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Thought I should pitch in here, after a funny experience tonight. I have a new shape Milltek cat back, I think it's the resonated version since it's pretty quiet at low speed / low revs. It has a fantastic bassy character though, and gets a lot of compliments - a lot of petrolhead-inclined types...

Hey guys, it must be a faulty switch. Did a bit of fiddling on a night drive just now, and they work on the flash function, but not always in the "locked" on position when you push the stalk forward. Turning the indicators on with the stalk forward makes the main beam come on and stay on, and...

Hey guys, as stated in the title, the main beam lights on my 2003 Leon Cupra R 225 have stopped working, but heres the strange part. Pulling the left indicator stalk towards myself to use the "flash" function, the main beams come on and so does the little blue light on the dash to indicate...

Splitter is already gone on my car, the one thing that gives me hope is that a friends Astra VXR on 19"s managed in the snow last winter, albeit taking it very easy - though that's the only sensible way to do it really. Need to sell up and buy an Impreza or a Lancer Evolution I think ;)

Hey, just looking at my options for winter. Due to my job I don't really have the option to work from home, so I can't afford to have my car let down when it snows. My trusty old Fiesta on little biscuit tin wheels was amazing in the snow, but I'm thinking the Cupra R that replaced will be total...

Sweet, I need to get some of those bulbs asap then. I thought it would be a bit of a job to get rid of the HID kits, because then I would need to try and get some of those H7 connectors to fit normal halogens onto, and then stick it all together. Hopefully changing the bulbs will do the...

Hey guys, I've got a 2003 Leon Cupra R, fitted with HID lights by the previous owner. Unfortunately, I do not know the brand or output of the units. One of the bulbs has gone and my MOT is coming up soon. I have been meaning to change these HIDs back to good old fashioned bulbs for some time...

I see this is an old thread, I wonder if the old thread, but does anyone here know about DVs causing LCRs to go into limp mode? I have a Forge 007p on mine and it still occasionally goes into limp mode high up the rev range, and I still have not been able to figure out exactly why. Perhaps...

Ah great, I don't have an ebay account so I will have to get the missus to buy it on hers. Looks like a great bit of kit, I'd buy you a pint if I could!

Unfortunately I don't have vagcom to clear the codes myself so I'll have to take it back to the garage. Should have just bought the damn thing the day I got the car, might have been able to save a few headaches!

I started the thread to find out what the best air filter would be for my car, given I was experiencing high rev cut out to limp mode. The point of me changing my air filter for a newer one was to help prevent the cut out, which so far has not reoccurred but now another fault has appeared, which...

Bah, I was driving to work last night and at about 50% boost the "!" warning light came on, nothing unusual was happening, no noticeable effect on performance, car ran fine for the rest of the journey, except now the light does not clear when the engine is turned off and on again. Looks like...

Very nice man, I love that. The heat shield looks great. I'd take a photo of mine but it's far from as aesthetically pleasing!

Fitted the new Jetex red filter this morning, slipped on easily enough. Had to A-team a mount to hold it up though, a one of those screw-tightened rings you use to hold them onto the air intake mount, fitted around the thin end of the cone, linked to a cable tie through the old mount for the...

As an interesting note, I decided again tonight to test if the cut-to-limp-mode fault was 100% reproducible, it is not. Took it up to 6000rpm (above where the fault normally occurs) in 3rd and 4th gear (on a private track) and not even a stutter. Pulled like a freight train right up towards the...

Got my new filter in the post today, I will be fitting it tomorrow morning. It's smaller than I thought it would be, and a fair bit smaller than the Green Cotton one that is on there now. On the plus side it's not slowly crumbling and flaking away like the Green Cotton one is. It's rated for...

I don't have a cold air feed pipe for my new filter, and the old CAF will probably not survive the air filter change - it looks pretty rubbish. A new CAF kit from Jetex is £130 apparently and I'm not dying to rush out and get one, but I've had people saying "The heatsoak will be terrible!" etc...

Just ordered a red Jetex angled 80mm cone filter. Going to fit it at the weekend. In the end I decided against the cold air feed, I don't think it will give much benefit when I get the car reflashed to the standard Seat map some time next week. Also getting a smoke test done to check the...

That was the next question I was about to ask, I am hopeless with this sort of thing. Now I just need to decide whether or not to get a cone filter on its own, or a kit with a filter and a cold air feed pipe. EDIT: Come to think of it, I'm thinking of having my car flashed back to the...

Hey guys, the air filter and cold air feed pipe in my 2003 Leon Cupra R 225 are looking really ratty and in need of a refresh. Which air filters are recommended for this car? I've been looking at Jetex induction kits, does anyone have any experience with these? They make one specifically for...