the ibiza that got me hooked

[marksy93]

Nice car mate!

Those silver indicators bulbs look good, have to get myself some of those.
Good work with the sub too, looks nice and tidy! Facelift FR are also a great improvement

cheers mate, really happy so far all the front end is finished now...well until i find something else i want to change but need to focus on the rear end now

 

[marksy93]

So next payday shall be spent on refurb on alloys (in black) and green Calipers & black rear drums.

Then shall be looking into a cupra rear end

 

[Chris_a_73]

Payday has been, when's this refurb?!

 

[marksy93]

its waiting until next pay day, however a company in Bristol quoted me 180 inc taking the tyres of etc etc seen their work too so im going through them. + shall put a new set of tyres on when the refurb happens as the rear two arent in the best of nick (cracked sidewalls & a nail in one ) and the front two tyres are crap in the wet.

 

[Chris_a_73]

Ah sweet

It's going to be dear on the pocket, but the outcome will be awesome! It would be good to see a before/after pic, the difference will be amazing

Have you thought about vinyling the lower lip of the bumper? It makes it look much sportier and aggressive. See this thread for details; http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=316062

 

[Dabbalz]

Haven't had chance to email them yet, will do tomorrow.

Slight issue with the car though - everytime i reverse and turn and then brake it sounds like I'm going over a stone - every time I reverse it makes the same noise. Could it be air in the brake system after the new set of discs and pads?? It's not the alloys as it did it before.

You don't get air in your brakes by changing disks and pads. It's a simple job that requires nothing to be removed that could cause air to enter the system, also the noise your getting is probably due to dirt/grit. You would end up with a soft brake pedal and a huge stopping distance if you had air in the system, this is due to air bin compressible where as brake fluid is not.
I'd be careful about powder coating your wheels too, the alloy can end up cracking and then collapsing whilst driving and thats the last thing you want when doing 70mph. Your best sticking with a refurb'!

 

[marksy93]

going to get some of the plastic dip soon looks like i could mess around with it & thing is though ive heard lots of negative things about respraying but also negative things about powdercoating.

the rims are badly curbed but also have flaking paint & laquer, along with melted...yes melted brake dust!! whoever had these wheels before is a disgrace.....would hate to see the car they came off!!!

 

[marksy93]

ok so have a mate with a skoda vrs on lowering springs...end of the month time he is going to get coilovers and after going to a VW Fest today we pretty much agreed i can have his old suspension. Now i know the fabias are the same car underneath as the ibiza & the polo, but just want to be sure - will the vrs suspension (shocks etc) fit on my lil 1.2 bezza?

 

[mick-fr]

Pretty sure it will.

 

[marksy93]

cheers, was in the vrs today with 169bhp & uprated turbo and it cornered so flat so should be alright on my car if i actually get it

 

[marksy93]

after a good clean yesterday -

also how low my mates thing my car should be -

 

[Chris_a_73]

Looks sweet mate. What's the IBIZA plate in the window?

 

[alwaysinfront]

mods

i like wot you are doing and the rear looks so much better de-badged

 

[Veyron]

looking good! Paint those brakes though!

 

[marksy93]

Looks sweet mate. What's the IBIZA plate in the window?

Went to the VWFest & Harewood house last weekend and saw it and thought I'm having that...not everyone's taste but I like it

Alloy refurb should happen at the start of September along with painted calumets (and possibly new tyre & plastic dip) however all depends on the monies!!

 

[ALEXZ360]

I take it you mean callipers?

 

[marksy93]

yeah dam autocorrect!!

 

[pezzlauk]

Yeah they match the sidelights nicely, went for 6000K

For some reason they look really blue in pictures

and these are where i got them from:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/H4-H4-3-6000K...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3cb37703b1

your link for ebay didnt work, can you send another or a another item the same for sale. would be great.

 

[phillpotts92]

Marksy you coming down to see how the broatolians do meets then?

 

[phillpotts92]

Bristolians, fooking iPhone!