LCR/LC Facelift - Front bumper height differences

[jonathan_phang]

Hey all,

currently have an LCR and its pretty well documented in numerous threads about the low clearance it has and the trouble with speed humps, steep junctions and multi-story carparks. Thing is, I may have to end up changing my LCR to something more cost efficient (due to circumstances unfortunately) maybe in the summer. I'd love to stay SEAT, and love the feeling/drive position/look etc of the Leon, so thought about getting a LC tdi.

However, was just wondering if I could get some opinions about the standard facelift bumper in the situations I mentioned above (at stock suspension height of course). I would like to not have to really think about my route so much and make it a bit more comfortable for the family but in the pictures that I have seen of the facelift, it seems almost the same height off the ground, or at least very similar? Maybe its just an optical illusion, so I thought I'd ask the people who know!

Would love to stay part of the seat family a bit longer so any comments would be appreciated.

JP

PS. Are the LC tdi and LFR the same except in name? I know the FR+ has the R bodykit but the standard FR is just the same right as the LC tdi? Both have the PD150 engine - maybe theres more to it...

 

[welsh frtdi]

lc tdi has cupra kit 17 cupra wheels. leon fr+ is same as lc tdi but is jus badged differently (seat thing.afaik trim is same bumpers different on fr,chrome mirrors too on fr+ and lc tdi.but all are esentially as good as each other.i choose fr+ as i was told a lc tdi is fr+ anyway.there all pukka choices but fr+ much nicer in my opinion,,6 speed and high torque with re map.its a belter.had a vectra gsi ,205 mi-16 turbo ,and few others but leons torque and looks on type r owners faces off the lights is well worth the down grading to a diesel.. good luck in finding the car you want.my car is standard height but it scrapes everywhere u cant fit a closed fist under splitter.been through 3 splitters in 7 months gutted at 25 a go.fr bumpers are higher but dont have figures

 

[jonathan_phang]

Thanks welsh - but from the looks of your avatar you have an FR+ which has the R front bumper. I know how much that scrapes as I have the LCR. Wouldnt consider a FR+ as even though its more economical, I'd still have to be a bit too careful for my liking.

Basically wanting to find out about the facelift bumper and whether that scrapes.

 

[welsh frtdi]

ok no problem ye the scraping is a right pain in yhe asss

 

[gav_FR]

I've got an FR with an LCR splitter on standard suspension and I never have any problems with it scuffing things. I can park with the front bumper up to a standard height kerb and it only just clears it, so I try to avoid parking up to kerbs just in case they are a bit high. But I've never had scraping in multi-storey car parks or at the bottom of steep hills etc.

The only thing I do try to avoid is the type of speed humps where they don't go the full width of the road (where your wheels just go either side of them), I usually try to straddle the two humps on either side down the middle of the road, but this is because I don't trust them not to hit the undertray on the TDI engine rather than the splitter.

 

[Dyscontinued]

I had the Facelift 04 Cupra TDi.

It was definitely not as low as my relative's LCR and I had no bother with it ever scuffing on anything and there's some pretty severe inclines here in Bradford as we're covered in hills.

I fit the LCR splitter and then the only place I ever scuffed it was up at the local Co-op car park, everywhere else was fine.

 

[heatfan8]

Ditto. I have just put on a fr bumper (not +) onto my 110 tdi and I have only scraped once (and that was a VERY steep hill out of a carpark down onto a very cambered road! It sits over kerbs in carparks with no problems at all. I am thinking of getting the LCR splitter too. When it was sat over one particular kerb in B&Q (which looked like a high kerb), it looks like there is still enough room for the splitter!

On a side note - Welsh; Have you ever heard of punctuation??

 

[jonathan_phang]

Guys, thanks for the info, I would have thought that it was the same, but maybe its just the pictures that I have seen here that have been a bit misleading. Good to hear about the lack of scraping though.

Been trying to ring local dealers to see if there are any facelifts (tdi or not) that I could give a test drive, but they seem to be a specialist breed near my neck of the woods!!!