Mk1 Cupra Revival
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My luck was in, whilst at work some delivery driver come up short whilst maneuvering outside my house and punished my bumper ... marvellous. Fortunately its not that bad and he accepted liability so now I have paintwork on the list!
Still waiting for the gearbox to be done though as the daily needed shocks and springs but as soon as that's out we can change all the water pipes, engine mounts and replace the nsr door lock. I might then consider washing the old girl.
Still waiting for the gearbox to be done though as the daily needed shocks and springs but as soon as that's out we can change all the water pipes, engine mounts and replace the nsr door lock. I might then consider washing the old girl.
So to cut a long story short the delivery driver couldn't afford to cover the cost of repair to the paintwork himself so I had to approach his insurance. They have assesed and determined it would be uneconomical to repair so now I have 3 choices.
1.) Write it off and take some money with a bit of a hit after the work already done.
2.) Take some money but have the insurance mark the rest of its days as a Category N - I'll probably sell it for a loaf of bread if this happens.
3.) Argue the point of being fully comp and battle for a better result.
Either way it sucks.
1.) Write it off and take some money with a bit of a hit after the work already done.
2.) Take some money but have the insurance mark the rest of its days as a Category N - I'll probably sell it for a loaf of bread if this happens.
3.) Argue the point of being fully comp and battle for a better result.
Either way it sucks.
In the interest of those that would like an update on the insurance progress. I renegotiated hard and seem to have had a result! After holding back on the purchase price initially, it turned out that's what put the car back into the repairable threshold without being tarnished with a cat n.
So, off to the body shop I went and managed to reach a deal to get the whole thing resprayed. I benefit from some trade prices and I've never had a car with such terrible paintwork and as mechanically its not far off being completely sound, it seems like a good idea to give the paint a new lease on life!!
No fancy colours or patterns just a refresh to code.
So, off to the body shop I went and managed to reach a deal to get the whole thing resprayed. I benefit from some trade prices and I've never had a car with such terrible paintwork and as mechanically its not far off being completely sound, it seems like a good idea to give the paint a new lease on life!!
No fancy colours or patterns just a refresh to code.
This is the damage ... to think they said it was either total loss or cat n is just ridiculous.
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Cars finally booked in to the bodyshop on Friday. It'll be having a full body respray and I am so looking forward to having it back with enviable panels!
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With the garage closed it seemed like a good opportunity to get the gearbox out and sent off for rebuild. At the same time and with even more room, I made a start replacing the water pipes.
After having discussed with the brother I've agreed I should replace the clutch, it just makes sense. I will also source an upper gearbox mount to accompany the replacement dog bone, knocking should hopefully be a thing of the past!
Hopefully have it back together by the end of the week as long as the gearbox guy wants to do it ... fingers crossed
After having discussed with the brother I've agreed I should replace the clutch, it just makes sense. I will also source an upper gearbox mount to accompany the replacement dog bone, knocking should hopefully be a thing of the past!
Hopefully have it back together by the end of the week as long as the gearbox guy wants to do it ... fingers crossed
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Gearbox refurbed and back in the car, both upper and lower mounts replaced, water pipes replaced. Now I've just got to drive it 
So far so good, I haven't ragged it but it feels awesome. I had it back in the garage briefly to replace the last dodgy door lock so now, all door locks are working as originally intended and rhere was a cv boot that needed replacing. The engine bay was treated to a bit of a clean to finish it off and voilà! MK1 Cupra ... revived!!!!
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I've put the Leon up for sale if anyone is interested, ads on gumtree. I want to go back to jap so open to swaps too.
Not much of an update but I replaced the indicator lenses, the cover had fell off one of the old ones so, out with the old in with the new! I chose smoked to bring in a little more of the black elements together.
Still up for sale, but I'm curious what do we think its worth?
Still up for sale, but I'm curious what do we think its worth?
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Hi Carly. I've had a quick butcher's on Gumtree but can't seem to find your ad...you got a link?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/seat/seat-leon-cupra-r-turbo-2005-manual-bam-5-doors/1455699250
This should take you straight to it Bear
This should take you straight to it Bear
All my efforts enabled a smooth and long awaited sale on Thursday. It was a fun but mostly problematic ownership, she developed yet another Coolant leak on the day of sale (typical) But it wasn't menacing enough to put the buyer off. Apparently its now heading to the Nurburgring!
Here she is in all her glory on the last day in my ownership. What a journey!
Here she is in all her glory on the last day in my ownership. What a journey!
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