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[Ecosse]

Well, those are the pics from the owner of the car, had it for just about a week now, and really like it.

Plans:

Wheels - Brock B2's in 15x7 with 195/45's
Coilies - Bring it to earth a bit
Pressed plates & Seat plate surrounds

[Christian]

What engine size is it? Will this replace the Peugeot?

[Ecosse]

It's only a 1.4

It's mine & the gf's car, she uses it for going to work & back everyday and I'll just use it as a runabout

[Bobz]

Nice one, it even looks like it's got A/C..... can't be bad!

[EXILE]

Nice clean motor Chris..
Seat's have a good rep these days..

[Ecosse]

Cheers guys

Bobz - Yeah, it's got A/C, really liking it

Cheers Andie, yeah, it's a Polo underneath it all anyway, so VW build quality

A little update:

Well, got the wheels ordered 8)



Brock B2's in 15x7, ET35

Coilovers will be ordered within the next week

And thanks to my bro Mick who was at the Edition 38 show today, I got my new pressed plates and plate surrounds (which the bloke says is only 1 of 2 sets of these surrounds in the UK) 8) 8)

[Christian]

Those wheels should make it look a whole lot better

[Ecosse]

Cheers man

Also got coilovers ordered as well, should be here next week

[sciroccorrado]

Hey Chris, how much did you pay for it? My wifey is looking for one of these soon (We've got some Teddy Ronals to put on it )

[Ecosse]

sciroccorrado, on Sep 5 2007, 10:41 PM, said:

Hey Chris, how much did you pay for it? My wifey is looking for one of these soon (We've got some Teddy Ronals to put on it )

Teddy ronals, your a bad bad man! Those wheels are so naff it's unreal!

Anyhoo, the car was £2300, full yr's MOT put on it and 6 months tax

Great car, seriously, for a 1.4, it's bloody nippy! SO quiet inside, and the interior isn't that bad either.

[Ecosse]

The coilies arrived today:




TA Technix ones

[talkingcars]

Ecosse, on Sep 2 2007, 10:49 PM, said:

.........it's a Polo underneath it all anyway, so VW build quality

This was built in the early days of VW ownership of Seat in their factory just outside Barcelona, Spain, they were also building the Polo saloon on the same production line and the VW Sharon/Ford Galaxy in the same plant IIRC.

[moomin]

talkingcars, on Sep 11 2007, 07:13 AM, said:

This was built in the early days of VW ownership of Seat in their factory just outside Barcelona, Spain, they were also building the Polo saloon on the same production line and the VW Sharon/Ford Galaxy in the same plant IIRC.

And infact has the underpinnings of a MK3 Golf

God we're said lol

Can't wait to see it hit with the euro stick, keep up the good work fella

Edited by moomin, 12 September 2007 - 06:15 PM.

[Ecosse]

The wheels arrived today




Should be this weekend hopefully and I'll get it up to Mick @ S&M Motorsport for the fitting of the coilies and get the wheels on 8)

[Ecosse]

Well, thanks to Mick @ S&M Motorsport, on Saturday we got the coilies on the Ibiza, but due to a mess up with getting tyres, for a short stint I'll be using G60 steels as these are the exact same size as the Brock's I'm using and with the same tyre size I want, so gives me the perfect chance to sort out the ride height I want.

Anyway, pics:



Pics are crap, but new pics soon

Any comments so far are more than welcome

[iain a]

looks great mate, in fact personally i really like on those steels and would keep them if it was me!

[Christian]

Looks good but more importantly what does it drive like?

[Ecosse]

iain a, on Oct 30 2007, 09:34 PM, said:

looks great mate, in fact personally i really like on those steels and would keep them if it was me!

Cheers

Yeah, love it on the steels, but the other half isn't really keen on them, and I reckon it'll be alot better on the Brock's

Bossman, on Oct 30 2007, 11:06 PM, said:

Looks good but more importantly what does it drive like?

Cheers

Drives fine mate, no bodyroll, a bit stiff, but nothing major.

It'll be getting raised a bit, prolly 5/10mm at the front and 20/30mm at the rear, as the chassis rails scrape going over massive speedbumps.

[Ecosse]

Went out last night and got a few quick pics:







Comments as always welcome

[Christian]

Very cool but begs the question why dont they leave the factory looking like that!