Great read! Cars lovely, how do you manage to keep it so yellow?lol I own one myself and they're a pain to keep tidy! What handling mods you going for?
Kev's Mk2 Leon Cupra R now APR stage 2+
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White on blue does look good, I preferred your car with white wheels.
Cheers, I just try keep it as clean as I can. I wash my car nearly every week when the weather is good, this time of year isn't as often.
I was just pricing these up the other day, handling mods I'm planning on getting are going to be Awesome ALK (which uses SuperPro bushes), SuperPro adjustable ball joints, H&R ARB kit 28mm front and 24mm rear. Am thinking of coilovers and a LSD but they won't be for a while yet.
Good work on the car buddy, looks awesome, plus the tip on the engine cover trim will help me out too
Cheers fella.
Today I had a busy morning 5 hours cleaning, removing tar and the sticky pads from the old wheel weights then I sealed my new wheels with FK1000p
When I'd finished cleaning the rain stopped long enough for me to try my new wheels. Here's a few pics
Clearance on the brakes wasn't much 2 or 3mm at the most.
Here's how the offset looks
I've pumped the tyres up till 35psi in the front and 32psi in the rear I think that's right for 225/40/18 tyres.
When I'd finished cleaning the rain stopped long enough for me to try my new wheels. Here's a few pics
Clearance on the brakes wasn't much 2 or 3mm at the most.
Here's how the offset looks
I've pumped the tyres up till 35psi in the front and 32psi in the rear I think that's right for 225/40/18 tyres.
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They look nice mate. Not too much clearance though. Getting some spa ers for these or just keeping them like they are for track days?
The wee small stones will get stuck in there. The mates suburu had big stoppers and very little clearance and that's what happened to his.
I'm not jealous because i have the same brakes
C0ck lol
I thought u went for Porsche ones???
lolTbf I've only had this a month so I will catch up at some point hahah
Downpipe tomorrow
[M]ike;4352837 said:
Cheers guys, wasn't going to get spacer but after reading these comments I going to because I don't want to mark my calipers. Yeah 5mm will be enough, I'm going to price some up later.
I'm still not to sure about colour, I think it's just because of the change, I've got till these tyres are used up before I decide.
Cheers mate. AKS BBK very good brakes miles better than the standard cupra brakes.
Yeah they are the same as Andrew's' I copied him he posted pics on here and I just thought I've got to get myself a set of them.
Tbf I've only had this a month so I will catch up at some point hahah
Downpipe tomorrow
Downpipe is one of my next mods, same as you BCS.
They look stunning! Next purchase me thinks
Cheers lads, from what I'll read 18s handle a lot better compared to the standard 19s, I'll find out later when I go for a test drive. There is quite a difference in the weight between the TD's and the 19s
Test drove my new wheels this week, I've very happy with how they feel. There was a noticeable difference between the standard 19s and 18" TD's. My car handled better and felt a bit smoother over rough bumpy parts of the road. Couldn't really push to hard because it was wet when I was out but even the Dunlop Sport Maxx RT tyres performed well in the wet.
I fit Forge dv to intake return hose this morning, 2 minute job.
The Forge hose is a bit longer than the original hose which is good as the original was rubbing on my modified engine cover.
I've still got a length of 4mm silicon hose to move the boost gauge sender out of the engine bay to behind the glove box but I'm waiting for the weather to get better before I fit it.
I fit Forge dv to intake return hose this morning, 2 minute job.
The Forge hose is a bit longer than the original hose which is good as the original was rubbing on my modified engine cover.
I've still got a length of 4mm silicon hose to move the boost gauge sender out of the engine bay to behind the glove box but I'm waiting for the weather to get better before I fit it.
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