Owen's Ibiza

Oj 89

Senior junior member

Aug 19, 2008

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NW Kent

• Sep 5, 2008

• #1

Well, it finally winged it's way to me, my Y reg Ibiza Chill. Nothing could wipe the smile from my face! Nothing! Here's a couple of pics for ya!

On the front:

• Modifying the bit at the bottom like markmeus has. (Sorry, it looks fantastic though)
• Xenon lights, or something brighter than the ones I've got atm.
• (Kind of front) Colour coded mirrors (poss)
• Alloys
• New fog Light on drivers side (Lil bit of water in there ) done!

On the back:

• Rear spacers, Geez it needs it!
• de-badge
• Any other suggestions?

Inside:

• Boot build 12" sub in boot
• new 4x6's, or whatever they are.
• Dash LED kit (It shall be blue)
• (poss) short throw gear stick
• New Handbrake handle (yeuch)
• Door handle respray/do something with them.
• a litte bit more of a clean every week

Okay, thats it so far. Only just got it back from the dealership, so no time for a clean, now going for a show off Any suggestions, criticisms, uhhh, random chat, It's all good, just, don't be too harsh, I'm not on here to help, I'm on here, hopefully, to be helped. Thanks guys 'n' girls

Owen

 

Last edited: Mar 6, 2012

markmeus

Mark Graham

Jun 9, 2007

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Banbridge, Northern Ireland

• Sep 5, 2008

• #2

Great little motor. Lovely colour too. Will look great with the front bumper mod.

Liking the list of mods you have planned, that'll keep you busy

I have water in my fog lights too, must get that sorted. They're starting to go rusty inside. Seen some going cheapish on eBay a while ago so shouldn't be too hard to source some.

Will be watching this thread, can't wait to see how it progresses.

 

D.K

LCR 225

Oct 24, 2007

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• Sep 5, 2008

• #3

Try and come down to the london meet mate it's not too far from you
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=185099

 

UncleFester

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Apr 30, 2006

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• Sep 5, 2008

• #4

Nice and clean

 

M155 IBIZA

Guest

• Sep 5, 2008

• #5

Thats really nice - i nearly had a black one but they were really rare in my area when i was looking - typical now, they are everywhere but i'm happy with my little Izzy.

 

Brummy

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Mar 6, 2005

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Moved to the DarkSide

• Sep 5, 2008

• #6

few subtle mods and it'll start looking really nice

 

bertrum

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• Sep 5, 2008

• #7

Nice lil motor you got there fella! No doubt 'Mat @ SWS' will be along shortly lol, if you ask him nicely, he might have some bits from his ill 1.4 mk3...

 

Oj 89

Senior junior member

Aug 19, 2008

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NW Kent

• Sep 6, 2008

• #8

Okay, couple or three things...

1) Spacers. Little help on sourcing? I'm pretty handy with eBay, but that's about it.

2) What spacers are best for the back?

3) First panic, on the right hand side of the engine, there's what looks like a sensor where the (what looks like) top of the engine is... And it's got oil spurting out of it... and ideas?

 

D.K

LCR 225

Oct 24, 2007

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• Sep 6, 2008

• #9

Try AmD or Badger5 for the spacers thay are site sponsers on here.

 

D.K

LCR 225

Oct 24, 2007

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• Sep 6, 2008

• #10

Have you got a pic of where the oil's coming from ???

 

BigWill

Jun 13, 2008

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• Sep 6, 2008

• #11

That's a lovely motor you've got there mate, you must be really proud of it, as D.K says, you're gonna have to start coming to the meets, you'll get a tonne of advice from people close up about what to do to the car.

Anyways, hope you enjoy your car mate!

forgot to ask, what's the engine size?

 

Last edited: Sep 6, 2008

Oj 89

Senior junior member

Aug 19, 2008

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NW Kent

• Sep 6, 2008

• #12

Oops, it's a 1.4, slow as hell compared to a cupra, but I had a 1.2 before, so it seems quick Give me 2 seconds, I'll see if I can get a pic of where the oils coming from

It's coming from the little green plug in the centre of the pic. Thanks for the help

 

Last edited: Sep 6, 2008

Cupra Kid

Has a TDI!!

Oct 13, 2005

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Chesterfield, Derbyshire

• Sep 6, 2008

• #13

could be oil pressure switch, gonna have to get out on our 1.4 chill and look now

A Good mod is cupra interior or GTI/sport interiror like we have in ours, seats are a million times better.

Love the black.

 

Oj 89

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Aug 19, 2008

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NW Kent

• Sep 8, 2008

• #14

Looooool! Had my car three days and it's ALREADY in a garage being repaired. Thank Nick for RAC warranty Anyways, While it's in there, thought I'd start shopping for rims. 1st prob: My cuz n me were looking at the wheel arches and he reckoned you could only just fit 195/15" wheels on it without scraping or having to cut out the arches. Is anyone any wiser here? Would be nice to have some numbers to work to before I going wheels that won't fit

Hopefully will have car back by next week. Then the fun begins properly, as my old corsa will be off the drive, means I won't be laying on the road to see how to get the bottom of the front bumper off :s

Last thing, I promise. How will lowering the car affect what wheels you can put on it? Thanks Guys n gals, I'll update soon

 

bertrum

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• Sep 8, 2008

• #15

lol, the mk3 cupra alloys are 16" iirc... there's a set of black ones in the for sale section i think - without tyres though...
lowering... ian_cupra and adam1.4ibiza both have coilovers with these wheels... i expect you to suffer from no problems given the correct setup!

EDIT: Link added for wheels http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=186731

 

Last edited by a moderator: Sep 8, 2008

ndbrgr

THFC

Jul 21, 2008

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• Sep 10, 2008

• #16

My 2001 'S' came with 205/45/16" on and iv still got acres of space between the wheel and the arch, iv been told you can fit 205/45/17".

 

Mat

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• Sep 10, 2008

• #17

Leave the rear lights as they are, just get some tint spray on em. I did (4 years ago) and they look mint

 

V15NEV

Cat Stopper

Feb 15, 2008

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• Sep 10, 2008

• #18

i have 205/40/17 tyres and my car is lowered about 40-50mm all round on coilovers and there is no scrubbing of the arches

 

V15NEV

Cat Stopper

Feb 15, 2008

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Manchester

• Sep 10, 2008

• #19

oh yeah leave your rear lights - i changed mine then regretted it and ended up wasting money...

 

Oj 89

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Aug 19, 2008

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NW Kent

• Sep 15, 2008

• #20

Okay, got the car back, all fixed. Now all I want to do is drive it! found some 20mm spacers on fleabay for £40, should do the job. Haven't bought them yet as I'm skint, but I've invested in a couple of ultrawhite LEDs for the sidelights. Should look a lot nicer than the yellow glow I'm getting atm.

Thanks for all the info on the alloys situ, I really need some OZ turismo style ones, they'd finish it off for now beautifully. Ah well. In time. Not as though there's much point, but I was looking at Nevs thread and wondering 'is there any point in colour coding the bump strips on a black car...' lol, just a little update, I'll post pics when they come