16v Bonnet catch / tracking

[2pac58]

hi guys i pick my new car up on monday i decided 2 go from a mk 2 1.4 fresca 2 a 2lt 16v cupra.just have a couple of questions the bonnet does open but the catch in the car has just about had it also the tracking needs sorting any1 no what kinda price ill be looking at?

 

[truCido]

tracking depends, if its just the front toe then your probably looking at about £25 - £30. Goto a proper place that does 4 wheel alignment + camber though to make sure its done properly.

 

[2pac58]

thx i like the sound of that price lol

 

[SKOT]

Caster camber is about £60 but i struggled to find somewhere that dose it.

 

[Phil Gee]

As above really. Go to somewhere that will do a proper job and get a print out of the readings. If you can afford it then get the full 4 wheel alignment done. It'll be well worth it. I work at a main dealer (non vag) and we charge aprox £80 for the full thing.

 

[Dolly_Gti]

didnt know you could adjust the rears .... just go for 2 wheel aligement £20ish for just toe around 50-60 for camber. camber shouldnt move unless its had suspension although i guess its nice to know its all good/

 

[Phil Gee]

Dont know if you can adjust the rear but if its a proper 4-wheel alignment machine, it will measure the rears anyway and tell you if there are any probs just for peace of mind. Think its mainly cars with multi link suspension that you can adjust rear. Pretty sure my ibiza is just a single rear beam which cannot be adjusted.
Hope that helps.

 

[truCido]

Yeah the Ibiza is a fixed rear beam so you can't adjust it however the place where doesn't charge anything extra to check it all as its just fitting 2 sensor pad things and the computer does it all.

The Ibiza rears are normally out lol as any little knock seems to affect it

 

[2pac58]

lol i was conned.Iam no expert on cars but i was suspicious turns out i have a 2l 8v....but not much of a prob as insurance and a lot of things are cheaper...y wud this guy claim it was a 16v???? got me puzzled . But after sorting a few things i fink its a fantastic car very quick...Shud this stop me from being annoyed that i was told it was a 16v?

 

[2pac58]

just 2 add this guy really was a con man i viewed the car on sat all looked good tyres everything was perfect so i paid a deposit of £200 and went ahead 2 pick it up on monday thinkin nothing wud have changed with the car.... not until i got it home i noticed problems...only had 1 legal tyre crack in the windscreen wasent happy as he let me drive it away with my sister in it and her 8 month baby in snow and ice
what wud u guys do lol

 

[truCido]

a lot of people think there 8v's are 16v's if you search the forums you'll see quite a lot of it.

I take it you bought it privately? If so it's quite difficult

 

[hopkinsgm]

...Yeah the Ibiza is a fixed rear beam so you can't adjust it...The Ibiza rears are normally out lol as any little knock seems to affect it...

You can actually adjust them, by packing shims inbetween the beam and the stub axle. It's a right old time consuming ballache of a job though...

If the rears are out, the most likely culprit - assuming your wheels are round and run straight and true - is a bent stub axle. The stub axles aren't particularly beefy and you don't have to hit a kerb hard to bend one. A bent beam is pretty unlikely, but not impossible - VAG seemed to learn their lesson with the mk1 Golf which had insanely overbuilt stub axles and a rear beam made of cheese, so in most cases a wallop meant you needed to replace the entire beam. They've tended to do things the right way round on subsequent models. If both rears are out by roughly equal and opposite amounts, it could just be a load of slop in the bushings where the rear beam joins to the body.

 

[Cupra Kid]

8v is no slower that a 16v real world so you've not lost out much and its cheaper to run and insure. If its private sale your stuck really, however if you contact trading standards ASAP i think there is a space of a week where you can return it or claim damages. If the car is illegal then it has to be clearly sold as spares or repairs