Subtle aesthetic modifications to consider?

[Scully088]

Hello people. I have a black Seat leon FR with OEM seat silver 18's. I'm looking for some suggestions on potential aesthetic mods.

I have the idea of getting my wheels refurb'd and anthracite colour powder coat afterwards (what other colours go well with metallic black?? ). As well as painting the callipers perhaps like an orange colour as opposed to the usual bright red. I also like the idea of some mud flaps and even a spoiler perhaps.

Could anyone think of any other subtle sort of mods that don't break the bank. Examples in the form of pictures would be welcomed. Here is a few pictures of my current motor freshly polished yesterday. :

https://ibb.co/gmpC0F
https://ibb.co/fXws0F
https://ibb.co/b5xMua

thanks in advance,
Sam

 

[Ckpearce91]

Is that an Ex SEAT UK car?

 

[Scully088]

i got it from Johnsons seat Preston why?

 

[mjather93]

i got it from Johnsons seat Preston why?

A bit off topic but what was they like at the dealer? Need to take my fr in to check out a few creaks under warranty but heard mixed rumours. Not sure whether to travel to the Blackpool seat as I've heard good things about that dealership?

 

[Ckpearce91]

i got it from Johnsons seat Preston why?

The reg starts off the same as mine. Mine was a Seat UK press car.

Anyway aesthetic changes wise, you can wrap the chrome grill surround black.

 

[Scully088]

I dealt with a chap called Terry he was good and did me a few jobs before the handover. professional outfit. What creaks do you have? I had dealing with Blackpool seat and they were very poor. I ordered a car through them only for them to take a deposit off me and then cancel the deal a week later with no contact,which then took 3 weeks to get a deposit refund. Customer service was awful i had to call up 9/10 times and do all the chasing and it was no fault of mine. quick to take your funny but had to go round the houses to get it back. Stay clear if i was you

 

[AndrewJB]

Is that an Ex SEAT UK car?

Yeh it will be.

 

[Fraser87]

Rear window tints either limo black or dark smoke. And spy vision on your rear lights. You should be able to find a tint company that could do both for less than £200. If you are confident and have some time you could even have a stab at it yourself and save a bit. Done the spy vision myself but didn't fancy the tinting. I also like the wind deflectors but that's somewhat personal preferance. This is the only picture I have at hand.

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[Scully088]

The reg starts off the same as mine. Mine was a Seat UK press car.

Anyway aesthetic changes wise, you can wrap the chrome grill surround black.

Not a bad shout. Have you done anything with the grill itself? I think mine just needs some plastic restore.

 

[Scully088]

Rear window tints either limo black or dark smoke. And spy vision on your rear lights. You should be able to find a tint company that could do both for less than £200. If you are confident and have some time you could even have a stab at it yourself and save a bit. Done the spy vision myself but didn't fancy the tinting. I also like the wind deflectors but that's somewhat personal preferance. This is the only picture I have at hand.

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Looks nice. Can you share which wind deflectors you purchased? As well as the vision rear light tints? Your motor looks nice. I do like the idea of window tints. Will look for a local company

 

[Fraser87]

They are team heiko I got them from ebay for about £30 quid. As for the tinted lights it just comes in a role that you heat and stretch over the light. You will need a few tools to do this and YouTube will walk you through it. I did the front originally as well which looks great but costs visibility dearly come winter.

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[Big Col]

debadge the boot ?

 

[Ckpearce91]

Not a bad shout. Have you done anything with the grill itself? I think mine just needs some plastic restore.

You can do that or you can spray it gloss black. I think that would look really good

 

[Scully088]

debadge the boot ?

I don't mind the Leon letters to be honest. Thanks for the idea though

 

[mjather93]

I dealt with a chap called Terry he was good and did me a few jobs before the handover. professional outfit. What creaks do you have? I had dealing with Blackpool seat and they were very poor. I ordered a car through them only for them to take a deposit off me and then cancel the deal a week later with no contact,which then took 3 weeks to get a deposit refund. Customer service was awful i had to call up 9/10 times and do all the chasing and it was no fault of mine. quick to take your funny but had to go round the houses to get it back. Stay clear if i was you

Fair enough thanks for the heads up it's when I'm going over bumps in the road it sounds like it's creaking at the rear drivers side, almost a knocking sound.

 

[Scully088]

You can do that or you can spray it gloss black. I think that would look really good

That would look good just not sure how i would get the grill off to paint. Is it easy enough?

 

[Lentäjä]

If you get the windows tinted, go for front windows too.
Looks rubbish if only the rear windows are covered on carbage bag (5%) and fronts are stock clear or do the rears lighter like 50% for the rear doors and 20% for the boot.

 

[Big Col]

If you get the windows tinted, go for front windows too.

its illegal to tint the fronts in the UK

 

[Lentäjä]

its illegal to tint the fronts in the UK

In Finland too.
But dont you ever break the law, like speeding or turn without a signal

 

[Ckpearce91]

That would look good just not sure how i would get the grill off to paint. Is it easy enough?

I think it's a bumper off job, but from the sounds of it, it's not hard to remove the bumper