simontwithers

My hand brake has been sticking due to the mechanism in the rear calipers, i have crawled underneath and loosened both side up with WD40 but once again they are sticking. GSF dont keep VRS calipers but say they can get them from elsewhere for £75 + VAT each. They are also listed as being specific to the fabia VRS ???? surely not ??? what about polo's and ibiza's, especially the FR ??? Looking for a cheaper option to save me taking the car off the road whilst i strip and rebuild them, where as i can swap a pair of calipers on a Saturday. any help will be much appreciated. Car is a 53 plate 2004 Regards Simon.

I call my self a skoda owner but due to having a MK1 Fabia VRS i have not really looked into the MK2 fabia. whats the diff between the fabia 2 and 3 i assume the 3 must just be a later version of the MK2 as i didn't think there was a MK3 fabia. just a quick overview please. thanks. cant believe i had to ask this !

My experience of the whiteline bar can be found here. Still loving it See my pdf fitting guide in this post before buying. http://www.briskoda.net/forums/fabia/possible-group-buy-rear-arb/90606/

Thanks guys, will have to look into the locking tool, will be going the haynes route and making my own, all kitted out with ramps and jacks etc. will be the best part of a month before i get chance to do this tho. Thanks again Simon.

Due my 4 year service and cambelt change in the next month or so, hoping to do the belt myself. I have changed cambelts before but any advise on the task would be helpful before i start, ie "its a complete dog of a job, dont bother". No seriously, i have searched the threads and will be changing the water pump at the same time, just looking to find out from someone elses hindsight whether its easy enough on the VRS. whats the access like ? special tools for the tensioners and rollers? Regards, SIMON

my VRS has started doing this too, the car has always been parked facing down my steep drive and the prob has only started since the cold weather. Turn the engine off and back on, light is gone. has happened on 3 mornings now. Not too worried, but now you guys know its not just you.

At the release evening of the new fabia, one of the technicians told me skoda were having issues fitting the engine they wanted in the fabia for the new VRS, i instantly thought of the twin charge engine (supercharged and turbo) engine from VW's line up, Are Skoda going petrol with the new VRS ?? hope not, maybe diesel and petrol options like the new octy VRS. just my 2p's worth.

A rough idea of what is involved in fitting the whiteline ARB whiteline.pdf oh and the whiteline tech department is really helpful.

i have been running the whiteline rear arb for a few months and it performs really well, there are 3 settings with the stiffist giving big lift off oversteer for the tiff needels out there and the other settings could be used for the not quite so confident. With the bar on its stiffest setting the car takes tight corners like never before, the front has sooo much bite and my vrs regularly lifts the inside rear wheel on islands, even in the wet. the bar also seems to hold the front inside wheel down giving less wheel spin on the exit to the corner where the diesels torque is doing its best to spin the wheel. my only gripe is that the fit out of the box is not great, i had to reshape the brackets and open up the holes to get it to fit around the rear beam. i think the jabbasport one is a better design with the straps around the bar instead of the u-clamps that the whiteline one comes with, but for £100+ saving its worth it if your willing to tweek it during fitting.

Whiteline automotive,

UPDATE: The oil level has dropped significantly, although there is no oil in the header tank and the car is not smoking badly so i can only assume it is coming out of the breather as smoke. HELP.

Have been through pages on searches but haven't turned anything up so...... Due to the crap i found in the inlet when i previously took the EGR valve off to blank it, i decided to fit an oil breather filter to the rocker cover breather and blank it at the inlet to keep it cleaner (venting vapour to air instead of engine). Now when the engine is running smoke pours out of the breather filter like a chimney. I have never seen smoke like that from an oil breather before. What do you think ???? This is worrying me so please help. Thanks, Simon.

you could always drop it in my wheely bin

this thread caught my eye, a few q' is this conversion a whole new xenon setup inside the headlamp, ie another of the dome shaped lenses next to the other with another ballast etc, or a way to get full beam (maybe dual filament bulb) from the existing unit. im assuming a complete additional unit located in the main beam section of the headlight. but just checking. thanks simon.

thanks for clearing the fog light issue up, i forgot about those (oops now i feel stupid). Just started a new job and i happen to work with an electronics wizard so he's gonna sort it for me. Cheers anyway guys. will let you know how i get on.