what did you and your mk3 leon do today

MATT RILEY

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May 9, 2004
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Problem being the old pads will have moulded to the shape of the old worn disc, so the rusty parts of the top and bottom will not contact the new disc causing it to go rusty again in the same places. You are also losing brake efficiency as the whole pad is not contacting the disc.
 

MATT RILEY

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May 9, 2004
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Problem being the old pads will have moulded to the shape of the old worn disc, so the rusty parts of the top and bottom will not contact the new disc causing it to go rusty again in the same places. You are also losing brake efficiency as the whole pad is not contacting the disc.

Sorry just reread this you were just going to remove the silver coating with the old pads?
 

Rockbox

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Apr 6, 2018
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Cleaned the engine bay

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Didn't come up to bad.
 
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Zer0

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I don't often try launch control but thought I'd check how quick it is today. First try was 4.04s on my normal map 6 but then remembered George from Burger Tuning saying it is not happy with too much boost past 5.5-6k when using LC so then I cut boost quite a bit up top on my JB4 map 6, still a decent run for my winter wheels setup. :)

0-100 km/h 3.92s (0-60 mph 3.7s).
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ryzzey

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Jan 18, 2018
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My new rain/light sensor arrived from Germany so used my furlough time to swap out the humidity sensor in my facelift FR, I now have auto lights and wipers after a bit of coding with OBDeleven. Fantastic help from the thread on here so thanks to all who have posted in it.

A very easy mod for lots of extra features, especially coming home/leaving home lights, which for a car of this spec I would have thought would be standard!
 

Hag

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My new rain/light sensor arrived from Germany so used my furlough time to swap out the humidity sensor in my facelift FR, I now have auto lights and wipers after a bit of coding with OBDeleven. Fantastic help from the thread on here so thanks to all who have posted in it.

A very easy mod for lots of extra features, especially coming home/leaving home lights, which for a car of this spec I would have thought would be standard!

Was that easy enough to do? Do you have the part numbers you used for the sensor and the different light switch please?


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ryzzey

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Jan 18, 2018
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Was that easy enough to do? Do you have the part numbers you used for the sensor and the different light switch please?


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Yes very simple to do, only involves swapping out the sensor and switch and then the adaptions on OBDeleven but easy enough.

The guide I used is here: https://forums.seatcupra.net/index.php?threads/rain-light-sensor-coding-mk3-fr.421370/page-2

Part number for sensor (same as one from a Golf, plenty on eBay): 5Q0955547B

Part number for headlight switch (Mine was from an Ibiza but exactly the same and again there’s a few on eBay, Seat ones will match with the red LEDs, a VW one will have white LEDs): 5G0941431AF

Hope this helps, hardest part was removing the rear view mirror that took a stronger pull than I thought!
 
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billman

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Fitted the BAF Motorsport rear brace :)

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Was the rear strut brace difficult to fit? 6 or 8 holes? Do you feel any difference in spirited driving? I am ordering a front strut brace and thinking of this also. Plus I am pulling the trigger on buying an s3 front aluminum subframe.
 
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OJ9693

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Was the rear strut brace difficult to fit? 6 or 8 holes? Do you feel any difference in spirited driving? I am ordering a front strut brace and thinking of this also. Plus I am pulling the trigger on buying an s3 front aluminum subframe.

Can i ask you which front brace you are ordering? It's something i've also thought about adding.
 

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Was the rear strut brace difficult to fit? 6 or 8 holes? Do you feel any difference in spirited driving? I am ordering a front strut brace and thinking of this also. Plus I am pulling the trigger on buying an s3 front aluminum subframe.

It’s 6 holes, 2 on top either side and 1 at the bottom.

It wasn’t difficult to fit, it’s just patience. The hardest part was cutting the plastic trim to fit around the brace. I’ll order new trims to fit later on and use my current ones as a template.

I’d have the s3 subframe on mine if it worked with the RacingLine engine mount :(


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