cuprajake

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wheels done and put back on the car,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086327096/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086327096/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086326766/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086326766/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086326376/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086326376/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

then something special came to have a look

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6085779741/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6085779741/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

and summat even more special turned up

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086324950/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6086324950/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

more pics on my flickr

martin850

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More pics of the GTR please. The wheels really suit you car mate, the P1 isn't half bad either

JonMc

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Tidy car, that front splitter isn't one you see regularly

cuprajake

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cheers guy's

just needed tidying up a bit, wheels went from gold to grey etc,

this is where i started from,

changed the discs and pads

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6025621235/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6025621235/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr


http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6026179018/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6026179018/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

gave the car a full machine polish and interior valet,



changed the boring headunit to this:



decided to paint the front end to rid it of the stonechips,

this was her in the booth,



left overnight after having a bake, then me and chrisr went on a little trip to leyland, third time this week lol, to pick up a set of prodrive headlights to replace the bust ones on mine, now the lights for those who dont know are made by hella for prodrive, but they are now obeselte with no repair parts, the price new from prodrive was £500 per lamp!! needless to say i didnt pay that haha, they go for 3/400 on ebay, so i feel the price i paid was pretty good, so cheers haggy.

this morning i put the car on the ramp and took the clear down, panelwiped it and let it breathe for a while



looks pretty darn good matte blue, then i set about buffing the car and building it back up, i had a bit of a dud window molding, it had a slight dent in it, but i remebered having a spare scooby door out back, as luck would have it, the door was the side i needed the trim off



and fitted



then i gave the car a wipe down and a wax, used a new autoglym wax, which is very good to work with.

while doing that i took the door cards off and the speakers out of them, these are the offending items



very unsightly, and there 4" so not too powerful, my new door cards will be here monday so i went to my local audio shop and managed to get some 6.5" slimline fitting pioneers, these will be fitted on monday too,

then i wiped my wax off and this is how i left it:





jake

cuprajake

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fitted some door speakers today, slim line pioneer 6.5" speakers


crappy pic,



on the plus side they fit in with no spacers needed

not amazing in the sound quality but why drown out the flat four

then fitted the new door cards over the top..

one of these arrived today


its a brake stopper, stops the mastercyclinder moving forward under hard breaking, and a doddle to fit,



quite noticble when you try to press the brake to the floor now, much more sturdy. and for £30 deliverd not bad.

picked these up nice and cheap

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6062570030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6062570030/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

along with an sti up pipe, which i took to work and proted and fettled it befor wrapping the pair,



battery also came for the clifford back up, with destructions too



started work on the intercooler spray,

bought another washer jet pump and gromet and fitted it to the washer bottle



then fitted my pipe work up along the oem routing to the scoop,



i need to find a decent mister to spary the cooler, i also have an electronics guru next door who is making me a boost operated system, so that when i hit 1bar they system activates and cycles a 3 second on, 3 second off 3 second on mist, its fully adjustable system so we can play with the settings.

got some hozelock mini jet sprayers for the intercooler spray, and the circuit board is built.

then i decided to get rid of the gold wheels, never been a massive fan of the gold, so this happened:


prept the wheels with red scotch and 500s paper were needed then into the booth, the backs were done with a black basecoat simply for coverage



then flipped them over and masked them up, followed by a light primer coat, to stop any reactions



then onto the colour, its a custom mix based off a bmw colour then tinted to be a little lighter, and clearcoated.





remap is booked for the 5th too.

cuprajake

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also thinking i may sell the prodrive spoiler in favour of the bigger sti style ones, so if anyone wants a swap, lol ill even paint it any colour

JonMc

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TBH mate I'd leave the prodrive spoiler on, a little bit more special than the STI ones

Stevesbluewrx

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Looking good mate.

Is that a Cusco Brake stopper? Where you get it mate? Do you have instructions my any chance?



Steve

cuprajake

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

cuprajake

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prodrive cat and up pipe go on this friday, also have the map booked for the 5th.

relay harness fitted for the hid kit too.

scooby 887

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looking very nice mate who is doing your map? i would recomend a 3 port boost solenoid and sti intercooler before your map don't cost to much and made a big difference when i fitted them to my bugeye and had a map tweak. wish i had fitted them first time

cuprajake

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going over to see andrew carr, he did say a 3port wasnt needed as i asked, hadnt really though of the sti cooler, are they simply bigger

R12CYS

where did you get the speakers mate, will they fit blob eye 2003? love the head unit aswell.

cheers

cuprajake

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Carcraft of Rochdale. There pioneer 1715 some thing. I actually put a link on this forum replying to another thread, there less than £30

cuprajake

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here's the link for the speakers:

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...-speakers.html

i had a read up about the tmic from the sti but most people think its not worth doing unless its free lol.

brendy76

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Just out of curiosity Jake, did you once spray your old cupra? I used to be on Cupranet myself (cordobabrendy).

cuprajake

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i did mate, it went white

scooby 887

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Fair enough mate was just a sugestion i know mine made more power with those 2 things added on its 2nd map

cuprajake

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yeah dont get me wrong, its prob not a bad thing to fit, but for the price there going for £100 plus its a little on the steep side, for what they are, esp when you can get a drop in charge temps by tilting the standard cooler...im not after massive power more mid range torque and drivability. if one comes up cheap like ill have it though haha

cuprajake

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prodrive downpipe and sti up pipe pretty much all fitted now, the up pipe is a pig of a job, dont want to do another anytime soon.

fuel pump in tomorrow and then off to andrew car for a map on monday, really looking forward to seeing how drivable he can get it.

Midlife......

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You will have to ask the mapper to get rid of the ETG cel Nice

Shaun

cuprajake

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andrew is well aware, he actually told me to unplug it as he maps it out,,, cant wait

cuprajake

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Well the car is finally mapped. A massive thank you goes out to andrew car, firstly for mng the car after work and secondly for doing such a thorough job, this is the second car he's done for me and again it's turned out great. Spent about 2 and a half hours tinkering with different settings, resulting in a very smooth delivery which pulls to the red line.

We did try pops and bangs but the system on the car along with the prodrive cat simply quiets it down too much. Pity really but I don't want a super loud system.

Also fitted the launch control map, may try it eventually lol

all in all a great experience and a much more drivable car. The over boost originally was due to the wrong size pill being fitted and we believe it has a newer spec td04 fitted due to the figures it was pulling.

cuprajake

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winter wheels arrived:





16" standard wheels, came with on winter vredestein winter tyre, which has good tread, these will get stripped down and then painted the same antheracite colour..

JonMc

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Will 16's fit over the 4-pots

cuprajake

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i have been told so lol, why you thinking they wont?

JonMc

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Standard on a bug is 17 so I can't say I'd ever considered it so just wondered - I'm looking at bigger brakes so couldn't consider it myself but for winter wheels makes a lot of sense

cuprajake

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haha got me worried now, luckily i havn't paid for them yet, may try one in the morning, after a quick search its a mixed result...if not they can go back.

daz sti

looking very good bud