Altech's Ibiza, Replacement Is Here! Can You Guess What It Is? Pg 33

[Altech]

I've had the car for nearly 6 months and have done a few bits to it,
Here's how it looked when i got it, totally standard.

The first mod i did was to paint the calipers. I then wanted 17" alloys as i didn't like the standard wheels. i bought a set of vRS alloys.

The wheels were a bit kerbed and badly corroded, seeing as i wanted to do them a custom colour i set about refurbing them. (i can post a thread of how i did it if anyone's interested)
After hours of sanding and painting the 1st colour came out like this!!!,

wayyy to purple looking for my liking! so i went for another colour, and after a few coats of laquer they came out like this,

Was really pleased with the finish. Let them dry for a week, polished them, took them to get tyres fitted and put them on the car,

 

[Altech]

continued

Something was missing though, o yeaaa, Cupra bumper!!
I've modified the centre grille to allow the same amount of air to the smic as the standard bumper, so after a lot of drilling and filing! from this,

to this,

Here's a few pics of the car after a good wash today,

Comment please

 

[sjc59]

Looks very nice, all work done seems to very high standard well done.

 

[Ad Lav]

Ooh...

Looks good mate!

Well worth the wait, wheels looks smart!

See you are in London - not far from me should come to our southern meet

 

[Ad Lav]

The middle 'S' badge should go black or same colour as wheels to stand out more and the mirrors too

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

My god! All i can say it what you have done on the bumper is fantastic! Cutting out all the honeycomb - it's properly good! I did think about doing that if I got a Cupra bumper but changed plans. Well done!

 

[holmesy55]

Looks really well. Cupra bumper makes a big difference. I would be interested to see how you refurbed your wheels as i have a few scuffs id like to repair if i get the chance.

agree with ad lav. Mayb paint the brake calipers aswell?

 

[Gib83]

Looks sweet. Very nice motor!

 

[Altech]

Cheers for the replies,

Ad Lav - Yeah when i've got the chance i'm going to spray the mirrors gloss black. i quite like the badge as it is, looks like the Seat advertising badge which is what i was going for. Do think it would look a bit more stealthy with a black badge though.

Ibiza 130 tdi - cutting out all the honeycombs took ages! my fingers definitely don't feel the same . well worth the effort as the intercooler will work now

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Ibiza 130 tdi - cutting out all the honeycombs took ages! my fingers definitely don't feel the same .

Haha! It's worth it though! looks mint!

 

[Altech]

so what plan are you going with now for the bumper?

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

How'd you mean?

 

[D4V2K1]

Looks well fella. Everything seems to suit the colour and comes together nicely.

Any future plans?

 

[Altech]

Ibiza 130 tdi I did think about doing that if I got a Cupra bumper but changed plans.

 

[Jamin Berry]

Looks amazing. I really like it. Its only a little bit high.

I like the red badge. keep it.

 

[Ad Lav]

Yeah, go black on the badge and wheel coloured mirrors, will look more stealthy

Good job though, does look smart, but needs the compulsory lowering

 

[Altech]

D4V2K1 - plenty of plans for the future, they'll have to wait untill after xmas as it's normally quite an expensive part of the year for me.

Jamin Berry - i'd love to get it slammed on coilovers, but as it is when i go down my drive the splitter is only about 1" away from the ground.

 

[Altech]

Ad Lav - you reckon wheel coloured mirrors will look better than gloss black?

Have you got a pic of your car with wheel coloured mirrors?

 

[Ad Lav]

Pic below is similar to how FR's look but darker - they are now gloss/shiny though as I had them laquered...

 

[Altech]

Hmmm...just had a play on microsoft paint... i've got some paint left over from doing the wheels, might aswell give it a go..won't cost me anything lol