I needed to trim the top pipe quite a bit to stop it kinking when it goes through the crash bar, i must of taken at least 1 inch of each sides.

Anybody else had to do this? It just wouldnt fit as it was, the pipe was nearly bent in half and i would of never got the bumper back on

Also sounds differamt now, a deeper noise just before it come on boost, is this normal?

Thanks

Ryan

yes and yes :thumbup:

pics needed!!!!!

Dont have any progress pics, might take some tomorrow if the weathers nice and i get time to give it a good wash.

Its just a standard vrs with a front mount though. the weitecs are still under my bed waiting for me to order top mounts :(

As Clive states yes and yes

I had to trim mine down to get a good curve

I have pics of the whole install if anyone intereseted

Nice, Need to set about that crash bar with angle grinder to make full use of intercooler

Nice, Need to set about that crash bar with angle grinder to make full use of intercooler

Like this you mean..

Haha yeah that looks alot better

Come on guys!...Dont start showing me this! lol.

FMIC is next on the list, allready spend over a grand this month of tuning goodies! Urgh!

Does look lush tho.

Are they a biatch to fit?

That last photo is sexy.

Looks so good.

What's the advantage of fmic?

What's the front lip off u got fitted?

Come on guys!...Dont start showing me this! lol.

FMIC is next on the list, allready spend over a grand this month of tuning goodies! Urgh!

Does look lush tho.

Are they a biatch to fit?

Not that hard to fit, the hardest part is prabably getting that top pipe to fit properly, i still couldnt get it perfect but didnt want to cut any more off.

I think it took about 3.5-4 hours, but if the pipe had fit without any cutting it would probably have taken around about 2 hours.

I have cut 3cm off that hose which goes to TB, the angle was not good and hose was bend too much. I didnt want to cut the crash bar, so I ordered modified from forge. Took me about one hour to fit every together.

Come on guys!...Dont start showing me this! lol.

FMIC is next on the list, allready spend over a grand this month of tuning goodies! Urgh!

Does look lush tho.

Are they a biatch to fit?

As mentioned very easy to fit Forge provide full fitting instructions, everything goes together well. Also trimmed back the pipe that goes to the throttle asm but that was it. Took me longer to clean / tidy up all the other parts as i was fitting the FMIC

I also did a diy install guide

That last photo is sexy.

Looks so good.

What's the advantage of fmic?

What's the front lip off u got fitted?

The advantage is found when you are upgrading the power of your car / remap etc as the std side mount(SMIC) is not up to keeping the charge temps down. That is essential to allow good constant high boost pressure to the turbo. Without this you will get turbo lag as the heat soak effects the charge temps and thus effects performance.

Front lip is from a Seat Leon Cupra R. A common mod on these cars now.