leon cupra - winter protection

[chrisr45]

Air next or re spray in pure whit with black roof ?

 

[mk4 cupra]

Looks nice in that color I need mine detailing now it makes the yellow look so much deeper

 

[jake]

if i won the lottery maybe chris haha

got the car on the ramp at dinner to have a look at the caliper, it was seized, very seized

exchange unit ordered with pads

caliper taken off and cleaned the area, here you can see my tricky dent


IMAG0162 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

this shows you how hot the caliper has been, the paint is destroyed, the rest of the calipers look like new


IMAG0165 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

the pads on the good side did have alot of meat left, but the seized side were down quite a bit,

old vs new


IMAG0172 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

and the shiney new caliper


IMAG0167 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

job done

oh and a taster of the wheels, not orignal but i like them, i think


teamdynamics by cuprajake1, on Flickr

 

[cupra.al]

looking good.
when is it for sale?

 

[jake]

soon as it snows lol so october

 

[jake]

next thing was maintenance

cam follower changing

tools


IMAG0176 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

and the parts note the wear


IMAG0179 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

jake

 

[jake]

yonk


IMAG0188 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


IMAG0186 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

at ats now having tyres changed over lol

 

[jake]

wheels are on,


IMAG0195 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

deffo needs lowering, they do look tiny haha, id of loved 19" but just too costly

and how it can/will be


praisethelowerd by cuprajake1, on Flickr

jake

 

[jake]

yeah been looking at so many pics over on scn re the sportlines, but decided on the coils, there both going to ride simular tbh, went for the joms on the recommendation the ride a little better, as the arb wont be getting changed im not too worried about that,

gave the car a wash, used up my last bit of snow foam, totally crap stuff but makes the car look epic, ummmm white


IMAG0209 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

jake

 

[jake]

tried this today, and kind of failed,

the strut has to fix into the ball but its on too much of an angle for this to work so i modified the way its works and went the oem solution

i still used the plates, 20x50mm, welded the nut on the back,

how ever i went through the hinge

heres the hole


IMAG0223 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

after that to allow the strut to come down you have to trim this piece


IMAG0225 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

remove it


IMAG0227 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

cut in half


IMAG0228 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


install upside down


IMAG0218 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

i also trimmed the rubber 1/2"

this is it fitted up, no more bonnet stay


IMAG0215 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


IMAG0232 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


IMAG0220 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


IMAG0221 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

the struts are off an audi a4 13" long, while they hold the bonnet they dont lift it, so i need something stronger which i can have made by a company

 

[bendyb633]

Sweet, love the bonnet stay mod!

 

[jake]

cheers,

exhaust is done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbt1nKD5B-U&feature=youtu.be

clip makes it sound louder than it is

jake

 

[jake]

fitted the joms today with the help of chris.*

i wound them leaving about an inch of thread and tbh the car looks like standard ride height. i still need to adjust everything but surely that cant be right. i know they should settle but about 2" lol*

 

[jake]

Figured it out,

me lol wrong instilation, ive never done a mk5 chassis, only mk4 now on a mk4 the tab locates the bolt, obs not on the mk5

this tab\/




STRUT by cuprajake1, on Flickr



goes below the bolt, thing is i rand dpm and h said grind the middle

 

[jake]

new wheels ordered

 

[cupra.al]

bloody hell another set.

 

[jake]

wasnt feeling the td's

new wheel teaser


choice by cuprajake1, on Flickr

jake

 

[cupra.al]

i can see that i like them.
i like the tds as well.

 

[jake]

Changed the dv today to the revised g version. Tbh the c was immaculate so perhaps a waste of £30. Time will tell. Car feels no different haha

Wheels are due in Monday, I'm then going to paint them in a custom anthracite/xirrilic mix.

I will need rear camber, luckily I have a hunter so can set it up haha

More work continues on the reverse camera badge, I now have all my bits bar camera due to a cockup at hids4u.

This will be one cool mod

 

[jake]

started work on the badge.*

Just need a few little bits that I got today and some wiring and she's good to go.*



Wrong camera was sent so that should be here Monday also, then it's a case of wiring it to the factory rns510 via an adaptor.*



Jake