leon cupra - winter protection

[robthebubble]

had an led day today,

firslty i converted all the interior lights to white led's gives the cabin such a crisp fresh look,

secondly my drl lights arrived

now these wont be everyones cup of tea but stuff it haha

these are the lamps


IMAG0406 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

i decided they looked a bit chav so gave them a ghosting of black to add to the stealth look, and then fitted them to the btcc grilles



IMAG0403 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

heres the drl on normal


IMAG0398 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

and then when the side lights come on they dip to 50% power as per law


IMAG0402 by cuprajake1, on Flickr
jake

Hi Jake...how did you apply the ghosting to the DRLs? Was it just some straight forward black spray paint out of a tin or something else?

Cheers

Rob

 

[jake]

It was aerosol sprayed into a cup then thinned. Sprayed through my gun.

Jake

Tbh I've lost two domed caps so may bin the lights off. Not sure

 

[robthebubble]

Cool...I don't have a gun or thinners!

You could replace them with some glass cabochons and silicone them in place?

 

[jake]

Prob. I did buy two spare for what they cost.

I'm planning on using there fused location in the fuse box for the air install

 

[robthebubble]

Prob. I did buy two spare for what they cost.

I'm planning on using there fused location in the fuse box for the air install

There are a few spare ignition live locations I the dash fuse box so surely you can keep the DRLs and have your air install?

 

[jake]

Prob yes

 

[robthebubble]

Well I know there are as I got the multi meter to all of them and ther are a few that work so happy days!

 

[James23Parkin]

Looking greatas always Jake. The air will be worth it

 

[jake]

IMAG1144 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


IMAG1145 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

jake

 

[jake]

decided to black the back end too


IMAG1148 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

jake

 

[robthebubble]

Jake...a quick question...what happened to the K1 badge off your old boot?

 

[jake]

umm dont know lol

 

[robthebubble]

Well if you find it and don't want it you know who to contact! (probably left on the old boot!)

Cheers

 

[unsheenashashin]

looks sharp bud.

how much of a bugger was it to disassemble the front grille and remove the badge? i'm getting a new grille but want to recycle the seat badge from the old one and give it a carbon look. i'm a bit of a spanner when it comes to......spanners and stuff.

 

[jake]

two clips ontop and then it pops out, there are two tabs that it slots in, these are inline with the top of the s badge, but easy to get out.

 

[jake]

Also cut the front plate down a bit


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Jake

 

[holmefield]

looks sharp bud.

how much of a bugger was it to disassemble the front grille and remove the badge? i'm getting a new grille but want to recycle the seat badge from the old one and give it a carbon look. i'm a bit of a spanner when it comes to......spanners and stuff.

Dont fold to much wrap over the back of the seat badge as its a pain to push the badge back as you have to get the wrap to stretch into the badge slot that the plastic that stays on the main grill sits in...

 

[jake]

Give the car a good clean inside and out today, winter months really do take there toll on cars,

Once the air is fitted I'm planning on hitting the car hard.

The few chips it does have, keep getting blobbed in and built up with 2k paint, once they are proud they will be denibbed and then polished to become invisible,


This time as part of the polishing procees I'm using a new product,

It was introduced to us via 3m while we were polishing this


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Untitled by cuprajake1, on Flickr


Untitled by cuprajake1, on Flickr

The product is this,


Untitled by cuprajake1, on Flickr

3m 6000 trizact, there a polishing abrasive impregnated disc, they have the 3000 too we have used that for a long time, then the rep brought these in...the difference is immense. They cut so fine it makes polishing a breeze they also take out 95% of all marks.

So the plan is once the cars been chemically stripped, a good clay followed by tar and glue under all the arches and sill, ill mask the car then hit it with a few new discs to really get the best possible finish.

Jake

 

[Asha]

Isn't it best to tar an glue first, then clay?

That new pad looks good mate look forward to seeing the results

 

[jake]

not with the chemicals we have to strip when washing lol, but same difference