thePHILosiphers FR TDi - Stage 2 Complete - SOLD!!

Which colour brake calipers suit a red car??

  • Red

    Votes: 94 64.8%
  • Yellow

    Votes: 43 29.7%
  • Blue

    Votes: 8 5.5%

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    145
Nov 6, 2008
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how is your standard shocks coping with the lowering springs mate? ive got a chance of 40mm lowering springs (apex) for my vrs and wondered about running on standard shocks

well tbh but i have only dropped it 25-30mm, in all honesty at 40mm i would change the shocks especially with Apex springs which are rock hard, and personally i think it would but the standard shocks under too much stress.

You thought about painting the chrome ring around the S badge red?

i did, but i like the chrome in all honesty. Believe it or not, i was looking at the chrome kit to go around the grills either side of the main grill i know im on my own on that one :lol:
 

TheBigGM

VTEC Who????????
Jun 20, 2009
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nonstophits.co.uk
well tbh but i have only dropped it 25-30mm, in all honesty at 40mm i would change the shocks especially with Apex springs which are rock hard, and personally i think it would but the standard shocks under too much stress.



i did, but i like the chrome in all honesty. Believe it or not, i was looking at the chrome kit to go around the grills either side of the main grill i know im on my own on that one :lol:

Lol just keep the chrome around the S badge then! :whistle:
 

Blanco92

www.racedriversinc.com
Apr 11, 2010
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Car's looking mint Phil, keep up the good work. All nice and subtle mods, they are the best ones.
how is your standard shocks coping with the lowering springs mate? ive got a chance of 40mm lowering springs (apex) for my vrs and wondered about running on standard shocks
Didn't you run 45mm Spax springs on your Ibiza with standard shocks? I think you didn't have them on long though as you sold the car. How was the ride compared to standard? Better, worse?
 
Feb 28, 2008
3,990
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Scotland
Car's looking mint Phil, keep up the good work. All nice and subtle mods, they are the best ones.

Didn't you run 45mm Spax springs on your Ibiza with standard shocks? I think you didn't have them on long though as you sold the car. How was the ride compared to standard? Better, worse?


yeh i ran them for a couple of years. those were 55mm spax springs, these are apex, wondered if they were softer maybe.....
 
Nov 6, 2008
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right well not alot has been going on for a while as ive had to try and help my folks get their cars back on the road (cambelt + waterpump on 1 and a knackered ecu on the other, they should have bought a VAG car :lol:)

anyway, bonus day yesterday so, so the ol' girl got 4 shiny new falken tyres ze912 tyres fitted today:

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also cleaned out the pollen filter from behind the glove box and this is 1/2 of what fell out

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A/C is much nicer now and more effective


shame all this was marred by my twat of a neighbour who doesnt like me parking in the street infront of his house deciding to gobbed on the car 4 times this afternoon and then let the tyres down I can only presume that its cause of the above and that i didnt buy them from him (he's supposidly an area manager for ATS) He was giving the tyre fitter hell today as he was 'taking business off him'. What a ****.
 
Nov 6, 2008
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on another note, car is going in for service end of may and i will be putting a new map on it as im really not happy atm with the p-torque map, performance is very irratic, flat spots all over the rev range ive had the internals fully checked so mechanically i know its sound so we will try a different map and take it from there as that almost certainly what it is, so the map must have corrupted.
 

TheBigGM

VTEC Who????????
Jun 20, 2009
660
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North Wales
nonstophits.co.uk
right well not alot has been going on for a while as ive had to try and help my folks get their cars back on the road (cambelt + waterpump on 1 and a knackered ecu on the other, they should have bought a VAG car :lol:)

anyway, bonus day yesterday so, so the ol' girl got 4 shiny new falken tyres ze912 tyres fitted today:

2011-03-25095519.jpg


2011-03-25151743.jpg


2011-03-25151720.jpg


2011-03-25151800.jpg



also cleaned out the pollen filter from behind the glove box and this is 1/2 of what fell out

2011-03-23133312.jpg



A/C is much nicer now and more effective


shame all this was marred by my twat of a neighbour who doesnt like me parking in the street infront of his house deciding to gobbed on the car 4 times this afternoon and then let the tyres down I can only presume that its cause of the above and that i didnt buy them from him (he's supposidly an area manager for ATS) He was giving the tyre fitter hell today as he was 'taking business off him'. What a ****.

Keep your car out of site for a while and let his down. Complete cockend!
 
Nov 6, 2008
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yeh i ran them for a couple of years. those were 55mm spax springs, these are apex, wondered if they were softer maybe.....

the eibachs are better than the apex better dampening, apex springs from my experiances on a vrs actually where alot harder, eibach wont drop as much better imo are better quality
 

mick-fr

Mégane F1 R26..
Dec 1, 2009
2,406
1
At a Shell garage..
Car's looking good Phil! I'm tempted to get the black mirror covers for my FR, yours look much better than the grey ones.

I'd try keep your car away from there for a while, who knows what he'll do next! :(
 
Nov 6, 2008
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going to get JOM coilovers now mate

good shout, coilovers will be on the big list next year if im still in this job

Car's looking good Phil! I'm tempted to get the black mirror covers for my FR, yours look much better than the grey ones.

I'd try keep your car away from there for a while, who knows what he'll do next! :(

Keep your car out of site for a while and let his down. Complete cockend!
cheers mick, the gloss black caps do look alot better than the standard FR ones, the contrast of dark on light really works

and yeh cars moved down the road for a bit, cops are coming over tonight to have a word with me over it, its not the first time this has happened, 'somebody' gobbed on the rear last month..... any takers :lol: problem he has is that theres 10 houses on the row 10 parking spaces inn 2 parking lots, and nearly 30 cars, if i dont park there, somebody else will. this is what i mean by the parking lots.

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3 Цветок не будет ждать покупателя, он просто завянетКроме того, многие автопроизводители сейчас заинтересованы не только в развитии дилерской сети, но и в расширении географии авторизованных сервисов, ведь территория использования автомобилей традиционно превосходит географию продаж.

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Nov 6, 2008
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LED Interior Lights

Right whilst im in the midst of having a serious think about changing the car, i couldnt help but put on a couple of new bulbs

Boot Light

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Interior Light

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the boot light was a right royal PIA to change whoever said that the light just needs to bu levered out has obviously never heard of the SEAT parts bin lottery :lol: as i had to dismantle the boot and rear quater of the car to get to the little blighter thanks to the wiring they've used. It does however really highlight the build quality of this little cars as everything snapped back in and is every bit as tight as it was before :D

Having said that tho it was worth it as i'm very happy with them and really does smarten up the interior
 
Feb 28, 2008
3,990
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Right whilst im in the midst of having a serious think about changing the car, i couldnt help but put on a couple of new bulbs

Boot Light

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Interior Light

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the boot light was a right royal PIA to change whoever said that the light just needs to bu levered out has obviously never heard of the SEAT parts bin lottery :lol: as i had to dismantle the boot and rear quater of the car to get to the little blighter thanks to the wiring they've used. It does however really highlight the build quality of this little cars as everything snapped back in and is every bit as tight as it was before :D

Having said that tho it was worth it as i'm very happy with them and really does smarten up the interior

where did you order bulbs from? my ebay numbers lasted like 2 months and there kaput
 
Nov 6, 2008
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Kettering
They are eBay jobies £6 each ive got spares just in case, i really hope the boot light doesnt go as i cant face that job again :lol:

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