My Mk3 Imperial Blue Ibiza Cupra * Final Update 30/5/10*

Right, had my car for a while now so thought id post up a few pics of its progress

Bought the car standard with 40k miles back in June this year




Pretty much kept it standard apart from a few things i had left from my old Cupra
15mm Eibach Rear Spacers
Seat Sport strut brace
Green cotton panel filter
Aero wipers
Stubby aerial (this was stolen so back to the honda aerial)


Was abit short on cash after buying it so kept the modifications cheap, lol

Interior handle refurb




Look 10 times better than the old ones. Will be doing the same to the damaged pair just incase the girlfriend decides to scratch these.
Also de-wipered the rear at the cost of £1 for a few blanking grommits.


I've always liked the idea of getting a bonnet bra and when a little group buy popped up i had to get one.



I know its not to everyones taste but it will serve a purpose when i get round to getting the bonnet sprayed.


One weekend when i was visiting the mrs her step dad kindly reversed into my car , i've always had a feeling he never liked me, lol.
He reversed into the d/s wing and dented it pretty bad so it was off to the body shop.

Whilst it was in there i thought id get the bump strips colour coded and my ebay stubby mirror sprayed.





Not the best pics i know.

Was pretty happy with the car but after seeing all the project threads etc i decided it would be a good time to buy some bits for the car.

Universal FMIC




It still needs abit of playing with to make it sit square but overall im pretty impressed. I'm on the look out for a new front bumper and some better mesh to match the grill and hide it a little better.

Also fitted the boost gauge


Forge TIP


TT shifter



I wanted a set of d90's for my old car so when i see a set locally for sale i had to buy them. They werent in the best of condition so off they went for a refurb.




Fronts are 7j with 8j rears. Had to get new rubber aswell so on went some Toyo Proxes T1-r's 195/45/16 fronts and 214/40/16 rears

Had been on the look out for some adapters but went with the safer bet and bought a brand new set


Cant have new wheels without new suspension, lol

FK coilovers


Hopefully should be fitted tomorrow if my new wheel bolts get delivered.


After looking at all the threads about turbo upgrades etc i thought i needed to follow suit. Wont be anything amazing but should give me abit more power

K03s


Took it to a turbo place near me for a check up and they said all was ok

Also bought a 3" Blueflame DP and exhaust, will take a few weeks yet due to low stock so will just have to wait for it.

As soon as the exhaust is here i'll get all the parts fitted and a CC stage 2 map

Hopefully should have some progress soon and abit more power.

It makes it look like ive done it quicker than i have when its all written on one page, lol. Hopefully it should be mapped in 2weeks, fingers crossed the exhaust arrives soon.

*UPDATE*

Got the coilovers and d90's on

Although abit of bad news, one of the 8j wheels were dropped was not happy. But hey these things happen and nothing a small repair wont sort out.

Pics will be up at the weekend when i can clean it.

big eck said:

Canny wait to see the pics, your quick off the mark anyways lol

Are the d90s just staying silver then???

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They are staying silver. the picture further up is them after the refurb and im pretty pleased with them tbh.

The suspension hasn't fully settled and the new tyres are abit twitchy so need bedding in properly but overall the handling is greatly improved.

Got another little delivery today. Top service from Blueflame.

crezz said:

you still got your old spacers dude?

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Yeah still got them. Will be keeping them though incase i decide to get rid of the d90's.

Gave the car a clean today seeing as it was filthy







I've just realised how crap i am at taking pictures, lol. The coilovers are still quite high but the car used to scrape when it was standard so didnt want it too low.

A few more bits fitted

Forge TIP


Ko3s


BF exhaust and dp


Should hopefully be getting it all mapped next week so until then i'll be driving it nice and slow. The forge Tip makes the spool up sound soooo good

Got a local garage to fit the tip, turbo and exhaust. I think i would have been pushing my mechanical skills to the max if i tried doing it.

The car wont be mapped until next weds so until then im trying not to put my foot down, but i can definately feel the difference. Its obviously not purely down to the turbo because of the other bits i've fitted aswell.

My last ibiza just had a stage 1 map and i hated the way the power dropped off so dramatically that was the main reason i wanted to go for the ko3s.