Bowen's Cupra 280

[Bowen]

Where to begin.

Prior to the Cupra, I owned and loved my Renault Megane RS250. It was and is the best drivers car I have ever driven. I fettled with it pretty extensively, B14 Coilovers, FMIC, Decat, Recaro Pole Positions, sticky tyres, striped out and a remap of 310bhp. It was a well sorted track car but not suited to everyday driving (for me at least), so I bought a Seat Exeo to see me through the daily tasks and winter. Just before winter 2018, I was just about to place the megane in the garage on the trickle charger when I decided to sell. It was a car that needed to be used. The day after I listed it, a guy and his missus travelled down from Leeds with the asking price in cash. Quick, easy, stress free sale.

Renault Megane RS250 CUP by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

Rs250 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

This left me with one car, the Exeo. I knew my wife's lease was up on her Counrtyman and she liked the Exeo (you can see where this is going).

I wanted a car that could be both practical to use everyday and to have a bit of poke. I knew the Cupra has pedigree after it stole the Nurburgring record from the Megane.

So with a bit of research I knew I wanted a Cupra over the Golf R. I also wanted a manual (yes, that's right manual) as coming from such a driver focused car in to an auto/DSG would have been too much for me to take. The hunt began.

Enter my Leon Cupra 280, Manual, Dynamic grey, Black pack with heated front buckets.

Enough writing/reading here are some pics.

Collection day or near enough:

20181007_194805 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20181008_113841_054 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20181008_185616_020 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

Then came some changes. In no particular order and not all have images:
Turbo elbow
Intake hose
VWR Springs
TRC Splitter
Maxton designs spoiler extension
Sachs Performance clutch
DMS Performance remap 370bhp/368lbf
Team Dynamics
Possibly forgotten somethings....

IMG_20181120_174843_627 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20181202_224524_654 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20190215_181555_148 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20190209_131407_674 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

20190204_101243 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

20190216_091300 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20190216_180449_814 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

IMG_20190217_144640_125 by Lloyd Bowen, on Flickr

I post most updates on instagram @bowen_rs

What's next?
Side Skirts, maybe. I'm still on the fence.
Short shifter
FMIC
Exhaust

Thanks for reading.

 

[Damo H]

Got to love the Dynamic Grey. Are those TD's matt black of matt anthracite. Never a fan of black wheels as they 'disappear' but they look really well if they're actually black

 

[Bowen]

Yeah they're black and not my first choice but they came up at a good price. I agree, black wheels get lost in the tyre. I may change the colour at some point.

What also annoys me is that I had black TD's on my Megane and swore I'd never have black wheels again!

 

[Seastormer]

Nice, apart from the illegal reg plate.