Lcr - piano black - new pics *

Taz

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T's 2002 LCR - ALMOST DONE :)
Time for me to do a proper readers ride now. I have had some posts up before but nothing in detail.. so here we go..

After owning many cars, my last being a e46 m3 which was a real pleasure to drive and own, it was time to move on and buy a car that i have wanted for a while and a bit more affordable to run.. a LCR

I used to check all over for one, they were mainly way down south or ones with high miles, which i didnt fancy. Then came along a 2002 210bhp LCR in black with very low miles for its age 62k, full history, mot'd and tax'd, cambelt done 2 weeks before he sold it to me, 4 previous owners and with few subtle extras.The car has never seen a track day and it will stay that way.

Loved it from the minute i test drove it.

The car had a custom remap
Angel eye headlights - i didnt like to be honest (he didnt have standards)
forge 007p

The only things that were wrong with it, the passenger side upper tweeter grill was missing.

I kept it as i bought it for 3 years until joing SCN... then the bug hit lol.

First mod i carried out was changing the long aerial for a stubby one.
Then i put some h1 6000k hids in which was a nice touch

Stayed like this for a few weeks before i started getting some serious mods. Next came:

* weitec 50/40 mm drop springs
* Tx autosport fmic
* blueflame exhaust system inc downpipe & de cat (ordered 23/11/10 and recieved today 1/2/11)
* bmc cda induction kit
* liquid gauge
* fabia rear wiper conversion and aero front wipers
* new floor mats
* carbon fibre vinyl for S badges and chrome grill surround
* new standard headlights
* tripple led sidelights
* led number plate lights
* new front splitter
* 2 Pirelli p zero's
* 80mm 3" cold air feed from fogs
* wheels painted in a toyota colour
* interior dash, door handles painted piano black
* front grills also painted piano black
* polyflex dog bone mount
* de badged from rear and wings
* private plate
* Silicone TIP

Still to do:

* Wind deflectors
* front windows tinted
* Fully polyflex bushes etc
* stage 2 remap
* 225bhp steering wheel - if one ever comes available........


Got the car back today after what seemed to be and endless wait.... To sum it up, its been worth the wait. The paintwork thats been carried out, is amazing to say the least.. everything has been done carefully. Nice, smooth and time taking on painting.

The wheels are great, look black at a distance to be honest. Up close you can see that they are a nice Toyota brown.

Also got rid off the angel eyes, replacing them with standards, what a big difference, cars front end is really aggressive. All in all.. im a happy chappy :D

ps just found out by chance my car has the electric folding wing mirrors..

day just gets better and better :p

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Taz

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lol.. yeh good guess.. tahir is my name :). Their 15k bulbs bro, they are extremely bright considering its the 35w kit. My mates got the 55w kit and they dont look brighter at all.

Hows your car coming along? You settle on getting the angel eyes?
 

Taz

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thanks tweedz ;)

a few more bits to do and that shoud be it

give the wallet a rest lol
 

t0m

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nice car mate! some good mods.

I'm running the same fmic on my stage 2 LCR. works a treat......... :)
 

Taz

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thanks tom :)

stage 2 is next on the list.. but got quoted £325 from a vag specialist.. no name for the code... and thats with a 40% discount...:wtf:

looking around at the mo, probs will end up drving down south to revo for their map..

we'll see what happins...
 

stezo2k

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Very shiny, love the colour. I must admit i'm a sucker for those MK2 L E O N badges, really suit the car a lot more

Keep up the good work :D
 

Taz

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thanks man :)

i was swaying towards the mk2 badges but want looks a bit out of place due to the theme of the car, unless i get them carbon wrapped or painted black...

u probs wont be able to see the leon badges lol..

il have a bash, post some pics up and see what everyone thinks...
 

Taz

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possibly looking to get charge pipe painted piano black. Need to get some silicone upper hoses too
 

Taz

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my 007p :D

sounds alot better now with the full blue flame system :D

will hopefully get a vid up soon :D
 

Taz

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fek m8 ur ryt.. it is a split R... :confused:

sounds pretty good though i :)
 
lol.. yeh good guess.. tahir is my name :). Their 15k bulbs bro, they are extremely bright considering its the 35w kit. My mates got the 55w kit and they dont look brighter at all.

Hows your car coming along? You settle on getting the angel eyes?

Tahir sounds like a islamic name :p did i guess that right ? aswell ?

salaam bro

na didnt get the projecters in the end to be honest it does look good but it looks a bit boy racer and makes the car look like its been moddded by a 17year old hha

:p luving the leon especiialy the colour of the wheels :) ;)
 

yessar_kd

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Thanks mate ;)

hows your car coming along? Red looks the part when its clean and polished up

and easier to clean ;)

Car fine mate just put front new tyres and did the tracking. Red does stand out alot when it clean, i use to have a black one so i know how you feel how hard it is to keep it nice and shiny :D
 

Taz

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Tahir sounds like a islamic name :p did i guess that right ? aswell ?

salaam bro

na didnt get the projecters in the end to be honest it does look good but it looks a bit boy racer and makes the car look like its been moddded by a 17year old hha

:p luving the leon especiialy the colour of the wheels :) ;)

w.salam

lol true true... im glad i got them off my car and replaced them with standards... they look so much nicer.

Thanks bro.. trying to make it a bit different from the rest without going overboard..

You bought anything new for your car? :D
 
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