the surface is somewhat irrelevant

On nearly all modern calipers - it is the seals that retract the pistons from the disc.
the seals distort slightly when you apply the brakes and retract the pistons as they straighten up afterwards.

If the discs are knocking the pads back - you have disc runout and it would be felt as vibration when braking.

 

[DEAN0]

... the Seat dealer says this is because the pads are down to 4mm & there’s ‘extra distance to cover’ for the pad to contact the disc. To me this doesn’t seem correct but I’d be interested to see what you guys think

What a croc of shite.
The whole point of hydraulic disc brakes is that they self adjust.
From brand new pads down to 0.5mm of pad left - the pads do not retract any further

 

[GordonMcC]

recently fitted the black DSG extension paddles from Ali Express. make a huge difference when going to grab the paddles on a spirited drive