My 9N (from Portugal) - 1000Miglia Cup 3S polished look!

Tony_ · Post by **Tony_** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:59 pm

And my project just got its first international cap

Mine was a complete 1.2 Basis edition. Totally no extras. Not even Climatic control! But I'm hoping to put on one when I get the priority stuff built in

Today it looks like this...

Interior:
- Denver CAD-450 Radio (trying to nail a good deal on a RCD200 w/ MP3)
- 9N3 Armrest
- Audi TT Pedals

Exterior:
- Back lettering off
- 9N3 Tail-lights
- Shark-type antenna from Golf IV's, Passat's and Audi's
- Front chrome grill

MecÃ¢nica:
- Front Seat Sport bushes

Next month I'm gonna paint those door plastics and door openers just like the rest of the car, Reflex Silver. The side-mirror boxes and the antenna are going to be painted in Black Magic, but that'll be later on.

About alloys, I'm looking for some bargains. Some Montreal II, but if I can get some 17' VW ones, I won't think twice

In that case, the tyres are gonna be some 205/40 (not sure about the brand tho).

Suspension? As I already said in another topic, it already has the Ibiza Cupra bushes upfront, and I'm also gonna add the Seat Sport strut brace. To the back, some Powerflex bushes. To put the car smelling the ground better, I'm thinking about an Eibach Pro-Kit 30mm, nothing to call some undeserved attention. Light visual touch, but WAY better driving experience

As you can tell, I'm looking to put my car OEM++

Only VW stuff with a personal touch.

Always looking to get some opinions, so feel free to rant

Cheers mates.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:36 am

welcome aboard, car looks nice, is the centre armrest useful?

is it a big difference with the bushes changed?

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:49 am

welcome along mate!

steve__30 · Post by **steve__30** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:01 pm

where did you get that aerial from? iv been looking everywhere for 1

chrisash32 · Post by **chrisash32** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:38 pm

does your arm rest fit ok?

i have got one of these for mine and ended up taking it out as it just would not fit propperly and kept moving!

chris

Tony_ · Post by **Tony_** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:13 pm

david burton and chrisash32: The armrest fits ok. But on its back it has no direct fitting. It does have two small holes to fit some bolts. I'll have to look under the lining to fit it 100%

The armrest is quite helpful. You can put your moby in, some small papers... and hell yeah, shifting gears it's confortable, allright

david burton: With the bushes, the steering wheel feels stiffer. But I feel the car a bit safer to drive, in particular when cornering. It doesn't feel like the car is about to run away from my control. But like I said, to complete this suspension upgrade, I'll add the strut brace from Ibiza Cupra aswell, and the Powerflex bushes for the back (since the Cupra ones only fit upfront).

steve__30: the aerial was an opportunity. I got it from a group buy from the portuguese Clube Golf. It cost me 35â‚¬ already with shipping

If you go to a VW/Seat dealer, they'll ask you for 112â‚¬ for one (rip off

)

In Lisbon I can tune every single radiostation there is with it. Even some pirate ones

But in my hometown (200km south of Lisbon), it depends. If I have some bigger trees around, how tall the buildings are, etc. But generally it tunes up nicely for such a small aerial

And believe me, it's safer since it is strongly set under the roof (here in Portugal, there's a lot of standard aerial thefts, you always have to take it off and take it home with you).

Sorry for my rusty english, haven't had an english class for a while

Cheers everyone

chrisash32 · Post by **chrisash32** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:18 pm

Tony_ wrote:david burton and chrisash32: The armrest fits ok. But on its back it has no direct fitting. It does have two small holes to fit some bolts. I'll have to look under the lining to fit it 100%

The armrest is quite helpful. You can put your moby in, some small papers... and hell yeah, shifting gears it's confortable, allright

Sorry for my rusty english, haven't had an english class for a while

Cheers everyone

Your english is better than some english people that i know!!

Thanks for the info on the arm rest, did your car come with it fitted then?

Is yours actually screwed in under the carpet then or has it managed to go in without them?

If there are any tricks that get it to fit better, please can you tell us lol, as i tried and tried for hours and hours on end!!

Thanks

Chris

Tony_ · Post by **Tony_** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:28 pm

chrisash32 wrote:Your english is better than some english people that i know!!

Thanks for the info on the arm rest, did your car come with it fitted then?

Is yours actually screwed in under the carpet then or has it managed to go in without them?

If there are any tricks that get it to fit better, please can you tell us lol, as i tried and tried for hours and hours on end!!

Thanks

Chris

Thanks

No it didn't come with it. I installed it this Wednesday just after I got it (bought it from ebay).

I'll have to ask a friend who does this kind of job to fit the armrest just right. Mine is also moving around a bit, and it makes it almost come off everytime I lift it. I suspect there are 2 small holes underneath the carpet. But I'll look into that when that guy calls me to install the remote-control keys and the signal receiver (don't know the exact term in english), and then I'll post the solution here (if possible with some photos to guide through the process)

Cheers

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:31 pm

Welcome to the forum. Nice car mate

Are the Seat Sport bushes that you have fitted replacements for the ones that go at the back of the front wishbones?

Tony_ · Post by **Tony_** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:44 pm

AKs_SlickPolo wrote:Welcome to the forum. Nice car mate

Are the Seat Sport bushes that you have fitted replacements for the ones that go at the back of the front wishbones?

Well, I did replace the standard ones. Don't really know how they are installed

I bought and installed them at my local Seat dealer.

Here's a picture of them, I don't know if that helps...

Cheers

FaMeL · Post by **FaMeL** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:48 pm

Grande chaÃ§o!

Tony_ · Post by **Tony_** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:51 pm

Andava a ver se aqui vinhas espreitar eheh

RUM4MO · Post by **RUM4MO** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:58 pm

Yup, that picture is of the ones that I got fitted to my wife's Polo 1.4SE this week. I think that it is easier to get an independant VAG specialist to fit them - unless you try a Seat dealer - remember these solid bushes are never normally fitted into our style of consoles - this does not mean to say that they can not be fitted as they are phyically the same size as the voided bushes that are used in all non "Cupra" cars. Also, yes I did notice that the steering is slightly stiffer, I'm sure someone will work out why - maybe the toe-in/out is normally different for the Cupras. By stiffer I mean just noticablely more resistant to turn. If you need to change the TCA rear bushes for the solid ones, just ask for the Ibiza Cupra bushes - that will be enough for you to be given the correct bushes. As for the armrest, well I think that it is a brilliant idea and was going to get one on ebay - from Hong Kong (I think) - but my wife will not let me get one!! She feels the same way about the central cubby box that I fitted - its quite handy as you know when you have hit a pothole really hard - the cubby box lid opens!!!

Tony_ · Post by **Tony_** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:07 pm

RUM4MO wrote:If you need to change the TCA rear bushes for the solid ones, just ask for the Ibiza Cupra bushes - that will be enough for you to be given the correct bushes.

When I put the front bushes, they told me the rear ones weren't compatible with our 9N's, which I found out to be strange, since Polo and Ibiza share the same chassis.

RUM4MO · Post by **RUM4MO** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:51 pm

Tony_ wrote: david burton: With the bushes, the steering wheel feels stiffer. But I feel the car a bit safer to drive, in particular when cornering. It doesn't feel like the car is about to run away from my control. But like I said, to complete this suspension upgrade, I'll add the strut brace from Ibiza Cupra aswell, and the Powerflex bushes for the back (since the Cupra ones only fit upfront).
Cheers everyone

Just to clear up any confusion, the picture of the Seat Ibiza Cupra bushes are the solid ones that replace the voided ones which tear and are fitted to the rear of the front TCA - well not exactly - they fit into a console and a hexagonal peg at the rear of the front TCA locates (presses) into the bush. Powerflex can supply two piece bushes to replace the smaller front bush of the front TCA, Powerflex also supply bushes to replace the rear axle/torsion beam locating bushes - I think that they are also quite difficult to replace - might need pressed out/in. The main problem with replacing the front TCA rear bush is that it is an interferance fit in the console - so that it does not "walk" out as nothing else retains it. This means that very high pressures are required to pull in into place while keeping it accurately aligned with the hole in the console, also these aluminium consoles will not accept any abuse that might be causing by pressing against the other end of the console - they will break.