PhilW's Mk3 Ibiza Project Thread - 3071 - Now Breaking!

[PhilW]

Hopefully i should be finishing off the wire tuck tonight and paint my braided hose finishers black which i picked up this week.

No sign of my polished rocker cover yet.


Pics of the progess later taken by my new D-SLR cam.

 

[PhilW]

Forgot to add i got a new polished rear strut brace coming.

 

[beattie17]

Put up a before and after pic of wire tuck once done please. Very neat mod to do, i see alot of the jap boys are doing it to their civics aswell now.

 

[myseatcupra]

Battery romeved and fitted in wheel well...

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where did you get the battery holder from mate

 

[PhilW]

Got the battery holder from ebay.

 

[myseatcupra]

ok dude ill have a look. how much it cost?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alloy-Battery...hash=item280247342408&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

found it in cardiff to save on the postage.

 

[PhilW]

Yeah that's the one I got, went to pick it up as well.

Finished the wire tuck on the drivers side and cleaned the bay, not a massive difference but it all helps. The Briliant metal polish is pretty good as well.

 

[myseatcupra]

one last thing what gauge wire did you use? moving the wires out the engine bay look a right nightmare might give thata miss lol

 

[PhilW]

Minimum gauge wire i would sue would be 4awg.

Had my new rear strut brace delivered yesterday, fitted it last night so no pics yet, looks a chunky old thing fair play, tempted to use it as a harness bar as well.

Cam cover shouldnt be long now either.

 

[myseatcupra]

cheers for that matey

 

[PhilW]

Need to modify the strut brace a little, its ok as it is dont get me wrong, but i want to trim the lengths of the u-bolts down and see how i can get the inside fixing cut down to be able to use it.

basically its the same as the trimsport one...

See the flat plates on the end, as its for a corrado the plates are too long.

This is how it supposed to fit....

But the plates on the end of the large bar are closer to teh strut.

 

[PhilW]

Pic of someone using it as a harness bar...

 

[myseatcupra]

yummy yummy that looks lush. shame it wont fit my cordy

 

[h17och]

surly that aint secure enough for a harness bar ?

 

[PhilW]

Well i'll have to check that when i fix it in properly.

How is your harness bar fixed in? Welded and bolted plates with a backing plate on the outside?

 

[h17och]

yea

 

[PhilW]

Cleaned the car today, washed with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss, clayed it then tried out some Dodo Juice Lime Prime then added some Dodo Juice Purple Haze on top, lovely products but needed some elbow grease to get it fully off, i think its easier to work with the longer you leave it on...

Rear Strut Brace...

Some random engine pics, really need that cam cover now!!!

 

[Adam R]

looking good mate. very nice example there

 

[mr_D]

sweet bay phil! braided line looks nice in there

 

[PhilW]

Just a small updated, managed to win Best in Class (Seat) at Volksfest Wales yesterday.