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    Skoda Fabia vRS tdi
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  1. Hello, I have a Fabia 1 vRS myself. But my Mrs, has recently bought a Polo GTi with the DQ200 DSG gearbox. Does anyone know how to reset the gearbox with VCDS? Our car is a UDS type of ECU for the DSG I understand, so the choosing of operation 060 in the guides online from RossTech and the like are irrelevant. Can anyone talk me through resetting the gearbox, and any other relevant settings via VCDS for the DQ200 bopx please? Best Regards Dean
  2. Hello, needle in a haystack I’m looking for a genuine Fabia armrest or the retrofitted golf 4 kit. before anyone mentions. Yes I’ve contacted the lad who made the copies, but he doesn’t do them anymore, I don’t have the facilities to replicate one myself neither. can anyone help or has one for sale please? cheers Dean
  3. I retrofitted a maxi dot cluster to my car, but used a specialist who knew what he was doing, who was able to get past the immobiliser and transfer the information over from my old clocks to the maxi dots. You then need the mileage correction software to manipulate the data correction on the clocks. Out of interest, I'm guessing you know about the ASZ and BLT variants of these maxi dot clusters, and know they must be swapped like for like depending on engine code. Its not a straightforward swap, you need to retrieve the information from your old clocks and clone the new maxi dots with this same data and coding, its definitely not plug and play.
  4. Not fitted them yet sorry no, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it, I have new hubs, discs and callipers to fit to the back end anyway with the Octavia vRS brake set up I’m fitting eventually. wouldn't do any harm to do as I have, preventative maintenance, FAGG or SKF bearings are about £35 a corner.
  5. AFAIK the mirrors and rear demist are independent of one another, you can alter the ON time in VCDS, and get it to automatically shut down after so long, google it.
  6. My car currently is a stage 1 map. Ive accumulated parts over the past couple of years, Ive got a hybrid PD150 turbo, Forge FMIC, Sachs SRE clutch, Full Milltek including decat downpipe and PD150 head bolts. Like others have said, work your way through the suspension components as I have, Bilstein B12 kit, Jabba RARB, Forge rear strut brace, Seat sport front strut brace, Cupra consoles, power flex ARB and front arm bushes, Meyle HD drop links. That'll start you off.
  7. just buy a pair of new ones from TPS, or contact Coverdale Car Parts.
  8. Matt, I noticed that for parts disappearing, certain boot trims went out of circulation, left side plastic trim obsolete Nov 18, then the other side last summer, when I was sorting the back end out after sound deadening the boot floor. Shame about the arm rest, Id seen you had a kit off that lad, do you have it in your sprint yellow? I don't like the idea of messing with the centre console, I bought a brand new centre console last year, as the old chap had scratched it badly on the passenger side somehow. adding the ones on eBay and drilling the plastic and expecting it to be rigid by relying on the plastic is a no go for me, I might just leave it. Im done now retrofitting, my last purchase was a set of leather dooryards from a lad on Facebook, which are the seat surgeon type, somehow though these are really soft plush leather, maybe the original owner paid the extra? Dean
  9. Matt, The nappa leather you talk about, must of also come in black possibly, as my black leather headrest came from a German fabia breakers on eBay, they had the other rear headrests for sale too, I snapped up the headrest, it cost me a good £50+ with shipping mind you. Id seen the fold down rear arm rest on ETKA, shame like you say its not an option, like the tracking down of the genuine DAO 409001 the elusive genuine fabia front armrest! I contacted the lad who made the brackets, but he doesn't do them anymore, shame! Dean
  10. Ill never understand why they were black in colour, looks a little odd slotted in there with the dark grey anthracite surrounding the radio.
  11. Also, on the continent in Europe, the fabias had all the spec, rear electric windows through to phase out I understand, and the Swiss Blue edition had a whole load of extras thrown at it compared to the paltry 6 disc, cruise and leather, oh and sunset tint glass and racing blue. You find that though, our Euro friends always get a better spec, there's a company mind you where you can buy a heated front screen for the fabia, which was used in the rally cars. I include a picture of the leather door cards which I bought recently, and like Lofty said were a dealer fit accessory at the dealership. Dean
  12. Reference the xenons - you used to be able to retrofit xenons, I did anyway to a Vector GSi from a while ago with the phase 2 GSi xenons, I understood that they don't need washer jets, and can be adjusted manually as a normal set would be. The law might of changed, as when I did that conversion you could retrofit with the exclusion of the washer jets, if xenons were specced as an option new from factory, they needed washer jets, as the pattern of the light can be affected when the outside of the lens is dirty, hence the requirement for the washer jets. Not that they make much difference, imagine your lights are filthy, a spray from a retractable jet isn't going to cut through the crap entirely, gone are the days when Ford had wipers on the headlights! Talking of the leather centre headrest, I've finished fitting it this afternoon, after the larger bore diameter guides arrived from Horton Skoda. Dean
  13. My 2006 Fabia vRS had the following options from factory - Black magic paint Leather seats (red piping) Xenon headlights with washers Cruise control Passenger airbag on/off switch in glove box. I’ve retrofitted - Maxidot display only (no sat nav) SE sunset tinted glass (5 pieces) Cup holder in dash (sat nav version) Rear cup holder Rubber boot liner and mats x4 for winter Leather door cards (seat surgeons) Rear centre headrest I’m currently in the process of fitting the centre headrest I bought in leather from Germany, the framework is 14mm and not 12mm like here in the UK, so luckily there’s a 14mm guide option for allowing fitment in the rear 2/3 seat back, it was tongue in cheek cutting the holes in the leather mind you, but carefully succeeded in the end. quite a few mods, I like retrofitting parts that were extra, it adds to the appeal of the car, now that such optional extras were rare. cheers Dean
  14. Id say so yes, Id read somewhere a little while ago the fabia vRS tdi was destined to be a future classic. Trouble is they fall into the wrong hands, I paid good money for mine with 26k on the clock in October 2017 for £6k, mine had xenons, leather, cruise from factory painted black magic. People on Facebook were slating the price of it, but unfortunately the Facebook pages are full of lads who own the ropey examples and not prepared to spend the money. I too hope it goes to a good home! Dean
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