Ibiza cupra tdi Brake question

[smithysmoo]

Did all the ibiza cupra Tdi's come with the seat sport red brake calipers.

Got pics here of one I was going to see but noticed the brakes aren't red. Its a very late 07 model and the guy assures me they are the 4 pot brakes but I don't want to travel if they are not.

Cars done low mileage so there is no reason they should have been changed or messed with.

Can anyone help please.

 

[smithysmoo]

Arrgh won't let me post the picture until I've done 15 posts arrgh

 

[Badger]

They are painted red from the factory, but may of been painted by a previous owner?

They are huge in design.

 

[smithysmoo]

Heres a pic of them...Everything else looks like its a cupra so any reason why the calipers are different.

What do you think Badger

 

[Badger]

They are not Seat Sport Cupra Calipers.

They are 312mm VW or Audi.

Got a pic of the whole car including reg?

 

[smithysmoo]

wow glad I spotted...Bloke sounds really genuine...and like I said very low mileage so I think he'll be shocked I'm guessing he didn't know.

 

[Badger]

It's a genuine Cupra from the reg, maybe the previous owner changed them as they do tend to seize pins and snap bleed nipples.

 

[smithysmoo]

Ok Buddy cheers for the info much appreciated...Bit of a bummer as I thought I'd found a good un...One of the main selling points of the cupra was the brakes so kind of defeats the object to buy a cupra without the ap racing brakes surely.

Is strange like I say as the mileage is real low.

 

[Badger]

The brakes are good, it's a shame really but you could fit them back and use it as a bargaining chip, however, they are hard to get hold of and people do over inflate prices!

 

[smithysmoo]

Cars only on 38k problem is price was already at the top end because of this and it being a late model...Also I've haggled the price down quite a bit not sure how much extra lea way is in there then there the hassle of trying to source some brakes etc and fit them which like you say is a pain especially if there hard to source.

Thanks mate....arrgh back on the look out then.

 

[Badger]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

Someone else might get caught out now though if they don't know what they're looking for.

 

[smithysmoo]

Its ok better to find out now...Just happened to spot it on a pic and I've looked at them lots of times was just going over them before arranging a viewing.

Well at least the owner know as he believes there standard fit I'm sure.