what did you and your mk3 leon do today

[Don1961]

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

I like the idea of lighting up the door pockets..... how did you wire them in and what LED's did you use, please? I fancy doing the rear doors as well. I'm not too fussed about them being RGB, as I tend to keep the lighting set to Red

 

[CalJames]

Gave both a good exterior clean with the help of my buddy from EPS Detailing.
Tried out some products he swears by and I'll definitely be using from now on.
Here's a little time-lapse of Cartec Wheel cleaner in action, blows every other product out the water. Just spray on, leave for 1 minute then rinse off. Highly recommended.

 

[Stefan147]

I like the idea of lighting up the door pockets..... how did you wire them in and what LED's did you use, please? I fancy doing the rear doors as well. I'm not too fussed about them being RGB, as I tend to keep the lighting set to Red

I've done this. 99% of the time I keep the ambient lights to red so I just drilled a hole in every pocket and connected these to the window's switch + & -.

 

[Chillout]

I like the idea of lighting up the door pockets..... how did you wire them in and what LED's did you use, please? I fancy doing the rear doors as well. I'm not too

fussed about them being RGB, as I tend to keep the lighting set to Red

8W0919390A These are Audi RGB leds for door pockets.
I did the wiring like this, connected to the original LIN bus wiring

 

[Chillout]

Installed a front strut brace last week. Sunroof noises when rolling over a bump have decreased.
(used this guide: https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/re...to-mk3-leon-without-removing-scuttle-tray.35/)

And I installed a second light in the rear:

 

[H Rafiq]

Installed Ramair intake pipe and elbow, and APR filter.

 

[Matt_anderson]

Installed a front strut brace last week. Sunroof noises when rolling over a bump have decreased.
(used this guide: https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/re...to-mk3-leon-without-removing-scuttle-tray.35/)

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And I installed a second light in the rear:
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Where did you get the brace from? Looks good ticked away. Has it made a difference?

 

[Chillout]

Where did you get the brace from? Looks good ticked away. Has it made a difference?

I got it at a local shop at a discount. It's not some kind of brand, just a generic Golf MK7 thing. I hear less noise from the sunroof when driving over bumps at low speed (it used to feel and sound like the body would move instead of the suspension, now that's no longer the case), and on the highway, it feels a bit more sturdy/solid when changing lanes at higher speeds.

 

[Stefan147]

I'm super happy with this one which seems to be in a great price today. Good fitment, good quality and makes the front a little bit more rigid. I used to have a slight rubbing noise from somewhere in the A-pillar when the weather was cold and now it's gone. I also noticed the extra stiffness in my parking spot which is slopping and in the track.

https://www.hardrace-europe.com/front-strut-brace-8926.html

 

[H Rafiq]

Got my rear panel painted finally.

 

[Matt_anderson]

I got it at a local shop at a discount. It's not some kind of brand, just a generic Golf MK7 thing. I hear less noise from the sunroof when driving over bumps at low speed (it used to feel and sound like the body would move instead of the suspension, now that's no longer the case), and on the highway, it feels a bit more sturdy/solid when changing lanes at higher speeds.

Thanks for the reply and review. I didn’t realise golf mk7’s would fit. One to think about…thanks

 

[Matt_anderson]

Got my rear panel painted finally.
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This is the reason I won’t debadge. It looks so clean which is great but the seat badge looks odd. What do you do with it though?!

 

[H Rafiq]

This is the reason I won’t debadge. It looks so clean which is great but the seat badge looks odd. What do you do with it though?!

The Seat badge does stand out. I’m used to it now. With badges and lettering on it looks like there’s too much going on, for me anyway. If it was a black or dark grey car I’d have the Seat badge done to match too.

 

[Giuseppe Busso]

Bonnet strut gas kit
Removed bonnet stay
Changed the K&N air filter to a Pipercross
T15 W16W 2000lum rear LED bulb

 

[zeffania]

Took it apart to fit my new wing mirror only to work out the one I bought is none folding, the only thing not working on my current one

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[jonny_w]

Bonnet strut gas kit
Removed bonnet stay
Changed the K&N air filter to a Pipercross
T15 W16W 2000lum rear LED bulb

why did you change from the K&N filter?

 

[Giuseppe Busso]

why did you change from the K&N filter?

It was a gift from a friend. I didn't pay for that. Why you ask? I think i will keep the dry filter instead of oiled (K&N). Opinions?

 

[jonny_w]

It was a gift from a friend. I didn't pay for that. Why you ask? I think i will keep the dry filter instead of oiled (K&N). Opinions?

just wondering as I’ve one ordered as it was cheap, never thought about the oiling etc

 

[Don1961]

8W0919390A These are Audi RGB leds for door pockets.
I did the wiring like this, connected to the original LIN bus wiring
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Thank you. By 'original LIN bus wiring' I assume you mean splicing into the existing wiring to the RGB door lights?

 

[queen]

Had the 6pot racingline kit with 380*32 front brakes fitted. Currently I'm in the bedding in process. They look amazing and should brake much harder than before.