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Update from me,, I sold number 618 back in 2010. But I've come back to the fold and bought 488 last week (Aberdeen, Scotland)

I love my Vrs for long journeys .Just eats up the miles far too easy ,,,thats it now needing its 20k service - its only 13 months old !!

Mull !? ,,,you must have found the JC hard then ? ,,,,all those 200 sm/c 200 and a 750 !? ,,,no such luxury's on Mull eh ? apart from passing the phonebox !? We did Mull last year and I navigated there 2004 and 2005 14:29 !? ,,,you wisna hanging about !? un-lucky about your engine though ,,hope you get it sorted ok

oops ,,,no that wasn't me in that car ,,,we're at the other end of the "food" chain here's some links for the footage

bummer !! ,,what car were you in ? -There's some very good on-board footage from the Octavia on the British Rally Forum ,,british stage rallying section ,, Jim Clark thread P32/33 area We were lucky , we managed to get around the JC National stages without any major issues,,,a few over shoots on the 90's that had gravel on them :Obut that was about it -really good event,,hope to do it again next year

I've got an Se and wanted to darken the ft windows slightly more to make the rear ones less obvoius. I ask a traffic cop that I often come onto contact with the job that I was in what the score was, as he was the official "tint man" in the traffic dept in Aberdeen. He said that the Vrs car has a slight tint on the ft windows and adding the lightest tint to it would then make it illegal !

Just in case anyones interested , I spotted the very last Vrs Se (number 1000 ) on Monday night out side Inverurie at Thainstone auction mart (15miles from Aberdeen ).

Well I've just not long fitted a Bilstein handling kit which lowered the front 30mm and the rear 20mm from what the std 100tdi sat at (i measured the ride heights before and after ). The car looks really good now and on the whole is very nice to drive ,doesn't lift or dive on the front anymore . The only complaint I have is when I driving "briskly" on the "back roads"in my area ,on bad bumps it seems to bottom out on the damper/ bumpstops. I seriously thinking about taking off the H & R springs and trying the car on std VRS springs. If it wasn't for the fact that we'll need to use my 100 tdi to do the recce for the Tour of Mull rally and some road rallys later on in the year I'd probably leave them on. I'll probably fit the H & R's onto the SE for the wife . I can't believe how well the Fabia handles after having had a 2.0 zetec Focus for 3 1/2 yrs,,,ok , I've fitted the handling kit , cupra wishbone bushes and a set of std Vrs wheels but its really a good handling car ! Ft ride height 615mm - from w/arch to ground on std Vrs wheels n tyres Rear " " 625mm " "

I was thinking that maybe the Vrs one would suit better because I'm lowering the suspension ?

- sorry ! ,,, Fabia 5dr hatch ,its 2001 model Elegance but I'm replacing all the suspension with a Bilstein susp kit. , Garry

As the title says, I'm needing the part number for the rear bumpstops. I don't know if they're all the same of whether the Vrs or Cupra ones are different/better ? -I found the part numbers for the front ones along with the wishbone bushes on Vrs Stu's site (cheers ) . I don't have much faith in parts dept's these days for getting the right bits Cheers ,Garry

I'm thinking that Bilstein maybe prefered the spring poundage/suspension drop of the H&R's to go with their dampers ? ,,,I will let you know how it feels once its all fitted. I'm fitting new top mounts,bearings and bumpstops at the same time. Yes, your quite right Lummox its not a Vrs , its a big 100 bhp tdi Elegance model with the puny 18mm ft arb . I picked up the std 20mm Vrs arb when I bought the engine. I'm not a lover of big arb's on the front of fwd cars but given the weight of the diesel engine ,it needs to be bigger than 18mm ! - hmmm ,rally car ? We (the wife and me) rally a Citroen Ax ,,,,YES ! a Citroen AX !, ,,its far from std brief spec; 1360 engine ,head and cam ,motorbike tb's ,DTA ecu, 4-2-1 ,straight cut close ratio Dogbox and LSD ,up-rated shafts ,custom 4 pot brakes , 2-way adjustable Mono-tube front and rear suspension with remote canisters ,PAS from a saxo fabricated to fit with home made adjustable settings , Stack rev counter with built in shift lights. The engine has been limited to 8100 rpm to help keep it reliable ! This car was built by myself in my drive way ,used for hillclimbs and sprints in 2005 and I won the class. I then built it into a rally car for 2006 and we won the class 1 in the Scottish Tarmac rally championship with my WIFE driving ! So far this year we've had one 3rd place due to gearbox problems and having to use a std box with NO lsd !:thumbdwn: and three 1st places in class 1,,,the last one was yesterday sorry for rambling on ,,but you did ask cheers ,Garry

Well thats my suspension kit arrived this morning I ordered the kit from Proven Products on Tuesday afternoon/evening Very good service as well as price -

So whats the price going to be then ? (sorry ,But I'm from north of the border ) , Garry

Cheers Stu , I'll have to speak with my mate that made the one for my rally car,,, have to go and make a template now. Garry

sorry to hijack thread but how much is a sump guard and where can I buy one ? cheers ,Garry

Cheers , I think I'll give them all a phone tomorrow and find out the prices etc . - Garry

-thanks, I did have a look on most of the web sites but I can't remember seeing any prices. I'll maybe have to phone them direct to find out what "todays" price is. Can anyone offer personal feed back on having fitted one of the above mentioned FMIC's ? as well as cost . Cheers,Garry

I seen mention some forum members buying universal FMIC's off ebay , what size ? and who did you get it from ? did you also buy the universal fitting kit that I've seen advertised ? -does the Seat sport one fit or can it be made to fit ? thanks, Garry

Is there anyone in the Aberdeen area with vag com ? - I managed to pick up a set of Vrs clocks and tried to fit them to my Elegance model ,,, didn't know that it was linked to the immobiliser !:confused:, found out that it would start then cut out ,, re-fitted original speedo assembly and it still won't start !. Tried entering the 4 digit number on the tag that comes with the keys,as per instructions in handbook - I can get the numbers on the display but can't seem to get any further ,:confused: - can anyone help please ? Garry

cheers for that . - I just went and bought the Fabia Vrs engine that I got the turbo from (32k)along with the interior (it needs a f***ing good clean ,,but it was only

Well I managed to pick up a complete 130 turbo assembly today ,inlet manifold c/w egr valve/body, intercooler pipes ,airbox etc . Where are the injectors found on the engine ? Where's the cheapest place to get a Bilstein B12 kit from ? Spoke to Proven Products today who quoted

I just bought this car for peanuts and wanted to have some fun tuning it up . I've already got Fabia Vrs SE but its too new to go and tweek !:( I'm a mechanic to trade so carrying out this sort of tweeks isn't that hard for me ,its the mapping that will be the pain !? not many people up this direction that can do that sort of thing. Has nobody got an idea on the costs of the smf yet ? does one from the earlier diesels not fit ? Thanks again for all the replys so far Garry

Thanks Sarah !,I'll prob be on the phone to you guys (and girls's;) ) in the very near future. Is the front hubs unique to the Vrs ? What polo/golf or seat models have same hubs to allow bigger brake fitment ? Are the front Arb's bigger on the Vrs ? I've sourced a 130 turbo and injectors ,whats the power limit on the 130 turbo compared with the 150 one ? Is it worth getting the ecu or are they coded to the car and too much hassle to get fitted ? Are all the Fabia intercoolers the same or are the vrs ones bigger/better ? Do you think Chipped uk could come up with a suitable map on the std 100bhp ecu ? SORRY for all the questions (again!) ,but you guys seem to have done it all ! cheers ,Garry

Cheers guys for the quick replys ! ,I'm away out to the local breakers to see what they've got on stock just now and get some idea of prices. Hmmm , I think I need to speak with Jason (Devonutopia) and see what he's willing to pass on !? Keep the replys coming please , its good to get snippets of info Cheers ,Garry