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rest of the disk was shiny just the 1cm ring on the inner disk that clearly wasn't making contact with the pad as it wasn't clearing the rust off like the rest of the disk! ill keep any eye on it! im loving the car though, might not have that much power but it sounds good haha

Hi, nipped by the garage on my way past this afternoon and they had a look at it for me, they took the wheel off and removed some crud from in-between the pad and disk and al should be ok now!

any type of paint you recommend? pref quick drying haha

thats cool, thank you for the help! better to be safe than sorry now what colour to pain the drums....

i might do that too, the top of the disk is rusty already! its just the inner ring i was bothered about, if it was the same on both sides i wouldn't bother but as its only on one side i just want to be sure its wearing correctly before its too late to fix it without costing me a set of disks and pads! i still find it odd that they don't actually paint the drums, just prime them

thanks for the replies, i know exactly what you mean, and when you look at it it dosnt look like it is making contact with the disk, its just odd that the passenger side isn't doing it evan though it has the same taper... yeh i plan on painting the rear drums over the summer, I've read about how rusty they can get! if its normal thats fine, just don't want to give the dealer a get out if it isn't!

Hi, picked up my brand new fabia 1.2 12v SE a few weeks ago now, done 1,100 miles in it and was giving it the once over today and noticed the inner part of the drivers side front disk is rusty, its about a 1cm diameter all the way around. the passenger side disk does not have this 'feature' I've attached a pic below. if this isn't right then i don't want to leave it too long so they can't claim wear and tear on it!

Hi, did you notice difference in the wind noise with the deflectors on?

i had a look on ebay and the cheapest i found was 22 quid (including postage) didn't think it was too bad but as i had to go back to the garage anyway i thought i may as well save 5 quid!

just to add another one to this, bought it for £17 from the local dealer and took about 2 mins to put in using the instructions found here! well worth it!

Hi, sorry for the long delay, i changed the plugs this weekend, really easy job. the car has just done 53k and the book says they are to be changed at 50k. I've attached a pic of what they look like, really are on their last legs and knowing this i am definitely going to change them sooner than 50k next time. car runs much smoother now. the plugs are NGK, replaced with NGK double platinum (they looked identical to the old ones) about the full set for under £50 i would recommend changing them before 50k

Hi, I'm looking to change the spark plugs in my Octavia 1.2 TSI DSG, does anyone know of any guides etc? just wanting to know if theres anything special i need to do over a regular engine spark plug change thanks!