Chino's Ibiza FR 20VT - 7.5 years on...

I think it was one of Awesome GTI's own products, not too sure if they produce it still, I put mine on around 7/8 years ago now.

So 8 years of my larger than average frame have not been kind to the drivers seat, leaving the outer bolster and base foam worse for wear. I picked up a nice condition replacement today, will aim to get this in once my my new spline socket set arrives (never lend tools, never get them back).

The Brembo stuff is really nice quality. Much nicer than the EBC previously... every single EBC pad started separating from its backing plate :/

B! said:

Uuughhhh...Ebc was also on the radar, guess I'll stay away lol

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Yeah, quite a common occurrence with EBC pads apparently.

The Brembo's I have aren't sporty or anything, they are just very nice quality OE spec pads and discs, I find coupled with braided lines and fresh fluid they work nicely Brembo do sportier pads too, but obviously price increases. The driving I do I would class as 'fast-road' at most, so more than enough stopping power for that.

Car got a good clean at the weekend.



My OZ Racing's are looking a little tired and road-worn these days, so I've taken them off in preparation to have them refurbished.



And for now I'm rolling on some RS 17x7j rims I had in storage.



Got some other bits on order to continue the freshen up, hoping to have the new speakers and drivers seat in soon. The biggest obstacle I appear to have right now is the terrible state of the road causing me to keep getting my alignment checked etc.

Car was treated to a new NS rear caliper yesterday, after the original started binding. Add 'repaint calipers' to my to-do list!

Finally got round to swapping my drivers seat today.

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New top mounts all ordered/acquired, should have new coilies on sometime next week.

Aannnnnnnd it looks like my Powerflex rear beam bushes are toast... Car is shaking it's back end about like its in a hip hop video :/

I'm getting really bored of fixing things now...

Ordering Superpro rear beam bushes, they'll be going in next week.

Today is the day these go in:



Hopefully it should be back to handling well after that!

The new bushes have really improved things, feels nice and tight and 'together' again. I will get round to getting the new coilovers on at some point as the old ones are a little softer but they are fine for now, my wallet has had enough of a battering recently from this car!

New coilovers and top mounts went on today. Feels miles better! The old set didn't look too bad but as I suspected the rear shocks were toast.



Need to let the new set settle and get them dialled in and an alignment done, I'm riding a little high right now!!



Here's a pic before, on the old set:

Reverse rake going on? I think more adjustment is definitely needed! lol

That's better. Took it down around another 30mm and had it checked on a Hunter, alignment was all pretty good in fairness.



I've not gone crazy low with this being a daily, also I do like to drive it hard every so often so like to keep some travel for that.

Cheers! I gave it a service the other day whilst I could borrow my mates ramps at his garage. Took the opportunity to wind the front coils down a little more, feels much more planted now and less 'lift' on hard acceleration. HAd a good look around underneath, apart from one original control arm starting to show it's age (I'll get it swapped in the next 12months), all looks fine under there.