From Cat 'C' write off to road..(The journey of a Mk2) ..The end .

My Mk2 Ibiza Cupra 8VGti /sport whatever whatever..
Written off as Category 'C' after a shunt in the rear whilst sat at traffic lights.

Purchased for a steal back in autum/winter '06... sat looking very sorry for itself for a while due to having been Sorn by previous owner and kept as Sorn by me ( to enable me to get a few bits, get it through the VIC check etc)



First major purchases wre the replacement tailgate (wrong colour, but a lot straighter than the original one ), slam panel etc and some replacement rear clusters due to the originals being smashed in the crash (cheers for the heads up, AndyJ)


Sat in this guise for a fair while whilst it was VIC'd then once done and MOT'd (failed only on front suspension mounts, suprisingly considering the smack in the back it had) it then had a bit of filler -work done to plump its ass back properly


Once done, the red strip was sourced, and fitted over the summer, as was a few trips to various shows/meets etc.

finally , off it went to the Sprayers to have the rear end blown over, so ended up looking half decent by the end of summer..


Again, once winter was upon us and work took precidence, it sat, used possibly once a week if that to trundle to the shops..

Treated it to a set of White Powder-coated Estorils way back last year ,and finally today i got some rubber wrapped on them.
(have took these snaps just before sun down this evening with rims placed in front of existing ones)



Will soon be lowered , have the rims changed over (scruffy **winter** rims on at present ) and have a fw more little touches done before (hopefully ) Pod in April (mot and tax up before then , and im away for just over three weeks prior to pod too, so time is an enemy at moment.


All in all , not a bad little motor for what its cost me

cheers.. it does seem to be a pretty rare colour, and tryng to get a match paintwise is a 'mare...

WeeJase said:

far too much use of 'these bloody things' you don't wave two finger in the air when you talk do you brum?.
looking good other wise

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Only at obstinate buggers like you , Jase

Martin M said:

Looks good mate. Liking the green with the white wheels!

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hopefully will look good later in the year when its decked, polished and has a few more little ideas I have done to it , but its getting there..

quick teaser... stuck the rims on today just to see what they actually look like .. I know the car needs decking, but after the kerfuffle with the garage this morning and throwing the rest of the day into disarray, I finally got 1/2 hour or so to myself so decided to play cars
only one piccy unfortunately and not the best either, but the battery went just as I took it, so..

just looked out of the window at it... *I know * .. and they're growing on me.. just needs its ass dropping to the floor now ..gonna see if I can get it mot'd next week (fingers crossed it will pass) then that gives me a bit of breathing space to get it decked before I go away in three weeks...if that falls through.. it looks like pod might be done in a crappy Mk4

CHR15B said:

Crappy Mk4 eh? Forgot I was in with the Mk2 lot right now LoL!

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yes mate, its a crappy one.. not a good one, a crappy one..

Big_Lad said:

Thats' some effort you've put in there and have been rewarded with a great looking car.

Those wheels have got to be a pain in the ass to keep clean surely?

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wouldnt know truth be told, had 'em ages but kept them off the car during winter, only really fitted them today as I had a crappy day and decided to spend some time on the car. shouldnt be any worse than my old multispokes were

fixed , but on the way to being pampered Aimez... still a fair few plans for it, just a bugger timewise for Pod, but if it doesnt happen for Pod, then it'll just be postponed for later.. but it will happen