my platinum grey cupra r

[n1scottyboy]

hello to everyone here.
First off i have had my leon for over 2 years now and done absolutely nothing to it .
before i bought her i had a subaru impreza sti only for 6 months it was a spur of the moment thing and thought well why not you only live one enjoy yourself while you can .Any way put her through a mot and sold her on .
Then comes along my new or 2005 plate cupra r and to be honest this it not a car i looked at and thought this is for me . But when test driving the car i was pleasently surprised !! i could pull very nice indeed ( mind i came from a 329 bhp subaru) .

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So now here i am over 2 years later and my mot is nearly up and time for some new disks and pads so i am thinking she is getting on abit time to spruce her up .

Don,t get me wrong here i thought i would start this thread while i make some miner mods and changes to the car won,t be putting any bank breaking mods on the car £1000 pounds exhaust £600 front mounted intercooler etc some of us cant aford to splash this kind of money on a car every month or 2 (not that i wouldnt if i could though ).

anyway here we go.


mods of today .

fabia rear wiper .

 

[n1scottyboy]

pics as of now

car before i went cupra r



the cupra as she sits now



my bucket list of parts i have .

new standard back disks £45
2 new drop links ( started clunking in the front) £20
rear new mintex pads £15
1 fabia rear wiper cap ( don,t know what happend to the old one £5.00
all new r badges £15
power flex dogbone mount £20
front brake pads brembo £35
green cotton air filter £50

as for all the above the only thing i have done is put the badges on lol . going to make it a day and fit the rest when i get the other parts i need listed below .

front brake disks grooved £?
2 new front tyres any help for decient tyres appreciated £100 ish per tyre
007p forge valve
silicone tip ( do i really need to pay £180 for a badger5 tip ) when i have seen tips for £60 an upwards on ebay ) would one of them suit my needs for a stage 1 tune .
for before my tune up new coil packs and plugs ( looks to me by looking around this site this is a good idea ).
lowering springs weitech prob 40/40 .think this would give me 20 mm drop front and back as again any help appreciated .
and maybe although this is just an afterthought 10 mm spacers for the back.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON MODS WHICH DON,T BREAK THE BANK AND WOULD BENEFIT MY CAR .will be dually noted

 

[Dave_c85]

You are in the same boat as me. Things I have planned for this week (just had the car two weeks)

Skoda fabric rear wiper
New wheel centres (one is missing so went for these http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/330859303373)
New set of mats http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/200923238316?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

Only other thing I'm going to do is a wheel refurb and a new splitter as mine is broke as I ran over a pheasant the day I bought the car!

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[n1scottyboy]

wheel centre caps

thanks for reminding me i also bought wheel caps although the centres are not shiny like the original one more of a white , but hee ho looks better than not having any on at all lol

only thing you have to measure the centre there are a lot of caps on ebay and it took me a while to take the plunge and buy them . but i got them and they fit nice and snug

 

[Dave_c85]

Yeah the ones I got are 60mm so hope they fit, should arrive tomorrow. Think they will look good as my car is black.

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[n1scottyboy]

You are in the same boat as me. Things I have planned for this week (just had the car two weeks)

Skoda fabric rear wiper
New wheel centres (one is missing so went for these http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/330859303373)
New set of mats http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/200923238316?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

Only other thing I'm going to do is a wheel refurb and a new splitter as mine is broke as I ran over a pheasant the day I bought the car!

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don,t buy these wheel caps they are 60 mm they will not fit 18 cupra r wheels , you need 55mm caps

 

[Dave_c85]

Says they are 55mm inner, 60 mm outer so think they will be ok :-D

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[n1scottyboy]

centre caps

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-S...heels_tyre_Trims_Trims_ET&hash=item27dd2a2b1b

these are the 55mm caps for cupra r wheels although i managed to get 4 from bulgaria for i think was about £15 .

let me know how you get on mate hope they fit.

 

[Dave_c85]

I hope so too otherwise I'll buy a set of those ones.

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[n1scottyboy]

You are in the same boat as me. Things I have planned for this week (just had the car two weeks)

Skoda fabric rear wiper
New wheel centres (one is missing so went for these http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/330859303373)
New set of mats http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/200923238316?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

Only other thing I'm going to do is a wheel refurb and a new splitter as mine is broke as I ran over a pheasant the day I bought the car!

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never thought about mats could be on my to do list

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Mats-...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c5fe6aaf7

 

[Dave_c85]

I was going to buy those ones but don't like the aluminium heel panel.

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[n1scottyboy]

never thought about mats could be on my to do list

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Mats-...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c5fe6aaf7

also my splitter is starting to look by its best although its good for plowing the snow out the drive when it comes so i will prob wait till the summer and give it a thought then .

 

[n1scottyboy]

your car

what year is your car dave and are the footwells dry only asking as i have recently had a couple of small swimming pools in mine and redone my door seal. Aparrently these cars are bad for this and as its a cheap and easy fix i would get it done before you are driving about in a swimming pool . just a thought

 

[Dave_c85]

It's on 05. Checked that before I got it and they are dry. Few other issues I need.to sort that I didn't pick.up on though. Front sspeakers don't work and rear washer jet doesn't work. Gonna tackle that one today.

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[Dave_c85]

Got my washer working, was disconnected behind boot trim on left hand side. All.working now although it was quite wet in there! Speakers are next, not looking forward to pulling the doors apart but pretty sure I need two new speakers, not sure whether to buy oem or aftermarket.

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[Sc22]

I came from subaru too.. Personally I would of kept your wide track Sti! Very nice

 

[n1scottyboy]

yes to be fair if i had the cash at the time i prob would have kept it but needs must.to be fair you never no maybe get another one sometime, But as of now i am going to put some money into the cupra and enjoy her for at least another year and see how things go.
would like a golf r32 . for something different maybe

 

[Dave_Cupra88]

"silicone tip ( do i really need to pay £180 for a badger5 tip ) when i have seen tips for £60 an upwards on ebay )"

You get what you pay for with the badger 5 TIP. Lots of work done perfecting it and loads of positive comments on here. It's certainly on my list and will be replacing the current Forge one the previous owner bought.

"Gains of up to 20bhp have been achieved on stage 1 and 2 software."

N249 is another upgrade worth doing. Costs about a tenner and made a real difference on turbo lag between gear changes with me:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=215866

 

[danblowes]

"silicone tip ( do i really need to pay £180 for a badger5 tip ) when i have seen tips for £60 an upwards on ebay )"

You get what you pay for with the badger 5 TIP. Lots of work done perfecting it and loads of positive comments on here. It's certainly on my list and will be replacing the current Forge one the previous owner bought.

"Gains of up to 20bhp have been achieved on stage 1 and 2 software."

N249 is another upgrade worth doing. Costs about a tenner and made a real difference on turbo lag between gear changes with me:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=215866

The SFS 3" TIP is good as well (biased as I have one lol)
£140 delivered direct from SFS

http://www.siliconhose.com/content.asp?inc=product&catalog=CKIT120

look halfway down the page for this - Leon Cupra-R 80mm 1.8T 20V 210/225 Induction Hose AMK/BAM/APX/AUL (1)

 

[n1scottyboy]

new tip bought

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/V3-BADGER...UK_WSJL_Wholesale_GL&var=&hash=item19e39a636f

hope this lives up to all the hype badger5 v3 .

and have a green cotton panel air filter to go with it.

Next couple of weeks i will either buy weitec lowering springs 40/40 i think or forge 007p dump valve.