Pd150 Leon FR+

[FR8ZER]

Hello, so after a 5hour train journey to test drive the car and a 5hour drive home, here it is

2005 on a 55plate, currently at 74k (proven) miles.

Good points
- It's silver
- It has all the receipts from 2006 and all previous MOTs
- Mechanically running sweet as nut for now.


Points that show its age
- bit of rust developing at the top of drivers front wheel arch
- dings on passenger door, and scrapes on the bonnet
- marks on the silver parts of the seat fabric ( I believe will come out with a deep clean)


Points which require attention
- 3brands of tyre on the car, picky I know. Wheels are in good condition tho.
- I have the indicator relay with a mind of its own. (Relay contact cleaner ordered)
- g179 error, nicely illuminating my airbag light for now.


Things I won't jump into yet but will end up modifying
- LED 501s and festoons (ordered)
- Aero wipers (ordered)
- Rear window tints
- gloss black the wheels or some BBS replacements
- Black roof and mirror wrap
- Awesome Gti £150 remap, the lowest power / torque one available. ( I've been there done that and wore the t-shirts for slipping clutches etc, I'm not interested in going hybrid)
- Awesome Gti cruise control
- mufflerectomy
- maybe some form of seat swap as long as there's no crazy wire cutting and soldering if possible, Golf R32's or Audi S3 kinda thing
- IPhone compatable head unit
- Rear ARB


Cheers if anyone took the time to read through to here, opinions and personal experiences are all welcomed.

Frazer

 

[joshy514]

Best engine and colour!!

 

[BigJase88]

Word of warning the awesome gti map is as harsh as anything! And will require an uprated clutch!

Im running a de-tuned awesome gti map and it still made this

Which is still high! Standard clutch can't really take anymore than 300lb/ft torque

 

[alyraver]

Lovely example there mate! And low mileage too - very hard to find nowadays. 5 hr train journey! def worth it tho


i would strongly recommend changing the DMF at same time as clutch. They can develop a rattle and will need replacing eventually, so might as well do it at same time (will save on labour costs in long term) - of course not all do, but its worth considering
And as jasc says the standard clutch will be like butter after a short period with a remap, so def worth looking at uprated clutch kits - most tend to go for Sachs

With regards to the alloys, i think the 18" LCR alloys look superb. I think its the only car where i think the stock alloys look better than any aftermarket ones, but thats just my opinion. Check out ebay for a decent set of used 18" LCR alloys - most will prob need a ferfurb, but is def worth it. They really transform the look of the FR+ tdi's

 

[joshy514]

Lovely example there mate! And low mileage too - very hard to find nowadays. 5 hr train journey! def worth it tho


i would strongly recommend changing the DMF at same time as clutch. They can develop a rattle and will need replacing eventually, so might as well do it at same time (will save on labour costs in long term) - of course not all do, but its worth considering
And as jasc says the standard clutch will be like butter after a short period with a remap, so def worth looking at uprated clutch kits - most tend to go for Sachs

With regards to the alloys, i think the 18" LCR alloys look superb. I think its the only car where i think the stock alloys look better than any aftermarket ones, but thats just my opinion. Check out ebay for a decent set of used 18" LCR alloys - most will prob need a ferfurb, but is def worth it. They really transform the look of the FR+ tdi's

I'm the same, just got a set of lcr 18s off m20fes for mine. I toyed with 3sdm but they're too expensive after what the cars cost lately! Mine isn't an fr+ but its the same colour with the same sort of mileage!