Imperial Blue Ibiza Cupra

[MikeHollis]

I bought a Seat Ibiza Cupra at the weekend and here is the spec that came with it and a few of the seller's photos:

Fully Rebuilt AYP Engine.
Intergrated Enginering Rifle Drilled Forged Conrods.
JBS High Flow Exhaust Manifold.
KO3S Hybrid Turbo.
Pro Alloy Intercooler Kit With Custom Bam Style Pipe Work.
Blue Flame Exhaust System.
Forge Tip.
Forge Silicone Hoses.
Forge 007 Recert Valve.
Jetex Air Filter.
N249 Bypass.
VW Golf MK4 Turbo G60 Flywheel & VR6 Clutch.
Secondry Air Injection Removed.
TT Injectors & AFM.
Milltec Down Pipe.
Custom JBS Remap - 269BHP / 285LBs.

AP Coilovers front & Rear.
Fully Polly Bushed Through Out.
OMP front Top & Bottom Strut Braces.
OMP Rear Strut Brace.
Vibra-Technics Engine Mounts.
Tarox-6 Pot Front Brake Set-Up.
20mm Spacers All Round.

Standard Half Leather Cupra Interior.
Nomad Single Pillar Pod trim With Digital Boost Gauge.
Cupra R Center Console Gauge Pod With Water & Oil Temperature Gauges.
Roof Lining & A,B,C Pillar Trims All Painted Black, Audi Style.

Standard Cupra Body Kit.
Seat Leon Cupra R Front Splitter.
HID Head Lights.

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I traveled a 12 hour round trip down to Essex in the miserable rain at the weekend to pick up a car I've wanted since I drove a Quiksilver, a good few years ago. She wasn't perfect but I knew this was the car for me.
The weather has been all doom and gloom so I thought I would work on the Interior until the weather gets better!

So, first off! It has a tape player...
I bought a Cassete > Aux lead from Argos but it was terrible, knocking around in the tape deck and making cringe-worthy noises. There was only one thing for it...

The handle surrounds have seen better days...

I saw a guide on here on how to remove them, so I decided to pop to Halfrauds for some supplies to smarten them up. That's tonight's job!

The rear windscreen wiper made a horrible noise when it went, so while I was in halfords I bought some new wipers. Bosch Aero Wipers all-round and they work a treat!

The upholstery looks like it could do with a bit of a scrub up and while I'm at it I may as well treat the leather, so again while in Halfords...

I'm going to remove the snail vinyl on the back, maybe get something else but in the meantime, i have these to stick somewhere...

Other plans on the cards are to:
- Bleed the clutch because it needs pumping a few times to go into 1st gear.
- Clean up the engine bay with degreaser and metal polish.
- Change the Driver's side front because it's starting to get a bit low on the tread.
- Do something with the exhaust, because at the minute it's just a loud drone. I would like something with a little more tone, if anybody can share some insight on exhausts?

 

[wezza12]

Should have just de-wipered the rear mate looks a lot better.
I have a turbo back blueflame and it's not to loud and mine is stripped out

 

[MikeHollis]

I like to see out of my rear window, haha. I never understood why people did to all their GTis when I had a Quiksilver.

Cheers man, how much am I looking for for one of those, is their any videos of them on YouTube?

 

[wezza12]

There not cheap I got my second hand I played £280 for the whole thing but New you looking at £650_£700 and with a sports cat even more mines decat but if you no some who mots I'd get a decat lol as for how they sound if you look at chaembers readers ride his got a few videos on there I think

Looks like you got a decent ibiza mate bet it shifts

 

[MikeHollis]

In grey primer:

I used masking tape to cover all the switches and plugs and gave it a healthy layer of paint, pretty decent finish.

Here's the book of receipts, this thing is bursting with MOTs and receipts of all kinds.

 

[wezza12]

Mate I just realised you already have a blueflame if you want something not to loud get a miltek

 

[MikeHollis]

Looks like you got a decent ibiza mate bet it shifts

Mate I just realised you already have a blueflame if you want something not to loud get a miltek

To be honest mate, It's been raining every time I've had it out so I haven't really opened it up. But the times I have given it a bit of poke, it's kicked me back into my seat!

I'll get on the Milltek site now and have a look, cheers!

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Just ordered my self x1 big and x3 little SeatCupra.net stickers!

 

[Chambers_CUPRA]

I had a Milltek on mine originally and wasn't impressed with it really.

Has yours got the centre box in? Is the down pipe 3inch? As the blueflame DP is 2.75inch!

But think your find what ever exhaust you fit will always be booming Because you have a hi-flow manifold and hybrid. I had a hi-flow mani on just a k03s and was a lot louder than the K04 setup I ran after wards so wouldn't waste your money changing it tbh. There are vids in my thread but put the money else where like a LSD diff, best mod ever

 

[MikeHollis]

The previous owner said to get a Limited Slip Diff, so I'll look into that.

Gave it a little clean for the first time today:

Sticker on the screen:

Handles and surrounds have the first coat of blue paint:

Looks like I could do with a new headlight, unless I can renew the seal somehow?

I'm looking to get some Daylight HID Bulbs for my Full beam but the car already has ballasts, can it have 2 sets of ballasts? What's the bulb size for full beam?

 

[wezza12]

You spraying them blue?? Imo keep them black anf get some rear spacers asap lol

 

[MikeHollis]

Yes, they're blue, mate. If they look like something a dog has **** out when they're on then I'll paint them black

I have some 20mm spacers to go on the rear, I'll get that done this week some time.

I've bought a new key and my local Seat dealer will code it, it has some dodgy central locking issue too so I'll get them to look at that too!

 

[MikeHollis]

Managed to get the Door Handles and Surrounds back on today. I'm happy with them, much better than they were! They look quite luminous in this picture but they're not actually as bright as that.

Had the driver's side front tyre changed, so It's now rolling on 4 decent tyres.

Plans for the near future are to put some bright HIDs in the full beam, replace the drivers side headlight and hopefully get out to so Meets to see other people's cars and meet people!

My dad is mates with somebody who has a bodyshop and recently had his van resprayed. Perhaps a respray is on the cards for the Ibiza? It could do with it really!

 

[ntrueman]

Looking very nice chap, I saw this advertised and was half tempted myself but I couldn't justify owning two and I wouldn't part with mine

 

[mr.brown]

Looking very nice chap, I saw this advertised and was half tempted myself

+1.

I saw the ebay ad and then you posted that you'd bought it. I ended up getting a Leon Cupra a few days later.

Regarding your door handles did you use regular paint or a special one for plastics?

 

[Ryan6926]

Yes, they're blue, mate. If they look like something a dog has **** out when they're on then I'll paint them black

I have some 20mm spacers to go on the rear, I'll get that done this week some time.

I've bought a new key and my local Seat dealer will code it, it has some dodgy central locking issue too so I'll get them to look at that too!

Nice looking example mate looks sweet

What's the example with the Central Locking? I've got the Leon Cupra with stupid central locking issues and the previous owner spent 450 quit trying to find the issue at SEAT but they couldn't find it lol

 

[MikeHollis]

Cheers guys, it means a lot. It has the power under the bonnet, I'm just trying to smarten the aesthetics up a bit.

Regarding your door handles did you use regular paint or a special one for plastics?

I just used Halfords Wet & Dry, Paint Prep Cloths, Plastic Primer, Colour and Lacquer. I think it came to around £25, worth it for how much better they are!

Bought a new Drivers side Headlight and a Beesting Aerial last night.

 

[MikeHollis]

Nice looking example mate looks sweet

What's the example with the Central Locking? I've got the Leon Cupra with stupid central locking issues and the previous owner spent 450 quit trying to find the issue at SEAT but they couldn't find it lol

The passengers side lock doesn't lock off the button but does unlock off the button, it's just a pain reaching over and having to lock the passengers door separate.

 

[MikeHollis]

I've been busy buying quite a few bits for the car. Just aesthetics to smarten it up, it's running well so I'm just improving on the looks until I know for sure what I want out of the engine and transmission.

 

[MikeHollis]

Today I took my car to my local Car Electronics shop (A.C.C.E) to see if they could sort out my dodgy central locking. They plugged it onto Diagnostics and it's the motor that's the problem. So I'm £207 lighter and it's booked in for Friday.

Swapped the standard ariel for a Beesting.

The Headlight arrived today, just waiting on the H3 Xenons for the Fogs and the H1 HID kit and and I'll whip the bumper off and do it all in one!

 

[vita.srutek]

Nice!