max West-York
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Do you know the part no.s?
are they really expensive from the stealers? because i wanted to get it done tomorrow really!
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Ok nice one, ill be getting new topmounts tomorrow because they dont look in a great way and if it makes it easier thats a win-win
how much are a set of new topmounts?
do i need 4 new ones or just the 2 fronts ones?
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Well ive never done it before im only 19 man, just didnt know if you only needed them for lowering springs or coils aswell :S
and in the only guide on here its says they 'MAY' be needed
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do you NEED spring compressors to fit TA Technics?
mine came today, going at them tomorrow morning
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Yeah i have no idea what to go for because i dont know what would look right :S
ive seen a cupra splitter, but that was on a GTI, suited it really well though suprisingly
i think its because theres no textured bottom half on the GTI though
ill probably just end up getting a plain one like yours, maybe sticker bomb it
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Looking for a front bumper splitter for the loop and just wondered what people are running on here, and what splitters suit the non-gtis
Its a 1.4 non sport, what are my best options?
im looking for a fairly basic design, just need some extra fake lows when its on coils
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okay thanks for the advice
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ohhh right hhahaah i read the other reply wrong
yeh i have no idea where id put it
is it illegal to have it attached to your passenger sun visor?
if it is itll have to go on the bottom corner of the bumper grill!
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Yeh if they're reasonable. As its primarily a spray job, minus the plate recess! Then you will have fun trying to find somewhere where the number plate doesn't look sh*t. I regret getting mine done.
ahhh really? :|
looks so good when its done though, whats wrong with yours? has it sunk or something?
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Okay so plans are;
Coils are sorted for xmas, gna get some technix so theyll be fitted come new year
Plans in january are;
back bumper full colour code respray (no smoothing)
front bumper reg plate smoothed and resprayed (leaving bottom half black)
putting my standard grille back on and leaving the bonnet (for now anyway
)should hopefully be done mid/end of january
ill update when its looking less ugly!
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Couldn't say as I had the front and rear smoothed, aswell as other bits like the bonnet badge indent etc. Came to £600 which was good for all the bits.
I havent taken the bumper off yet, but I have driven into things and cracked it a few times, had to go back for repairs, but I would assume it does come off as one piece, and no doubt crack, hence why I havent done it.
wow £600 for all that, pretty sweet deal
only plastic welding i want is the reg plate, then im just colour coding both front and back without smoothing the lines between, and then putting standard grille back on (ie. not doing bonnet anymore)
how much would you reckon, about 300-450 for it?
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Mine was easy enough. Went to a bodyshop and told them what I wanted.
how much you pay for the front bumper doing?
and im guessing itll come off as a single piece once its been smoothed together?
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I've done two sets. The first I used a soldering iron to melt the cap (in the standard lights it's actually green, not orange) into lots of small pieces and then shook them out of the hole. Unfortunately, it's not particularly worth it as there is still an orange tint to the light anyway, so it doesn't make a lot of difference.
On the next set I used snips and needle-nose pliers to cut the cap into bits. I would say it's well worth doing on Cambridge lights, as, when used with a chrome bulb, it removes all orange from the indicator when not in use.
oh do the cams come with orange filters as well?
well it looks like im going to have to do it either way arent i
Gna get cams ordered this weekend from boz, and then its coils at xmas and colour coding bumps new years
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The hole you are working through is about the same dia. as that of the bulb + a few mm.
The orange filter is the shape of the bulb and clips into the surround.
You basically have to work through the hole to cut the orange filter into pieces.
ahh sounds a ball ache, well im still undecided on cambridge rears so i might not even bother in the end!
thanks for the help
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Yes you can break\cut the orange filter out. You will then need orange bulbs with a cover such as these...
...and yes, Cambridge\SE rear clusters are a straight swap.
cheers, ill just use chromed indicators so it eliminates the orange completely when the bulbs arent in use
How difficult is it to remove the orange cover then? im guessing its tricky since you said 'break'
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Hi
On the tail lights the indicator sections have a slight orange tint to them, i was wondering if this was just a coloured cap on the inside of the bulb that could be removed and then replaced with a chromed amber bulb?
Also, are cambridge lights straight swap for standard ones??
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its smooth underneath and is a straight fit
win!
cheers
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Hi,
Just wondered if an arosa tailgate is a direct fit/swap for a lupo tailgate
Also, when you take the seat 'S' logo off is there a notch/groove/hole behind it or is it just stuck on like the lettering (and therefore smooth underneath)
Thanks,
Max
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boot build bbs rms tidy the whole exterior of the car up, then after a year smooth a few bits, couple of engine bits, some new interior bits sterring wheel etc and poss retrim the seats lol
ha epic, 4k is how much i paid for my car and insurance for the year!
How you getting away will full red'ing the rears? Isn't that illegal? Don't you need a reverse light
Looks good though!no apparently not, you just have to have a working reverse light, im not sure it passes mot with red reverse lights but its not illegal anyway so i can just take them off and reapply after mot
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same i think i have a few hundred left to spend on it for this year but need to get my bumpers painted and some dings removed, 2 new tyres and a new wheel bearing lol, am gettin a fair bit of inheritance money next year january or feb and shall be spending atleast 4k on my loop, i want to try and win an award
wow 4k? what you getting
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yeah was just making you aware if you didnt know new it could be taken off lol, sweet guna get mine done in the new year in anthracite with some laser blue bits aswell
nice one, get some pics up when you get it done
im just dying to get it on coils now, not much else planned atm as i need to save for xmas ha
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good progress is it difficult removin the trim? also your hazard light needs to flash for your MOT apparently
no worries its only a bit of vinyl and my mot is in august
only hard part is popping off the top t section, i thought i was gna break it but it needs a bit of force, everythnig else is easy
i also had to cut all the old pastic welds down/off with a knife so it would go back on again, theres 3 clips on it thatll hold it down so you dont have to worry about it going anywhere
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just a quick one, realised i never put up pics of dash trim painted
took some pictures this morning but my baby was just hiding in the snow
anyway, dash trim ahoy, just used the reflex silver that halfrauds do, pretty good match to say its next to 8 yr old paint! looks like a bad match on pics cos of bad quality and lighting but in real its a good match
also vinlyed over the hazard button while i had it out, makes it look cleaner imo
got my radio cubby hole in aswell thanks again to lupoboz
and a cheeky one from the weekend when my mate had his loop round
'oy sxy' - bad hangover joke, was hilarious at the time ;D
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19, 2 years driving, no ncb, 1.4S, £116 per month ins, £100-120 on petrol so about £225 per month but i only work part time for £400 per month, getting plenty of overtime in over christmas though
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aye thats the plan tomorrow anyway, early start, just thought id get as much info from here before i get started tomorrow
cheers for the help and sorry for being a noob