My Seat Leon Cupra R

leeds_182 · Nov 30, 2015

I've been looking for a new winter daily for a while as the Evo is off the road for the winter and the silver 182 was sold.

Never really considered a Leon but the more I looked at them the more it made sense (I've got three kids so the four dOors are great).

I decided I wanted a Cupra r with the 225 BAM engine in so set about looking at a few. After viewing a few heavily modified ones I came across this one on Scumtree.

78k
FSH
Few forge bits and a jabba map but other than that more or less standard.

Went up last night with doncaster_k9 and liked it so ended up coming home with it.

Not many pics at the moment as its not stopped raining since I bought it! I know everyone says they're boring etc but for what I'm using it for it should see me over the next few months.

The red one is Phils and the black one is mine.

Daz_RT_04 · Nov 30, 2015

I quite enjoyed mine for a daily/runabout.

I wouldn't say it was boring but It didn't really feel like a sporty hatch, went alright in a straight line though lol.

Mr Plums · Nov 30, 2015

Looks nice mate, golf in drag?

Goodj · Nov 30, 2015

CupraRRRRRR is superb.

How long before you front-mount?

leeds_182 · Nov 30, 2015

Goodj said:
CupraRRRRRR is superb.

How long before you front-mount? :wink:

Already looking at down pipes.

Must resist.

_Tom · Nov 30, 2015

I like these, nice purchase. I think the BAM engine is a peach. Buy a Badger5 TIP.

Dan@SJM · Nov 30, 2015

In honesty the whole BAM engine thing is over rated.

Matt Cup · Nov 30, 2015

Nice! I was looking at these before I got the mini. All the ones I looked at were lemons so gave up after months of searching.

.Stevo.C. · Nov 30, 2015

A mate I used to work with had a yellow one running 320 bhp.

I drove it a fair bit and never found it boring in fact it was pretty entertaining with that sort of power.

Daz. · Nov 30, 2015

The red one looks great on those wheels.
I also prefer it with just the front wind deflectors - the rears make it look too fussy.

Dan@SJM · Nov 30, 2015

LSD's are cheap too

I get them at £615.00inc vat

ForceIndia · Nov 30, 2015

I like them. They aren't boring, I think they're more fun than the prefacelift meg 225.

leeds_182 · Nov 30, 2015

Daz. said:
The red one looks great on those wheels.
I also prefer it with just the front wind deflectors - the rears make it look too fussy.

Love the wheels on the red one! Oz ultraleggaras.

imprezaworks · Nov 30, 2015

Awesome as per convo

leeds_182 · Dec 2, 2015

No more team heko!

_Tom · Dec 2, 2015

That is one white hand of the law..:smile:

Scrooge · Dec 2, 2015

Dan@SJM said:
LSD's are cheap too :wink: I get them at £615.00inc vat

What brand Dan? Peloquin?

Ian_182 · Dec 2, 2015

Nice daily and better than the old golf gti equivalent.

Advikaz · Dec 2, 2015

I actually prefer the look of your car on standard wheels, I think the red one looks like a chav mobile.

Nice purchase.

car.crash · Dec 2, 2015

ForceIndia said:
I like them. They aren't boring, I think they're more fun than the prefacelift meg 225.

I've had both.
The Leon is the most boring hot hatch I've ever owned.

ForceIndia · Dec 2, 2015

car.crash said:
I've had both.
The Leon is the most boring hot hatch I've ever owned.

Thanks. I'll immediately revise my opinion

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Dan@SJM · Dec 2, 2015

Quaife

Scrooge said:
What brand Dan? Peloquin?

leeds_182 · Dec 2, 2015

Advikaz said:
I actually prefer the look of your car on standard wheels, I think the red one looks like a chav mobile.

Nice purchase.

Cheers, I prefer the standard look but wouldn't mind those oz!

Mr Burns · Dec 2, 2015

I found mine super boring, but it's a perfect daily.

leeds_182 · Dec 2, 2015

Mr Burns said:
I found mine super boring, but it's a perfect daily.

I don't think it would be a patch on a Clio on some B road blast BUT for boosting up and down the bypass it's pretty much c**k on.

Will hopefully get the first wash in tomorrow.

The Chubby Pirate · Dec 2, 2015

Not bad.

Do these have the k03 or k04 turbo?

leeds_182 · Dec 2, 2015

Danny_172 said:
Not bad.

Do these have the k03 or k04 turbo?

K04 innit.

Al_G · Dec 2, 2015

Mine was fast but boring as f**k, also leaked like a sieve.

Looked awesome though.

leeds_182 · Dec 2, 2015

Al_G said:
Mine was fast but boring as f**k, also leaked like a sieve.

Looked awesome though.

The seals? Mines had them replaced at great expense.

Phils is so bad we call it the titanic.

Al_G · Dec 2, 2015

leeds_182 said:
The seals? Mines had them replaced at great expense.

Phils is so bad we call it the titanic.

No mate, somewhere on the bulkhead. We couldn't even find it with an air compressor. I was told by the garage it would need to be a dash out job...I ended up trading it in for the Honda.

Used to always leak when parked on a hill, water pissed in from behind the steering column.

Pain in the arse.

leeds_182 · Dec 2, 2015

Al_G said:
No mate, somewhere on the bulkhead. We couldn't even find it with an air compressor. I was told by the garage it would need to be a dash out job...I ended up trading it in for the Honda.

Used to always leak when parked on a hill, water pissed in from behind the steering column.

Pain in the arse.

Touch wood mine seems ok at the moment.

Scrooge · Dec 3, 2015

leeds_182 said:
The seals? Mines had them replaced at great expense.

Phils is so bad we call it the titanic.

It'll cost less than a fiver and half hour of your time to sort,

Bathroom sealant, door card off, all the 10mm bolts off holding the metal door card on then sealant all the way around and re bolt back on. I had swimming pools in my foot wells until I did that.

_Tom · Dec 3, 2015

Scrooge said:
It'll cost less than a fiver and half hour of your time to sort,

Bathroom sealant, door card off, all the 10mm bolts off holding the metal door card on then sealant all the way around and re bolt back on. I had swimming pools in my foot wells until I did that.

Yep I had to do this on your advice. Took no time tbh.
Is this inspiring the Torpedo to come out?

Scrooge · Dec 3, 2015

TomSx said:
Yep I had to do this on your advice. Took no time tbh.
Is this inspiring the Torpedo to come out?

I've been meaning to get it out for months now, tried the other week but the battery is full on fucked even after a weeks charge. I have a new hybrid turbo in the unit incase the one on it is fucked. We want to track it now, strip it, buckets, cage and LSD. The bloke in the next unit has some grey evo recaros but I want lighter. Once I actually get started i'll get the thread going again.

Mr Plums · Dec 3, 2015

How are you finding the cupra jim?

I like the look of them, what are they like overall?

leeds_182 · Dec 3, 2015

Christ Almighty said:
How are you finding the cupra jim?

I like the look of them, what are they like overall?

Brilliant for what I need it for mate. I wouldn't have one as my 'go out for a blast' weekend car but for a fun useable daily it's spot on.

Donny_Dog · Dec 3, 2015

TomSx said:
That is one white hand of the law..:smile:

With perfectly manicured nails

leeds_182 · Dec 3, 2015

So today was my first clean of the Leon.

The process I used was decontaminate, snow foam, two bucket, AG super resin, poor boys black hole, AG hd wax and relax. Tyres dressed in turtle wax tyre shine.

Pretty happy with the results - it needs a once over with the DA but this will do for winter.

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