Jamie's Mk4 Ibiza Cupra...219bhp & 244ft/lb 11.4.13 - Exhaust =D

[TDiCupraChris]

Sorry to here you had some bad luck with your order mate, these things shouldn't happen, but I suppose they send out so many kits that there is gonna be the odd one that's not right, it must have been packed on a friday afternoonthey were rushing cos they couldn't wait to get home

Hope it gets sorted soon!!

 

[Cupra_Jay]

cheers mate!! hopefully it should be turning up today...well it wants to be anyway!! lol was surprised how easy it was to fit the kit..couldnt of taken us longer than 30/45 mins all in all. gonna have to go solo tonight when i fit the other side..hopefully i wont fook it up!!
does make me laugh though how their site says that they check all kits before they are shipped out....well they clearly dont otherwise i wouldnt be in this problem!!



chris - how have you mounted the ballast boxes? i see where you have mounted them, but how have you mounted them as they HIDs dont appear to come with brackets???

 

[Cupra_Jay]

Picked up my replacement ballast box from the post office this morning after they failed to delvier it to my house even though my sister was in (just stuck a 'sorry we tried to deliver and you werent here' letter through the door! )

Fitted the new ballast box during my lunch in my work car park...only took 20 mins from start to finish and now i have 2 working HIDs cant wait till it gets dark now

will take some photos and put up as and when i can

 

[TDiCupraChris]

That's great news, glad you have got it sorted out, although how have you fixed the ballasts??? You should have got 4 double sided sticky pads with the kit, 1 for each starter and ballast, so it makes it really easy to fit, if you didn't get these with your kit, then I would ring them asap and get them to send them out to you

 

[Cupra_Jay]

only got 2 little pads which ive used for the smaller of the 2 boxes....not the ballast boxes. Havent had a chance to screw them down yet but i have put them in places where they arent going to move from anytime soon!! going to look into screwing then down this weekend

 

[Cupra_Jay]

Cooked my brakes at Bedford Autodrome on saturday at a track day..i knew they would need replacing shortly but thought they would last slightly longer! the discs are FUBAR'd, so have ordered a set of these for the fronts....

EBC Turbo Groove Discs (312mm)

and a set of plain EBC rear disc (233mm)

Also ordered a set of Yellow stuff pads for the front and back aswell! Should be turning up in the next few days...hopefully!!

There also maybe a decent update to come within the next few weeks so watch this space!!

 

[kenny_fr]

Very nice will they be getting fitted soon then?

If you dont mind me asking where did you source your rear anti-roll bar
and how much was it hoping to get one in the new year at some point.

 

[Cupra_Jay]

aint a prob at all mate..the antiroll bar i got From Awesome GTI cost me £100 plus vat (so £117.50). This was back in August/September though. Would ef recommend getting one though, made a HUGE difference to the handling of my ibiza

hopefully going to try and fit the brakes this weekend, discs turn up tomoro and not 100% sure when pads will turn up, hopefully tomoro aswell. going to fit them with my mate

 

[kenny_fr]

Cool thanks for that.

 

[Cupra_Jay]

Brakes turned up today.....

Fronts

Rears

Some pics of my HIDs compared to my mates Corsa VXR standard headlights

Difference between dipped and high beam

 

[TDiCupraChris]

Nice set of disc's you have there mate and your HID's are looking great
They are so good to drive with hey, are you pleased with the results, the best mod i've done so far
Only thing is that they make your main beam look very very yellow dont they, i thought about making my main beam HID, but I hardly ever use it anyway, so there isn't much point really!!

 

[TDiCupraChris]

Just out of interest, how does your mates corsa VXR stand up to your Cupra??
I've been told they are pretty quick

 

[Damoegan]

Think those are the discs I'm getting after christmas mate. Look nice. Have you fittet them yet?

 

[Cupra_Jay]

Fitted my new brakes last weekend, cleverly brought the wrong sized front pads so had to order new pads from EBC, these turned up just before xmas and havent got round to fitting them yet

Excuse the state of the wheels...they have since been cleaned

Have also fitted the EBC plain rear discs and yellow stuff pads. Took us a while to work out how to remove the rear calipers...didnt appreciate they where 2 part calipers AND Seat had Loctite'd the bolts on which made life fun!! Also had to spend £25 on a tool to push back the rear piston as they werent just a push back jobbie....had to be twisted and pushed at the same time!!

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

They're the EBC Turbo discs aren't they? How'd you rate them?

 

[Cupra_Jay]

yeah they are the EBC turbo groove discs. id def rate them well, my mate has them all round on his gt4 and stop very well and they where rated well in a Redline mag i had on holiday this year..when tested on a Audi TT

Just need to fit my new Yellow stuff pads now as ive got the standard pads on and they are almost extinct!! just gotta get the tools off my mate and i can do them myself

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

yeah they are the EBC turbo groove discs. id def rate them well, my mate has them all round on his gt4 and stop very well and they where rated well in a Redline mag i had on holiday this year..when tested on a Audi TT

Just need to fit my new Yellow stuff pads now as ive got the standard pads on and they are almost extinct!! just gotta get the tools off my mate and i can do them myself

I was thinking about these for mine when the time comes but since heard that Tarox discs are better with Ferrodo pads. You'll have to let me know how they wear. Heard aftermarket discs can corrode quicker than OE ones...

 

[turbo009]

Nice disc and the hids look great mate

 

[Cupra_Jay]

I was thinking about these for mine when the time comes but since heard that Tarox discs are better with Ferrodo pads. You'll have to let me know how they wear. Heard aftermarket discs can corrode quicker than OE ones...

Have heard good things about Tarox aswell, did consider them but where a lot more expensive than the EBC stuff. Will let you know how i get on with them, but in regards to wear n tear, my standard 312mm discs lasted TWO sets of Seat pads!! Will have to try and get some photos up of what my discs look like...they are fooked!!

 

[Damoegan]

Looking good, Jay.

I'll be ordering mine this week along with ds2500 pads.