2006 Ibiza FR TDi - Project Smke

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Hi all.
Long time lurker here but new poster.

I've always been a bit of a diesel fan boy and never owned a petrol before but this is the best so far and quite an upgrade over my last car (1999 Corsa 1.5TD)

Bought it a few months back with 95k on it as a daily driver that's not too boring. Came with FSH and 2 owners from new. One was dealership for 16 days then owned by 1 person from then on.

Anyhows, here's a list of the stuff i've done so far and a few pictures

Current mods
Ibiza Cupra PD160 cold air feed pipe
Stainless steel custom made turbo back exhaust into performance backbox.
Green cotton panel filter
Plastic boot liner & carpet insert
Seat parcel shelf tray
Philips Blue Vision Ultra headlight bulbs
Philips Blue Vision sidelight bulbs
Osram Nightbreaker Plus full beam bulbs
Tailored black floor mats
5% limo tint to rear windows
SMD white number plate LEDs
Cree white boot and interior LEDs

Planned mods
Seat Sport front mount intercooler with strainless steel hard pipe kit
EGR valve removed (got parts to do this)
ERG valve cooler removed (got parts to do this)
Custom remap
Poweflex front suspension wishbone bushes (got)
Whiteline adjustable rear anti roll bar
OMP upper strut brace
Fly Eyes kit on rear lights
JVC MP3 player stereo with bluetooth kit (got)
Pressed plates
Powder coat wheels Anthracite

 

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Some of the stuff that's been done so far


5% Limo tint on rear windows

I do a bit of camping and run RC models so didn't want the OEM carpet to get dirty
Cupra intake as well as i like a bit of turbo whistle in my life

Green cotton air filter as well (might swap this back though)

PD130 air feed pipe vs PD160

 

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Booked in for 2.5" Turbo back exhaust on 15th October.

Will be getting the following work done just after that

EGR delete
EGR cooler delete
Coolant drained & replaced
New expansion tank
Powerflex wishbone bushes fitted
Intake manifold removed & cleaned out
Custom remap

Should be good.

 

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Exhaust made & fitted now.
Feels a little more responsive when pottering around and seems to pull a bit better from the mid to high range as well when giving it some.

Ended up as 2.25" turbo back then feeds into 3" system with 1 silencer.

Sorry for rubbish pictures. Had camera on wrong settings.

 

[dann2707]

Nice progress mate

 

[Hardcore]

Thanks man!

Noticed a typo above. It's a 2.25" pipe from the turbo feeding into a 2.5" pipe, not a 3" one.

 

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Small video from tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20t50GpO5tQ

 

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Just a small update.

Was fed up with the dated look of the Philips Blue Vision sidelights. They're whiter than standard, but still quite yellow

These LED sidelights are the whitest i've found so far

From this, Philips Blue Vision

To this, Osram LED 6000k sidelights

 

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[BeezaDave]

Where did you get those mate?

 

[Hardcore]

From here mate.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221318156105?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I had bought another set before from a different seller, but the quality was poor and weren't 100% legal.
These ones are pretty good this time.

 

[BeezaDave]

Thanks for the link mate. Don't think they will work for me as I need Irish plates. But they look good quality

 

[KK]

Are the sidelights good? thinking of changing mine.
Krish

 

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I've tried dozens over the years and you never get a set that are pure white really. Mostly blueish white, and sometimes warm white.

These ones are built a lot better than the ebay ones (tbh for the price i'd be annoyed if they weren't)

They're quite blue looking compared to my philips blue vision headlights because they're still a bit yellow, but when they're on by themself they look awesome.

These ones are really good as well and a bit cheaper. Had them in my Corsa

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/the-ultimate-ii-501-t10-194-1-x-1-5-watt-ultra-xenon-white.html

 

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Fly eyes kit & pressed plates fitted

 

[BeezaDave]

Looks tidy. What did you use to stick the plates on?

 

[Hardcore]

Thanks mate. Trying to keep the mods subtle and tasteful.

Just used some good quality double sided tape. Just hope i don't need to take them off again anytime soon lol.

 

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Got the JVC Bluetooth stereo installed now so no more ancient CD's!
It's pretty decent for a single din unit

Took it out for a clean today and some photos and it started to snow!
Better picture of the rear end with pressed plates, exhaust and Fly Eyes kit

 

[mickyp1989]

looking good man. just ordered some pressed plates for myself, hopefully theyll be legal, it said so on the website. any other mods planned? iv just fly eyes mine recently. only seem to have problems with the edges peeling away a bit when they get wet =S re wrapped them the other day with as much wrapped over and theyre holding well =)

id go for a rear de badge next =) piece of cake to do. dental floss, hair drier, tar remover and plenty of elbow grease =)

 

[Mr W]

Liking what you've done there, definately subtle but tasteful