ND-Photo.nl 's - Seat Leon ST Cupra 280

[TripleBob]

Don’t know whether you’ve found the same with yours also being at estate, but when I’m “making progress” the chassis flex at the rear is ridiculous - I can look in my rear view mirror and literally see the back end twist out of square!

I considered a K brace, but as I regularly put the back seats down I don’t want the hassle of having to remove it every time I need to use the full load space. So I’ve just picked up one of these bad boys:

Eurocode 8V/MK7 MQB Rear Chassis Brace

Our Rear Chassis Brace is designed to tie the left and right inner body assemblies together, adding additional rigidity to the chassis and upper strut towers.

www.ecodetuning.com

 

[nd-photo.nl]

@TripleBob I hear some flex due to the panoramic roof flexing a little bit haha, its especially noticable with speed humps which I take diagonally. Please let me know how the bracing works out, looks promising!

 

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When I bough the car, it was no secret that the brakes needed to be done. My last cars have had Brembo discs but for the Cupra I wanted to try another brand. Friends told me to go for Zimmermann, so I did

Was able to source 4 discs + brake pads for 413 euro including shipment. That is a steal! Unfortunately, the rear brake pads did not fit, so I had to source another brake pad set.

This is how the front discs were looking

The amount of rust in the disc was alarming

The caliper looks good

The rust was also visible on the inside

Both rear calipers look like this. So they both need a little cleaning and paint

The rear was rusty af, so new backing plates will be mounted.

Same goes for the arms, they are rusty and will be replaced.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

For me, this feels like a restriction, so I just removed it. This way, air can also find its way easier into the intake

 

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I love these stickers, I forgot to stick this on after replacing the serpentine belt and the belt tensioner

ND-Photo.nl 's - Seat Leon ST Cupra 280

I love that you can only see a slight hint of the front upper strut brace Do you feel any difference with it fitted? Would be almost invisible on my red wagon 😎

www.seatcupra.net

 

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Some more angles of the "burnt" exhaust tips in the garage

Looks great with the Rieger diffuser! Happy days

 

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And outside in the real world

 

[TripleBob]

Not gonna lie I’m not a fan of the burnt tips - they’re a bit too JDM/Subaru for my liking. Personally I’d have kept your previous ones, or looked at a set of Akrapovic style carbon ones
But if you’re happy then who the heck cares?

 

[nd-photo.nl]

@TripleBob Understandable and thanks for your honesty! Some things will always be down to personal taste.

And you are totally right, Im really happy with them

 

[TripleBob]

@TripleBob Understandable and thanks for your honesty! Some things will always be down to personal taste.

And you are totally right, Im really happy with them

Haha good! I’ll show myself out

How are the air ducts/diverters working for you behind the front grille?

 

[nd-photo.nl]

@TripleBob I also tried out the "pikey r600" mod, but reverted that as I wanted to retain that airflow on that side of the engine. I dont know why, but I feel better knowing that air is also cooling some stuff in that part of the engine bay.

I believe in my air diverters, so I havent removed them and checking the butt dyno if they made a significant change

Even though I like my current intake, I will probably end up buying this oversized RamAir intake:

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Took some time to arrange but then it got delivered very fast, the Graficar inlays for almost every pocket or storage compartment.

Click: https://www.graficar.com.tr/en/category/seat-170

It becomes pretty expensive with the shipment, but I think this is well worth it. Fitment is 100% and the value that it brings is awesome! This is how the Leon should have been outfitted from factory.

Armrest

 

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Small pocket under the steering wheel

 

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Front door

And done!

 

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Rear door

And done

 

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And the glove box

And...

Again, highly recommended

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Finally some performance mods, a 3.5" > 3" downpipe. The kit was delivered with a 200 cells sportscat and also a decat/testpipe, so you can choose whatever you want.

Decat is too much, so I decided to use the sports cat. The downpipe already had heatshielding added, which is a big plus for me!

Package a little bit damaged

I forgot that the kit had both decat/sportscat, so this is not how it looks underneath the car haha

The heatshielding in all its glory!

The flexpart is reinforced and looks good

Nice welds, also on the inside!

Sportscat also looks good

 

[Bluepower]

Finally some performance mods, a 3.5" > 3" downpipe. The kit was delivered with a 200 cells sportscat and also a decat/testpipe, so you can choose whatever you want.

Decat is too much, so I decided to use the sports cat. The downpipe already had heatshielding added, which is a big plus for me!

Package a little bit damaged

I forgot that the kit had both decat/sportscat, so this is not how it looks underneath the car haha

The heatshielding in all its glory!

The flexpart is reinforced and looks good

Nice welds, also on the inside!

Sportscat also looks good

Really nice Andy!!
Which one is this? (I was looking at a 4" Trackslag DP, but the extra import taxes are killing it...)

 

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@Bluepower Aliexpress

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With shipping etc it was below 400 euro, which is an absolute steal. I bought a O2 extender with mini cat builtin and I have no error messages.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Also bought the beauty cover. Needed to make an adjustment for the boost tap, which makes the MAP sensor sit higher. A little bit of dremeling was the solution. I think it looks way better in person compared to pictures

This is where I needed to make a little space for the MAP sensor

Before

And after! Happy days