Sub 8

Action Man

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Well I'll give this a go.
As inspired by that little known bit of tarmac in Germany and 7 mins 58.4 secs of very good driving.

280 SC -Sub 8 -Orange line -Monsoon Grey -DSG -Glass roof - Resonated Scorpion Ex -ACC -yada yada yada

The original owner must have ticked every option going ......Which is fine and what I was looking for

Then he opted for the Leather interior...which in my opinion is the stupidest material ever for car interiors.

Why Oh Why did he not ask for the bucket seats in Alcantara .... I know they are also part leather but I can live with that little design flaw. ....

Car is awesome, can be stupid fast....So my only mod is looking to change the interior to what I think should be in there


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Action Man

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It's just all std stuff...so nowt changed or modified..looks like every other std Cupra ..so I saw little point in posting uninteresting pics....cos looking at lots of other modded cars they have very interesting insides and bays and show lots of time and effort ..... all I've done is buy the car, and the only 'mod' I want to do is put the factory optional alcantara seats in with the bucket ( wingback) front seats..... Which is very unimaginative, but that's all I want
 

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It's just all std stuff...so nowt changed or modified..looks like every other std Cupra ..so I saw little point in posting uninteresting pics....cos looking at lots of other modded cars they have very interesting insides and bays and show lots of time and effort ..... all I've done is buy the car, and the only 'mod' I want to do is put the factory optional alcantara seats in with the bucket ( wingback) front seats..... Which is very unimaginative, but that's all I want
I'm using Tapatalk and this came up in my feed, I'm a mk1 Leon Cupra owner and I've never seen a model likes your car before. You got to remember....on here your surrounded by car guy's....car guy's loves pics of cars... videos of cars ect ect. From your post you seem kinda down about your car or something?? I'd be well happy and want to show off everything....even the wheels nuts lol.

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Them wheels look like fun to clean haha nice colour to match the orange!

I'd check that it's had the lower engine mount changed so you don't get lots of wheel hop under power as that will be a great help lol

even the wheels nuts lol.
It's all about the wheel nuts haha
 

Action Man

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Jimbo.... well that's a good bit of info .I'll do some checking on why I need that and what my options are :)

Andrew...Oh I'm not down on the car.. I love it :thumbup:...but I do know I'm not going to add loads of bits and spend big time and money on it.... It's my daily car, even though I mostly ride my bike, however I've always wanted a nice performance hatch....and over the years I have looked at loads..Lotus sunbeams,integrale 2's (only in yellow) , Cossie Escorts (only in blue with hex cloth trim) etc .....and I promised I'd buy one once they came below £20k...They got close but never did.......and now you can't buy one unless you want to pamper it like an ornament..... I want to drive it till it's done 200000 miles then re do it ... and do it all again......

So my reasoning was I should have bought them when they were just used cars.....So I looked at all the modern stuff that was 'new'...and as I already had a Mk I Leon SE and I like stuff that is not the usual fare then I looked at them...... So started looking for a minty Cupra Mk I or the original 2.0 Ibiza...but all them were either already worn out or already done....I could have gone to a Mk2, cos the insides are great, awsome drive trains but I'm not a fan of the front style...... the Mk3 came out and the option of 2 doors was ticking boxes..... and the green ones looked awesome.....then a guy at work pointed out the Sub 8 achievement and that was it.... I wanted a Sub 8..... and as the Ring lap was with a 280 I wanted one of them....errr but they were now on 290's and about to launch the 300...now they have even rebranded them

Now I've never bought a new car and I'm not ever likely too, so I started looking for a used 280......My guess was to buy it now cos in 10 years they will not be available....then I found out you couldn't buy a green one .....well next up is ORANGE..... and they didn't do em in orange either....but the Monsoon grey with Orange works for me so that was it a 280, grey , Sub 8, orange,DSG, sunroof ....started looking, everyone said id never find it....took about 6 months then as soon as someones 4yr deal was up they started appearing at dealers ......Done deal ....it has everything but the optional Bucket seats...so that will be the extent of my changes ...which essentially aint even mods as they are a std option for anyone who ordered them new...
I have asked SEAT and you can buy the seats from them, but not as complete units, just as parts ....And when you price em up as parts they are £1100 EACH :-o....... and I'd still need the rears to be swapped to the alcantara option...So that is not an option.


And yes Jimbo them wheels are a Joy to clean :scary:
 

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You are not the first person to look for these seats so I hope you are lucky but you may have to wait a while (and the adverts are removed after 45 days) and I suspect they also will not be cheap.
 

Action Man

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Oldboy .... I am a patient man ...and as long as the price reflects the quality and condition then I am realistic... I realise they are in limited supply....since I've been looking for then since I got the car.
but as new parts for lots of old cars always seem to turn up then I'm rather hopeful these will too
 
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