Claireey's Ibiza sport (pic heavy)

[claireeyy]

Well last week i bought myself an Ibiza TDI sport in grey. its covered 50,000miles with full service history. was a bit of a road trip from Peterhead to Edinburgh but well worth it when i got there.

so this week i decided to give the car a good clean and change a couple things.

a few dirty pics

i gave it a good clean then decided to debadge it
much better

after a wash and clay

after a wax

decided to dewiper too

so the plans are:
FK Silverlines coilovers (ordering tomorrow)
lenso bsx alloys
remap
cupra front bumper
cupra rear bumper
whiteline rear arb

any ideas are more than welcome.

thanks for looking

claire x

 

[cupra.al]

car looks good already after the small things you have done.
sounds like you have some good plans for it too.
whiteline rear arb would be a good thing to add to the list and 20mm rear spacers to go with your coilovers too.
you already have a stubby aerial i keep meaning to get one.

 

[turbo009]

Looking nice Claire

 

[GtiBoy]

Looking good its amazing what a good clean can do

 

[claireeyy]

car looks good already after the small things you have done.
sounds like you have some good plans for it too.
whiteline rear arb would be a good thing to add to the list and 20mm rear spacers to go with your coilovers too.
you already have a stubby aerial i keep meaning to get one.

thanks
what is whiteline rear arb? lol not something i have heard before.
yeh spacers will be bought but rekon they be expensive though.
em the aerial doesnt come off so it got a lil trim instead lol

x

 

[claireeyy]

Looking good its amazing what a good clean can do

yeh it could do with a machine polish think it must have been an older woman who owned the car before as theres key marks at the drivers handle lol

 

[cupra.al]

whiteline rear anti-roll bar awesome peice of kit makes the car feel very planted completly transforms the way the car feels on bends.
heres a link http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/section.php?xSec=344&xPage=1

 

[claireeyy]

cool, i will have a look into them cheers

 

[lil3520]

car looks good now after a good clean.

 

[BeezaDave]

looks very tidy.

will be good to see how it comes along.

 

[Chino_UK]

whiteline rear anti-roll bar awesome peice of kit makes the car feel very planted completly transforms the way the car feels on bends.
heres a link http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/section.php?xSec=344&xPage=1

Seconded, get it on the 'To Do' list

Nice looking car, good plans for it too

 

[claireeyy]

Seconded, get it on the 'To Do' list

Nice looking car, good plans for it too

i have added them

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Good looking car, best colour too! Have a look at my Readers Ride thread (link below in sig) for some more ideas (all mods listed on page 1)... Welcome to the Mk4 Ibiza clan.

Rear ARB and spacers do make a big difference too.

 

[petercastleton]

Nice car similar to mine, a good clean and tlc makes all the difference!

 

[GtiBoy]

yeh it could do with a machine polish think it must have been an older woman who owned the car before as theres key marks at the drivers handle lol

Menzerna 3.02 is a real good cutting polish for vag paints

 

[claireeyy]

Menzerna 3.02 is a real good cutting polish for vag paints

Cheers for the tip

i was reading this the other day and the paint came up really well on the saxo megs 3 step.

how well would it work on my car?

i dont have i polisher atm i just borrowed my pals one for doing my last car and it took a while to do and think i got polishing ocd by the end lol

also thinking on getting some dodo juice lime prime not sure which would work best the megs or the dodo juice

 

[ibiza_adam]

Car looks brilliant after the clean! If you don't want to use a machine polisher you could always try AutoGlym Super Resin Polish. It's brilliant stuff, costs nothing and it's amazing what results you can get with a couple of passes! Lime prime is similar and can give good results when used with a machine!

 

[claireeyy]

Car looks brilliant after the clean! If you don't want to use a machine polisher you could always try AutoGlym Super Resin Polish. It's brilliant stuff, costs nothing and it's amazing what results you can get with a couple of passes! Lime prime is similar and can give good results when used with a machine!

thanks

so a couple coats of the AG will do a great jon? the scrates are light next to the door handle would i be best to machine them or would AG cope?

is lime prime only good with a machine?

 

[Chino_UK]

The Meguiars 3 step treatment is pretty good for the price tbh. Best bet is to use something like Chemical Guys Citrus wash and gloss to get the bulk of old polish/wax off, then paint clean(Megs Stage 1)/claybar, polish(Megs Stage 2), wax(Megs Stage 3).
If you were to try some kind of cutting formula to reduce swirls (Megs SwirlX for example), I would do this between paint cleaning and polish.
I get all my stuff from www.cleanyourcar.co.uk, you'll find lots of good products on there and proper pads/clothes.

 

[claireeyy]

yeh i use that site and also polished bliss. i have a fair amount of products at hame but im not sure what suits the seat paint. is it hard? the car has light swirl marks.

i have the megs 3 stage at home and i have a few kinds of polish. g3 was what i used on the saxo as it was a wee bit a mess.i use the nattys blue wax or megs wax. next im after the dodo juice purple haze. also have the red mist of the added beading