Ok, I have a bit of an update that i add to every so often on the Mk2 ibiza forum but thought i needed a proper Readers Ride thread going.
Right, from then till now.
On a very very hot September sunday afternoon I organised to go and see this Ibiza that i had spotted on ebay. (58k on the clock but MOT expiring in 4 weeks).
Its a 3 hour drive from Cannock so I had the cash with me and was going with the intention of buying it. 5 hours later and with me in this and my misses in her white 8v we were on the motorway and heading back to home. Price paid - £1300....(as it was on ebay below)
Once home got it booked it for a service and started planning the Mods and tried to decide on a look i was going to head towards. While in for a service got a SS cat back system on it, however kept having to take it back as it wasnt fitted right and i kept getting a very nasty banging noise when i accelerated....they didnt care though and it makes me wonder if they ever serviced it properly....finally got it sorted after 6 weeks and can safely say the place lost my business forever. The double tail pipe looks good though.
Got the induction kit on and ordered the coilovers and OMP front are rear struts.
It went in to Midland VW ( my new choosen garage ) for its MOT and to have its Struts fitted. Sadly the Coilovers hadnt turned up but i couldnt wait and in it went.
It passed its MOT first time and on went the front strut. ( the rear wasnt fitted as the garage said it wouldnt fitt perfectly )
A week later the coilovers came and back it went to midland VW to have them fitted. The end result was better than i had ever hoped and the car now sits on a drop of about 60m.
After a bloody good clean I added some decals I had made up and some Wolfsburg door pins I had brought. I just wanted to annoy the so called VW fans at work with the door pins.
A week after that i found a bagless front grill laying round the house i had forgotten about. After really really thinking about weather or not to go with it I stuck it on and am now pleased with it.
Next for me was some Stamped plates and i found a Samco induction hose while looking on ebay one day. A cheeky bid of £21 and it was mine and the plates turned up also.
With a bit of spare time between xmas shopping today i got out side and got the hose and German plates on. Just love the looks the plates give the car and am happy with the way the samco hose looks under the bonnet.
Sadly thats it for now but pretty soon it needs to go in for a new front pasenger wing as its badly damaged ( on it when it i brought it ). Also while down the body shop I spoke to the guy about patching up my side repeaters. What i really want to head towards is a car with a smooth finish i think you might call it the Euro look. I want to steer clear of anything chav at all costs and will make sure i update this as soon as anything new is added.
Right, from then till now.
On a very very hot September sunday afternoon I organised to go and see this Ibiza that i had spotted on ebay. (58k on the clock but MOT expiring in 4 weeks).
Its a 3 hour drive from Cannock so I had the cash with me and was going with the intention of buying it. 5 hours later and with me in this and my misses in her white 8v we were on the motorway and heading back to home. Price paid - £1300....(as it was on ebay below)
Once home got it booked it for a service and started planning the Mods and tried to decide on a look i was going to head towards. While in for a service got a SS cat back system on it, however kept having to take it back as it wasnt fitted right and i kept getting a very nasty banging noise when i accelerated....they didnt care though and it makes me wonder if they ever serviced it properly....finally got it sorted after 6 weeks and can safely say the place lost my business forever. The double tail pipe looks good though.
Got the induction kit on and ordered the coilovers and OMP front are rear struts.
It went in to Midland VW ( my new choosen garage ) for its MOT and to have its Struts fitted. Sadly the Coilovers hadnt turned up but i couldnt wait and in it went.
It passed its MOT first time and on went the front strut. ( the rear wasnt fitted as the garage said it wouldnt fitt perfectly )
A week later the coilovers came and back it went to midland VW to have them fitted. The end result was better than i had ever hoped and the car now sits on a drop of about 60m.
After a bloody good clean I added some decals I had made up and some Wolfsburg door pins I had brought. I just wanted to annoy the so called VW fans at work with the door pins.
A week after that i found a bagless front grill laying round the house i had forgotten about. After really really thinking about weather or not to go with it I stuck it on and am now pleased with it.
Next for me was some Stamped plates and i found a Samco induction hose while looking on ebay one day. A cheeky bid of £21 and it was mine and the plates turned up also.
With a bit of spare time between xmas shopping today i got out side and got the hose and German plates on. Just love the looks the plates give the car and am happy with the way the samco hose looks under the bonnet.
Sadly thats it for now but pretty soon it needs to go in for a new front pasenger wing as its badly damaged ( on it when it i brought it ). Also while down the body shop I spoke to the guy about patching up my side repeaters. What i really want to head towards is a car with a smooth finish i think you might call it the Euro look. I want to steer clear of anything chav at all costs and will make sure i update this as soon as anything new is added.
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hope you manage a good paint match when you get that wing done
