TokyoPhil

Sorry, mis-read your post. Thought you said the flywheel was 70Kg lighter! lol.

I fitted the kit on my car myself, took my time and did it over a few evenings. I'd consider myself fairly competent when it comes to stuff like this but it was still quite a task. For the money guys like Stu charge to supply and fit i'd let him do it - at least then it's done in a few hours and your not rushing to try and get the car back together cos you need it for work etc.

Surely you mean 7Kg?! :eek:

The Kenwood adaptor would be the neater option out of the two. As long as you get the fuctionality that you require going down that route then that's the option i'd choose.

It seems to massively depend on the desirability of the car your looking for. The less desirable, high tax bracket models are where the bargains can be . . .

An idea of budget would help narrow your options down a bit?

You best bet is to find a local 'dent master' place. They come to you and get the dent out without requiring paint etc. They usually charge around £50 which will be alot cheaper than getting it filled and sprayed.

The 6x9's will obviously give you extra sound, and as your looking at upgrading the fronts they shouldn't be over powering. You'll get more base due to the larger cone area of the 6x9's so your system will have a wider frequency range. I recon it will sound good - better than your current set-up obviously.

Alot of pipework! But nice neat job. The welding is really neat!

You could unplug the injector loom from the side of the head and crank it over for say 30 seconds to get the oil pump to carry some oil through to it before starting the car - only on the initial start after fitting.

Part number for the strut brace and many other goodies can be found here : Handy Part Numbers fabia-vrs.com - The Comprehensive Fabia vRS Resource Site :thumbs:

That's a good point! I think the picture is only for illustration and isn't an example of the kit available for the Fabia. Well spotted!!

If you can get over 12k out of a front pair of tyres, especially with a torquey car like the Fabia then your doing well in my opinion!!

I had a problem with my PD engined Golf where the wiring loom that runs through the head to the injectors went faulty. It would run on 3 cylinders until it warmed up and then clear. The loom is about £30 from the dealer and fairly straight forward to fit.

Mk4 wheels will as do Mk3, Mk5 wheels won't.

Put the belt on as it should be and then pull the pin out. Otherwise you'll have to put a spanner on the bolt that holds the idler pulley onto the tensioner to slacken the tension off while you run the belt around it.

I'd be getting on the phone to the dealer and asking why nobody has phoned you back! Tell them that the last person you spoke to said it would be still covered.

Had it apart las night - broke right on the plug so there isn't enough wire left to join it back together. Going to the scrappies tomorrow to cut a bit of loom off and splice it into mine.

Yeah as Lummox said - really straight forward to change. Just a 13mm bolt going into the back of it from bracket the alternator etc sit on. Just don't go to mad tightening it up once you've fitted the new one as you'll shear the center of it. That's how I ended up having to change mine! lol.

The missus dad's Galaxy does that! Something to do with where the control box is positioned - it gets full of water and goes mental! Suffice to say he doesn't use the cruise control anymore!! lol.

That might be a bit on the long side mate - try your map sensor in it before you weld it on. You want the portion with the holes cut through it to be hanging in the air flow otherwise it won't pick up temperature (as it's a 4 wire sensor it reads charge temp as well as pressure). I just went for the biggest intercooler I could make fit!! lol.

Has anyone got the part number for the genuine VW Sharan one??

I've had a couple of PM's about a shopping list for this kit. Your going to need, 1) EBay intercooler - check the size, make sure it's not bigger than the one in this link, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320282898740 2) EBay universal pipework kit - 2.5" type. Now this comes with injection moulded silicone bends. I didn't like them so opted to buy some standard 'wrapped' versions. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250354931202 3) EBay silicone bends and joiners. The cheapest I could find is this place : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120360780775 In total I needed : 1 x 3" - 2.5" straight reducer 1 x 2.5" - 2" straight reducer 1 x 3" - 2.5" 45degree bent reducer 2 x 2.5" straight joiners 1 x 2.5" 90degree bend 4) Map sensor mount - a local machine shop should be able to make you one of these quite easily. 5) Someone with the ability to aluminium weld!

Alex - how long is the neck on yours mate??

Yeah you could do it with spacers.