I thought I would start a thread about my Ibiza and any mods as I do them so here goes...
I'm now on my 2nd Cupra. The first one was a PD160 which I had as a lease car from my old job. Here is a pic
'07 Black Magic Ibiza Cupra PD160 - No mods apart from Green Cotton panel filter.
I had to give up this little beauty after switching jobs but missed it so much I brought another, older one; 20vt this time
The first difference I noticed from the old TDI was the difference in sound! The 20vt is sooo much quieter than the PD160 engine. It only really gets louder when you really rev it, and this took some getting used to after always changing gear around 3000rpm
The First Mod
Green Cotton Performance filter element from my previous Cupra. 2 minute job and not really sure of the difference as this went in almost straight after I picked up the car
LCR Splitter
£17 well spent from the stealers. I just sawed off the ends and screwed it into the bumper. It was a little fiddly to get it mounted in the right place and I think the front is a bit further back than others I have seen but is is symmetrical and I think it looks good.
Headlights
I got myself some Philips BlueVision bulbs for the dipped headlights and sidelights. After alot of fiddling (and dropping a metal clip down into the front bumper ), I got the dipped ones fitted. Didn't get around to doing the sidelights until a couple of weeks later as this involved taking the front bumper off in order to remove the clusters and get access to where they would go. It jsut seemed easier to do it this way than risk dropping the bulbs or breaking something.
Air Intake
Trying to squeeze some more performance (and noise) out of the car, I decided to attempt smoothing out the air box and front intake bit. First I removed the trumpet in the air-box and then attacked the front intake using a drill and a pair of pliers to remove some of the restrictive plastic from it.
I've since tidied this up using a Dremel, and the air box is partly done but I don't have the patience to spend too long doing it I'll come back to it another time to finish it off.
I'm now on my 2nd Cupra. The first one was a PD160 which I had as a lease car from my old job. Here is a pic
'07 Black Magic Ibiza Cupra PD160 - No mods apart from Green Cotton panel filter.
I had to give up this little beauty after switching jobs but missed it so much I brought another, older one; 20vt this time
The first difference I noticed from the old TDI was the difference in sound! The 20vt is sooo much quieter than the PD160 engine. It only really gets louder when you really rev it, and this took some getting used to after always changing gear around 3000rpm
The First Mod
Green Cotton Performance filter element from my previous Cupra. 2 minute job and not really sure of the difference as this went in almost straight after I picked up the car
LCR Splitter
£17 well spent from the stealers. I just sawed off the ends and screwed it into the bumper. It was a little fiddly to get it mounted in the right place and I think the front is a bit further back than others I have seen but is is symmetrical and I think it looks good.
Headlights
I got myself some Philips BlueVision bulbs for the dipped headlights and sidelights. After alot of fiddling (and dropping a metal clip down into the front bumper ), I got the dipped ones fitted. Didn't get around to doing the sidelights until a couple of weeks later as this involved taking the front bumper off in order to remove the clusters and get access to where they would go. It jsut seemed easier to do it this way than risk dropping the bulbs or breaking something.
Air Intake
Trying to squeeze some more performance (and noise) out of the car, I decided to attempt smoothing out the air box and front intake bit. First I removed the trumpet in the air-box and then attacked the front intake using a drill and a pair of pliers to remove some of the restrictive plastic from it.
I've since tidied this up using a Dremel, and the air box is partly done but I don't have the patience to spend too long doing it I'll come back to it another time to finish it off.
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