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Thought is was about time I gave a update on my car (some pictures arent great quality but you get the idea!) To first give you a idea of how it looks standard : And now with it being slightly modded, randomly placed no time order : Enjoy :D

Tomorrow I'm picking up a LCR, which will be my first turbo'd car. So is there anything 'different' I need to bear in mind when driving it, or generally owning it? What can't you do in a turbo'd car that you can in a NA car. Or, more importantly, what should you do in a turbo'd car that you...

can't get to the brands hatch round of the touring cars:( so i thought i will watch it on itv, wot no touring cars bloody superbikes[:@]

how much did you pay for painting the cupra bumpers? and was the job any good? dont have a clue how much 2 pay but want cupra bumbers for the red 1.2! PLEASE help!! lol!

Went to the BTCC at Knockhill on Sunday - absolutely superb:) - spotted loads of Seats dotted around various carparks - one thing I would like to know - why are the majority of the touring cars, and the cupras, left hand drive? - suppose its something to do with race regulations perhaps:shrug: ...

Is it true that Dealers who buy in a bunch of cars and pre-register them don't charge VAT on? Somebody is trying to tell me that they often "swallow" the VAT when they sell a pre-registered car to a customer. I can't see how they can invoice you for a car and not charge VAT when they have had...

My cars trying to act like it’s a rally sl4g! Ive just cleaned my BMC filter and after taking out the forest of dean, 3 wasps, 8 blue bottles and an oak tree I thought id give it a thrash to see if it made a difference. Its freed up the rev range allot more but when I started to slow down to...

Spent all weekend washing and waxing the cars. The neighbours must now think I'm mad, I have 2 tired arms and backache but the results are worth it :D

Is this likely? I know there is a video on the forge site but has anyone seen it happen? Cheers p.s are the TIPs on the forge site actually made by Samco??

Top 10 highest-accident rate cars Most Claims Look whos 4th :(

As I have a revod leon fr tdi pushing out 192bhp I was wondering what I can expect to beat on the roads or off the lights. I dnt seem to get many ppl trying to have a go:( . What have you guys beat etc. Cheers

hey guys done a search but not been able to find out this. been looking at getting a ko3s turbo but want to know which cars noramly have them on and which will fit ibiza cupra mate owns a scrap yard so maybe able to get 1 from there if i can say what car they normaly on.

Hi all, While queing up at a petrol station, I noticed something hit the floor mat on the drivers side. Haven't got a clue what it is, some sort of black metal clip. Slightly worried as this clip had grease all over it. I can only imagine it's come from under the steering column/pedal box...

whats the crack with replacing rear dampers on my octavia(same as)/leon/golf? springs and dampers are seperate,so i'm presuming easier than the usual spring /damper combo. looking to change mine sometime very soon,any hints and tips very welcome.

A colleague at work has a Nissan Almera (yeah I know :D ) DCI which is very low on power, from his description almost sounds like it's in some sort of limp mode. Can vag-com be used to get any fault codes off non-vag cars ? Obviously the bulk of the functionality won't work, but as all cars...

Hey all I'm totally a n00b with wheels, so before I get flamed I have done a few searches and have come across some useful info. However, still a little confused. My MY03 leon has been dropped by approximately 35mm all round, on highsport coilovers, and standard facelift 17" alloys...

Can anyone help? I have a mk3 cupra standard apart from a ram-air and gauges. Under full acceleration the violently stutters and hesitates about 2 1/2 3k revs. but doesn't happen if slowly up revs as bad. Ticks over funny as well! What could this be and much will it set me back...

For thoese guys who have mapped thier 130s, Are you seeing any problems with temps on these engines, which I'm assuming are now around 175-185bhp, with just the SMIC. Again I'm assuming you havent all got the FMIC.

After driving a ford ka hire car all week while mine was being repaired i finally got my cupra back today... Im happy again now lol :p Anyway a few wierd things have happened since picking it up and id like some advice as to the first things to check :) Would hate to have to take it back...

Hey Guys, My Cupra has a full BF system on it the moment and is lowered around 40mm's on springs, however I want to fit my H&R Cup Kit to it over the next few days, but before I do I want to know how many have your car's lowered, and by how much? Reason I ask is I don't want to crush the...