Guy who lives 2 doors from me, Brand new Astra last year, 60 miles, complete ECU failure, back to the Vauxhall plant, had a courtesy car for 5 weeks while Vauxhall “fixed” it

Welcome mate, get some photos of the car up, cos we are all really nosey

Welcome along, loving the white rims

35mm should be OK, just beware of speed bumps and steep ramps

I’ve seen Cupra R’s slammed on coilovers with no serious problems

1) What is the best induction kit/panel filter for actual power gains.
2 schools of thought here, some will say get a good cone filter with a cold air feed, Pipercross and Green are popular, others will say a decent panel filter, with a drilled and smoothed airbox, bit of an open can of worms this one.

2) Please can you point me in the right direction of part numbers for larger ARBs? I’m assuming the FR models have thicker bars and that would probably be a decent step in the right direction.
If you are looking to buy new, go for a non OEM one, some of the site sponsors will help you here, (Awesome GTI etc), best to spend the money only once, get it right first time.

3) Do any of the VW Golf GTI parts fit the Leon? Would any of these offer greater improvements to braking/handling than Seat parts?
Golf (mk5) GTi parts would be similar to Leon FR or Cupra parts, so yes, there would be common parts, but not necessarily better

mmm, cheap, how cheap? What colour is you car, if its not black, fit black wing mirror covers, or if its a black car, silver covers, always looks good.

£150 will get you some Eibach Sportline lowering springs, (then you gotta get them fitted)

Its all about what you are prepared to spend

I must say, being lucky enough to own one of the R&D cars for this exhaust, I got the chance to “try it out”.

The exhaust is great, hard to describe the sound, on tick-over, a nice “rumble/gurgle”, and on acceleration, a sporty sound, but not a cheap sound.

This exhaust is a well needed alternative to the current types available (Milltek, Remus, Blueflame etc), and is easily on a par with these from a quality point of view, but more importantly, the customer service at Scorpion is fantastic.

And. for those interested, here’s the exhaust fitted to my car