New Owner

[MrP]

Hi Guys,

It's been a while, not much of an update. The cars nearly done 1,000 miles and it's starting to loosen up. The cars been great other than the Sat Nav wobbling around so it's booked to go back into Seat for a new arm and dash fixing on the 30th. I've also got my first stone chip! It's tiny but the first bit of damage on a brand new car is always the worst.

I have a new DSLR so I've taken some nice photo's, I'm still learning though:

IMG_0217 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

IMG_0238 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

IMG_0249 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

I've also upgraded the fog lights bulbs. I noticed when using the conering function the standard yellow bulbs looked rubbish compared to the headlights. I was going to go for some LED's but I liked the style of headlight bulbs and the way the foglight halogen bulbs fade on and off with the cornering function, I didn't think the on/off style of LED's would have worked as well.

Before:
IMG_0474 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

After:
IMG_0472 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

Comparison:
IMG_0469 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

The original Foglights are H8, for some reason they are rare and expensive. After a bit of research I realised H11's use the same plug and fixings but one of the metal tabs is bigger. H8's are an inherently weaker bulb too. Taking the Philips Diamond Vision Bulbs:

H8 - 35w, 500 Lumens and £60 a pair.
H11 - 55w, 700 Lumens and £30 a pair.

It was a no brainer really.

IMG_0463 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

Tab Before:
IMG_0479 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

Tab Dremmeled off:
IMG_0481 by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

 

[MrP]

Another quick and easy mod:

Seat Ibiza Fan Washer Nozzles by Rich Perkins, on Flickr

 

[RichardE0]

MrP how did you get on with he replacement arm and dash fixing? Mine rattles like crazy and goes on my wick sometimes!

 

[MrP]

MrP how did you get on with he replacement arm and dash fixing? Mine rattles like crazy and goes on my wick sometimes!

Fixed it. Well, Seat did. As it turns out, on the bottom of the arm there are two round holes which should have rubber in them which causes the arm to fit tight with pressure, mine were missing the rubber from factory!

I only have before pictures to hand. But the two round holes should have little rubber balls in them:

Edit: it still rattles sometimes though. The arm itself doesn't move at all, but the release clip at the very top (to remove the screen, not the arm) is crap and rattles about sometimes.

 

[RichardE0]

That's great looks like mine are missing The rubber bits to. Annoying I took it back for them to look at and made out like that was just the way it was. That was when I got it a year ago! Shall be making a call past there this week...

 

[MrP]

That's great looks like mine are missing The rubber bits to. Annoying I took it back for them to look at and made out like that was just the way it was. That was when I got it a year ago! Shall be making a call past there this week...

Must be a common issue! I'll try and get some after pictures in the morning.

 

[RichardE0]

That would be great thanks

 

[MrP]

That would be great thanks

There you go!

 

[RichardE0]

Thanks. They are in the post hope it makes a good difference.

 

[MrP]

Thanks. They are in the post hope it makes a good difference.

The difference is night and day, you'll be happy

 

[RichardE0]

All fitted. So much better. I wonder if anyone else has them missing...