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Full leather of 16v conversion?

16v conversion
7 (35%)
Full cream lether
13 (65%)

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Offline Bronze MK1 Cab

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Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« on: 07 November 2005, 17:16 »
As a lot of you probably know I've had a 16v engine sat in the garage for about 6 months now  :rolleyes:  :grin:

I was going to get the conversion done over the winter. However, I've been having second thoughts and been thinking of selling the engone and box and using the money towards a full cream leather interior.

So should I go for shamone looks or more power? I've had the Weber conversion on my engine and a 1600 box from a mk1, so my cab isn't that slow. Before I had the box done my times on the strip were 0-60 9.95 1/4 mile in around 17 seconds (just a little bit slower than Gibby's GTI).
« Last Edit: 07 November 2005, 17:19 by Bronze MK1 Cab »

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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #1 on: 07 November 2005, 17:22 »
Please ignore my spelling and gammer mistakes above  :rolleyes:  :embarassed:

I've been told a guy in Swansea does full leather for around £600 on a MK1 cab.

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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #2 on: 07 November 2005, 17:56 »
leather :cool:
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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #3 on: 07 November 2005, 18:44 »
leather for sure!

who the guy that does a retrim can you pm his details please

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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #4 on: 07 November 2005, 23:13 »
How about both Chris ?  :wink:

It might take longer to do both but I think if I had a choice I'd go for the leather first as your cabby is quick enough already and the leather would set it off a treat. Just to cement your choice, one of the users on here, sorry forgot the name  :embarassed: , but he did a best of 17.2 1/4 mile in his mk2 8v the other weekend, so he's around the same time as us really, so although not lightning our cabby's are nippy.  :wink:

I thought the 16V conversion was going to be a nightmare moving from carbs to injection ?  :undecided:

Edit: I think I selected the wrong option on your poll, so take one off conversion and put it on leather.  :embarassed:
« Last Edit: 07 November 2005, 23:15 by gibby »
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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #5 on: 07 November 2005, 23:29 »
go for the p i m p option  :smiley:
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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #6 on: 07 November 2005, 23:32 »
have to weigh it up mate, are you really going to need the conversion in the near future seeing as you commute to work or would you rather have something nice and comfy to sit in, and still have enough poke to put a grin on your face.

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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #7 on: 07 November 2005, 23:37 »
leather hunny!! if i had to pick one!

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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #8 on: 08 November 2005, 08:32 »
leather! if your cab's doin times like that theres already a bit of poke in it and lets be honnest, if ur priority was speed you wouldnt have bought a cab in the first place! Get it done my friend! Will make all the difference!

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Re: Full cream leather or 16v conversion?
« Reply #9 on: 08 November 2005, 08:35 »
Got to be leather in a Cabby  :cool:
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