Seat Ibeefa

The car is a Seat Ibiza 1.4 100hp sportrider 2008
this model was one of the last ones built in this shape and Seat lauched it with a few extras, cupra body kit, sport seats, electric heated folding mirrors, cruise control, alloys and a few other bits.
I was 17 at the time and not really looking for anything in particular but came across this Ibiza in a evans halshaw garage with only 5000 miles on a 2 year old car and that was that...


1st few things on the list were:
debadge
de-wiper
stubby aerial (hacksaw job)
lcr splitter
full detail and wax



the wiper just didn't want to come off...



and my cleaning products to get it spotless


it ran for about 10 months before the wheels and coilovers came
i went with
BBS CH REPS 18x8.0
215/35 tyres
VMAXX coilovers
VMAXX droplinks
5mm spacers on the front
full laser alignment and adjustments made

the car got a full detail and went get some pictures and i will let the pictures do the talking






i then ordered pressed plates off ebay and the car was just starting to get to what i visioned then this happened... woman + mobile phones whilst driving =


the car needed a full new rear back end as most of the damage was beneath the skin and in my spine
still not happy with the paint match but the "paint engineer" says it is a "superb" match even though its a few shades out, but tough shit...

Plans for the future
- I have a full sound system on the way with a double din headunit, door speakers and a nice amp and sub trying to keep it clean and not tacky
- s/s cat-back system with rs4 tip
- lower the front to solve the reverse rake
- front seat sport strut brace
- carbon intake
- carbon engine cover
- wheel refurb (dont recommend running your nice shiny new wheels in the winter, mine got ruined and curbed to ferk)
- and some body work to remove rub strips

vision i have of the future look

with the wheels looking more this colour





THOUGHTS COMMENTS CRITICISMS IDEAS ALL WELCOME..

loved your car at the meet today m8 and i like that colour for the wheels get that sticker on nice meetin u today aswell m8

pacey90 wrote:

loved your car at the meet today m8 and i like that colour for the wheels get that sticker on nice meetin u today aswell m8

cheers mate more to come with it, aye same nice to meet you good bunch... how would people react if i slightly modified the sticker so it sits flush with my A pillar?

loved the car today, nice meeting you also today hopefully see you at future meets and photoshoot etc, all the autoglym must of being proper expensive !

lupo wrote:

loved the car today, nice meeting you also today hopefully see you at future meets and photoshoot etc, all the autoglym must of being proper expensive !

you too mate, yeah 100% awesome group, got alot more gear now, various brands, my dad just abused an offer that was on for autoglym at the time

a dont mind u doin it m8 and am sure jak and sloanes wouldnt be bothered m8 a say do it m8 its your sticker lol

pacey90 wrote:

a dont mind u doin it m8 and am sure jak and sloanes wouldnt be bothered m8 a say do it m8 its your sticker lol

just like to be a little bit different haha

:O lol Na mate do whatever love the car like!

not bothered what ya do with the sticker mate aslong as its on the motor

Love this dude , quite a collection of auto glym there haha, yes to purple wheels!

MrSloanes wrote:

:O lol Na mate do whatever love the car like!

thanks mate!

Jak wrote:

not bothered what ya do with the sticker mate aslong as its on the motor

haha cheers

Josh w wrote:

Love this dude , quite a collection of auto glym there haha, yes to purple wheels!

thanks pal, theres more been added since that photo, they will be coming soon!

just to be a little bit different



thoughts?

looks pretty cool m8 u comin to vw fest

Tidy beefa, nice work on the windscreen vinyl

Really like the way you done that vinyl mate! V nice. And yeah he on the clubstand

Looks good that , had a feeling that's what you were guna do ;D, you say your on vw fest stand now dude?

pacey90 wrote:

looks pretty cool m8 u comin to vw fest

yeahhh mate

MrSloanes wrote:

Really like the way you done that vinyl mate! V nice. And yeah he on the clubstand

Koop wrote:

Tidy beefa, nice work on the windscreen vinyl

thanks alot mate!

Josh w wrote:

Looks good that , had a feeling that's what you were guna do ;D, you say your on vw fest stand now dude?

cheers dude... yeahh mate im coming down, should be a decent turnout by dubascrub

Yeah should be good. I can't wait now like. I'm dieing to get the car into the garage so I can give it a proper going over.

MrSloanes wrote:

Yeah should be good. I can't wait now like. I'm dieing to get the car into the garage so I can give it a proper going over.

the friday before is my prep day, full detail, just hoping the weather will be good

Good your coming dude!! Got nice amount of cars for stand now , prep All week for me haha

Josh w wrote:

Good your coming dude!! Got nice amount of cars for stand now , prep All week for me haha

going to be spotless, cant wait to see your car!

small update

Thought I would try out the yellow fogs look and Im really pleased with the outcome. Ordered some yellow tint film off ebay for 5quid and got about A3 size sheet...

step 1 was to remove the foglight grill (strange how one side had a section of the bumper on it)



step 2 was to remove the foglights itself from the bumper to get better access and improve quality of finish



step 3 was to cut a section of the film and peel back and cover it spreading the air out from the middle and cutting slits all the way around to attach to the back of the casing



step 4 was to use a heat gun to stretch the film so it was tight and melt the slits on the side together for a solid finish



step 5 trim any remaining bits of film off and pop any small air bubbles with a razor blade





the finished article, i know its only putting abit of see through film on some lights but if anyone gets stuck im sure this can help

Like it mate , can't wait to see yours either , think everyone going for yellow tints on here haha!

Josh w wrote:

Like it mate , can't wait to see yours either , think everyone going for yellow tints on here haha!

yellow ftw! was thinking of purple to match the future wheel colour but only road legal colour your allowed is yellow and white