My first Seat, recommendation welcome :)

[splinter26]

Again sorry for the poor picture, i only have my phone on me at the moment and the weathers not that great.

Looking at that picture now confirms it, it definitely needs lowering! Wouldn't know where to start though :S

 

[rahul]

I thought I was the only one on the forum with the Baby Seat! It's nice to know there's others around, well what I've done to mine so far is that I got my dealer to replace the wingmirror covers for the higher spec ones, so they're in colour with the body.

Also, how have you painted your door handles? I would be interested to know..

 

[jc_boc]

Again sorry for the poor picture, i only have my phone on me at the moment and the weathers not that great.

Looking at that picture now confirms it, it definitely needs lowering! Wouldn't know where to start though :S

Those wheels really do look good heheheheheheehhe. Whatever you do, don't get the lowering springs from SEAT, I hear a lot of ppl are disapointed by the height after as it is still too high. You are better off getting an aftermarket set to drop the car by about 40mm i think unless you want it lower then get fully adjustable coillies

 

[char_baby]

Exactly what Jason said (as we had this convo the other day )

get other springs.

 

[splinter26]

Rahul: haha same as. I'd love a Boc or Cupra but no way can i afford one at the moment lol I haven't painted my doorhandles so can't help with that sorry

Cheers guys appreciate your help, after some searching the other day i found these: http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pa...biza;manufacturer=fksuspension;sub_category=1

However i am at a loss as to whats correct etc. If those are the correct springs, will i need anything else or is it a case of buying them and having them installed?

Also a longshot, anyone know where i can get some smoked indicators that will fit?

 

[rahul]

Rahul: haha same as. I'd love a Boc or Cupra but no way can i afford one at the moment lol I haven't painted my doorhandles so can't help with that sorry

Cheers guys appreciate your help, after some searching the other day i found these: http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pa...biza;manufacturer=fksuspension;sub_category=1

However i am at a loss as to whats correct etc. If those are the correct springs, will i need anything else or is it a case of buying them and having them installed?

Also a longshot, anyone know where i can get some smoked indicators that will fit?

I'd absolutely love a Speed blue Cupra (Cupradean's is amazing) or Techie's boc, its just out of this world.

And the smoked indicators can be found on eBay i think, if they'll fit, but i think someone can confirm this

 

[splinter26]

Yeah i spotted some on eBay but they didnt make it clear whether they would fit an 08 onward model. I imagine it would however dont want to risk it in case lol

 

[jc_boc]

Rahul: haha same as. I'd love a Boc or Cupra but no way can i afford one at the moment lol I haven't painted my doorhandles so can't help with that sorry

Cheers guys appreciate your help, after some searching the other day i found these: http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pa...biza;manufacturer=fksuspension;sub_category=1

However i am at a loss as to whats correct etc. If those are the correct springs, will i need anything else or is it a case of buying them and having them installed?

Also a longshot, anyone know where i can get some smoked indicators that will fit?

Your ibiza is a 6J model so none of those would work mate hehehehehhe

 

[jc_boc]

Maybe these................
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PI-Seat-Ibiza...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2559e627a4

or these....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/APEX-LOWERING...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e5ca2eb12

or these............
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EIBACH-PRO-KI...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c52a21174

 

[char_baby]

You've picked out some good ones there Jason. Liking the look of the 2nd lot.

 

[jc_boc]

Thanks char and tbh the prices are very good too so you can't go wrong with that.

 

[splinter26]

Wow thanks for the help! Fantastic!

So if i was to go for the second set i wouldn't need to purchase anything else such as different shock absorbers etc?

Cant go wrong with that price, just a matter of how much it'll cost to get them fitted i guess.

 

[VRSLOZ]

Wow thanks for the help! Fantastic!

So if i was to go for the second set i wouldn't need to purchase anything else such as different shock absorbers etc?

Cant go wrong with that price, just a matter of how much it'll cost to get them fitted i guess.

No mate, will fit on your existing shocks so will just need to pay for fitting

 

[tkmking]

Having changed the springs on my old car and kept the standard dampers, I can't really stress the importance of changing both enough! What I found was that the car looked better, cornered a little better and gave me more oversteer. However, with this came the horrible ride over bumps - since the springs and dampers were out of phase, every bump can be felt and I had to take speedbumps at a crawl; it will also shorten the life of the dampers as they're being pumped at a different frequency than designed for! Sorry to put a dampener on things ('scuse the pun!) but if I were to do it again, I'd save up for the whole spring damper set - you will get all the positives and less of the negatives!

 

[jc_boc]

I agree with you mate. that is why I am going to be paying about £1200.00 for my KW V3 with are hight, bounce and rebound adjustable. Supplied and fitted by VW Racing. Alot to pay but I am thinking it will be worth it as I don't have to worry about changing the ARB too.

 

[splinter26]

Looks like i'm going to be colouring in some cardboard and sticking it on my car to make it look like it has less of a gap between the wheel and the arch then lol

Cheers for the input everyone, i daren't take the risk of messing my car up. Looks like the tinting will be the next alteration to be made along with the painting of the badges when i finally figure out how to get them off!

 

[jc_boc]

splinter there is a thread here that shows you how remove all the badges from techie. just have a search for it mate hehehehehehee.

 

[splinter26]

splinter there is a thread here that shows you how remove all the badges from techie. just have a search for it mate hehehehehehee.

Yeah i have looked at them. But the description as to how to remove the handle on the back is over my head. It seems simple enough just removing screws etc, its just i can't for the life of me find where the screws are lmao

Tempted to buy the FR grill in later today, when it arrives dismantle the badge from that one and do it to see what it looks like. Rather than having a grill-less car while paint dries etc.

 

[Dave 77]

On the rear i think its in the handle that u grab to close the boot x2 T20 screws i think then just pull the rest off, il have a look later when i get my car bk... a few cm lower

 

[splinter26]

Dave: Aye that's what i read but i just cant seem to find where the screws are lol i'll have another look in a bit!

Just ordered the other grill! Should be here Wednesday and i plan on spraying the badge as well. How long this will take i have no idea.

Does anyone happen to know whether the grill i just ordered includes the silver surrounding or not?


Edit: Just booked my tint as well. Although bit confused as they claim its illegal to tint the front door windows as its close to the % allowed anyway :S I originally wanted dark smoke on back three and light on front two. But now i'm just going to have dark smoke on the back three and nothing on the front two... Oh well i'll see how it turns out and figure the rest out later. Its booked in for next Wednesday. Need to figure out how to treat the badge before painting before tomorrow first as i want to get it set up asap