DPJ's Silver Leon Cupra GT - no more.

[v-g]

I don't want an LCR lookalike.

Come on Dave, it's too late for that. When Joe Bloggs meet you on the road, he sees the front bumper and thinks, it's an LCR.

The connoisseurs among us can see you lack a lot of parts to be an LCR lookalike.

I don't think the OEM skirts looks that distinctive. You could probably get skirts that looks a lot like them. See where I'm trying to go?

 

[mixupz]

Come on Dave

DO it!

 

[The MoffMeister]

why?? lcr's arent that great looking why have a car thats not an lcr but has the exterior of it?? never understood the need for that

 

[UncleFester]

why?? lcr's arent that great looking why have a car thats not an lcr but has the exterior of it?? never understood the need for that

I love the LCR front bumper but love the facelift rear bumper. Fitting 'smooth' curved side skirts would go with both and look better.

 

[mixupz]

exactly my point unclefester

 

[DPJ]

Can I have some flat skirts instead then?

A bit like this ..................

 

[UncleFester]

Yes as long as they're inline with the rest of the car .... doesn't have to be LCR ones ... just not the ones you have now as they don't quite look right with everything else being nice and smooth and curved

 

[v-g]

Can I have some flat skirts instead then?

You forgot to say "please".

 

[DPJ]

please?

 

[DPJ]

....not right, is it..................

 

[mixupz]

yes it is! maybe just lift up the rear corner a lil so it looks like its curving towards the curve of your rear bumper other than that it looks spot

actualy after looking again its probably fine the way it is

 

[v-g]

They need to come up a bit, like the LCR skirts.

 

[UncleFester]

Or just fit stock LC sideskirts, no one said it had to be an LCR copy

 

[v-g]

This is fun!

 

[The MoffMeister]

side skirts do look rather low compared to the reat mind you dave wheres the jigsaw we can sort something out lol

 

[DPJ]

Today, while dodging the raindrops, I fitted my new Density Line engine mounts and dogbone.

Track Density.....................

Now they're right in what they say, zero, yes zero drivetrain movement. It feels like a go-kart.

The vibration and noise is another thing. Everything sounds different - it will take me a little while to get used to it.

 

[Willie]

Whats it like for idle vibration?
How did you find fitting the Engine mount?

 

[DPJ]

Whats it like for idle vibration?
How did you find fitting the Engine mount?

From cold first time, diabolical. I'm glad I went to the dentist recently to make sure my fillings were tightly in. Perhaps it'll settle a little.

Fitting the engine mount is a piece of cake (but I've got no carbon canister in the way). Just make you've got the sump balanced properly on a piece of wood (on jack) to avoid it sliding back. remove all the body side bolts them jack it up a few mm so you've got a gap between mount and body. Then undo the two stretch bolts.

 

[Willie]

Did you try the car between fitting all mounts to see how it felt say just with the Transmission and DBM with OEM engine?
I doubt you would but would have been interesting
What about the power steering reservior, does it just push out of the way?
Did you get bolts from Issam?
Did you need extra washers that weren't supplied?
Can you live with the vibration?
Is it an easy enough job that you could say fit the street density for every day driving and track density for track/1/4 mile days?

 

[DPJ]

Did you try the car between fitting all mounts to see how it felt say just with the Transmission and DBM with OEM engine?
I doubt you would but would have been interesting
What about the power steering reservior, does it just push out of the way?
Did you get bolts from Issam?
Did you need extra washers that weren't supplied?
Can you live with the vibration?
Is it an easy enough job that you could say fit the street density for every day driving and track density for track/1/4 mile days?

No, I didn't try it part and part.

The steering reservoir moves really easily. (I've got my Walbro inline fuel pump there too). I bought new stretch bolts from the dealer - about £7 for the lot. The jury's out on the vibration - I'll see what it's like after a couple of weeks. Yes, for the price of a couple of sets of bolts and half an hour, the final answer might be to buy some street density mounts too.

I was going to fit my Dieselgeek shortshifter set today, but that'll be tomorrow morning now.