wrecker
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I'd read up a bit about the Cupra R before I decided to get one, including a number of magazine reviews. I got the impression that they definitely had an issue with taking speed bumps. There was no way that was gonna stop me getting one, but as I've not had a car with as little ground clearance before I'm a little concerned and would appreciate some feedback.
I've searched the forum and can't get a feel for how much of an issue this really is. There's a load of posts about cracked/damaged sumps on the Mk1 Leons (Not necessarily Cupra R's), but they're not that frequent (Most posts from 1998 and before) and a lot seem to be caused by something 'unusual' like raised ironworks etc. I see a lot of people catch their splitters a lot, which is fine and I don't care about that if that's all it is most of the time.
Most of the roads round my way are fine so it's not gonna be an issue generally, but I do go into London to see mates quite a bit and some of the routes I usually take have some fairly hefty speed bumps, some of which I'd be pretty cautious going over even in a normal car TBH.
So, is it REALLY an issue grounding out the sump on the Cupra R? Do I need to be extra careful with speed bumps/multistoreys etc. and is it worth investing in a metal sump guard?
I've seen the dieselgeek plates mentioned quite a bit and know that that Backdraft do a reinforced sump. Are these worth getting and do they come with all required fittings? And for the dieselgeek plate, I assume the Golf Mk4 one would fit as they don't do Seat specific plates? Apparently VW do an OEM metal plate for the Golf too so didn't know if anyone had tried that.
Please feel free to take the p*ss if I'm just being paranoid.....
I've searched the forum and can't get a feel for how much of an issue this really is. There's a load of posts about cracked/damaged sumps on the Mk1 Leons (Not necessarily Cupra R's), but they're not that frequent (Most posts from 1998 and before) and a lot seem to be caused by something 'unusual' like raised ironworks etc. I see a lot of people catch their splitters a lot, which is fine and I don't care about that if that's all it is most of the time.
Most of the roads round my way are fine so it's not gonna be an issue generally, but I do go into London to see mates quite a bit and some of the routes I usually take have some fairly hefty speed bumps, some of which I'd be pretty cautious going over even in a normal car TBH.
So, is it REALLY an issue grounding out the sump on the Cupra R? Do I need to be extra careful with speed bumps/multistoreys etc. and is it worth investing in a metal sump guard?
I've seen the dieselgeek plates mentioned quite a bit and know that that Backdraft do a reinforced sump. Are these worth getting and do they come with all required fittings? And for the dieselgeek plate, I assume the Golf Mk4 one would fit as they don't do Seat specific plates? Apparently VW do an OEM metal plate for the Golf too so didn't know if anyone had tried that.
Please feel free to take the p*ss if I'm just being paranoid.....