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ibizacupra said:
I was worrying a little about removing some rear stiffness if the inner wings did'nt attach to anything as such on the outer edge.
I would probably recommend seam welding around where the inner wings and turrets meet, and at the large folded seam under the rear side windows. Also there is a large stiffening bracket that joins the vertical inner panel to the horizontal box section that the rear seat belts attach too. Seaming this is probably a good idea too. As the ARB is within the rear beam, ARB loads go into the 2 beam mounts (these a pretty well attached as std with big spot welds, but again a seam weld might be belt and braces here!), however the damper loads are fed straight into the inner wings, and this loading is perpendicular to the roll cage cross brace. TBH on a front engined FWD car, there is typically so little weight in the back, and you tend to run softish damping you shouldn't get a big problem.

The main reason to ensure that the outer wings are braced to the inners is in the case of a side impact, Ok in a biggie then the car will be a right off, but if you just clip something, having the outer wing supported may prevent damage to the suspension / wheel / tyre behind it.
 

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Copper Cupra said:
Ah yeah, just seen them! Looking nice-n-shiney! :D Like you say they are identical, think mines deffinately had springs from new, as it sits alot lower than yours though. :confused:
Like Steve said, the 20vt rims look great on them, also liking Steve's old black one, my 1.4'S' was very similar as it was in black magic, unfortunately haven't got any pics of it on the digi-cam. :(

Lol @ Metalic Rust!!! :roflmao:

Another doppleganger! Here's pic of mine.

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scrob said:
Here's my old 1.4 8v...all show and no go unfortunately. Had her featured in Revs, April '03 :)

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love that car mate dont want to give you a big head but it's that issue of rev's that inspired me to do mine :worship:
 

scrob

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Thanks guys, I spent a lot of money and time, work and effort on that wee car and loved her to bits until some plank rear ended me and I lost a bit of heart on her :( but got her fixed and drove her another few months before selling her on.

Glad to hear she was appreciated at the time, it was before I had caught on to internet forums hence why I never posted it up before.

For whoever is interested...the front bumper is an F2 replica, skirts are M3 replicas, back bumper is made by Seidl, spoiler is off a 206 GTi and made to fit, eye brows are carcept, wing mirrors are D+W, grille just has a bit of mesh whacked into it and a sporty Cupra badge to ridicule my power hungry 1.4 8v. The wheels are 17" Speedline Chronos and she was lowered on Avo adjustables. She has a powerflow custom exhaust, Cobra Opus recliners and a retrim to match, and a whole mixture of sounds.

I took the handles off and learned to regret it - the doors on the Ibiza are a bit heavy for the solenoids and they got unreliable so put the handles back on again when she was in getting fixed from being accident damaged.

Got registered on here now as Im thinking of selling my current Focus and buying a mk3 cupra :cheers:
 

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It isn't half low that and you've got a penchant for rims! Is that a Seidel front bumper? What have you done to the engine?
sorry but imy english are not so good could you explain what you mean when you say It isn't half low that and you've got a penchant for rims!

my bumper is from an audi rs2 and it is hand made here in greece

engine AFH 1.4 16v block 1.6l golf III pistons etc turbo conversion with garett t28
 
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