Really like it but to be honest I think it's a bit too quite. If you rev the car, the engine note takes over any sound the exhaust is making.
I guess from outside it's a different story though.
Happy nonetheless
what did you and your mk3 leon do today
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Really like it but to be honest I think it's a bit too quite. If you rev the car, the engine note takes over any sound the exhaust is making.
I guess from outside it's a different story though.
Happy nonetheless
That sounds good - similar system on a cupra would prob sound pretty sweet with the exhaust farts.
It farts alright
All seriousness, my 1.8 never farted with the OEM exhaust, but it does now! Thing is, you press the gas too much then you can't hear the farts at all as the engine overpowers the exhaust..
Took the dog for her week's stay at a mate's in N Wales (whilst we go to Portugal) this evening. 165 miles, 3 hr driving, rush hour around Manc. going, rarely shy of 69mph coming back & got 49.8mpg (edited)
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Ah deadly, you can be assured of a faultless job so. He did a friend of mines GTI and the finish was phenomenal. Stick up a few pics when you get it back!It's in Spirit with Brian. He's just down the road from me and a cancellation booking opened up. Collecting it tomorrow morning, can't wait
Got it back this morning and it looks great. I've no pics of my own but Brian put up a few on Facebook.
WOW! thats what I want mine to look like. hoping to get a detail done in the next couple of months.
have seen some good reports of LC Autoclean in Milton keynes.
They did a terrific job on AndrewJBs cupra...
Had the day off work so did some bits and pieces. Gave the engine bay and exhausts some TLC (detailer didn't have time to get those as polishing took longer than anticipated) and replaced the crappy dealer-supplied reg plates and surrounds with new pressed metal plates (no surrounds).
Engine bay:
Left:
No more tar or carbon buildup (on the outside anyway). Life's too short to clean the inside of an exhaust
I also did some VCDS tweaking. I set the soundaktuator to 0% and it sounds great. The wing mirrors now fold in when I push the lock button instead of having to hold it and the lane-change indicator does 5 flashes instead of 3. The last one wouldn't take (VCDS reported the value had changed to 5 but the car was still doing 3) until I factory-reset the light settings.
Engine bay:
Left:
No more tar or carbon buildup (on the outside anyway). Life's too short to clean the inside of an exhaust
I also did some VCDS tweaking. I set the soundaktuator to 0% and it sounds great. The wing mirrors now fold in when I push the lock button instead of having to hold it and the lane-change indicator does 5 flashes instead of 3. The last one wouldn't take (VCDS reported the value had changed to 5 but the car was still doing 3) until I factory-reset the light settings.
Life's too short to clean the inside of an exhaust
I do that when I wash mine.... I'll get me coat (and go clean it now )
If I'd had the power washer out I probably would have covered the inside with tar remover and let it sit to shift some of it. Do you not find the insides get filthy again as soon as you go for a drive?
In fairness i only shove a sponge round the inside of the tips. never inspected how much it cleans... sponge comes out pretty clean most of the time though. car has only done 2k so not much black crap in there yet
Spent 6hrs cleaning: snow foam, 2bucket wash, clay, rinse, wax, trim revive, glass polish, tyre black x3, exhaust polish, interior dust-up. Wheel wax done 2 weeks ago. Looks better than new.
christ, if i spent that long on cleaning a car i wouldnt want to take it out of the garage let alone drive it anywhere!!!
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