Chris Coates
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I'll grab some tomorrow :-) arm rest is due in tomorrow too. Then I can start on more interesting matters... ;-)
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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I'll take some more in a few of it not looking like it's on stilts any more :-)
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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I should really update things more!
Ok so a list of things done :
Suspension fitted
Rarb fitted
Service done
Leathers in
Armrest in
Things to note:
Post cat lambda is dead I think.
Also noticed one of the outer door seals in the rear needs replacing. Will probably do them all before really bad weather sets in.
I'll take pictures tomorrow.
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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Jonezy let me know what price you're looking for re: the wheels and I'll see what I can do.
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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I'm going to have to gracefully pull out today... Not very well!
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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Nice. Mine was too. Better torque, so not on the power as much (unless you're hooning around!)
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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Even after overheating and throwing coolant everywhere due to an aux belt failure, my old mpi managed to fire up first time and run sweet after replacing.
The engine is tank like, so you should be OK after locating the offending part.
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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The fly eyes stuff is more legal at least. Borbets would look great!
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life
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Jack, that offer of helping out still stands - just gimme a shout and pop over and I'll give you help.I still havent got round to doing this one! What do you do with the smaller tube that feeds out from the original intake?
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Bin it. Lol
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It works.
Better pull from the low end, at the side effect (or benefit if you like it!) of a more bwaaaaarrrrp sound.
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Mine arrived today. The missus was not impressed! I was though :-)
Trying to explain to her what the benefit was and she just kept saying "just go around corners slower - cost = £0" lol
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Cheers Rob, much appreciated.
Let me know about the poly bushes.
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On the upside, front bumper no longer has unsightly chips all the way back to white and rear cluster is no longer loose... And should have leathers in by the meet which is a start.
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Mine won't be in a state to shine up I don't think. I'm still being busy fixing things and improving what's already there. Definitely not ready to be scrutinised lol
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Shame, the missus would actually kill me if I took this to do a swap project 4x4 into a mk2 fabia...
... I would have thought it would have interested some others though!
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Cheers Rob,
Have you considered under car bracing? Might be interested in adding some if you do.
In for a penny and all that!
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Sorry I blame Android and Tapatalk. LolTwo points.
1. Your link doesn't work.
2. You need a Satellite Dish. Whilst we have an old one, it doesn't work because the trees that surround our property have blocked the line of sight to the dish, we can't cut the trees they're not on our property and we can't have the dish on the house as it's Grade 2 listed.
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Sorry?
www.plus.net/tv/btsport
Be aware that at some point TV will also be coming... But obviously you'll need fibre for that.
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So. In order of how i'd do them:
RARB - by far the biggest modification anyone who goes around corners can make. The only issue is if you're pushing hard the back end can become more twitchy, easier to lose it when you're lifting-off. My recommendation to anyone who makes this modification is to go find some abandoned runway somewhere to test so you understand what i'm getting at. If you don't understand the terms 'lift-off oversteer' or 'snap oversteer', keep clear of doing this mod as you'll likely end up in a bush, or worse.
Decent spring/damper combo - goes without saying. A small drop with decent dampers and uprated springs will result in much better handling. However make the decision - are you going low, or going for handling? At a certain point you will cross over from being slightly lower with better handling, to looking really low and ruining your handling. It's a close balance. You either want to drive it, or show it off. The only exception to this is air suspension, but i'd personally be wary of cornering hard in a car on air!
shorter bump stops and top mounts to go with springs/dampers. Again goes without saying. DON'T CUT BUMPSTOPS! They're designed to give a progressive loading effect if you end up on them. Cutting them down reduces this loading capacity meaning you'll bottom out. Always best to get shorter uprated bump stops with the same load bearing capacity albeit shorter and possibly more abrupt.
Bushes - Upgrading bushes will generally make everything feel a bit tighter - sometimes at the expense of comfort and road noise though. Don't be expecting silent driving with upgraded bushes, it doesn't happen.
Braces. Both front and rear lower to prevent wheel hop and torque steer. Most people buy strut mounts but by far the most flex actually comes from under the car. Besides, strut braces are rubbish - all you're creating is a box that will still flex - it'll just flex both wheels instead of just the loaded one under cornering. For proper bracing you're going to need to get a triangular brace design put in, and i've not seen any that you can buy off the shelf.
Then strut mounts but with the caveat listed above.
And then pretty much you're as far as you can go without fundamentally changing everything or swapping your car.
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I want some Buddy Club P1's I think. At £130 a corner, absolute bargain. And less than 6kgs a wheel.
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Very nice!
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Where'd you get the leds?
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Spot on there.
2008 Skoda Fabia Project
in Fabia Projects
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Poor pic quality but I hope you get the idea lol
There is a thin line between insanity and genius - I walk that line every day of my life