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Matt's Red Ibiza FR TDI on RHs, with added plywood and plastic :)
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Winter tyres came:
Worst bit of corrosion:
Getting there...
Rust Treatment:
Used Etch, High build then white primer:
1 primed 1 with first coat of colour:
Colour on, doesn't look the same in pictures as it does in real life
Just need to do the insides black now. I would have done them orange, but ran out of paint just doing the faces
Worst bit of corrosion:
Getting there...
Rust Treatment:
Used Etch, High build then white primer:
1 primed 1 with first coat of colour:
Colour on, doesn't look the same in pictures as it does in real life
Just need to do the insides black now. I would have done them orange, but ran out of paint just doing the faces
looks really good with the steelies mate...got me thinking about going along the same lines for the winter
80ish I guess, I've never measured. The APs are quoted as 65mm max and I've got the adjuster ring out but the base bit still in. Not sure I believe what they quote though as the fronts have about 20mm left of thread!
The long road to polished lips begins!
I wasn't sure if they were 1 or 2 piece before buying, but since I've done a bit of research and found that the 5x100 fitment RH wheels are 1 piece and the Porsche fitment 2 piece. They are light though, I weighed one and it was only about 10kg
So before cracking out the paint stripper I decided to get rid of the shitty plastic bolts. Will save masking them all of:
My plan is to tap the holes and put some proper stainless steel bolts in
Bye Bye orange:
2 goes of paint stripper applied for 30 mins each:
Never used paint stripper before so introduced water a bit too soon when getting it off but didn't come out too bad:
After more of a scrub and some 120 grit paper:
Wish I'd avoided the centres with the stripper as it made a real gooey mess, I'm guess due to it being the original powdercoat and much better attached than the paint on the lips.
I wasn't sure if they were 1 or 2 piece before buying, but since I've done a bit of research and found that the 5x100 fitment RH wheels are 1 piece and the Porsche fitment 2 piece. They are light though, I weighed one and it was only about 10kg
So before cracking out the paint stripper I decided to get rid of the shitty plastic bolts. Will save masking them all of:
My plan is to tap the holes and put some proper stainless steel bolts in
Bye Bye orange:
2 goes of paint stripper applied for 30 mins each:
Never used paint stripper before so introduced water a bit too soon when getting it off but didn't come out too bad:
After more of a scrub and some 120 grit paper:
Wish I'd avoided the centres with the stripper as it made a real gooey mess, I'm guess due to it being the original powdercoat and much better attached than the paint on the lips.
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nice wheels, i love it
Thanks
Updates....
Got some Genuine RH polished stainless steel centre caps for a good price on German Ebay:
Cheeky little OBD2 Bluetooth adapter, its the smaller type which means I can close the draw up without any trouble:
It's new home, didn't see all this dust until I took the photo lol!
Mount for my new phone, impressed! no screwing into the dash required and it feels pretty sturdy:
Great app to connect to the bluetooth adapter:
My current favourite layout and theme, although I might change revs for speed soon:
In position with my Cupra handbrake cover and red stitched gear gaiter that I don't think I've ever grabbed a photo of:
Slightly arty shot to finish:
Looked into the Bluetooth adapters! They don't make the torque app for the iPhone though
Yeh Android is where the party's at! for iPhone you have to jailbreak and get a wifi adapter and Dash command which I think was a lot more expensive!
Forgot to add... I was lucky enough to have my car featured in the Ibiza Owner Club magazine just before Christmas:
http://issuu.com/ibizaownersclub/docs/issue_2?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage
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