Cupra - Black n Blue

[Dozer360]

small update, i spent a few hours playing with my nob


took it apart

then spent ages trying to split the plastic bits up

primed and ready for action

then started feeling a bit blue

light doesnt do it justice

neither does no light, its better in the flesh tho

and ordered some trainers to match (dam store dont have 11's in stock)

 

[Richy Cupra]

Looks good mate. I tried getting the ring round the gearknob off and chipped it by accident. Whats the safest way to do it?

 

[RaviR50]

Looks good mate. I tried getting the ring round the gearknob off and chipped it by accident. Whats the safest way to do it?

Get a small flatblade screwdriver under the little badge on the top and lift this off. There's a screw there holding the surround on (the bit I've painted). Unscrew it and the surround just lifts away, then simply spray and fit back together removing/re-fitting takes all of 2 minutes.

seems quite easy

 

[Dozer360]

seems quite easy

yeah, flat screwdriver to take off the badge, then a screw holds the ring (its actually a disc) in place, looks like this underneath

2 minute job

 

[Richy Cupra]

Cheers people ill get cracking with this soon

 

[RaviR50]

i just tried getting off the the badge thing with the number on but it didnt seem to wanna come off. I didnt want to jam the driver in there then rip out chunks, any best way of doing it??

 

[Richy Cupra]

i just tried getting off the the badge thing with the number on but it didnt seem to wanna come off. I didnt want to jam the driver in there then rip out chunks, any best way of doing it??

I ended up using a stanley blade and carefully lifted it off. Wrapped mine in carbon today

 

[Dozer360]

I ended up using a stanley blade and carefully lifted it off. Wrapped mine in carbon today

any pix?

 

[Richy Cupra]

Not the best of pics

 

[RaviR50]

Looks good mate! Its all in the detail

 

[Richy Cupra]

Looks good mate! Its all in the detail

Cheers dude, im not going mad with the carbon on this car lol

 

[Dozer360]

Not the best of pics

nice

 

[Dozer360]

finally after over a month my car is in the repair center getting this fixed

and it gets worse, the hire car is a bluemotion golf ,
my car goes faster in reverse

 

[Dozer360]

last Thursday

finaly got my car back after what seems like forever.


from this

to this

but the arch lining does not look like a genuine leon part

are they easy/cheap to get/replace?

 

[Dozer360]

finally after a whole 30 days of just hanging out of the top i put my tax disc in the actual tax disc holder. bloody security screws on the back are a nightmare.

also tried and failed to fix my lose door blank, it looks like someone has taken a screwdriver to it to try and get it off while the car was being repaired the other week.

is this the torx screw that other posts say to tighten? because its as tight as it can be

the whole blank bit comes out easily when the handle is pulled

only difference i can see is the plastic clip is missing from one side (there should be a bit in the red circle the same as there is in the blue) but i cant se how that woule hold the whole thing in

any ideas how to fix it?

 

[Dozer360]

from various other threads

5/3/13

Took my car in for a service, mot, aircon service, replacement coil packs, both belts and waterpump.

Then i was told there is no point them doing the mot yet as its going to fail on a dodgy headlight bracket, damaged nsr spring, broken exhaust bracket and its going to cost over £900 to fix the steering rack, i never had any problems with the steering.

 

[Dozer360]

took it to another garage for its MOT and its only going to cost me £35 to get the exhaust bracket welded back on, so woop woop no £900 steering rack needed from the stealers.

thank god for super glue holding the light bracket together.

 

[Dozer360]

on 3/3/13
painted my covers

 

[Dozer360]

got myself some show plates so my plate isnt show allover the net

just need to find a way to fix them on but so they can be removed easily

 

[RaviR50]

number plate holders work a treat for that mate, they look good though