I once owned an Ibiza TDI 130 Sport of similar vintage back in the noughties.
Hated the thing! It looked like a hippopotamus, the only thing harder than the interior plastics was the ride quality and the gearing was way too long.
I only kept it a very short time.
The 2006/7 facelift big bumper cars were much much nicer and VW nicked the FR bumper style for the current mk8 Clubsport…
Anyway, I didn’t keep the 130PD TDI long.
I went from a 2000 mk3 Ibiza TDI that I’d modified the arse off but couldn’t live with the H&R suspension, to a Leon Cupra 1.8t with which I left the suspension standard as it rode and handled nicely (remapped it though) to the Ibiza 130.
Immediately realised my mistake, traded it for a highish mileage Golf 1.8t which I added a Koni yellow kit to (and remap!) and hated that suspension too…
A Fabia vRS followed which had a much more compliant ride than the Ibiza 130 cousin so was left standard (AmD remap and 17” alloys aside), then a mk5 Golf 140 TDI and then mk5 Golf GTI.
The mk5 GTI was treated to a set of Koni FSD’s which were indeed nice and compliant. However they raised the suspension and would bottom out over large undulations
![rolleyes :rolleyes:](https://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/Smileys/modern/rolleyes.gif.pagespeed.ce._1-AYLAFoI.gif)
That’s the nostalgia trip over for today, plenty more kits I’ve tried in the very distant past though.
Caveat emptor when buying modified suspension parts is the message.