Seat Ibiza MK2 TDI - Wide / Rally bodykit -> Project iDrive finished!

[hakkow]

Hi everyone!
About a month ago I started on my very own Ibiza project, and thought it was about time to share it with you guys!
As you might have guessed from the title, I’m going to make a wide body Seat Ibiza Mk2, sort of like the WRC KitCar Seat won the world title with, remember?:

^^This is not my car, it’s an official rally car..^

THIS is my car now. Read on the thread for the build details!

So far the Ibiza is equipped with a CarPC. The screen is molded in the dash. Unfortunatly, I haven't made any in-car pics..

And made some custom tweeter holders, because the original place had to make way for future updates


So, now it’s time for the most recent part of the Ibiza project; making it wider! – the story so far
First things first; Roll the car in a garage, and take it apart:

We test-fitted the panels, and realized we had to cut the rear fenders a little


Because of the dull 10 images limit.. more to come.

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edit: made some linkies

 

[hakkow]

Then for another testrun;

After several hours staring at the car, and call it a day..

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[hakkow]

The following day off, I fine tuned the headlights. We started with a pretty large gap, but managed to make it fit without any huge gaps

Some time later I received something to fill the front bumper with:

But that for later, now back the widebody;

Because we’d cut the fenders, the outer and inner bodywork had come lose. Time to do some stitching!

Rust control;

And on special request; the insides

So that’s it for now. I will post the progress here, but for more updates and bigger and more pictures please check http://www.xclusion.nl

 

[UncleFester]

Mmmm like that! You do know that smilies count as images in your posts

 

[hakkow]

Thnx!

Yeah I know.. thats why it became 3 posts ..

 

[UncleFester]

How did you make the arches up, part of a kit or did you fabricate them yourself?

 

[hakkow]

I bought them as a kit. didn't came with a front bumper though

 

[hakkow]

Almost a month past, so there are a few updates!

Early this month the left widepanel got glued on. The fun finally starts, because this alows us the work on the little gaps that remain.



The sideskirt and the bodypanel don't close up perfectly. This leaves a little gap, which really has to go! With this gap fixed, the left side is almost finished.



Almost a month ago, I had to receive the fuelcap.. Off course this didn't happen. Delivery time went from 5 days, to a month; without notice.. really anoying!
With the fuelcap arrived, we could start on the right side! First to fit the fuelcap on the original panel, then to fit the panel. Here's some phone pics of the cap
(Special Thnx! to Fl@pper for the fuelcap)

After this was sorted out, and the cap was fitted, we went to glueing the right panel. More of this later

 

[suj]

looks awesome mate, cannot wait to see when its finished

 

[vngtx]

im watching this thread i want to build the same and im sure im not the only one

 

[Chris Eyre]

Hakko, nice to see your write up here.

I am not sure if it helps, but this may be interesting information.

This is an Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 rear wheel arch:

 

[hakkow]

Ah thnx! thats great.
They just welded the whole piece shut, instead of using a plastic mudschield. And the fender is really thin, where mine is actually pretty thick, with a inch or so folded in just like the original 6K fenders.. I'll have to cut that up though, else the wheels will never be able to bounce up n down

 

[abhardwaj1990]

I'm subscribing to this, brilliant job so far, can't wait to see the end product

 

[Fl@pper]

i noticed you listed it as TD ?? turbo diesel ?

i don't suppose you have it stripped enough to get pics of the pedal box/master cylinder setup on teh bulkhead at all ?

 

[hakkow]

It's a TDi indeed Haven't got any pics of that area, and haven't really stripped that down too.. But, if its something you need to know, I could take a look in my tiny brain, or at the car for an answer just let me know

 

[CraigW]

This build looks awesome mate. . I cant wait to see the finished result.

One thing, how are you planning to extend the front and rear track widths?

 

[tony100]

Where did you get the kit from??

 

[Art0ir]

one thing, how are you planning to extend the front and rear track widths?

+1

 

[Fl@pper]

It's a TDi indeed Haven't got any pics of that area, and haven't really stripped that down too.. But, if its something you need to know, I could take a look in my tiny brain, or at the car for an answer just let me know

no panic but if you are in there doing an update at any point grab us a couple of pics of the pedal/bulkhead area mainly for the clutch pedal and cylinder as Naz is looking at doing a hydraulic clutch conversion so would be nice to see what the setup and bulkhead is like on yours even if it is lhd

glad to see ya got the fuel cap sorted though - looks bang on

 

[hakkow]

One thing, how are you planning to extend the front and rear track widths?

The front (I don' know how to call this in English..) struts? (The things your wheels hang on ) will be replaced with a Golf VR6's. And the rear will be widen't by spacers. (Don't worry, porsches have 9CM spacers 'out of the box' should be strong enough)

no panic but if you are in there doing an update at any point grab us a couple of pics of the pedal/bulkhead area mainly for the clutch pedal and cylinder as Naz is looking at doing a hydraulic clutch conversion so would be nice to see what the setup and bulkhead is like on yours even if it is lhd

glad to see ya got the fuel cap sorted though - looks bang on

Alright, I'll snap some pics when i'm with the car again
I'm also really glad the fuelcap is sorted, damn delivery time got me worrying

Here's a peak of the cap on it's place;


Thanks for al the positive reaction everyone! :