My Marmite ibiza 1.4 sport 6L *now on rotiforms"

[spanner87]

This car started off as a cheap runaround that i fell in love with, its a 6L 1.4 sport in black

the day i got her neglected by previous owner,filthy with faded paint and not many bulbs working,bad tyres

a few hours cleaning later

next up coilovers were bought and fitted

along with black side repeaters and HIDS and a valet

TVR wheels from a friend but were only 15" wchich were way too small,shame as they had some crazy poke with adapters!

next up were two new lower arms and bushes to refresh the front end with shortened droplinks to stop the ARB rubbing on the driveshafts

another valet shot

now for the marmite part... B*stardise it with Jap wheels....

after mucho messing around for fitment due to the wheels being a strange offset yet still 5x100 pcd, i settled for 25mm rear spacers and 20mm up front just for clearance.
hand made stud conversion by myself which hasnt given me any issues whatsoever,just a headache doing the math with x dimensions and the like.

Brothers <3

and then disaster,the girlfriend reverses into me... Bodyshop time for an all round refresh

fuming...

p.s heres a photo when the wheels were on a pals polo gti

let me know your opinions guys, im also thinking about chopping the wheels and spacers and fitting kit in for some TT comps, if anyone is interested give me a shout (not bothered what condition the comps are in as i can refurb but no cracks or buckles!)

Carl

 

[tim144]

I'd be well interested In the wheels lol could be jokes... Deffo needs facelift bumpers

 

[JonnyH10]

Looks very different, but cool. My mate has those wheels on a 9n Polo too.

 

[spanner87]

thanks guys yeah the wheels are quite rare now especially in 5x100 guise,the longer you run them the more they grow on you facelift bumpers is a possibility but im holding out for a FR 1.8t at some point so we will see, tim if your interested in the wheels drop me a pm

it goes into the body shop in the second week of november and he is a paint magician,he recently fully restored my friends mk1 golf (previously awesomes model car) with g60 conversion,the car was rotten when he got it,now it is literally a masterpiece,inside and out not one grain of rust ANYWHERE

sneak peek (i might get shot for this!)

anyway,carrying on,next mod will probably be wind deflectors and fit my winter wheels while i refurb/source new wheels for spring,im swinging for TT comps/BBS RC redrilled/insert suggestion here

 

[spanner87]

She's back from the bodyshop

Few more photos, wheels are for sale with tyres (could do with a refurb) 220 on there own, 240 with spacers

 

[FR_MATT]

I think to pull off those wheels it could do with being a tad lower and the fronts spaced out a little further.

But, aside from that good work trying something different!

 

[tim144]

I want your wheels please

 

[spanner87]

Hi matt,yes I agree but my coilovers won't go any lower I don't fancy cutting bumpstops and stuff as the ride is really nice at the mo so think I'm going to get bigger wheels to close the gap slightly.

Tim, you have inbox

Since getting the car back from the bodyshop and seeing it so mint I've fallen back in love with her

 

[t.oldaker]

Possibly interested in the wheels can you PM me more details and where your based fella

 

[spanner87]

You also have inbox forgot to add they are 16"

 

[spanner87]

nice little update with new camera photos

fitted some 17x8 et 20 rotiform blq's in orange fitted with stretched tyres 195/40-17

i'll let the photos do the talking

 

[t.oldaker]

Very nice but to me something is missing :/ maybe its just some small orange detailing somewhere else on the car. Anyway good work

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

Very nice but to me something is missing :/ maybe its just some small orange detailing somewhere else on the car. Anyway good work

Needs debadged and smooooothed

 

[t.oldaker]

Needs debadged and smooooothed

True it does need to be debadged. Just feel its something else :/

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

Perhaps some orange interior, orange grill surround etc. you're right, a bright colour like that needs accented into the car to pull it off perfectly

 

[FR_MATT]

Really nice, I do agree with Tom a little though, perhaps you could tie in the orange with the badges and do this at the front and the rear:

 

[spanner87]

thanks guys. ooh nice! yeah i was thinking orange wing mirror covers too.
im trying to get a colourmatch on some orange vinyl too

 

[spanner87]

also has anyone seen a pre facelift with cupra r splitter? im tempted to try one as im not keen on facelift bumpers

 

[spanner87]

final photos before she was replaced with a Leon Cupra i miss her so much.

the day of U.D 13