thanks chaps!

Olly

nicked a few pics for backrounds, looks brilliant, i remember when you first posted up you had bought this, quick turn around really, well done

wicked mate! congrats on feature? are the spring kits worth it?

since I've had mine mapped when I'm on throttle and let off quick when it dumps it jurkes

thanks cam_d and simmy.

the spring tuning kit helped alot and made for a much smoother drive, you get the shims so you can fine tune it too.

Olly

right no updates for quite a while as it was uncertain if i was selling up - i've decided to keep it now though.

mini update - not really progress but i've binned the camo and gone for some faux leather.

first thing i had to do was make the boost guage pod not look stuck on and test how the leatherette bonded with the pillars and stretched around the curves. i stripped the original material as an earlier test run showed the alfabond adhesive lifted the original fabric and i came away with the new stuff.

just to refresh this is the urban camo i had

i didn't plan on updating it as progress so didn't do any step by step pics, i extended the boost pod 'slope' with a section of mk2 golf heater vent plastic ducting and pop riveted it along with the pod to the original pillar then fillered it in so it looked smooth. when this was done i trimmed it in the grey faux leather.

i thought it turned out ok, i trial fitted it and it fitted snugly

so i did the passenger one too

then i had to trim the boost gauge face to match

i was quite happy with them so moved on to unchartered territory - the middle pillars - same method of stripping the original material off and glueing both pillar trim and faux leather then sticking them together

they went ok so i fitted them up too

luckily i had just enough faux leather to do the rear pillars too, here's what it looked like when removed

then trimmed

and fitted

Olly

i'm saving for new wheels and for the past two weeks i've been waiting for the 'buyer' to collect my merc rims - assured me it was today and now having sold the adaptors it's fallen through!

so for the past couple of weeks it's been sat looking like this

well wednesday i was off work sick and got bored sleeping and trying to be entertained without loud noises so pulled the bora on the drive and began to pull the front end off - last pics of it complete for a while

pulled off the grills

pics of the cut outs for the fmic pipe work

then popped the bumper off

then the front end was removed

next i started to remove the bits that are going - firstly the oil catch can, was never permanent and had been leaking (worse than i thought)

on top of the box

and under the battery tray

i removed a few other bits too as i'll be pulling the engine out sooner or later

and started to attend to the loom, i've always been unhappy with the mess that is the stock loom - it just seems to be everywhere, i'm not going to hide it or anything just reroute it to a more logical set up.

because some / alot of it will need to be either lengthened or shortened, i need to leave the engine in until i've got it all set up and soldered to the desired route and length

i need to buy some shrink wrap before i start soldering it all together so routed it roughly where i want it to go, here's my donor loom i'll be hacking up to use wires from to get the right colours / thickness and lengths.

i also made up a little resistor plate yesterday i'm going to mount in the scuttle for all my sai/ n249 etc etc deletes

after a while i was getting cold and feeling sick so i headed back into the warmth.

while i was mooching around i decided now (while it's off the road) would be the ideal time to put some fogs back in my headlights + i could do it indoors in the warm.

after my original headlights with fogs got ruined by a bodyshop i had to fit the non fog items as a quick fix, the old ones have been in the shed for about a year so i dug them out and set about fitting them in.

current light without fog

removed from casing

with a hole saw i carefully cut out the blank in the light

i salvaged all the bits from the old unit

and fitted it in

comparison

then repeated it with the other side

and reffited them all back together

i have spent a long time doing this loom for not much reward [:(]

as i said earlier in the thread the aim was to re-route the loom in a more logical and neater fasion, not to hide it - just tidy it.

following the other pics i routed the majority of it where i wanted it to go, the majority of the rest of the time was spent either lengthening or shortening loom.

i cut the injector plugs off the donor loom as they were better condition (2007 loom)

and then paired up the wires with shrink wrap

then heated it and shaped the wires to go where i needed

once they were all done i extended the looms and joined it to the original loom

next i decided to route the temp sensor wires and vvt wires with the loom for the coilpacks so again extended the wires and wrapped in heat shrink

now i'd done that the n75 wires seemed to have to go over the top of everything, so i decided i'd trace the wires back and route them out of the port for the MAF loom.

so again i shortened the wires and covered them with shrink wrap

while i had the loom apart i ran the p/s pressure sensor wires in the injector loom and put shrink wrap over the wires

i also extended the throttle body loom and IAT wires so i could run it under the inlet.

re routed and shortened Map sensor wires

i also wanted to remove the loom for the CC, N112, N249 and SAI and put all the resistors on a plate and mount it in the scuttle, so traced all the wires back and mounted the plate (with rubber foot) in the scuttle.

i wanted to keep the loom off the bottom of the scuttle to prevent it picking up moisture and transferring it so i ran it over the top.

with the reduction of loom i managed to relocate the relays in the box that clips to the bulkhead and binned the box

i fitted the majority of the loom with the corrugated plastic trunking and took a few 'finished' pics - nothing's clipped in place but the engine's coming out so i'll do it when it goes back in.

looks phat that pal, my mates been wanting a bora for ages showed him this and he went and changed his pants!!

looks alot more tidy indeed, must have taken you a while, good job with everything.

shame gow the cars sat up atm mate but I'm sure you will have it on the road in no time, needs a was h much like mine though mate haha :) Thanks again for doing that for me on sat and i will get a pic up soon to see if it is the 1st :)

thanks chaps! :-D

kingsley - get some pics up bud!

the bora will be looking alot worse before it gets better there's a looong to do list before i think about putting it back on the road.

will do later on mate :)

you going to get it on the road for usc?

thats the plan bud

not really an update but just got these in the post []

996 rears with Badger5 braided hoses, 312 adaptor brackets and 2 sets of pads 1 x used brembo and one new set of brembo's fitted

will be a while before they're fitted (not sure they'll even fit behind the steels [:DD] )

every heard of the saying if it aint broke dont fix it?

absolutely love the progress man

thanks bud. seeing as i decided to keep it i decided to spruce the old girl up a bit.

Olly

Progress on your Bora is immense dude!

Didnt you have a Ibiza Cupra in yellow before?

thanks bud, yea i had onvi yellow with bbs splits, there's a thread on here somewhere.

i popped up and bought your polished cage when i had the 6n2 and stuffed it in the back of my mates mk4 golf.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196358 - old scn thread bud.

Ah Olly i remember you! Fucking hell my memorys shocking!

You going No rice this week? Wouldnt mind having a chat with you bro!

haha mine's pretty bad too.

i won't be going to any 'events' until the bora is back on the road bud, if you want a chat pm me and i'll send you my number. :-D

Well i might have a money earning opputunity for you, everything you done to your Cupra's bay, i want done to mine... So i either do it or pay somone whos done it before so its a peice of piss and a quick turnover.

Drop me a pm if ye fancy it!

What things you doing then?

Love this bora, looking forward to seeing what you do.

all i can say goose is alot, have to see what pans out but the plans are fairly big at least.

got a few more goodies in the post today

325mm grooved discs

256mm V5 vented rears

carbonio intake in box