Non Cupra's

[kalis1300]

hello. Is it a mk2 or 3 as it says mk2 in ure profile.Where bouts you from?
Get some pics up of your car

hey its a mk3, i thaught they were mk2 face lifts until i searched around here.

i'll get some pics up soon, just been trying to re paint a few lil patchs on the door where the mug who had it befor me opened it into a wall poor thing doesn't deserve that.

im from camberley in surrey as well. so i've got put up with all the lil boy racers in their 1 litre puntos

 

[adamdenne1985]

Professional tints can be expensive, but mine were on the car when i got it. i dont mind them during the day but at night they are a complete b***h, they are dark charcoal not sure wat that is on %'age tho.
I kno sum of you knew that i needed a new light for the rear, that was because i reversed into a lorry, tints + no street lamps = no vision, thats why i hate them!! still not been repaired fully either!!
cheers for the info on the install, will take a look over the weekend!

 

[Mat]

adamdenne: head out of window helps when reversing (always done this way even before tints)

kalis: welcome. is yours the dark green? No offence, but i hate that colour. Would be nice to see some pics of it tho

 

[adamdenne1985]

Ok, i really cant be bothered to do all that pokin about with the stereo, so i may think of puttin another head unit in. does anyone know if the standard ISO plug will go straight into an aftermarket headunit?

 

[Chris3boro]

hey its a mk3, i thaught they were mk2 face lifts until i searched around here.

i'll get some pics up soon, just been trying to re paint a few lil patchs on the door where the mug who had it befor me opened it into a wall poor thing doesn't deserve that.

im from camberley in surrey as well. so i've got put up with all the lil boy racers in their 1 litre puntos

Yeh some call ours a mk2 facelift, but generally its a 'mk3'. Tell us a bit about yourself then, us non cupra owners like to stick together as the cupra boys bully us haha

Professional tints can be expensive, but mine were on the car when i got it. i dont mind them during the day but at night they are a complete b***h, they are dark charcoal not sure wat that is on %'age tho.
I kno sum of you knew that i needed a new light for the rear, that was because i reversed into a lorry, tints + no street lamps = no vision, thats why i hate them!! still not been repaired fully either!!
cheers for the info on the install, will take a look over the weekend!

didn't know tints made windows darker from the inside too, not good to have such reduced visibility i guess, as u found out to your cost!

 

[adamdenne1985]

adamdenne: head out of window helps when reversing (always done this way even before tints)

kalis: welcome. is yours the dark green? No offence, but i hate that colour. Would be nice to see some pics of it tho

HAHA i was but i was reversin to my right and the lorry was on the near side of the car and i was lookin on the offside (obviously)

 

[adamdenne1985]

Yeh some call ours a mk2 facelift, but generally its a 'mk3'. Tell us a bit about yourself then, us non cupra owners like to stick together as the cupra boys bully us haha



didn't know tints made windows darker from the inside too, not good to have such reduced visibility i guess, as u found out to your cost!

not as much as it stops light goin in but it doesnt help at night!!

 

[Mat]

yeah it does slightly! not too bad tho. put put window half down and you can see the difference

just to give an idea of how tint "work"

the reason you usually can't see inside a car is because there is no light source within the vehicle. And you can see out because of the light outside However, because it's a "tint", looking through class from inside the car to the outside, is obviously gonna be a shade darker (picture wearing sunglasses. no-one can see your eyes, but you can see them)

saying that, you should try driving with window tints whilst wearing sunglasses................ in the dark

 

[adamdenne1985]

yeah it does slightly! not too bad tho. put put window half down and you can see the difference

just to give an idea of how tint "work"

the reason you usually can't see inside a car is because there is no light source within the vehicle. And you can see out because of the light outside However, because it's a "tint", looking through class from inside the car to the outside, is obviously gonna be a shade darker (picture wearing sunglasses. no-one can see your eyes, but you can see them)

saying that, you should try driving with window tints whilst wearing sunglasses................ in the dark

Oh god, no thanks, i hit a lorry without sunglasses on, imagine wat id hit if i had sunglasses on as well!!!

 

[mr0709]

yeah it does slightly! not too bad tho. put put window half down and you can see the difference

just to give an idea of how tint "work"

the reason you usually can't see inside a car is because there is no light source within the vehicle. And you can see out because of the light outside However, because it's a "tint", looking through class from inside the car to the outside, is obviously gonna be a shade darker (picture wearing sunglasses. no-one can see your eyes, but you can see them)

saying that, you should try driving with window tints whilst wearing sunglasses................ in the dark

Thats extreme mat!!! its bad enough driving with sunglasses in the dark. let alone with tints.

Does anybody know how to extend the iso plug to fit one under the steering wheel as have been quoted 80 quid!!! to do this and would like to know how easy to do it is?

 

[mr0709]

Oh yer and **** me this thread has moved fast

 

[Mat]

Took some pics on camera phone of the tints., will upload ASAP

 

[Mat]

here's a view pics then

sorry about quality, was just taken on 2MP Camera Phone, if you really wanna see difference, I may get digicam on job

These are all out of the drivers window what are 50% tint IIRC

50/50

Down

Up

50/50 - again

TBH, the difference isn't all that bad when driving, the camera is just ****

 

[Chris3boro]

yeh this thread does move quick, probs cos it covers about 10 topics every day. Love it though lol

 

[Ibiza125]

Probably taking up like a percent of the board space, which is ALOT considering the amount on this forum..!

 

[ME]

I've just sent my climate control unit and the face off to have it modified. This will enable the use of an aftermarket stereo.. will post pics up of the final product once ive received. Heres a picture of what it should look like..

 

[M1KEH]

Where did you send it?

 

[M1KEH]

and do you lot never reverse using mirrors?

 

[adamdenne1985]

and do you lot never reverse using mirrors?

Someone decided it would be a good ideato put little stubby mirros on, so altho i have them they are useless!!

 

[ME]

Where did you send it?

2 a car audio place in germany