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    2006 Fabia VRS

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  1. Hi, I am requiring new pads and disks all round (43k on clock) on my fabia VRS. Is it worth upgrading to 320mm disks on the front? and what is the extra costs new? There is someone that is going to do the work for me and used to work for VW. Do you think it would be straight forward for this person to do the upgrade without messing them about? He will be ordering the parts. Also insurance do they need to know? and do you think they will care if I did tell them? thanks
  2. I thought I had a knocking from the rear, howeverI turn my head to look in the back when I know it's going to make the noise and it comes fro the front! so maybe ask someone to sit in the back and ask if they can still hear the noise
  3. It look the same a a normal mk2 fabia...how does anyone think it's a vrs? ha ha I saw someones comments about big brakes from the web site. It has steel wheels on, you can't see the brakes lol. I think they thought the wheel under neath the plastic wheel trim was the brake. In that case HUGE brakes!
  4. From what I have seen on 2 pc's is that IE8 is slower than IE7, hangs on loading the home page on initial load, I am forever having to repair the Wireless connection for internet to pass through since I installed IE8. MS make bad software/hardware ...fullstop
  5. I have not seen them since the said night, I would like to think that they just wanted to know what I had on it. I did not have chance to go out and ask them, but to be honest having the choice, I would not have as they were quite un savoury! Obviously going to keep my eye out for them. I expect a good alarm is fitted by the factory. Who knows if it's top notch or not. I've not tried to break into it yet Although I have never heard it go off!!! Is thier a way you can trigger it manually with the remote?
  6. thanks for the comments, I have reported this to the police who were really good about it, they said if I had reported it earlier they would have sent a car out for a patrol around the area. I've also made people aware on the street so they will get the full reg if they see it. I have the first bit of the reg so it could helpn if needed.
  7. You may be right. I think I best log this with the police. However I have noticed where the car parks at home and away so I could steal them back lol.....
  8. Tonight and a few nights ago I have had a suspect car pull up next to mine and take a look inside it. The same car also pulled next to me at some lights and was staring into my car. Should I call the local police station and report these incidents? The suspect car was a Fabia VRS exactly the same as mine. I just don't get it, My car is standard so I don't get what it is they are doing. Maybe they were checking the options I had fitted. Thats the only thing I can think of? However it's causing me to jump to the window evertime someone pulls up and it's not fun cos there are lots of cars pulling up. It seems odd behaviour. Any advice appreciated
  9. I will look into getting it done this week then. Going to an independent now it''s out of warranty. Thanks for this.
  10. mines not been changed for 3 years going on for the forth now and has not been changed. I can still brake : ) , however I think I may change it soon. My father said it should be ok for 4 years, however I think things have changed since he was a mechanic as load of people have recomeneded to do it after 2 years. However, I feel if the brake fluid change is to be done every 2 years why don't they just do it in the service. I mean I asked them to do the fuel filter on the 3rd service and they wanted to charge £40 for fitting and £25 for the filter itself, I was already having a service done (3rd year). Dealers are just robbing dogs! when they don't need to be.
  11. I'n my experience they lasted the same for both Conti SC2 and Toyo T1r proxes. Changed the front's which were on the standard contis at 13k miles, put on 2 proxe's on, swapped fronts again at just over 26k miles. I have now swapped the rear old conti's to the front and new toyo's on the back. so for me they have been the same , yet the toyo's seemed to be grippeir and quieter and more importantly alot cheaper. I've not noticed the toyo's going off either. however I can pretty much get 1.5 totyo's to a conti so even if they wore out/went off 2/3 into the life length of a conti, I would still be having better grip for the same cost... lol I don't do motorway miles mainly a and b roads. I get around 55mpg so i'm not caning it to waer the tyres down.
  12. Any ideas how we can do this ourselves? bickertons in sheffield said there was no problem, yet the windows rattle like crazy within the doors when up or down.
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