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can anyone help . i'm having problems with the bodyshop that repaired my leon cupra. the front bumper has been put on to low and they are saying its how they are suposed to be when i no that it f**kin is not. can you leon owners help me out but taking pictures of the grill and badge area of the front bumper with the bonnet down so i can prove my point.
sorry about the rant but they've had my beloved leon for 10 weeks and they still havent done the job right,
thanks for any help you can give
steve
ArosaRacer
06-10-2006, 13:18
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/Dieselracer/kids002.jpg
hope this helps mate mines the R
thanks for that but i need the picture looking head on and level with the bonnet.
thanks again
Not sure if this helps?
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5469/3ih8.jpg
Have a look around some other threads as there are plenty of Cupra and Cupra R pics similar?
andycupra
06-10-2006, 16:31
bonnet looks bit high on that one too... :(
how high we talking onthis repair then?
i presume there is a large gap, and that there is a large gap on the sides of the bumper also?
andycupra
06-10-2006, 16:33
http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2745
these are LCR but may help.
http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=4175
http://www.seatcupra.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=4181
thanks for the picture. could do with it being closer . the sides of the bumper to wing gaps are fine. its just in the center near the seat badge. you can see the tops of the side grills . i'll try and post a picture but not sure how to.
I like the Cupra R in Platinum....
They all look either lower than the wings or on line? As Andy said I assume it is a long way out?
i hope this works. i think it looks like the bonnets open.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/boom666_2006/100-0003_IMG_2.jpg
it worked. from the front.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/boom666_2006/100-0001_IMG.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/SIBBO19/c827cca1.jpg
this any gOOD
Looking at the last picture the top of the grill and headlights are in line so it's more likely that the bonnet is too high and the bumper is in the right place. Can you wind the rubber spacers into the bonnet so it sits lower or does that make the bonnet too loose?
OR HOW ABOUT THIS ONE TO HELP OUT.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/SIBBO19/5e831941.jpg
the wings tops are level with the bonnet . i thought it was just the bumper. crap i hope its not the front panel thats out. :cry:
thanks wrc thats what it used to look like.
thats ok boom, glad i kept a few of me old pics.
sorry i can't help you out any more.:)
Bonnet has been adjusted too high, definitely. When my R was in Bells a long time ago, they had the bonnet off, and put it back on wrong. Brother in law and me adjusted ourselves, 4 bolts took us 10 mins to get it right.
was your bonnet level with your wing tops though?
I've driven past yours a few times this week, noticed you'd just got it back.
I'd say mine was level-ish, looked much like yours wouldn't shut properly either cause it was slightly twisted, so you had to push it down to close it, where as if its in line, just dropping it from half a foot it will shut cleanly.
Basically they'd stuck it on a bit to cock, so it looked fairly right on the car, but one side was tighter that the other side, and a bit offline to the other side, had the effect of pulling it up in the middle and making it look like yours currently does.
Only other thing is if they haven't mounted the bumper right, but that just snaps into place.
thanks for the advice zboyd your a star. the cars been back to the bodyshop twice to sort this out and its still the same. they damaged my sill and didnt say anything . i took it for a mot the day i got it back and the tester pointed out the sill damage to me. all this because some bint in a bmw was looking where she was going. [:@]
Some of the places are less than useless :( Hope you get it sorted. If your not getting anywhere, let me know, I can bob round with my brother in law one saturday and take a look, if its the same issue as mine, its not that difficult to sort it out, just a wee bit of spannering to line up the bonnet.
thanks zboyd. i might take you up on that. its going back in on monday. i'll see how it goes.
mines like that , when i took the bumper of to fit my fmic , i noticed the crash bar was damaged as well . had a play with it when i fitted the new crash bar from forge and it is a bit better, but it is still noticable.
neil
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/jrtturbo/b97c7d43.jpg