Cupra R body restoration project shortvid series

[lani]

Drove 1.9 TDI Leon for some years, loved it, then upgraded to Cupra R a year ago. BAM too fast, lost the license for some weeks and decided to use that time to stop the rust and repaint. Publishing shortvids of the progress in case you are interested. They are in Finnish but less talk and more content anyway.

Top coat will be done in a paint shop as I do not have a proper filtration ventilated space. Doors and hood will stay with current paint, other parts will be painted.

Part1: Starting situation, disassembly and sandblast

Part2: Rust repairs

Part3: Body epoxy & filler sprays

Next task will be the bumpers etc plastics.

Questions, comments, suggestions are welcome!

 

[lani]

Has anyone repainted the trunk handle? I quickly resprayed some of it last winter with some cheapo spray while fixing the mechanism and seems all of it has oxidized off.. Will a standard 2K epoxy prevent this if I now do it properly? Or is this some weird alloy that needs special treatment?

 

[Battoussai]

Maybe a coat of mate lacquer would do the trick (after repainted).

 

[lani]

Next part out:

Part 4: Plastics and front arcs. Ready for paint shop!

 

[lani]

Heading to the paint shop, fingers crossed!

 

[lani]

Body is back from the painter some minor imperfections to correct (didnt pay for any post work) but overall very happy

Bumpers etc are now in, getting them back prob next week.

 

[SRGTD]

I really like restoration discussion topics like this, and kudos to you for restoring your mk1 Leon Cupra back to ‘as new’ condition .

 

[iammooks]

Body is back from the painter some minor imperfections to correct (didnt pay for any post work) but overall very happy

Bumpers etc are now in, getting them back prob next week.
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