My TDi, Sprayed interior bits + front grill + new pics of carputer

[Le0nheart]

Is that a touch-screen? Looks bloody awesome!!

 

[Mikey_H]

i just recently bought a touchscreen kenwood double din headunit do you think i could get a pc to run from that?? i love the idea of a car pc, you should have painted the rings around your dials red aswell think i'm going to do the same buy just in like a metailc black or grey red is very bold!

 

[RichIbizaSport]

Yeah its touch screen, its very good!

Mikey, if the headunit has a vga (d-sub, like a computer monitor) and a usb touchscreen connector it'll be fine.

Ive fitted the red grill, so heres the pics, i think it looks awesome personally! Even my perents liked it lol!

 

[Mikey_H]

mate hats off to you that grill looks awesome, umm i dunno if my headunit meets those requirements lol i know it has aux in and has a usb adaptor so i can plug a usb storage into it but dunno about the other bits i bought it off a mate who only had it for about 2 or 3 weeks

 

[fr-tdi]

IMO red parts inside look a bit chavvy like youd find on a ****-box saxo, red grille doesnt seem to work either, but hey ho each to their own lol

 

[Damoegan]

I think the grill looks awsome mate. Infact you've insired me to do the same to my badgeless grill.

What primer did you use mate? and how many layers of laquer did you do?

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Grill does look really nice! Think you are the first to paint one red!

Just need a facelift/Cupra bumper now and it'll look ten times better still!

 

[mixupz]

well done dude looks great..

 

[RichIbizaSport]

I think the grill looks awsome mate. Infact you've insired me to do the same to my badgeless grill.

What primer did you use mate? and how many layers of laquer did you do?

I got all my spraying stuff from halfords. Pic of what i used on the first page. The yellow primer filler i was using was left over from my carputer install, it ran out pretty fast so i used some bog standard grey primer from halfords.

Sanded it down with some wire wool, washed with clean water.

Sprayed 2 layers of primer, 15-30 mins between.

Waited an hour after the second layer of primer, then sprayed the red paint, did 3 coats with 30 mins between.

Waited 1 hour for about 5 thin layers of laquer (15 mins between), thin layers because i didnt want runs. Left to dry over night and that was it!

Just need a facelift/Cupra bumper now and it'll look ten times better still!

Im on the look out for facelift bumpers cheap. So watch this space

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Im on the look out for facelift bumpers cheap. So watch this space

Good man! It makes all the difference!

 

[ScottHmk4]

bumper certainly makes a massive difference, im lookin for 1 aswell, does it have to be declared to insurance as its still a standard bumper? oh and red grill looks good mate.

 

[luke c]

if your going for a euro look i think the prefacelift works better but if you want the front to look agressive the facelift looks much better

 

[Damoegan]

Looks much better. Only think missing now is a FMIC

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

bumper certainly makes a massive difference, im lookin for 1 aswell, does it have to be declared to insurance as its still a standard bumper? oh and red grill looks good mate.

Im not going to say anything on this subject. Insurance ALWAYS kicks off massive fights and I was in the middle of the last one!

You should notify your insurance of every single mod you do. Even if it's changing wheel TRIMS from standard.

Looks much better. Only think missing now is a FMIC

I know! Massive hole where it should be!

 

[Sportrider]

So heres the finished pics, mixed with the carpc

Really not sure on the top window vents, tempted to spray them back to black, opinions?

n.b. thats not the kind of stain your thinking of! It was from the previous owner with a big greasy burger, ive tried everything to get it out!

Firstly how did you get the centre vents out?

and secondly where you get the boot shelf/tray from?

 

[RichIbizaSport]

centre vents i took out the centre console and reached through the headunit slots. im sure theres a better way but oh well!

boot tray i got from ebay, its an official accessory. They occasionally pop up on ebay every now and again.

 

[bizzaboy]

Great idea! The Car PC system that you have installed!
Are the PC components secured at all, or sitting loose in their little compartments.

What happens when you run over speed bumps/potholes - doesnt it cause the PC to crash (due to the vibration)?

Also what front end software are you using to control the PC system/Windows?
....as i take it you are not using a keyboard and mouse in the car!

Can you "hide" the touch screen in your dash, so it doesn't attract unwanted attention, when parked up at a shopping centre/car park.

Excellent - keep up the great work

 

[RichIbizaSport]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=134302

alot of the info is there

Speed bumps are fine

Im using RoadRunner, no mouse, but i do have a flexible rubber usb keyboard in my drivers side under seat tray.

I recently "re-did" the screen install. First time around i used mainly bumper fill to mould the screen, as you can probably see in the pics above it started to crack and shower the yellow primer. So this time around i had a bash at fibre glassing, its very good stuff, absolutelty solid. So it looks pretty OEM, but ive also bolted it in so its not removable without getting right into the dash from the ash tray area. The only way to get it out quickly is to smash it to pieces!

 

[PLuKE]

Hi.

How did you spray the two piece of plastic on the front and back of the gearstick?. Had a quick look on mine and there are plactic clips, But before i touch them i wanna make sure that they wont just break off.

Thanks
Luke

 

[Andy.P]

Does this help luke?

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=110024&highlight=removing+gear+surround