Spirit's LCR

[Spirit Furtive]

New Filter.

Brakes are on.

Whats missing?

Started polishing the charge pipe. (Its a work in progress)

Bushings are on and no noticable loss in comfort which is good, the whole car just feels tighter.

I also started removing bits from the bay to make it less cluttered and I have a shiny charge pipe now as somebody gave me the Forge one, intake manifold is next.

 

[Spirit Furtive]

Not updated in ages so figured it was about time, the extended winter really sapped away my enthusiasm but im pleased to say im doing stuff again.

I ordered some of the 2.0 coils and adapters which should be here next week.

I also shamelessly ripped of D.K's idea of a colour coded splitter but they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Also got a new steering wheel on the way which I hope will look good.

Anyway thats all for now but im sure there will be more.

 

[D.K]

Splitter looks good mate, makes the front look a lot lower

I like the steering wheel, whats it off ?

 

[Spirit Furtive]

Its actually the standard wheel that has been remanufactured so im hoping it will look really OEM+ more pics in the link.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261180280042?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

[Spirit Furtive]

New Wheel

It's here!

Set to work this morning with these. (Only need the T55 Torx)

I took this so you could see the holes you are going to need to put the flathead in to get the airbag unclipped.

One side unclipped.

Airbag is free.

Wheel off.

New wheel in.

Airbag back on.

Cliffs:

Disconnect the battery before hand obviously (I left it for an hour)
Keep at it with the clips as they are a pain.
Leave the nut in the middle on slightly when you first pull the old wheel off so you dont smash yourself in the face!

Pros:

This new wheel is about as OEM+ you can get alongside the R32 wheel that some fit.
Its thicker than the old one and feels better to hold.
The materials look nicer and the red stiching is the same as OEM.

Cons:

The emblem at the bottom says Cupra instead of the R logo which some may care about.
Lost the red stripe at the top so less racecar.

 

[coleman]

Love the look of the new wheel.

 

[Richy Cupra]

Love the wheel mate. Very OEM+

 

[D.K]

I like that a lot

 

[t0m]

Tidy wheel, impressed!

Good work on the bushes too mate, glad you're pleased.

 

[Spirit Furtive]

Thanks for the kind words guys im pretty happy with it.

 

[Spirit Furtive]

Time to upgrade the coil packs.

Old

Out

Old vs New

Adapters in. (Points to anyone who points out the amature hour mistake!)

All in but one.

Bah

No matter what I tried!

In the end I had to negotiate using a large pair of pliers.

All done.

The 2.0 packs seem to give a smoother idle and have ironed out some hesitation so im happy.

 

[t0m]

Another one upgrades Mine idles smooth now too no dips at all the needle is steady and the car pulls very cleanly now, they're a good thing to do if they're due IMO.

The first one is a bugger with the charge pipe bracket. Had to lever mine about a bit and eventually it worked! Glad you're pleased with them. Did you get them from awesome GTi?

 

[Spirit Furtive]

I did yes and the service was perfect as always.