Fix it! It makes sense to fix such a nice affordable car. I know it will be lots of work but you can make it happen and get great profit too! It would be awful to see thids going scrap because not many people can fix it well really
You should keep it. Because this is the type of car the majority of your subscribers can afford if we were to do something and seeing someone like yourself fix it will give us the inspiration to do where most would give up and move it on
I don't think the majority of his subscribers would have the knowledge to take on a project like this,it's a huge amount of work! plus you will need to have the use or own a ramp
@@dazspurs9899 I would say that a ramp is a good and convenient tool to have if you’re a garage, but for the home mechanic diy all you need is some axle stands and the drive up ramps, plus a lot more patients, a good thick piece of cardboard to lay on upside down, and more use of foul language 😂
Do it Dean. Will make brilliant content mate. Done to your standard, it's closer to 5. Will be a few episodes. Hope all is going well with the competition site...??
Dean this would be great content and a lot of people would enjoy this type of content it shows that cars can be repaired and used rather than thrown in scrap pile good luck in your new venture. John
Rear boot lid handle - worth mentioning Phil at Serious About Salvage had problems with one of these - there was a slight variation in badge / handle size.
Had mk2 fr remapped to 260. Good fun car. No where near as much character as the mk1 cupra i had though. Loved the 1.8 20v t. Would buy it back tomorrow if i could
Nice car after the all the work that must be done, i would keep this car and fixing it and sell it for a nice price ! And the sunglasses were looking absolute great on you !!!
Reckon it's worth fixing. The sills always rust there- the ends are not well protected and the rust creeps under the stonechip, it is not too hard to clean up. The wings might be pattern parts, but they do rust at the bottom as the liner lets mud collect in the bottom.
Hi Dean! The antenna is not broken, it is a second position. You only have to unscrewed it with your hands and put it back in the good position. Cheers from Spain :)
Fix it yourself, subframe rust very common, would be a great help and great viewing to see how it's done,great to see a car within most people's reach, loving the focus rs project 👍
This looks to be a fairly good car on first impressions Dean, I would like to vote for you to repair it, as it will make great content for the channel😊
4.5k for that all in.... that's well worth the money, cupras are going up in price now, especially the mk1 and mk2, so it's definitely worth fixing and keeping.
Keep and fix. Mk2 are my favourite and I’ve had 2. Lots of fun. Won’t be worth 4k maybe 3500 tops as it’s not a k1 but the seats are worth what you paid and the brakes are the big bois keep and finish
The seats are £350 from breakers all day. The engine is worth more than he paid for the car though. I'd say his value is correct aswell around 4500 when done. I paid 5500 for mine but mine has lower miles
@@jaycourtuk I’ve seen a k1 with history in good condition forsale for months and even with 2 price drops still not sold for 4500. The tax is putting ppl off as that’s just going to keep going up and up. No service history hurts a cars price more and more these days. I’d love a pfl Cupra but most have had a hard life and got driveway maps on them.
Dean, PMSL @ those sunglasses. I was just thinking are they his wifes...they must be they look kinda female. And then you said they were. Love your videos mate, keep em coming.
Would love to see this getting fixed. Seen too many supercar rebuilds and I those I'll most likely never own so not as interesting. Great video regardless!
Let me buy it! I love teaching myself how to work on my own car and I think I could potentially do almost all of the jobs on this list and get some experience to maybe start buying copart
I had one of these for 8 years. Engine is unburstable with regular oil changes and 4-yearly cambelt changes. At 10 years old the bills increased noticably but mostly wear & tear or VAG foibles. Fuel consumption was horrific from day one too. A lot have drifted into unsympathetic hands and run on a shoestring. This one is rough and possibly lived near the sea? Mine didn't have any rust at 14 years old. Worth saving nonetheless because they make strong money, even categorized and 10-owner examples.
Yes bro Back with a Cupra on The Channel You Should Definitely Keep it Because This is A Car That Most of your Subcribers & Followers can Afford Especially with how good nick the Car actually is in Minus the Rub on the Subframe and Various other Places but if its been Stage 1 Remapped your probably looking at around maybe 365bhp but with it just have Forge bits possibly exhaust H Ramair induction Kit I'd say it might be around the 300+bhp Great Video As Always bro ❤😊
Bumped front and rear. Both bumpers are different colours to the rest of the car. Paint is the other big expense for the wings and I would say bumpers as well. Should be plenty left in it for some pennies for you. Decent car at the end of it.
About time you started doing afordable cars for us all again, theres loads of us out here who cant afford £20k cars, i have a mk2 cupra and a mk1 TT currently
I still think of 08 cars as fairly recent and would never think of rust as an issue but I guess they’re 15 years old now…. Looking back I bought an 8 year old Metro back in the day which had carefully filled rotten rear aches and huge holes in the floors!
It's a long time since I heard a mechanic call a damper by its proper name instead of the much misused "shock absorber" which is actually the spring 👍👍
I reckon fix. Could be a nice little "Wheeler Dealers" type series where you show the bits you sort, then get it sold. But only if you say "Old aut yerrand!"
@@SavingSalvage It's German- "pferdestärke" which translates as "horsepower". Just measured slightly differently, so as you say it is almost the same as BHP.
fix it. The different colours of the bumpers are common on all cars. There's something about painting plastic that makes the colour come out slightly different. I've seen it on new cars in the showroom.
I think the front would look the same as the back of it wasn’t for the oil leaks, if the wings got sprayed in oil as well they’d be fine 😂 fix her up & auction off Dean, I’d be in for a ticket or two 😉 it will make ok content too 👍🏻 too many super car fixers on the tube at the moment, show average people what can be done on average cars for sensible money.
Great concept to offer your “potentially” repairable cars to your subscribers. Nice to know what a pro would do and your honest assessment of the car. Best wishes in your full time channel!
@@dazspurs9899 err I would hope that anyone who would attempt this would understand that you need more than a Jack and a couple of spanners. Thank God there are wonderful TH-cam viewers like you able to point out some of the risk. Geez!
Hi Dean. That's not a bad car. A small bit of rust on the wings. Those Seat Cupras are supposed to be Fast. Your Way too Cool for those Sunglasses lol 😊😊. That yellow is growing on me. Sorry Dean lol. Chat soon
Standard spec is 240bhp. I sold my MK2 facelift and couldn't give it away, no one wanted to buy it for an absolute steal. Ended up trading it in at a dealers
Keep it and do the work yourself. We would love to see it on your channel. Or sell it to a subscriber who is willing to let you check in on them at various stages, perhaps offer your advice on steps etc so we can still follow what happened to it.
Didnt see any paint cost for wings, bumpers/ tailgate... Got to be another 500+ on top of your estimate?looks like a kid owned it, all nice looking engine bay but no maintenance( shocks, oil leaks, rust) can't decide whether it would be worth your time/money.....
Vote to fix
Fix it! It makes sense to fix such a nice affordable car. I know it will be lots of work but you can make it happen and get great profit too! It would be awful to see thids going scrap because not many people can fix it well really
Fix would make great content for your channel
I couldn't see any rust there. Just surface corrosion. Rent a dry ice blaster and "wash" it off.
Keep it, cracking content
Fix 🛠️
You should keep it. Because this is the type of car the majority of your subscribers can afford if we were to do something and seeing someone like yourself fix it will give us the inspiration to do where most would give up and move it on
I don't think the majority of his subscribers would have the knowledge to take on a project like this,it's a huge amount of work! plus you will need to have the use or own a ramp
@@dazspurs9899 I would say that a ramp is a good and convenient tool to have if you’re a garage, but for the home mechanic diy all you need is some axle stands and the drive up ramps, plus a lot more patients, a good thick piece of cardboard to lay on upside down, and more use of foul language 😂
fully agree.I actually have the same model 2010 and it has done 141k, so this video and any subsequent willbe very handy.
Would love to see a subframe replacement done on this as it's a job I'll be doing later this year on my slightly crusty Scirocco!
Please don’t time frame doing it tho
Do it Dean. Will make brilliant content mate. Done to your standard, it's closer to 5. Will be a few episodes.
Hope all is going well with the competition site...??
Dean this would be great content and a lot of people would enjoy this type of content it shows that cars can be repaired and used rather than thrown in scrap pile good luck in your new venture.
John
Fix it! Dean, the aerial is not bent! just unscrew (ccw) pop it straight and screw it back to fix it. Leon 1P driver myself (y)
The rear sub frames are one of the common issues on these, they love to rust lol. These are going up in value now, definitely worth fixing it up!
I'd love to see you do this one - a relatable project.......the Porsche/M2 etc are interesting but so dear to be involved with......
Skoda projects were the best ones :D
there are plenty Tavarishes on YT with 6 figure projects..
@@zvonimirkljajic4473 couldn't put it better.....
Rear boot lid handle - worth mentioning Phil at Serious About Salvage had problems with one of these - there was a slight variation in badge / handle size.
Definitely repair. Great channel Dean, content is always excellent 👍
hi dean i would love to see you fix it nice easy job (makes a change for you !!!!!) looks a nice car..
I love to see you fix this one, great content. May be add the airco to the list, it be would be nice to have a working airco.
How fast must u go in reverse to get a stone chip on the back 😅
I’ve had stone chips on the boot lids before from cars overtaking and going into the back
Keep it do it up and flip it .. will make good content 😎😊
@@markweston427agree fella
Had mk2 fr remapped to 260. Good fun car. No where near as much character as the mk1 cupra i had though. Loved the 1.8 20v t. Would buy it back tomorrow if i could
Nice car after the all the work that must be done, i would keep this car and fixing it and sell it for a nice price ! And the sunglasses were looking absolute great on you !!!
I wouldnt mess with the exhaust, but i would sort the paint out, disc n pads, and wire wheel the subframe and give it some paint. 👍
That vehicle has definitely lived close to the coast in it's past, good luck with it Dean.
might have been parked on a beach and the tide came in
Bristol area
Reckon it's worth fixing. The sills always rust there- the ends are not well protected and the rust creeps under the stonechip, it is not too hard to clean up. The wings might be pattern parts, but they do rust at the bottom as the liner lets mud collect in the bottom.
Hi Dean! The antenna is not broken, it is a second position. You only have to unscrewed it with your hands and put it back in the good position. Cheers from Spain :)
Thanks Ivan! Glad I chose not to yank it 😂
@@SavingSalvage Yeah I think it is for when you go through a car wash at least that is what i do woth my Cupra
Fix it up OEM 👌
Love this shape Leon, had an 07 FR tfsi years ago as I couldn't afford to insure the cupra 😂
Had one, great cars. Still look decent today 👊
Takes a real man to wear those glasses don’t you worry about that Dean 😊
Repair it Dean. That's why I watch this channel. To see the work that goes into getting the cars back on the road.
I was coming straight here to say something about the sunglasses but luckily Dean brought it straight up- erm yeah gotta be wife’s them mate 😂🤣🤣🤣
Fix it yourself, subframe rust very common, would be a great help and great viewing to see how it's done,great to see a car within most people's reach, loving the focus rs project 👍
I would say keep it because it be great content 💯
This looks to be a fairly good car on first impressions Dean, I would like to vote for you to repair it, as it will make great content for the channel😊
4.5k for that all in.... that's well worth the money, cupras are going up in price now, especially the mk1 and mk2, so it's definitely worth fixing and keeping.
You have to factor in the time and labour he has to put into it,plus it taking up time on his ramp
@@dazspurs9899for the normal person trying to make money from it it’s not worth it really but for him a TH-camr it’s totally worth it.
Keep and fix. Mk2 are my favourite and I’ve had 2. Lots of fun. Won’t be worth 4k maybe 3500 tops as it’s not a k1 but the seats are worth what you paid and the brakes are the big bois keep and finish
The seats are £350 from breakers all day. The engine is worth more than he paid for the car though. I'd say his value is correct aswell around 4500 when done. I paid 5500 for mine but mine has lower miles
@@jaycourtuk I’ve seen a k1 with history in good condition forsale for months and even with 2 price drops still not sold for 4500. The tax is putting ppl off as that’s just going to keep going up and up. No service history hurts a cars price more and more these days. I’d love a pfl Cupra but most have had a hard life and got driveway maps on them.
Would be good to see it fixed - SEAT is a bit of a forgotten sister of VW and Audi so it would be interesting to see how it compares when fixed.
Lol... I'm glad you cleared it up about the sunglasses Dean... I did get a little worried for a minute
Glasses are little girly my friend😅
2023 not the worst thing I’ve seen not got a dress on 😂
Least he identifies as a he and not a he him or a she her or some shit haha
@@johnner2002I find that offensive I’m a transvestite
Unlucky
@@Calvi36 just because I’ve got a cock doesn’t mean I’m not a woman
thankyou Dean,looks and it looks like we have some great content coming up you fixing this one,,have a good week,,👍👌
Dean, PMSL @ those sunglasses. I was just thinking are they his wifes...they must be they look kinda female. And then you said they were. Love your videos mate, keep em coming.
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Great content as always Dean . I’d buy it as it is . I’d love for this Cupra to be the start of my hobby at home . As you have inspired me
Easy repair that mate! Would be great content for the channel. 👌
Easy repair did you see the state of it lol
Would love to see this getting fixed. Seen too many supercar rebuilds and I those I'll most likely never own so not as interesting. Great video regardless!
Jackie Onassis called… she wants her sunglasses back 😂
@@Calvi36I was thinking Elisabeth Taylor, even older 😂😂
@@Calvi36 hey! I’m only 44. I’m practically a baby! 😜
I wonder if it has been flooded with alll that rust in the front! A little seaside driving down the beach
You’ve got to fix it Dean.
Let me buy it! I love teaching myself how to work on my own car and I think I could potentially do almost all of the jobs on this list and get some experience to maybe start buying copart
Vote to sell
Keep, repair and flip it! 🫵🏼 the man 😎😁
I’m voting keep for the channel but only because I like the VAG stuff you do 😂
keep it, fix it!
Repair
Repair it...
I had one of these for 8 years. Engine is unburstable with regular oil changes and 4-yearly cambelt changes. At 10 years old the bills increased noticably but mostly wear & tear or VAG foibles. Fuel consumption was horrific from day one too. A lot have drifted into unsympathetic hands and run on a shoestring. This one is rough and possibly lived near the sea? Mine didn't have any rust at 14 years old. Worth saving nonetheless because they make strong money, even categorized and 10-owner examples.
Yes bro Back with a Cupra on The Channel
You Should Definitely Keep it Because This is A Car That Most of your Subcribers & Followers can Afford Especially with how good nick the Car actually is in Minus the Rub on the Subframe and Various other Places but if its been Stage 1 Remapped your probably looking at around maybe 365bhp but with it just have Forge bits possibly exhaust H Ramair induction Kit I'd say it might be around the 300+bhp
Great Video As Always bro ❤😊
Go to the Scrappies and get a whole new back end subframe shocks roll bar everything swap the rubber thnen just plug and play .
Bumped front and rear. Both bumpers are different colours to the rest of the car. Paint is the other big expense for the wings and I would say bumpers as well.
Should be plenty left in it for some pennies for you. Decent car at the end of it.
Repair it its real nice to see you do something thats affordable to all and i love the channel ❤
About time you started doing afordable cars for us all again, theres loads of us out here who cant afford £20k cars, i have a mk2 cupra and a mk1 TT currently
Possibly some bodywork/paint costs to add to the list for the sills and the wings may need painting to match the body?
I still think of 08 cars as fairly recent and would never think of rust as an issue but I guess they’re 15 years old now…. Looking back I bought an 8 year old Metro back in the day which had carefully filled rotten rear aches and huge holes in the floors!
Had one, loved it. Also had Issue with rust on arches. Friend had the same with his.
There also is grass stuck on the petrol tank. Maybe it was also parked in wet grass which doesn't help with rust really
Agree I’ve got an 08 Audi S38P with 145k on the clock. Runs and drives like new and no body rust whatsoever.
Rust at the rear suspension/sub frame,evil gt just did one & ive seen it many times on seats........nice motors when done though.
Keep it and fix it. Im not biased at all because i have one in citrus yellow lol. Really looking forward to watching your videos on this
Keep her and she could be a daily runner for you. If the engine isnt too bad then a stage one remap would do nicely.
It's a long time since I heard a mechanic call a damper by its proper name instead of the much misused "shock absorber" which is actually the spring 👍👍
I've had one of these cupras, definitely stage one 300bhp.
I would check PCV and Cam Follower....
repair the rust on the underside boot floor etc, thats a sight, do the rest of the repairs should be tidy maybe worth a tune
265ps was the later R limited edition with revised interior cross stitch leather XDS 2 and double exhaust
I reckon fix. Could be a nice little "Wheeler Dealers" type series where you show the bits you sort, then get it sold. But only if you say "Old aut yerrand!"
1:49... I'd say engine related. Probably the oil pump or whatever it's called. Who knows tho, just a wild guess.^^
Why didn't you check the Coolant & Oil before start up ...??
fix it up , would like to see whats involved in replacing rear subframe and componets , keep up the good work .
I was going to ask if those glasses belonged to Agnetha Faltskog from ABBA. She wore a pair on the cover of the Arrival LP in 1976.
to be fair, a lot of that can be sandblasted..drop the rear end, sandblast, powdercoat..might be a bit cheaper than replacing?
Great video, I have to ask a really stupid question….Please could someone explain what PS in terms of power mean as opposed to BHP?
It’s just another measurement of power, ps is like 1.02 of a BHP. No idea why 🤷🏼♂️
@@SavingSalvage It's German- "pferdestärke" which translates as "horsepower". Just measured slightly differently, so as you say it is almost the same as BHP.
Keep it, new subframe it, new Front wings, dodgy sunglasses tho!!!!, Well done.
You should do it deano then we have good content to watch, plus I’m curious how to repair rust on the underside of the boot floor
front and rear bumpers seem a different colour, plus there gap to the car panels seems off. might of been parked up near the sea/coast
The 3rd gear pull on these are the best noise i think as mine was stock leon tfsi and 3rd was epic noise so i need to hear this in 3rd matey 😂
Been waiting on this lol and the other secret car I know about 😅 let's go ❤❤❤❤
If it had a tow bar fitted I'd say it had been used to launch a boat with that rear rust
fix it. The different colours of the bumpers are common on all cars. There's something about painting plastic that makes the colour come out slightly different. I've seen it on new cars in the showroom.
Bottle of Jenolite rust convertor works a treat. I own a mk1 focus so trust me on this 😂
Fix it fella.. Loving your channel by the way.. Great content from a great guy.
Screw the antenna out a little, then tilt it up and tighten.
I think the front would look the same as the back of it wasn’t for the oil leaks, if the wings got sprayed in oil as well they’d be fine 😂 fix her up & auction off Dean, I’d be in for a ticket or two 😉 it will make ok content too 👍🏻 too many super car fixers on the tube at the moment, show average people what can be done on average cars for sensible money.
Great concept to offer your “potentially” repairable cars to your subscribers. Nice to know what a pro would do and your honest assessment of the car. Best wishes in your full time channel!
Unless the subscriber has access to a ramp and the knowledge to take it on it will end up back in copart it's a big project
@@dazspurs9899 err I would hope that anyone who would attempt this would understand that you need more than a Jack and a couple of spanners. Thank God there are wonderful TH-cam viewers like you able to point out some of the risk. Geez!
@@taxmagician that often isn't the case,it's why so many people take on projects they can't finish!
Repair it will make a nice video of it also the engine and gear box is strong as you say so it will sell for what your looking for
Had one of these for almost 4 years and was bulletproof. Really good cars.
Quick fix and flip on mate! Good little project.
"real world" car! Great project as much as I love the Porsche/Audi exotica
2:00 in - Gearbox issues I think...would be my guess
Check for dry ice blaster to clean it up
Buy your self a non running caddy van and you can fit this engine and box like a factory install lower it and fit some wheels it's worth 8k then
Hi Dean. That's not a bad car. A small bit of rust on the wings. Those Seat Cupras are supposed to be Fast. Your Way too Cool for those Sunglasses lol 😊😊. That yellow is growing on me. Sorry Dean lol. Chat soon
From Auckland/New Zealand. As an owner of a S3 8P I would very much like to see you restore this vehicle
SERVICE BOOK MAY BE IN THE LITTLE COMPARTMENT UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT -THAT’S THE USUAL SPOT
Is this normal for a Leon? I don’t know vag cars to rust like this. Was it a coastal car or something. This much rust on a modern car is crazy.
Brilliant video. The Cupra has it's own brand and make.
I've literally just scrapped one lost alot of money on it, put the jack straight through the bottom of it, they are rot boxes
Standard spec is 240bhp. I sold my MK2 facelift and couldn't give it away, no one wanted to buy it for an absolute steal. Ended up trading it in at a dealers
That mark on the boot is when the rear wiper used to touch the bodywork
🤣"woops, banged a hole in the damper" 🤣
Keep it and do the work yourself. We would love to see it on your channel. Or sell it to a subscriber who is willing to let you check in on them at various stages, perhaps offer your advice on steps etc so we can still follow what happened to it.
New sub frame still life in that car runs spot on
Cant you use any parts of that old mk5 Golf parts car you got or did sell/scrap it?
I have front discs and pads, although I think the brakes on this are bigger. Rears may fit though
I was just under 2mins into the video and seen the rust mate, first thought was it’s been parked in a puddle. I’d get rid personally…no fix 🙂
Didnt see any paint cost for wings, bumpers/ tailgate... Got to be another 500+ on top of your estimate?looks like a kid owned it, all nice looking engine bay but no maintenance( shocks, oil leaks, rust) can't decide whether it would be worth your time/money.....
Banana yellow, wind deflectors & gel number plates....the ultimate chav mobile!
It must have been parked in the sea at some point. Great video 👍🏻
Mates got a stage 2 track day car. Incredibly good value for money.
100% fix it up
Anything with £1500 plus profit has to be worth it in this market 👍🏻