what have you done to your car today ?
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the roof rack fixing brackets are welded too the roof, there's access clips on the roof rail covers, nothing is fixed too them coversam surprised these rails aren’t secured with screws from inside, considering they hold roof racks and weight!!!
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am surprised these rails aren’t secured with screws from inside, considering they hold roof racks and weight!!!
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Seat Mk1 - Race Car/Time Attack
Highly modified Seat Mk1 Race/Track car. Can be entered into multiple series.
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Very nice
I agree, I knew how they came off but you would have thought they may have clipped in instead of a interference fit, especially when they thought let's put like 100 screws on the doorcard handle ? ?
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I agree, I knew how they came off but you would have thought they may have clipped in instead of a interference fit, especially when they thought let's put like 100 screws on the doorcard handle
Hang on - you're saying there's nothing actually holding them in?
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Seat Mk1 - Race Car/Time Attack
Highly modified Seat Mk1 Race/Track car. Can be entered into multiple series.racecarsdirect.com
Very nice
Always fancied something like this, then see the price. I will go back to polishing and playing the lotto!
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Yep you just gently work from one end and gently pop them out there is like a rubber at the bottom that gives it that tight interface fit, really thought they would have been rail brackets of some sort that they clip into, the crap that sits under them is our equivalent to superglue lol
Just relacquering didn't work so ended up sanding them down and repainting them
Got to get the jack point cover done at the same time...
One of these days I'll just take my side skirts off, epoxy the cover in place and then smooth it down with filler.Much better that you're doing a proper job on them - it takes more time, but it'll last much longer that way.
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Yeah thought I'd redo the jacking cover since the colour wasn't a great match for some reason.
On mine there just standard black?, a good about paint shop can match the colour
Unfortunately there's no chance of getting a match on the roof when the paint has been bleached in the sun for 18 years. But looks better in real life and much better now the lacquer peel has gone.
Personally I would’ve kept them black just for originality and contrast, but hey each to their own - good work tho 
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Unfortunately there's no chance of getting a match on the roof when the paint has been bleached in the sun for 18 years. But looks better in real life and much better now the lacquer peel has gone.
A decent auto parts place should be able to mix you paint that will match far better. A bit late now I know but worth knowing.
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It's from Paints4u so decent stuff. The same rattle can was a perfect match for the door handles, so it's just the roof having faded I think.
I had the same problem with my bonnet. The bumper and inside of the door were absolutely fine, but the bonnet just looked totally wrong. I'm giving it another try in a fortnight when I do my bumpers, but it feels a bit much trying to blend most of the bonnet for the sake of a 50p piece bit of damage.
I think you're the only person who will notice it (or else it'll fade too in time!) but it is a pain sometimes.
Is yours LS7Y? Lunar Grey? It's a hard colour to blend.
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Finally got round to fitting my refurbed set of Brembos and braided hoses. And life has been so busy I've only just changed from winter wheels to summer wheels. Finally looking good. I plan to do a detailed write up of the whole refurb experience in my other thread - https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/brembo-rebuild.468409/
Yeah, just the way it goes with older cars. Need to get the rear bumper redone as well, but I'll get a guy out for that one. It's Arctic Grey, so not as posh as the later silver ?
Yeah, just the way it goes with older cars. Need to get the rear bumper redone as well, but I'll get a guy out for that one. It's Arctic Grey, so not as posh as the later silver
First time anything about my car's been called posh...
I was amazed at how much darker the new paint was. I mean, it might be a good thing to paint most of the bonnet, what with all the stone chips, but it turns the job into a much bigger one.
Going to have to do some research to make sure I get this one right.
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