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Richy Cupra

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Haha was only joking anyway mate :D

Hope you get on well with the new brake setup, let us know how they do.

Honestly I would have them if I didn't have mine ;)

Yeah course I will, going for a bit of a drive this weekend and see how I get on
 

R666ECE

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What an Amazing & inspirational thread, ive read from start to finish.... fantastic work Rich, well done.

Where about are you in Essex ? maybe meet up if close ?

Reece
 

Richy Cupra

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What an Amazing & inspirational thread, ive read from start to finish.... fantastic work Rich, well done.

Where about are you in Essex ? maybe meet up if close ?

Reece

Thanks mate, appreciate the comment very much :D

I'm near southend which I assume is a bit of a distance from where you are??
 

R666ECE

Turbo Reecey
Jun 5, 2013
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Im an hour from Saaaaffend :D - im in Clacton on sea so not far really. Maybe meet up half way one Sunny afternoon in Chelmsford for a cheeky steak & then I can drool while looking at your car :drool:
 
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Richy Cupra

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Im an hour from Saaaaffend :D - im in Clacton on sea so not far really, use to boy race down there in my series 1 RS turbo back in the day :D good times

I haven't been to Clacton for ages! Haha yeah it was good years ago but a lot has changed down there unfortunately with road humps and injunctions now :(

If theres meets near by us we will have to meet up or something??

Very nice car and the red looks mint. How do you manage mot time with no cat.

Cheers bud best colour to keep clean imo.

Joy of being in the motor trade I guess, get away with that sort of thing :D
 

R666ECE

Turbo Reecey
Jun 5, 2013
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I haven't been to Clacton for ages! Haha yeah it was good years ago but a lot has changed down there unfortunately with road humps and injunctions now :(

If theres meets near by us we will have to meet up or something??



You beat me before I edited my previous post:lol: But for sure buddy, Maybe meet up half way one Sunny afternoon in Chelmsford for a cheeky steak & then I can drool while looking at your car :drool:

Yeah last time I was in southend, gates and all sorts were in the way directing racers out of town, completing wreck the Friday - sat night seafront Meet up of 100s of modded cars :cry:

There doesn't seem to be much organisation with regards to a regular location Essex meet so locals can get to meet each other once a month ?? like dare I say it the RS owners club :handbags:

PM over you deets bro and ill keep you informed if im in the hood at any time or if a meet kicks off any time :D

Reece
 

Richy Cupra

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You beat me before I edited my previous post:lol: But for sure buddy, Maybe meet up half way one Sunny afternoon in Chelmsford for a cheeky steak & then I can drool while looking at your car :drool:

Yeah last time I was in southend, gates and all sorts were in the way directing racers out of town, completing wreck the Friday - sat night seafront Meet up of 100s of modded cars :cry:

There doesn't seem to be much organisation with regards to a regular location Essex meet so locals can get to meet each other once a month ?? like dare I say it the RS owners club :handbags:

PM over you deets bro and ill keep you informed if im in the hood at any time or if a meet kicks off any time :D

Reece

Too quick mate ;)

My mate said that there is a VAG meeting at the end of the month in Chelmsford, so maybe worth going to?
I occasionally go down the front to see if anything has changed but its dead now :( Its a nightmare really with meets and that,i can only put it down to not many Leons about, I don't really see that many round mine anyway. Which means we have to gatecrash a VAG meet lol

Will send a PM soon bud
 

R666ECE

Turbo Reecey
Jun 5, 2013
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Too quick mate ;)

My mate said that there is a VAG meeting at the end of the month in Chelmsford, so maybe worth going to?
I occasionally go down the front to see if anything has changed but its dead now :( Its a nightmare really with meets and that,i can only put it down to not many Leons about, I don't really see that many round mine anyway. Which means we have to gatecrash a VAG meet lol

Will send a PM soon bud

Well im up for a cheeky little 45 min drive down to Chelmsford. if its the Last day of the month with is a Sunday I can make that one. see if you can find out what day and where is takes place :clap:

Reece
 

Richy Cupra

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Well im up for a cheeky little 45 min drive down to Chelmsford. if its the Last day of the month with is a Sunday I can make that one. see if you can find out what day and where is takes place :clap:

Reece

Of course I will, im pretty sure its the sunday :D
 

Richy Cupra

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How is the exhaust sounding now its bedded in. Did you find it add any power when fitted.

There did seem to be a little bit of a power gain, nothing major. It does sound a bit deeper than it did at first. I will try and get videos of it one day...
 

Richy Cupra

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Little bit of spraying yesterday and today, been wanting to spray my door handles for a while now as the lacquer peel is driving me mad, only the drivers side left to.

Went for matte black with the heatshield as the metal was all scratched and didn't look nice imo

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Now this was the worse handle out of them all so first I scraped all the loose lacquer with my nail

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Sanded using 1000 grit then 2500

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After its fourth coat and lacquered up

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Another handle

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Richy Cupra

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Nice work on the handles!

What make is the heatshield?

Cheers dude, its a custom one based on RDS's template.

good job, looking immense

Cheers mate ;)

Nice work on the heatshield mate

Thanks mate, without your template I would have been stuck ;)

Looking good there mate like they way you've done the engine bay

Appreciate that mate, comments like this keep me going haha

Great work mate.

Liking the heat shield, really works with your bay, looks great :)

Cheers Tom, black shield tidy's it up a bit I think :D
 

Richy Cupra

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Only a little mod I did today. Looking at my bay the one thing that lets it down is where the wiring is on the left hand side next to the washer bottle, it looks to exposed :confused:
So I got a bit of the finest b&q aluminium sheeting and designed a little cover for it, which will now have my HID ballast mounted to it rather than just hanging :D

Anyway....

Before..

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All cut out

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Sprayed

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In place

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Not to everyones taste I know but it does the job