jonisginger's Leon 1.6 S mod thread.

[MPJ88]

1! only just started driving again last year when i got this car! The last time before that was when i crashed on my 18th b'day!

 

[jonisginger]

****. I have 1 now. I am 19, LCR when I come out of Uni in 3 years time hopefully!

 

[jonisginger]

MPJ888 did you fit that exhaust wrap?

 

[MPJ88]

Yeah i did all seemed fine but then i heard a load off horror stories about them catching fire and cracking the manifold and thought it wasnt worth the risk!

 

[jonisginger]

Sounds logical! Just makes the exhaust proper hot!

 

[AdamRoutley]

jims spacers look daddy!! wounder why??? ha! and like becks said, 20 valves is the way forward, quite literally

 

[jonisginger]

one day i will have my GT2 and 24v will be the way forward

 

[MPJ88]

Well bit of a rubbish day. Went to do the springs after work, finally! and we couldnt get the front strut out. He didnt have a socket big enough for the drive shaft and for the life of us we couldnt get the steering arm off! Back to square one! Gonna have to try and get5 a bigger socket from his mate!

 

[jonisginger]

You need to undo the hub nut and also the ball joint, be careful you don't snap it off though! Then slide the hub forward, the rest is straightforward, on all corners.

 

[Jimski]

I didnt do either, just stand on the arm/disc and get a mate to help and use brute force!!

I can hear the "cowboy" comments now, but hey it worked and we did it ourselves!



Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

WHAT you just compressed the springs (how far?) and stood on the arm?????????????

amazing?!

 

[jonisginger]

And where are the goddamn pictures???

 

[Jimski]

Pictures are there!!! Yep, my mate owns a ratchet strap making company, so they worked a treat, yep thats all we did.


Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

and I'm jealous of the shocks! I only have springs ATM.

 

[jonisginger]

When did you do this and what slammage have you got?

 

[Jimski]

Iv no idea when i did this, cant actually remember, probably around march last year.

Its the Koni STRT Kit so its a 35mm all round arrangement, probs did a little more.

No problems, nothing catches.


Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

Jealous! Mine's a 40mm but I'd sacrifice the 5mm for the shocks.

Tesco dotcom driver at work has a Cupra R MK2 with coilovers, induction kit, exhaust, remap etc

Never knew! He's polish too! I thought he was bullshitting! 280hp or something! Mad!

 

[Jimski]

Just dont over tighten the straps if you ever use them btw;

Jimski

 

[jonisginger]

F**k!

 

[MPJ88]

So you dont need to remove the drive shaft or steering arm? Should it just slide out? My mate was saying you need to remove one so you get some rotation to get it off.