Seat Leon 1.4

seatleon1.4

hi i recently bought a seat leon 1.4 2003 for around 700 and its in pretty good nick im only 17 and cant afford to insure any nice car at the moment as this car was a big stretch to pay 3000 euro. i want to make it look nice, i quite like the seat leon cupra r's front and back bumper i was just wondering is there anywhere you can by a body kit for my 1.4 to make it look nice. any suggestions on what to do with my car?

The Sidewards Man

Forget the boy racer stuff and put that money towards insurance. What is the point of what you are trying to do?

Jimmy Garlic

Don't turn it into a plastic skanger wagon. That doesn't look nice.

FortySeven

Save your money for fuel. Those buggers drink it!

seatleon1.4

no i just want to make it look nice i no its far from a boy racer car but who doesn't want a nice looking car. ps iv all ready got insurance

Best thing to do is look for similar cars on Donedeal, with the kinda bodykit you're after. Figure out where they're based, and at night, call around when they're sleeping and do a bumper swap.


Or check ali-express or ebay or the likes.

Jesus.

Do what you want with your car kid. Happy motoring!

GustavoFring

Get a Cupra front splitter for about €50, maybe a nice set of sensibly sized alloys (loads of 4x100 fitment wheels on done deal) and leave it at that. Save your money for your next car.

seatleon1.4

thanks for the opinions guys at least some of yea can understand

ianobrien

OP, as its the 1.4 version, I would not be getting very big wheels as they increase the rolling resistance, decreasing performance (and the 1.4 needs all the help it needs). Also, some insurance companies consider a wheel swap as a modification so consider that before you get new wheels. O/E wheels are usually stronger than aftermarket wheels (and imo look better) so I'd be looking for a set of them.

JimmyCrackCorn

seatleon1.4 wrote: »

hi i recently bought a seat leon 1.4 2003 for around 700 and its in pretty good nick im only 17 and cant afford to insure any nice car at the moment as this car was a big stretch to pay 3000 euro. i want to make it look nice, i quite like the seat leon cupra r's front and back bumper i was just wondering is there anywhere you can by a body kit for my 1.4 to make it look nice. any suggestions on what to do with my car?

Been there. I'm old enough that 3k euro was punts.


If you are looking at a Cupra R body kit find out of someone is breaking a Cupra R and swap over the bumpers etc.

The factory plastic will be far better quality and will age much better than fiberglass.
If 3k for insurance is a stretch another 2k for body work wont help.


If you really want to go ahead with modifying it, budget 2k but ring around for quotes.



If i had to go back and do this all over again i would have spent my money on shocks 30mm lowering springs with a reasonable spring rate(not coil-overs), good brake pads and a good sports tyre.