leon cupra - winter protection

[gunnergibson]

That's a cool mod.. How stiff is it to close?

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[_chris_]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBzn0Ilr6oE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Here's a vid of it in action.

Nice, wanting to do this on mine. Is it expensive to get all the bits required?

 

[big eck]

That springs up pretty quickly, just make sure no ones walking past it when it opens lol.

 

[jake]

I used a guide off here, but the struts have been superseded or something,

There both rated 600nm were the oem ones are 380nm so it's stupid stiff, the guide part numbers are wrong, so for anyone doing it don't get the fabia struts, tomorrow I'm going sourcing correct struts that are about 450-500 and the correct length, then ill give the info

The bumpers are about £6 and the struts £15 ish. That's all then it's a case of vagcom coding,

Jake

 

[jake]

Here's the shite that was made by a so called reputable exhaust company.

See what I mean!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[_chris_]

Lol at that exhaust!!! That's a joke!!

Hopefully have a to at the boot pop when you've found the correct struts.

 

[jake]

I know propper cocked.

 

[big eck]

How the hell can anyone let that go onto a customers car knowing its like that is beyond me.

Who the hell made it???

 

[Matthew FR]

Cars looking really well. Loving the facelift boot lid + lights, looks fantastic.
Do you plan on fitting the white Orion's soon?

 

[CraigFrTsi]

Here's the shite that was made by a so called reputable exhaust company.

See what I mean!!!!!!!!!!!

Dunno what you mean squint with one eye and it looks straight as fook lol

 

[jake]

From reading I'm led to believe Octavia est struts will work too.

 

[jake]

Tyree go on the new wheels tomorrow and I'll fit them Monday

 

[gunnergibson]

Greenwoods of Rochdale... consistantly poor exhausts / welding.

 

[t0m]

That is shocking and pretty hilarious!! Glad it's off the car!

 

[jake]

winter tyres ready to go on.

Also the tailgate mod is now I ended up using 2004 Octavia hatch back struts

 

[big eck]

Those wheels will look superb on the car. Good luck keeping them that bright tho lol.

 

[jake]

Lol yeah I know.

I want to fit a boost gauge but im not paying £40 for a tiny bit if metal. Where can I tee in for boost feed.

 

[[M]ike]

that exhaust OMG!!

Wat tyres are they? I still need to get some myself.

 

[jake]

Tyres are sailun they get ok right ups and I've seen decent videos on them. Tbh any winter oriented tyre will knock spots of a summer tyre.

I also put nd Goodrich winters on the Mrs car and on the drive back you could feel the better grip, seven doing a test emergency stop from 40mph in the wet the abs dint even have to kick in.

 

[[M]ike]

how to make your own 90mm custom intake

before I even got the k1 I had been looking at the tuning aspect, and realising these cars are bloody expensive, im not the type to pay £400 for an intake, no matter how nice it looks,

so heres your shopping list:

1x70>90mm silicone hose
2x90mm 90degree silicone hoses
1xmetre 90mm alloy pipe
5x80>100 jubilee clips
1x60>80 jubilee clips
Metal rod
Air filter of choice

Tools:
Air saw
Dremel/air grinder
Sanding wheel

Heres how to do it:

The scary bit is cutting your engine cover, once you have this in hand you’ll see how and were to cut, you basically need the maf pipe, don’t forget take the maf sensor out before doing any cutting as they are fragile!!!! You have been warned

You want to get the oval maf pipe to the stage were the coupler fits on,

Next you need a piece of alloy pipe 10.5” long, fit this into the coupler and then onto one of the elbows,

The next pipe is 6.5” long and has the other elbow and filter on it (I chose a ramair filter which can flow over 400bhp)

I then made a couple of brackets out of the steel bar, to hold everything in place, and cut my engine cover to suit,

Heres how it all looks now


DSC_3199 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


DSC_3191 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


IMAG0154 by cuprajake1, on Flickr


DSC_3189 by cuprajake1, on Flickr




Jake

Nice work you did there. Are you still happy with the reasaults of the mod? Think i might give this a go. Can you give me a heads up where you orderd the parts Jake? Cheers!