what did you and your mk3 leon do today

[queen]

Congrats it looks awesome!
I don't have spacers but some beefy 245 tires on 19*8.5 ET 45 rims so when I first got them it was rubbing like hell.

I rub too sometimes even though I also have removed the wheel arch plastic thingies. In the next few days I'll remove the screw, you can do that too if you haven't already done it. I've done it in the past on another car and it was significantly better.
Google "fender screw mod" and you'll find more.

 

[Leon097]

Congrats it looks awesome!
I don't have spacers but some beefy 245 tires on 19*8.5 ET 45 rims so when I first got them it was rubbing like hell.

I rub too sometimes even though I also have removed the wheel arch plastic thingies. In the next few days I'll remove the screw, you can do that too if you haven't already done it. I've done it in the past on another car and it was significantly better.
Google "fender screw mod" and you'll find more.

Thanks mate! Yeah, I’m aware of the “fender screw mod”. To be honest, I did remove the front spoiler things and did the screw mod on that particular screw (not the one that holds the bumper).

But this afternoon I realized that’s not the actual screw they are talking about. The fender screw mod is further above the wheel.

Did you did the mod on the two screws or just the one directly above the wheel?

 

[queen]

Thanks mate! Yeah, I’m aware of the “fender screw mod”. To be honest, I did remove the front spoiler things and did the screw mod on that particular screw (not the one that holds the bumper).

But this afternoon I realized that’s not the actual screw they are talking about. The fender screw mod is further above the wheel.

Did you did the mod on the two screws or just the one directly above the wheel?

Just the one inside the wheel well on top of the arch that holds the fender liner.
You could have one screw there or two screws bilaterally to the center.
You should have markings on the screw(s) if that's where you rub.

If that doesn't solve it the only other option available is to roll the fenders but if not done properly you could end up with cracked paint.

Check out this video:

 

[Leon097]

Just the one inside the wheel well on top of the arch that holds the fender liner.
You could have one screw there or two screws bilaterally to the center.
You should have markings on the screw(s) if that's where you rub.

If that doesn't solve it the only other option available is to roll the fenders but if not done properly you could end up with cracked paint.

Check out this video:

Thanks! Yeah, I’m not going to mess with fender rolling. Okay, I will look at it. Thanks for replying!

 

[Chillout]

I finally installed the BMW i8 soundbooster I got last year. It's on the right side, underneath the panel.

Without the panel (we cut off a bit of the pipe after this image)

 

[Chillout]

Activated HDC (Hill Descent Control) last week.

Module 3 (ABS)
Byte 23 — Bit 3: 1
Byte 28 — Bit 5: 1
Byte 33 — Set to 40
Note: I have 5Q0614517BP with DL software, with long coding bytes from 00 to 47.

Module 19 (Gateway)
Byte 10 — Bit 5: 1 (HDC Active)

I tested it in a parking garage with a steep slope, and it was all working without errors and issues. It's probably not wise to take my car off-road with 2WD, but it's cool to know that this feature works. Pretty fun, and makes me wonder what else is there in the ABS long coding… maybe there's Launch Control?

Note: this also works if you don't have Offroad mode. You just need to add HDC = On to an other profile (or to Individual) in your FPA dataset (https://github.com/jilleb/MQB-FPA)

 

[przebiegly]

Activated HDC (Hill Descent Control) last week.

Module 3 (ABS)
Byte 23 — Bit 3: 1
Byte 28 — Bit 5: 1
Byte 33 — Set to 40
Note: I have 5Q0614517BP with DL software, with long coding bytes from 00 to 47.

Module 19 (Gateway)
Byte 10 — Bit 5: 1 (HDC Active)

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I tested it in a parking garage with a steep slope, and it was all working without errors and issues. It's probably not wise to take my car off-road with 2WD, but it's cool to know that this feature works. Pretty fun, and makes me wonder what else is there in the ABS long coding… maybe there's Launch Control?

it is related to the fact that you "added" an offroad profile earlier? what environmental conditions must be met for this function to work? any large angle of inclination of the vehicle? I coded it out of curiosity, but I can't activate this function from the radio (hdc button is not active but visible)

 

[Chillout]

it is related to the fact that you "added" an offroad profile earlier? what environmental conditions must be met for this function to work? any large angle of inclination of the vehicle? I coded it out of curiosity, but I can't activate this function from the radio (hdc button is not active but visible)

Good question. HDC also works when you're not in Offroad mode. (most people don't have Offroad, beause of the additional FEC it requires). In other modes, when having HDC on (= value 4, also known as Offroad), it will still work, but the button in your infotainment will stay grayed out.
You can test it when going down a slope that would normally increase your speed above 15kmh

 

[przebiegly]

Good question. HDC also works when you're not in Offroad mode. (most people don't have Offroad, beause of the additional FEC it requires). In other modes, when having HDC on (= value 4, also known as Offroad), it will still work, but the button in your infotainment will stay grayed out.
You can test it when going down a slope that would normally increase your speed above 15kmh

I will check it in the evening and give a report

Edit: I'm not advanced enough so I left this topic

 

[chroniclesofcf]

Finally found someone who would do an alignment without recalibrating the entire radar system and charging me a bomb!

However, kinda confirms I was sold a dud way back. Definitely been crashed before judging by the results. It doesn't pull left anymore, only slightly right now

Edit: Would upgrading suspension setup give me more adjustment? I.e the camber? It's WAY off. I know the rear is a torsion beam, so no adjustment back there.

 

[RUM4MO]

I take the operator couldn't turn the steering to allow a caster measurement to be made.

 

[chroniclesofcf]

I take the operator couldn't turn the steering to allow a caster measurement to be made.

Unsure. Handed the keys over and let them have it. Never needed an alignment before, so don't know what the norm is.

 

[RUM4MO]

Unsure. Handed the keys over and let them have it. Never needed an alignment before, so don't know what the norm is.

Well, my only experience of ending up with curious/incredible figures for castor was when I handed my daughter's 2009 Ibiza into KwikFit to get its toing corrected after I had replaced the track rods and ends, it ended up getting checked on a proper 4 wheel alignment table, which it seems they all now use - but it looked like they did not obey the instruction for when it carried out the castor check. In your case, it looks like there was an option to omit the castor measuring and so it is greyed out, but if I was asking for a proper alignment check on any car, I'd be expecting that the test place used someone that was fully trained up on using that kit, and that castor, camber and toe was checked at the steering end of the car, and camber and toe were checked on the fixed end of the car. Maybe someone could correct me if I've got it wrong.

Edit:- remember in my case, I was only asking for a steering/toe check/adjustment to be checked/corrected, so I was slightly annoyed to find that castor results were included but it looked very much like they did not obey the test bench instruction to turn the steering from side to side - or at least by the required angles, failing to do that ended up with me paying for a full alignment test and adjust and being handed some way out of spec castor results, from, I'm guessing, the fact that the steering wheel was not moved as demanded by the test bench.

 

[Giuseppe Busso]

Turbo Muffler Delete installed. Such a painful process. Put the OEM o-ring on the IHI IS12. Few meters around home to see if everything works fine. Just a slight noise increase but i want to do some kilometers.

 

[sophiecupra]

Hi, new to the forum.. been to watch the sunset and got some pics!

 

[jonny_w]

Hi, new to the forum.. been to watch the sunset and got some pics!

great photo and welcome along

 

[svaratu]

Got my new brakes installed on my cupra R ST! Zimmermann z-coat discs and pads all around. Feels great! Also got my new winter wheels repainted to satin bronze and bought new winter tyres. Added 10mm spacers to the rear for extra flare

 

[Wilto]

Me and my brother installed the light guides for the ambient roof lighting last weekend.
It's hard to show the look of these lights in a picture, but I'll try it anyway. The first pic is during install, it's not in its final position yet. The second one is after a nightly drive. The light guide looks slightly brighter on one side (and it's being reflected by the glass roof), which was caused by a coding mishap on my side
All is working like it should work: controllable by the on-screen controls, they can be dimmed by the 'Roof' group. During driving, it's not distracting at all, which was my main concern. Now I need to decide what I'll do next.

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And while I'm sharing these, I might as well share the rest of the ambient lighting:

These 2 LEDs are controllable over the Center Console group.
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Door pocket has an additional LED (it doesn't show too well on this picture), footwells are RGB too.
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Door pocket up close, (sorry for blurryness)
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View from my position:
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And the 2 red lights in the dome unit now turned RGB as well. In the picture you see some light leaking to the button, but that's not visible from the driver/passenger positions. The green you seein the reading lights is reflection. These two are still white, otherwise I wouldn't be able to read a book while driving
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I need to find myself a darker place to be able to take some better pictures. But that's for a later time.
If anyone has any ideas what other positions I should brighten up, let me know

Hiya mate, I really want my dome light buttons and submarine LEDs to be blue like the rest of my interior LEDs, is there an easy fix?

 

[Chillout]

Hiya mate, I really want my dome light buttons and submarine LEDs to be blue like the rest of my interior LEDs, is there an easy fix?

I desoldered the original LEDs that were in this position, and glued some LIN-controlled RGB ones to the lens. The LEDs are from a bigger set I got on AliExpress that had these very small RGB ones, attached to the LIN-controller.

 

[jonny_w]

Can’t see it but put a res delete onto it. Got it fabricated as I would do 15-20k miles a year in the cupra, no drone at all but sport mode pops and bangs.