Josh's Leon FR tdi. R32 interior fitted.

[dgjdrummer]

Watch this space for further front brake upgrades, might have some 312mm's up for grabs depending on what I can sort out disc and pad wise!

Dibs (well, some time in the new year when I have money again )

 

[joshy514]

You can have dibs lol, I'm thinking of just selling the carriers, discs and pads because your callipers will fit, mine do atm, just so i can go back to 288 while i get discs and pads for the mystery brakes

 

[joshy514]

Ooh got 20mm hubcentric spacers coming for the rears! going to tint the headlight covers and get them on over christmas leave too, so watch this space!

 

[joshy514]

Well the further front brake upgrade is out the window! Pissed lol. Got spacers and tinted headlight covers to go on directly!

 

[Claki]

Where did you find your headlight covers!? i cant find any to save life..

 

[joshy514]

Someone was breaking an lcr rep on eBay and I collared him for them, £55 I paid, but dealers used to sell them for £39 I believe.... They don't make them any more Though

 

[Claki]

55 quid for just the covers? Thats quite abit but taking into account they are rare as rocking horse poo.

 

[joshy514]

They were just one of those things like the seats and lcr steering wheel, saw them and had to have them lol

 

[joshy514]

20mm spacers
Before

After

Brakes haven't worked out, and spoke to Bill and can't spend the money on a map as he is booked whilst I'm home, and my egr delete is at work 200 miles south! Got some pennies to play with!

 

[dgjdrummer]

Looks much nicer with them spacers on, can't wait to get mine one now

If you're wondering what to spend money on, have you looked at maybe goin a bit lower?

 

[joshy514]

Yeah looks beefy now, I've got her booked for a 2.5" turbo back custom s/s exhaust, no boxes! Thursday next week. I'm thinking spending the money on lowering her, but sump is a bit of a state lol.

 

[dgjdrummer]

Haha just use the gap betwen speedbumps and you'll be fine! That's what I intend to do.

How much is the turbo back gonna cost you? I'm thinking just a mufflerectomy on mine as I still want the noise to be useable.

 

[joshy514]

Yeah that's what I'll do, £200 using my bit that's there already and my tip, ill upload videos in and on load and not, to give an idea, tomorrow's the big day!

 

[estronca15]

nice Leon

 

[joshy514]

Well it hasn't had the whole stainless system, just a de cat. Saved me £160 though so can't moan. The place said they don't wanna fit a whole system because the mounts I used on the mufflerectomy won't be covered by their system guarantee lol. I left the original silencer mounts at work so ill just keep the old pipe and get the mufflerectomy properly welded up on decent mounts when I'm next home. This means springs and new top mounts, try and finally get rid of the tiny knock I have left!

 

[joshy514]

De cat sounds amazing! The only way I can describe it is at 2300ish it sounds like a diesel vtec! Goes a lower pitch and quite abit louder, but usually I change before 2000 so it doesn't bother me.
Washed it with autoglym, then used the matching polish. Pictures don't do it any justice though....

Also last month I re did the pillars in gloss black, to go with the black/silver theme.

 

[dgjdrummer]

Sounds good mate did you notice much of a difference with just the mufflerectomy over standard back box?

The gloos black pillars suit the silver a treat!

 

[joshy514]

No not really, compared to that black leon mine is really loud, but that's partially the dogbone mount too, going to change it I think. Back to oem. You can hear the exhaust now but like I said its just really when you boot it. There was a difference but not an un liveable one.

 

[joshy514]

Spotted a shallow sump on darksideperformance, with a steel bottom instead of alloy, seems to be just what I need as I'm planning lowering it and I battered my sump a couple of months back on oem springs! Leaking a tiny bit ATM....

 

[joshy514]

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