what did you and your mk3 leon do today

Adrian300

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Yeah Ali Express. Wouldn’t buy engine parts from them based on the 2 interior parts I’ve bought, but good enough to put my dirty trainer soles on lol
Have u got a link to it pls?

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bgb

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After having a scratch repaired down the drivers side door, there was some holograms left from the buffing..

So instead of letting them having a go again, got my DA out and polished the whole car. Also had to repair swirls inflicted by a ‘rated’ car wash place..

Incredibly pleased with the results and products used. Process went as below;
  1. Pre-rinse and bug/tar remover and wheels sprayed with cleaner
  2. One foam shower
  3. Rinse and second foam shower
  4. Rinse and then two bucket, woollen mitt wash with AG shampoo and conditioner
  5. Rinse, dry and windows/trim sorted
  6. Once over with Auto Finesse Triple Polish (using DA)
  7. Once over with Poor Boys Black hole glaze (using DA)
  8. Wax - Poor Boys Black Hole (using DA)
I realise the Auto Finesse is not considered a real polish. But does have a cutting material. Enough so that an hour with a DA got rid of all marring/swirls and holograms.

Poor boys glaze was to get that wet look, and the wax really made it look like a puddle.

Highly rate all of those products on a black car!
 

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paddy6789

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Fitted Goodyear SuperSports all round. Let’s see if they are up to the job and compare with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres.

Got 2x Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres going if anyone fancies them? 4mm tread left, one has a puncture repair and the other has what looks to be a nail head embedded with nothing going through the tyre.


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ray

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Fitted Goodyear SuperSports all round. Let’s see if they are up to the job and compare with the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres.

Got 2x Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres going if anyone fancies them? 4mm tread left, one has a puncture repair and the other has what looks to be a nail head embedded with nothing going through the tyre.


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My local tyre guy (who got £670 out of me for 4 PS4s) told me the other week that the new Goodyear’s are rated better than the PS4s and slightly cheaper, exactly what I wanted to hear.

I removed the snow guard from my air filter yesterday and neglected to use my car today in order to take my mother in laws i10 to the garage, what a delight.


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paddy6789

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My local tyre guy (who got £670 out of me for 4 PS4s) told me the other week that the new Goodyear’s are rated better than the PS4s and slightly cheaper, exactly what I wanted to hear.

I removed the snow guard from my air filter yesterday and neglected to use my car today in order to take my mother in laws i10 to the garage, what a delight.


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I paid £450 for the Goodyear’s if that makes you feel any better? :)


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Damo H

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My local tyre guy (who got £670 out of me for 4 PS4s) told me the other week that the new Goodyear’s are rated better than the PS4s and slightly cheaper, exactly what I wanted to hear.

I removed the snow guard from my air filter yesterday and neglected to use my car today in order to take my mother in laws i10 to the garage, what a delight.


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Better in the wet on subjective handling Ona RWD, but not as good at dry or wet braking IIRC. Same in the dry, but NVH a lot worse. The PS4S are good enough in the wet I’d rather have the comfort so I wouldn’t worry too much.
 

bgb

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Tried launch control tonight. In honest opinion it’s a load of fanfare for not much movement.. a good foot will get you going quicker!

Was nice to hear the limiter popping away like a machine gun though, but after that I just sat there taking about 2mm off my tyres :rolleyes:
 

Adrian300

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Tried launch control tonight. In honest opinion it’s a load of fanfare for not much movement.. a good foot will get you going quicker!

Was nice to hear the limiter popping away like a machine gun though, but after that I just sat there taking about 2mm off my tyres :rolleyes:
Its a big difference with 4drive!

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bgb

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Its a big difference with 4drive!

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Yea I’ve done it in an R before and it’s a whole new ball game.. front wheel drive is never going to work!

There is some freshly still soft tarmac near me on a back road. I may try that to see if it makes any difference!
 
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