Seat Ibiza Mk 4 1.8 F.R Project

[ste_p23]

Well now that i have a new car i thought i may aswell make a project thread.

I got the car for £3000 in November.

Its got a full service history.

Few scuffs on the rear bumper and alloys.

Serviced 3 months ago with all the belts changed with new front and rear disks.

Coilpack has been changed. (common fault on these)

Two previous owners.

Heres some pics from today just to show you all how it stands at the moment.

So down to the plans which are the following:-

Exterior.


5000k HID kit.
Matching Main beam Xeon lights.
Matching LED slde lights.
Black Smoked side repaters.
LED number plate bulbs.
Heko Wind Deflectors.
Rear 3 Windows tinted.
Stubby Arial.
Leon Cupra R Front splitter.
Colour code the mirror covers to match the body.
Get the scuff on the rear arch sorted.
Current wheels refurbed and done in gun metal gray or anthractie.
Search for some Ibiza Cupra Wheels ( Rare as rocking horse poop)
Brake Calipers and drums colour coded.
312mm brake upgrade.

Interior:-

New drivers side door panel as this one is battered to death.
Sort the rip in the drivers bolster.
Seat Ibiza Fr gearknob.
Ibiza Cupra handbrake cover and air vent clips.
Remove old Nokia hands free kit.
Install new parrot hands free kit.
Install a boost guage.

Engine and power.

Stage one Revo remap.
Full silicone hoses all round the engine.
Forge 1.8T+2.7T Diverter Valve.
Forge FMIC Kit.
Neuspeed Turbo Intake Pipe.
Full Miltech Exhuast system.
Stage 2 Revo remap.

Handling:-

Dropping it 40 MM on Eibach springs.
Front Momo upper stut brace.
Lower front OMP strut brace.
Whitline ARB.
Powerflex bushes all the way round.


All this is pending money and costs of course!

Will keep you all updated as i go!

 

[ste_p23]

Right a small update for you all a few days ago these arrived

The HID kit is a slim ballast kit at 5k and fitted it looks very nice indeed.

However i did mess up as i also ordered some Orasm Night breaker bulbs for my dipped beams and misread the description on them. It stated 90% more light than a standard bulb and 10% brighter so it looks very yellow compared to my HID kit.

So now that ive wasted £30 on them i need to find a decent spec H3 bulb to match the HID kit!

Will update with some pics of the Hid Kit at night soon for you all.

 

[Phil-B]

Plans look good mate going to have to come round and see this!

I can sort you out with some decent h3 smd's if you want?

 

[ste_p23]

Plans look good mate going to have to come round and see this!

I can sort you out with some decent h3 smd's if you want?

Yea deffo mate give me a few weeks to get some more bits and bobs done and pop round and have a look.

Will drop you a text now about the SMDS mate

 

[ste_p23]

Just a little update of what the HID kit looks like at night. Sorry for the poor pics ive just got a basic snap and go camera and my skills need some work.

Overall i am very happy with the kit and couldnt have asked for better

 

[ste_p23]

Right just another small update i had my windows tinted a few days ago. I went for a light tint as i dont like cars that have very heavy tints such as limo tints etc.

Any comments welcome as always!

 

[ste_p23]

Right just another small update once again. Last week i recived my colour coded mirror covers from Tomnova (excellent finish to them and a nice guy to deal,with a member based on Corsa Sport)

Here they are and i think most people would agree that they will look alot better on than silver covers.

Also ordered a new tax disc holder just to spice the inisde up a little.

Next plans are to fit the mirror covers and also get the old hands free kit taken out and my Parrot put into it.

Any comments always welcome as usual!

 

[ste_p23]

Right got a few small updates for you all. Manged to get round the popping the colour coded wing mirror covers on as shown below.

Think most people will agreee that they look alot better.

The old Nokia hands free kit was taken out which meant that all the wires from the passenger side footwell are now gone as you can see below.

The Parrot hands free kit has now been fitted also shown below.

I also took a trip over to Awsome Gti in Manchester and picked this up.

For anyone who doesnt know what it is, its a Whiteline 20MM rear anti roll bar which is said to be one of the best handling mods there is for the car.

Comments welcome as always

 

[Rich..]

looking gd, coming along nicely. how much was the antiroll bar?

 

[ste_p23]

looking gd, coming along nicely. how much was the antiroll bar?

The ARB was £140 from Awsome GTI as i just missed out on a group buy discount deal.

 

[ste_p23]

Right just a little update once again i was cleaning up the other day and found this hiding under my bed.

Its an OMP front lower strut brace so should help to keep the front end nice and tight once ive been to Seat and sorted an front upper strut brace aswell.

Next step was to fit the Whiteline ARB which ive heard from so many people is a must for these cars.

I have it set to medium at the moment and it has really helped to tighten up the back end so im happy with it. I may change it to the stiffest setting in the not to near future once ive got a few other bits and bobs sorted.


Comments are welcome as always

 

[Scott-o]

Nice to meet you again matey, looking forward to the next update

 

[pjdj]

Wouldn't bother with an upper brace! Its the lower one that does the most..

 

[ste_p23]

Wouldn't bother with an upper brace! Its the lower one that does the most..

Care to expand on that a little more?

 

[ste_p23]

Right just another update for you all i now have some new wheels for the car which are :-

They are Seat Ibiza Cupra wheels(which are very hard to find).

The top picture is the two that are perfect and if you look closely at the second picture you can see that there is a chip on one of the spokes and also some kerbing around the edges

The plan for them is to get the two damaged ones refurbed, the colour is staying the same and im going to invest in 4 brand new Yoko Parada's for them as the proxies on them dont have much life left in them.


Any comments welcome as always

 

[Hartosh1]

Nice mate Cupra wheels look mint on the Ibizas but i got a bit bored of mine after having them on for 2 years

That will be Scotts dodgy parking thats damaged the last 2 haha only kidding mate.

What made you go for the paradas?

 

[ste_p23]

Well for my budget i had the choice of the Parada's or Proxies and ive always had Yokos on the car and apart from them them wearing abit faster than other tyres ive loved them. I think they stick great to the road and are good value for money so i just hope they are decent in the wet

 

[ste_p23]

Right just another small update as my mind has been else where the last couple of weeks and not had much time to think about the car.

Ive got some SMD side lights and also got some pure white bulbs for the dipped beams to replace the yellowish orasm ones i had it previously.

Heres a pic of them:-

Will get some pics of them in there glory when it goes dark

 

[ste_p23]

Well right as promised here is a picture of the lights at night so you can see how bright they are Its all of them on so its nice and bright when i need them.

Comments welcome as allways

 

[ste_p23]

Right just a few more updates ive been spending a little bit of cash the last few weeks.

I went and picked these up the other day

4x Yokohama Parada Spec 2 tyres for my new cupra wheels which i still need to sort out a refurb for

I got a few goodies when i called into Seat the other day looking for a part number the goodies include.

Some new car mats and my old ones where looking very worn and sorry for themselves, i also invested in some rear mud flaps to try and help keep the car abit cleaner.

I also thought what the hell lets get some front mud flaps aswell to keep the car looking in sync with the back.

The final part i decided to buy was a Momo strut brace which can be seen below. I was going to get an LCR splitter but i think i will leave that until the car is lowered in the summer.

I will get some more pics up one i have fitted the parts any questions or comments welcome as always!