Fitting Coilovers - Leon Cupra

JamJay

California Bound
That's strange, I thought adjusting the seat upwards would compress the spring more and cause the car to be lower? Adjusting downwards would surely put less pressure on the spring and make it higher? Inless I am wrong and by making the spring less compressed, the car's weight lowers it more?
 

George 3G

KW & Weitec
Jul 28, 2009
465
1
Herefordshire
Excellent guide Dave!

Any idea how I can work out the Cupra R part numbers for the following items?

2 of 1J0412249 axial grooved ball bearing
2 of 1H0412365A threaded bush
2 of IJ0412331C suspension strut storage **(Check this is correct for your chassis)
2 of N90353604 Hex Nut
rear
2 of N10403701 Hex Nut
2 of IJ0512131C Rubber Stop **(Check this is correct for your chassis)
2 of 1J0512149B base upper

Thanks

George
 

Willie

LCR Track car
Aug 6, 2004
8,939
1
Sunny Scotland
Excellent guide Dave!

Any idea how I can work out the Cupra R part numbers for the following items?

2 of 1J0412249 axial grooved ball bearing
2 of 1H0412365A threaded bush
2 of IJ0412331C suspension strut storage **(Check this is correct for your chassis)
2 of N90353604 Hex Nut
rear
2 of N10403701 Hex Nut
2 of IJ0512131C Rubber Stop **(Check this is correct for your chassis)
2 of 1J0512149B base upper

Thanks

George
Just speak to David at seremotors, he'll sort you out with the correct pieces
 
DPJ how come you disconnected the hub carrier from the suspension arms, it shows you reconnecting but you dont explain th ereason for this ive just never done it in the past the only reason i can think of is to make more space for inserting the strut into the strut housing???
 

DPJ

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Dec 13, 2004
7,996
2
NN Yorks / Salento
www.seatcupra.net
Just speak to David at seremotors, he'll sort you out with the correct pieces

The part number for the LCR topmount would be useful in the thread.........

(I think it's the same as above.)

DPJ how come you disconnected the hub carrier from the suspension arms, it shows you reconnecting but you dont explain th ereason for this ive just never done it in the past the only reason i can think of is to make more space for inserting the strut into the strut housing???

The hub carrier won't go downwards far enough to get the strut out when the wishbone is connected.
 
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The hub carrier won't go downwards far enough to get the strut out when the wishbone is connected.

Ive read in other guides that the driveshaft also fouls on the subframe when removing the driver-side strut from the hub, did you have this issue DPJ? if so how did you overcome it :)

Thanks
 

Willie

LCR Track car
Aug 6, 2004
8,939
1
Sunny Scotland
I ended up using the 'widow maker' OEM jack between the hub top and strutt upset and jacking these apart.

If I did it again I''d drop the subframe down a bit as its no biggie
 
Feb 24, 2010
611
1
London
hey guys fitted an eibach pro kit (just springs) on my leon 1.6 sx the other day, 30mm front 25mm back, really impressed with the ride quality, however the car now pulls to the left when the steering wheel is straigh, tryed putting it on an alighnment mechine at a firends friends garage, and the front was dead straight, whilest the back was not as its suppose to be, what do i do now? could it be wrongly fitted springs? shall i pop them off and refit ? maybe we have placed them somehow wrong on a fast hand? anyone had this problem before, any suggestions? Alex
 

sambryant

RoadRunner meep meep
Mar 26, 2009
4,847
2
Bristol
sounds to me like you need 4 wheel alighnment and not just the fronts, i had the same when i lowered my car
 
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