Latest mod pictures...my hybrid Ibiza - now sold!

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Not had chance to give it the beans yet. I think the new tyres feel better, but then of course they are going to compared to tyres that were on the limits before.

I've heard the tyres are crap in the wet, but the Toyos were towards the end so we'll just have to wait and see.

Got some pictures to post up later of my latest step forward

 

[ibiza_1.4tdi]

wht tyres you go for

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

wht tyres you go for

Yokohama Parada Spec 2's.

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Pics of my newly shot blasted and powder coated 312mm brake caliper carriers.

 

[josh263uk]

where did you get the calipers shot blasted and painted? what was the cost and time scale?


also who did you use for your tracking?

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

where did you get the calipers shot blasted and painted? what was the cost and time scale?


also who did you use for your tracking?

I got the carriers shot blasted and powder coated at Black Bull Engineering. Used to be on Colley Lane, now on Bristol Road. Also known as Blast N Bake i think.

They charged £10 for both of them to be shot blasted and powdered coated! BARGAIN i thought!

And Bridgwater Tyres and Exhausts did the tyres and the tracking. £25 for laser alignment - cant be bad?

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Oh and guys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KscTrgyueLk

 

[cupra.al]

smokey sounds beastly though.

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Smokey! Good effort. What was under the hood of the other Ibiza?

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Smokey! Good effort. What was under the hood of the other Ibiza?

PD100 with a map. I bogged down off the line - but pass it as soon as I go past the camera.

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Next cheap mod - while I'm saving for brakes. I was gonna get something different aerial wise, but bought this instead.

When I got it:

Just standard black.

So took it into work and now it looks like this:

 

[Damoegan]

That looks realy cool, Ash

I have been thinking about doing this too but cant be arsed to pull the head lining out

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Had to modify my drivers side splash guard as I was getting a loud cracking noise when i turned in hard right lock. I found out the droplink was twanging on the edge of the splash guard.

Splash guard before:

You can see where it was catching:

Splash guard after:

Bit cut out:

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

That looks realy cool, Ash

I have been thinking about doing this too but cant be arsed to pull the head lining out

Neither can I - gonna try to slide my hand in from the back and do it.

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

And just a random pic of the new wishbone bushes when i was trying to find what was causing my twanging noise.

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Had a look at the aerial tonight (Damogen you can get to the aerial through the back of the headlining. )

The fittings are different. The one on the car is like a push fit, with a neck around it that you have to pull back to release the two. The one on the new aerial is like the one that goes into the back of the headunit. So I'm gonna have to sort something out....

 

[Damoegan]

Had a look at the aerial tonight (Damogen you can get to the aerial through the back of the headlining. )

The fittings are different. The one on the car is like a push fit, with a neck around it that you have to pull back to release the two. The one on the new aerial is like the one that goes into the back of the headunit. So I'm gonna have to sort something out....

Can you get some pics of both connections, Ash?

Where did you get the shark fin from?

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Can you get some pics of both connections, Ash?

Where did you get the shark fin from?

I should've taken pictures really.

I got the aerial from ebay.

The connector on the car is an small male and female connector, with a sliding sleeve that goes over the two. You pull the sleeve back and pull the aerial connectors apart. I've seen adapters that look alright on ebay - but am gonna go see the radio shop tomorrow and go from there.

 

[1.9...stefan]

keep us informed... id like to do something similar

 

[Neil82]

Got a few pics for y'all! Sorry but my camera on my phone is broken it would seem! The pictures look alright when I take them, but now i've uploaded them they are all funny.

Allards EGR removal pipe - done.

Hi,

Where did you get the metal intercooler pipe and the silicone bend that goes in to the egr replacement pipe?

Cheers
NEil