My Ovni Ibiza Cupra - Euro / OEM+ - Last updated: 21/02/2010 - Team 280 Club!

[45_CB]

Well as you do, I was browsing pistonheads.com out of interest for what price range my car was selling for etc, when something caught my eye which looked different then the rest, and had things I hadn't seen done before on a Cupra.

After telling the girlfriend about the car and that I would want mine to look like that, she said later that she had been in contact with the owner about the car, and that he would of been willing to sell the wheels and customised bonnet bra separately.

With this in mind I strangely couldn't stop thinking about the car, so decided to go a step further, and ask more about the car and its history. Then after a very long week of waiting, I ended up with these...

Which after a painful and long 5 hours and 35 minutes, got us to here...

And this is what we were greeted with

Being very happy with the car and its service history etc, an offer was made and accepted. Then the 5 hour drive commenced which wasn't as boring as I imagined as the car drove absolutely lovely and even on coilovers was very comfy. The drive home took the mileage too....

 

[45_CB]

Lots of travelling and fly's later, the car was home

Here is a current specification:

Car:
Make: Seat
Model: Ibiza Cupra
CC: 1800 cc 20 Valve Turbo
Year: 2001
Colour: Ovni yellow with metallic grey roof and mirrors
Tax: until March 2010
Test: until October 2009
Mileage: 70K at time of advert

Service history:
Full SEAT service history
Had cam belt and water pump at 56K
Serviced every 10K
Oil change every 5K
Just had new rear top mounts at 70K
New disc and pads at 70K

Factory:
Cupra extras
Autoclima air conditioning
ABS - Discs all round
Traction Control
Electric Windows & Electric & Heated mirrors
Pop out rear windows
Power steering
Drivers, Passengers, and side seat airbags
RCL & Alarm & Immobiliser
Onboard Computer - MPG, miles left, etc
Half leather interior with "Cupra" cloth
Adjustable Steering Column

Suspension:
FK high sport coilovers
Regal auto sport camber adjustments
Front adjustable strut brace

Wheels & Tyres:
Polished Porsche design 90's with polished metal centre caps 16" x 7" front 16" x 8" rear
185-50-16 kumho tyres with a nice stretch on the rear
HP 20mm PCD adaptors front
35mm custom FK PCD adaptors rear

Exterior:
Bonnet bra with custom seat sport logo embroidery
SEAT Sport flag / Chec
LCR front splitter
Custom debadged grill
Front fogs removed for air feed
Colour coded bumper strips
Heko wind deflectors
Flat blades
Window decals
Polo GTi shark fin Arial
Rear wiper removed

Interior:
Nomad racing A-pillar - single pod
Auto gauge boost gauge

Engine:
Stage 1 revo remap (their site says 200+BHP)
22PSI boost peak
Induction kit
Custom front mounted intercooler
N249 bypass
Polished battery cover
Polished inlet plenum
Carbon inlet shield
Colour coded rocker cover
Red Vac hoses
Cupra R exhaust system

 

[45_CB]

And the pictures from the advert:

 

[45_CB]

A very big thank you to Kris Ashton (previous owner) be sure to check out http://www.oemodified.com

Cheers

 

[45_CB]

Swapped the headlights from the old cupra saturday and a few other bits around the car, mounting 4 ballasts was not fun in a cramped engine bay

Shiny Autos xenon sidelights
HID dipped beam
HID main beam
Ditched the Osram blue bulbs for silvertech ones
Removed the red from the Cupra badge & SEATCUPRA.NET gone looks better
Black SEAT Tax disc


From:

To:

Looks alot fresher and less "busy" as people were saying lol, next will be changing the intercooler front hoses colour and swapping the plate over, along with the hunt for different window stickers (if anyone knows where to get any euro ones?) and winding the coilovers down

 

[Ibiza125]

VERY nice!! Why are you changing the plate? I love it!

Good shout in changing the hoses. They look very faded.

Part from that I think you have found yourself a minter!!

 

[45_CB]

Yeah when the bumper was off doing the headlights you could see how faded they were!

Plus I don't like the red that much anyway, so its rather black or yellow hoses I think, but I need to find out the sizes and bends of them first (anyone have any ideas?)

Thanks for the praise dude, I will be doing the plate this thursday as its my private one

 

[AJ-V5]

That looks very very nice. Glad to see you are still changing a few bits. Cheating if you buy it like that and leave it

 

[karls cupra]

nice looking motor mate looks cool..

 

[45_CB]

Not much to update recently

Personal plate registered

Changed some/most of the stickers to better ones (In my opinion lol)

The reason I changed them

Before:

After:

Not finished yet, just waiting on some to fill the gaps, I understand these aren't everyones cuppa tea though but they have grown on me and when you see the car in the flesh I like them

One more pic I found for good measure...

Cheers!

 

[tarzan]

looks awesome mate looks good withe the stickers to

 

[antnee]

What you doing with your first cupra?

Is the centre grill the mesh one?

 

[45_CB]

looks awesome mate looks good withe the stickers to

Thanks

I hated the stickers when I seen the car, but then they grew on me and changed them a bit, I understand people won't approve lol

What you doing with your first cupra?

Is the centre grill the mesh one?

First cupra is for sale!

look at the link in my signature / for sale section on here / ebay ad

The grill an FK grill thats been cut out, sprayed and black meshed, again not to everyones taste but something about it I like, different maybe, I like spray S on the standard grill the same colour as the roof maybe or something custom

 

[Nef]

Car looks lovely mate, personally not too keen on the stickers, but i can understand why you like them, any other mods in mind?

 

[45_CB]

Little update to keep things fresh

Just been keeping the car active really so things done are:

New window regulator *sigh*
Few new stickers for rear window
4 x Toyo T1R's - 195/45's to replace the plastic feeling kuhmo's
Motorbike valves
Black Dice valve caps
New SEAT floor mat's
Forge 007p with yellow spring fitted - Made a very nice difference!
Forge SAI blanking plate
Black intercooler hoses to replace faded red ones
Lots of cleaning and also have a greddy turbo timer and cupra r pod and gauges to do STILL!


I was driving this around for a month to save on costs but decided not to bother with its MOT which was soon and sold it on... Cinquecento Sporting with Abarth kit on an R Plate!

Anyway....

 

[45_CB]

Painting calipers black when weather improves but heres the dice, motorbike valves and T1R's

007P with all springs etc included

Prob never fit this lol

Fitting these asap!

Lazy wash...

Took it for an MOT on tuesday and passed first time with no advisorys having mirror caps and interior handles sprayed soon (same colour as roof) as there starting to show wear and tear and going to get standard "S" grill done to I think

 

[nell]

Hey mate car looks cool! i'm gonna have to get one of those bonnet bra's for motorway

 

[tarzan]

awesome mate

 

[vwbassett]

cant help but think the intercooler needs some black hoses but everything else looks great.

 

[45_CB]

cant help but think the intercooler needs some black hoses but everything else looks great.

lol did you read the post?

fitted them just to wet and dark for pics lol