My Ibiza's Hidden Past

[steelelfc]

Hi,
Just thought id share this with you. Bought a 2000 Seat Ibiza 1400cc Cool/S 4 months ago, its a cracking little motor. I noticed a spec of blue paint on the rear of the passenger seat and blue spray on the headlining few weeks ago, and after taking some of the plastic cowling off i found more. I'm 100% sure none of it was there when i initially went to view the car, and i believe its been done while i was waiting to pick it up. What do you think?

sorry, i can't post links to pictures because i've not posted 15 times

cheers

 

[Ethan040]

Sounds a bit strange do one of those £3 car checks see if its been in any crashes you might of missed the paint when viewing. other that that theres not much you can do really.

 

[steelelfc]

yeah i know, i should of done one before i bought it, one of them spur of the moment cars..

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[Big_daddy]

Looks fishy, remove the back seats and investigate further!

 

[Robbie C]

Here you go:

 

[steelelfc]

Cheers Robbie. If i'd of known what i know about the dealer now i wouldn't of gone within 50 miles of the place

 

[AlexGSi2000]

Well its one of two things, either its had some touch up work done (stone chips, rust..etc) or its accident repair.

Do all the panels line up properly?

Get in touch with the dealer, ask them if they have done anything or if they have done any HPI checks on the car.

 

[thewiizard]

Are the pictures from the same door? Is it driver side? Can you see any damage under neath? Also, just noticed in the first picture a bit of masking tape on the left???

I'd pull both seals off and check underneath. Weirdly, that looks like its been over sprayed from the inside which could be to hide rust or the fact its two cars

Get a magnet over it to find any serious rust (rust isn't magnetic, so it wont stick to it).

 

[steelelfc]

Yeah both pics are the same side, the only interesting visible thing is the spray, nothing in the way of damage/rust under the plastic cowling. Done a HPI and all is clear, so i'm not that worried

 

[GlanzaV]

Just an HPI check? To be fair those texts only mention recorded damage to cars anyway...

 

[m0rk]

HPI checks are worthless on their own

You should always check the car over thoroughly

 

[thewiizard]

I'd just keep an eye on it. If its corrosion that's just been sprayed painted over then it'll bubble through after winter has been.

 

[steelelfc]

cheers 4 your replies, there's not alot i can do about it now anyway, its a lovely little motor apart from that

 

[Gordz]

Agree with the above, hpi checks and the like aren't worth the paper they're written on 9 times out of 10.

If you bought it from a dealer, then surely you could go back and enquire about it?

By the looks of it, I'd say it's more than likely a cover up of rust rather than an accident maybe?

 

[steelelfc]

its strange, the car itself is straight as a die, no signs of a re-spray and no rust anywhere outside, just the overspray under the plastic

 

[steelelfc]

also its just the one side, there's no spray anywhere else

 

[steelelfc]

Agree with the above, hpi checks and the like aren't worth the paper they're written on 9 times out of 10.

If you bought it from a dealer, then surely you could go back and enquire about it?

By the looks of it, I'd say it's more than likely a cover up of rust rather than an accident maybe?

It was bought from a dealer, a very very dodgy dealer, like i said before if id have known then what i know now (from talking to other people who have delt with them) i wouldn't of gone within 100 yards of the place

 

[EKE Ibiza]

I did pretty much the same as you, saw my Ibiza on the court from a dealer in Leeds. Very strange operation they have going on...still ended up buying it though.

I would imagine they were just covering up a bit of rust.

 

[steelelfc]

where abouts in leeds?

 

[EKE Ibiza]

Whitehall Rd