White 1995 SEAT Ibiza Mk2 GTi Maintenance and Minor Restoration Thread

[littlegldgti]

Hey Guys,
Just a small thread I'm hoping to use to cover the maintenance and restoration on parts of my awesome little Ibiza GTi. If any of you were at the Nationals Super Sprint this year, you would have seen it being driven around the track by my older brother Aydan. (gldgti)
Bought the car with 161,000kms on the clock, from a bloke down in Inner West Sydney. Everything on it is standard, apart from the 14" BBS rims I've fitted and a small air box mod we did the night before the supersprint to make it a little louder. (so basically standard)

So far I've gotten to:
(*) Replace a/c pump, and get the air con re-gassed and working beautifully.
(*) Fitted new performance spark plugs.
(*) Replaced a bushing inside the transfer box, which prior to being replaced meant the linkage rod, and therefore gear stick wobbled all over the place, and made it more difficult than it should be to get into 1st and 5th.
(*) New Air Filter.
(*) Swapped in some really comfy VR6 front seats, with matching upholstery and head rests in the back. (Original GTi seats weren't my cup of tea).

Still to come:
(*) Front shocks need replacing - Ordered some stock shock absorbers for it from Tooleys Imports - so should be here very soon.
(*) Fix up a few scuffs and nics around the corners of the car which have been there since bought.
(*) Carry out some rust prevention around the doors and windscreen.
(*) Hopefully improve the brakes for next years super sprint.
(*) Fix the central locking - At the moment when you lock it, the central locking pump turns on but nothing happens... Meaning it's extra effort to open the fuel cap and boot.

No doubt there will be other things to pop up throughout the process, but there you have it. My new, first (owned) car. And I'm loving it! Regularly get 6-7L/100kms driving all over the place. Running smooth. Currently sitting at 171,000kms.

Here are a few pics:

[mikinoz]

White is still the best colour.

[CPITUNING]

My first Ibiza was white! It was awesome. Good work on your car. I miss my white one

[littlegldgti]

Thanks guys!

Hopefully I've got two brand new front shocks arriving with the postman today, so I can fit those and also just do a little tweaking with the gear linkage. Then it's off for a wheel alignment!

Can't wait to have a smooth normal ride again.

[littlegldgti]

I realised that I haven't really kept this this thread up to date, however I will have pics and news coming soon!

Things that I've done:
- replaced Dissy Cap
- performance chipped ecu
- resprayed the rear of the car
- working on some brake ventilation for supersprint day!

Recently the car has been through the wars after I hit a cow, although we got off lucky and she'll be fixed within the week!

Pics to come soon.

[sports racer]

I've just bought a Ibiza 2.0 16v as a spares car if you need any panels.

Cheers

Paul

[gldgti]

Brooseph brought his seat to my house looking a bit worse for wear:


Big thanks to Matt at Camden GTI for helping us out with some panels and bits. A champion as always

Home by about 3 on Sat arvo, got started - had to respray the new wing, bonnet and existing front lower panel under the radiator.
By sunday lunch she was looking pretty sweet again:

[Water Boy]

Good work lads!

[littlegldgti]

I've just bought a Ibiza 2.0 16v as a spares car if you need any panels.

Cheers

Paul

I'm planning to do the Cupra/VR6 brake upgrade in the near future... Those alloys are looking nice for the 280mm disks...

[sports racer]

You hit a cow and that's the only damage you did? You are so lucky!

I'm not sure what I'm doing with the 16's on the Cupra. If they look good on my MK1 Golf I'll use them but if not I'll put them up for sale.

Cheers

Paul