Seat Cordoba estate. 1.9 tdi

[turbojolt]

not a proper project but I will be messing around with this so thought why not make a thread :d

so I got this car as a straight swap for my old transit that was falling apart at a alarming rate (the swap was really helped by the fact the guy showed up late at night steaming drunk and refused to take any of his friends advice lol). so seems as the transit well and truly paid for its self and insome this car is effectly a free!

106k miles. 1.9tdi (vw engine crazy good on squirt 60+ mpg).


its just back from the mechanics (big thanks to iain for trailering it there) with a 12 month ticket now on it . just had a replacement front subframe. rear drums fettled. new droplinks, all the lower arm bushes replaced, two new rear wheel bearings (again another nod to iain for coming around and showing me how to change them) and its got 4 new tyres on it.....

so it will be staying around for a bit as her indoors decided she doesn't want to keep ferrying the dogs around in the fiesta. and I decided I kind of like it in a strange way :tard:



her are some pictures of it unwashed and grubby as hell lol

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[turbojolt]

getting 6 months tax on it next weekend and giving her a wash. thinking of buying some 2nds hand Coilovers from a golf and a set of alloys chucking them on to smarten it up a bit

also for ****s and giggles looking at a cheapo tuning box and putting a boost gauge in it :) might even de cat the exhaust

-get a dog guard for the back
-clean and tidy up the interior
-clear side repeaters
-(shoot me down if you wish. but might tint the part of the rear lights that runs along the tailgate)
-change the front pads and discs
-get the alignment redone as its pulling to the right :roll:
-get a cd player installed (maybe uprate the front speakers if I can find some cheap jbl componets)
-fit quickshift style linkage to reduce the gear throw. its stupid right now you punch the dash in 1st, 3rd and 5th :roll:
-remove the towbar
-repaint the rear bumper as it has some kind of spider web/lattice effect right now :/ (anyone got advice of a hard wearing paint so it dosnt scratch to easy with the dogs jumping in all the time?)


would also love to bin the std central locking system as it pants! and I want a car I car bleep open with a fob lol

[turbojolt]

spent 2 and a half hours on this piece of poo today, trying to clean grease and oil of paint work with out degreasing/road grime agents is a nightmare lol

but she looks a bit better just needs a polish and a wax now

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noticed loads more tiny spots of rust about to start where paint has been chipped away, so I will get them all sorted and painted at some point. also loads more stone chips then I first realised but its 16 years old so it is expected I suppose.

took some 2500 wet and dry to some of the deeper looking scratches, some strange stuff I think might have been extremely old tree sap but I don't know :confused: and behind all the door handles, very lightly and kept very wet...

(looked a lot worse then the pictures show tbh) Before

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very happy with the results

the interior is looking very grubby and will be tackled during the week or next weekend

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need to get a new gear gaiter and was looking at those diy flocking kits for the handbrake. but unsure of how hard wearing a DIY flock will be

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then it started to rain so I gave up :)

[mowgli]

it would look really cool with the rear door glass & rear quarters covered in white vinyl... like a cool caddy van...


most tuning of that engine seems to be based round just how big the turbo is. they fitted loads of different versions & some are miniscule

[turbojolt]

its based on a inca van/ polo estate lol

I don't know what turbo this has but it takes a while to kick in nearly 3k. goes nicely when on boost not fast but really smooth

[Jack]

Good job on the scratches behind the handles, that looks a lot better

[saloonwoody]

looks much better than it did ! lol

[turbojolt]

Good job on the scratches behind the handles, that looks a lot better


thanks mate ive done it on a few cars now always works a treat. works well on key marks around doors aswell.


looks much better than it did ! lol

could only go one way lol

[Southie]

Something like this would look the part in white TJ:
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=396731

[turbojolt]

a mate already linked me that car its to over the top for me. and I would get mega pissed if the dogs made a mess in it lol

[turbojolt]

mind you if I was to swap engines it would have to be a vr6 just for pure sounds :D

[turbojolt]

after a bit of reading today (finished work early so got a couple hours in lol) the tuning box idea is out the window. you can achieve the same effect with a £3/4 1k ohm resistors from maplins/ebay/amazon etc.... that saves me 27 quid (or 300 miles lol)....effectively the same kind of tuning as the td nova's increasing fuel and boost= WIN!

[Southie]

How did you get on with the photoshops TJ? Do I need to give you some help???

Pm me if you want ;)

[Spudly]

My mate has a fetish for these things, he had ibiza cupra alloys on his last one, and with a good drop it looked ace....



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[novadave24]

Tj get a vr6 in there mate you will smile all the time you drive it

[turbojolt]

How did you get on with the photoshops TJ? Do I need to give you some help???

Pm me if you want ;)

I decided to just buy the wheels in the end mate. didn't want to overthink it or it will never get done much like the nova lol


My mate has a fetish for these things, he had ibiza cupra alloys on his last one, and with a good drop it looked ace....



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this must be the one rob (sloth) was telling me about in hull. looks smart don't think I would have those headlights. I will have it slammed on coilovers as soon as some come up cheap 2nd hand


Tj get a vr6 in there mate you will smile all the time you drive it

no engine conversions happening here, i still have the nova for all those kind of bank breaking mods lol

[turbojolt]

hello new wheels :)

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[turbojolt]

RIM DAY!

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so got the wheels on took nearly 3 hours of messing around grinding them out with a battery powered driver and a grind stone lol

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nice bit of grinding

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they scrubbed a bit but that was soon sorted!

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overall im very happy with the wheels think they really suit the car and they don't look oversized like 17" on a nova which is nice. when its time to change the tyres I will be going for a much shorter profile then the chucky 55's that are on it now. been looking at 40's and 45's they all seem cheap enough so that's the way forward

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cant wait to lower it now :D

[mowgli]

hello new wheels :)

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I needed a second look to make sure you hadn't gone all VAG scene on the camber.....lol

[turbojolt]

no excess camber here mate think it looks daft

[turbojolt]

lowered

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buying a electric central locking kit to replace the shocking vacuum set up. and im looking out for a electric window motor to replace the bodged in random manual window :tard: