what did you and your mk3 leon do today

[connorman73]

Gave the old girl a good wash and polish, fitted some fog light tints and plasti dipped the rear badge

 

[Miguel 7]

Looking at spraying the rear bumper insert in gloss black. What in your view is a fair price for this?
Just got quoted 150 and seems a lot. Or are these the sort of quotes I should be expecting?

 

[Kothaex]

Looking at spraying the rear bumper insert in gloss black. What in your view is a fair price for this?
Just got quoted 150 and seems a lot. Or are these the sort of quotes I should be expecting?

When you say the the bumper insert do you mean the angled shape that fits in the mid section of the bumper panel below the reg plate? On my '14 Cupra 280 it's in matte plastic.

I ask because I'm also interested in doing this, not a fan of the matte plastic look - looks cheap.

 

[Miguel 7]

When you say the the bumper insert do you mean the angled shape that fits in the mid section of the bumper panel below the reg plate? On my '14 Cupra 280 it's in matte plastic.

I ask because I'm also interested in doing this, not a fan of the matte plastic look - looks cheap.

Yes.
Now that I've fitted a glossy diffuser it annoys me even more as it stands out

 

[Titchy]

Yes.
Now that I've fitted a glossy diffuser it annoys me even more as it stands out

Probably a high price as it requires flating down. If you could do this yourself then it will probs only cost £80 ish


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[Dannnnn]

Bought a reverse cam and adaptor plug etc
Hopefully just be PnP when it arrives and a bit of coding on OBD11

 

[Damo H]

Looking at spraying the rear bumper insert in gloss black. What in your view is a fair price for this?
Just got quoted 150 and seems a lot. Or are these the sort of quotes I should be expecting?

£150 is fair, the part can be a bitch to remove, requires a lot of time to sand down properly with a good plastic primer to applied to make sure the paint adheres nicely and appears smooth.

I paid £150 for mine painted white and the diffuser painted black. But that was cheaper because I was already having the car repaired under an insurance claim for being rear ended.

 

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Bought a reverse cam and adaptor plug etc
Hopefully just be PnP when it arrives and a bit of coding on OBD11

Where did you buy the adapter plug.

 

[Dannnnn]

Where did you buy the adapter plug.

eBay.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/163074202703

Or similar.

Will have to take the pins out and then plug them into the blue plug in my car but saves cutting cables etc.

Just need to find one to fit the lamp plug too

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[Miguel 7]

£150 is fair, the part can be a bitch to remove, requires a lot of time to sand down properly with a good plastic primer to applied to make sure the paint adheres nicely and appears smooth.

I paid £150 for mine painted white and the diffuser painted black. But that was cheaper because I was already having the car repaired under an insurance claim for being rear ended.

I did mention while asking for a quote I'd give em the part already removed and would refit myself. But I see it's not as easy as it seems to me. Will ask for a couple more quotes and will decide. Thanks

 

[S4BiT]

I did mention while asking for a quote I'd give em the part already removed and would refit myself. But I see it's not as easy as it seems to me. Will ask for a couple more quotes and will decide. Thanks

Other option is to colour code it with the body? Ive thinking about it and it may look good.

 

[Miguel 7]

Other option is to colour code it with the body? Ive thinking about it and it may look good.

I'll stick to black I think

 

[Damo H]

Other option is to colour code it with the body? Ive thinking about it and it may look good.

What colour is your car?

 

[S4BiT]

What colour is your car?
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Mine is Mystery Blue. That actually looks smart on White.

 

[Kothaex]

Mine is Mystery Blue. That actually looks smart on White.

Thoughts on doing that here? Not sure what my paints official name is. I'd be tempted to either do a colour match or gloss black.

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[Titchy]

Thoughts on doing that here? Not sure what my paints official name is. I'd be tempted to either do a colour match or gloss black.

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Gloss black! And a cheeky rieger lower diffuser in gloss black.


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[Kothaex]

Gloss black! And a cheeky rieger lower splitter in gloss black.


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I'll have to have a look at the Reiger one for sure, I don't know much about body kit bits - I was looking at the maxton design splitter diffuser and spoiler extension in carbon fiber

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[Stephen Payne]

Thinking of pin striping the rear defuser vertical fins but don't have the car yet to measure.

Does anyone know how thick in mm the fins are?

 

[Norbert]

Bit washed and tracker fitted.

 

[Aardvark]

Drove back from North Wales last night on one of the worse set of congested roads ever. 138 miles at an average of only 38mph but did manage to get 66mpg despite much stop start