Fire damaged FR **UPDATE April 2025 **

[jamieibizaFR]

Looks great. You've done an excellent job rebuilding it. I was just reading back from the start of the thread. A couple of years back, I was fixing up a Leon for my son which got torched (literally to a shell). Luckily my car was parked at my GFs at the time (although her car got torched as well). I know how devestating it is to come out and see a car you've put a lot of time and money up in flames in a few minutes for no reason. It's great you've managed to turn this horrible situation around.

Wow to the bare shell ? I bet that was a tricky rebuild. How did it turn out ? Mine is almost done I just need to repaint my replacement bumper as it looks like it’s been at one of those demolition derby’s lol and then get the original ECU reinstalled and the replacement instrument cluster and BCM re coded so it displays correct mileage and BCM reads correct VIN.

 

[Bear]

Cheers man , i really appreciate it.

I've only just picked this thread up Jamie, and my admiration for what you've done is endless. You should be proud of yourself mate, brilliant stuff.

 

[jamieibizaFR]

I've only just picked this thread up Jamie, and my admiration for what you've done is endless. You should be proud of yourself mate, brilliant stuff.

I've only just picked this thread up Jamie, and my admiration for what you've done is endless. You should be proud of yourself mate, brilliant stuff.

Thank you mate I appreciate the support it took a lot of hard work and effort but she will be back soon I’ll post some more pics of some other work I had done to the underbody, it’s like a new car underneath lol it’s grey with primer on the photos I have attached but I have also re done all the seam sealer and then dinitrol wax coated the entire underbody to prevent any sort of corrosion.

 

[jamieibizaFR]

More photos of before and after