Pete-225's Leon Cupra R 225

Pete225 · May 4, 2013

After a lot of searching and reading up, I thought I'd take you all through my slow progress journey!
Having 2 kids and them draining my wallet as it is, this car is slowly but surely getting the tlc and time from me it needs, however half the mods I need are going to take me forever to get

The car as it stands now:

Onvi yellow paint
Black cupra r 18" alloys
Mintex disc and pads all round
Forge alloy boost pipe (non res)
Standard exhaust system with decat
One red silicone hose

.. (Hardly noticeable)
Mini aerial
Pioneer head unit

Not a bad start, and have some great ideas planned for the car.

I want to go pretty much all red under the hood, as I like the contrast of red and yellow with the Brembo brakes.

Plans are:
New bushes
New rods
JR 80mm cone
Sfs/badger 5 tip
Custom made heatshield (already with some help from RDS)
Toyo fmic
Some silicone hose replacements
Remap
Miltek/cobra exhaust
Down pipe
S3 strut brace
R32 arb

Now it's a pretty big wish list, but I will get there slowly but surely.
First on the list, JR 80mm cone, and then tip

Pete225 · May 4, 2013

A few pics of today's progress on Bumblebee:
Washed her and replaced standard bulbs with halogen bulbs, will eventually get HID's one day....

Standard side bulb:

Halogen side bulb:

Couldn't take anymore photos of the new bulbs as my phone died! So will post another day

M20FES · May 4, 2013

looks ok as it is, good plans. Its never easy is it, balancing your money on family and hobbies.

Pete225 · May 4, 2013

No mate it's not

wish I could invest more time and money, but the family come 1st

2 kids under 3 mate, and you would think I'm clothing 10 kids with the amounts they grow lol

Pete225 · May 4, 2013

And thanks btw

Pete225 · May 5, 2013

Been a busy bee today, stripped the sound/heat proof layer off the bonnet, and cleaned the underside of the bonnet, then been busy on my engine cover, sprayed metallic red

Before:

No bonnet lining (very dirty!!)

After the deep clean (needs a bit more work)

Before:

All taped up ready to go

Base coat (high temp red,still wet)

Finished product with high temp metallic red paint

The pictures don't do it justice, has a sparkly flake in the paint and when the sun hits it

looks lovely.
Thanks for looking

M20FES · May 5, 2013

good job, glad you found some car time

Pete225 · May 5, 2013

Cheers mate, me too lol, want to spray the centre console in red too

Pete225 · May 6, 2013

Went to MFN last night, and what a fantastic turnout! Can't believe how many cars were there

took a few pics of some nice shiny bays

And finally got a half decent pic of the new xenon bulbs

Thanks again for looking

RaviR50 · May 16, 2013

good start bud

all just takes time and money of course haha

Pete225 · May 17, 2013

Cheers mate, like I've said, just got to lacquer the cover, and RDS has sent me a template to make a heat shield ready for the cone filter

what's your plans for yours then?

Pete225 · May 19, 2013

Well it was my sons 1st birthday today, and thought I'd take him in my car to his party, whilst my partner took our daughter and her mum in her car.

On the way, as it was hot and nice, I thought I'd put my front passenger window down...... And CRASH, my window fell through!!
Luckily the window didn't smash, but as the window fell, it fowled the locking mechanism, causing the door to be stuck, and un-openable!

Had to take the door card off, which needs replacing anyway as the previous owner did a bit of a bridge job, with no nails :| so I haven't been able to put it back on!

Unscrewed the bolts on the silver plate, tool the motor off, took the speaker out so I could use the hole to gain access to the fallen window, unscrewed the two bolts that secure the window in place, put it back in, tightened everything, walla boom, walla bing, all sorted!!

Just need a new door card and clips to sort the mess out

, so it's kind of done me favour, as it will push me to do it, as its looking a little rally spec now lol (sorry no pics as it looks horrible

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RDS · May 19, 2013

Didn't even realise you'd started one of these mate, car looks good. Pleased to hear you sorted the door problem straight away. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with the bay

Edit- this is in the wrong section mate :doh:

may be worth sending one of the mods a pm to get it shifted to the readers rides section

Pete225 · May 19, 2013

Haha, I was umming and aring since you said something to be honest. Yeah me too, coz where I live, I wouldn't trust my car to be here in the morning with a window down all night, plus the weather isn't looking too good. Thanks mate

getting there slowly, be even better when your tasty template mod comes, thinking of spaying it either white with red trimming, or red with white trimming, what do you think?

RDS · May 19, 2013

Far to Sunderland for my liking

probably best to decide on a colour scheme and stick to it

Pete225 · May 19, 2013

Well I'm going with the red, I only thought of the white to make it stand out a bit, as I'm thinking either option will just break it up a little

(can't copy you completely can I?) hmm decisions decisions!

RDS · May 22, 2013

Red plastics and heatshield, black hoses and heatshield trim, obviously just in my opinion. Stick a front splitter on your list to do

LeonUser · May 22, 2013

Pete225 said:
Well it was my sons 1st birthday today, and thought I'd take him in my car to his party, whilst my partner took our daughter and her mum in her car.

On the way, as it was hot and nice, I thought I'd put my front passenger window down...... And CRASH, my window fell through!!
Luckily the window didn't smash, but as the window fell, it fowled the locking mechanism, causing the door to be stuck, and un-openable!

Had to take the door card off, which needs replacing anyway as the previous owner did a bit of a bridge job, with no nails :| so I haven't been able to put it back on!

Unscrewed the bolts on the silver plate, tool the motor off, took the speaker out so I could use the hole to gain access to the fallen window, unscrewed the two bolts that secure the window in place, put it back in, tightened everything, walla boom, walla bing, all sorted!!

Just need a new door card and clips to sort the mess out , so it's kind of done me favour, as it will push me to do it, as its looking a little rally spec now lol (sorry no pics as it looks horrible )

Car looks real nice mate just keep it going along it will turn out the way you want it soon.

And i just this minute fixed my window regulator (sat in car with laptop) and what a ball ache it is fitting new metal wiring [:@]

also got to fit new leather to the car now for the gator around the gear stick this should be fun.

But overall nice car looks very well!

Pete225 · May 22, 2013

Haha. You now have me thinking Richard!! Damn you!! Lol, and the splitter is one thing I'm desperate for, but I'm a tight arse, and waiting for one at the right price

lol

Thanks Leonuser

it's getting there slowly! I might be buying some paint at the weekend or maybe when I come back from my hols to do the interior and the plastic trim in front of the engine cover

then getting my lacquer for the engine cover, and maybe look at painting the oil, washer and radiator caps a different colour.....

Did you get all the wiring done? Can't imagine it was a pleasant job in all fairness!! Bloody cars, more hassle than what they are worth

Pete225 · May 26, 2013

Well renewed my car insurance today, £690 for the year, fully comp, 3years no claims, accident declared and 6points due to my heavy foot

lol
So I was quite pleased, and its nearly halved from last year, all because I'm 25 :clap:

No mods unfortunately!!
Went to pick up my template today from the post office, that Richard (aka RDS) handmade me, but didn't get there in time

so will more than likely go Monday if they are open, if not, then I have tuesday afternoon off work, so will pick it up then.

Ordered my trimming ready for the heat shield

so hopefully that comes before I go to sunny Tenerife!!

So apart from the insurance, I took the family out for a walk including the dogs, pics below, thanks for reading.

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