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I included what I did because it seemed relevant, because with your Vox amplifier reference, I thought you might be interested in speakers and the like (obviously I am) and because people generally seem to find conversation to be a pleasant experience (obviously I do). I made the question a bit broader than "would one of these fit?" because someone might have had a better solution. Then I included the solution I found along with part numbers in case it was useful to someone else. Please forgive me for failing to anticipate the offense all of this has obviously caused.

For the record, the Beetle front speaker that seems to be the closest equivalent has the number 1C0 035 411 P printed on it, and the rear speaker (which I've fitted and tested) is a 1C0 035 411 M. Both have the same bolt holes, physical dimensions and electrical connector and all are 4 Ohm.

I visited the scrapyard this week and removed these from a beetle. On the left is the original from my Fabia with the torn foam, in the middle is one from the front of the beetle (one of these had already been taken so I couldn't get a matching pair) and on the right is the one from the rear of the beetle - I got a pair of these, one of which I've successfully fitted after removing the extra outer rubber seal bit (it's just glued on and peels off easily). Had to drill out rivets and replace with bolts, and ended up drilling new holes in the door card for the bolts next to the old ones as the rivet holes were too big for any bolts I had, so the speaker is rotated slightly relative to its original position. It appears to work fine

My left rear door has started having this problem intermittently - earlier today, it wouldn't unlock either using central locking or pulling the handle. Fortunately, a bit of violence persuaded it to unlock but I fear the motor is on its way out and I don't want to wait until I can't get the door open and then have a nightmare fixing it. Ideally, I only want to dismantle and reassemble the door once and don't want to leave it in bits all over my drive while I wait for parts. If I take the door apart, remove the motor and then put it back together without, will I have a door that locks and unlocks but just doesn't have central locking? I could live with that, at least for a while. Or should I buy a part before I even start taking it apart and if so, what should I order?

Brilliant, thanks, that's just the sort of thing I was after. I shall check whether my local scrapyards have any Fabia / Octavia 2s in, then.

Not reconed, that would be madness. Refoamed. It's pretty easy and much cheaper than replacing the drivers in medium to high end hifi speakers. A lot of 70s and 80s woofers used foam that was prone to perishing and many of the drivers aren't available nowadays, but replacement foams are. The speakers in the Fabia are built in to spacers with the proprietary sockets to connect the cables also built in, so it's not totally straightforward to replace them with drivers of the same diameter - I'd have to buy spacers to keep them off the rails that the windows move up and down on. If it was that simple, I'd have replaced them already with some spare drivers that I have. But I have a local scrapyard where I could get some from a Mk 2 Fabia, if I just know that they're compatible.

I have a bog standard Mk 1 Fabia 1.4 TDI from 2003. The foam surrounds of the woofers in the doors have rotted and they consequently distort - I guess it's because the voice coil is rubbing on the magnet. Does anyone know if a Mk 2 Fabia speaker will fit? I don't want to buy a used Mk 1 Fabia speaker from a scrapyard because I expect that being the same age, it's likely to have the same problem. Other options would be to re-foam or buy a new equivalent (which I expect would be too expensive to justify it).

Looks good. I didn't know that was possible. I guess you have to buy the fitting kit and a compatible roof rack - is the roof rack easily removable once fitted? Also, how much did all that cost? We do already have roof racks that we could use if we had the rails, which makes rails a bit more appealing.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Fabia Comfort estate 1.4 TDI to replace our dead SDI. Like our old SDI, it came without the rails on the roof that you need to attach roof bars. I got a quote a few months ago from a Skoda dealer and a new pair is something like £150, so I'd like to find a second hand pair but there were none on eBay when I looked. Am I searching for the right thing? Is there a better place to look (local scrapyards have none at the moment)? Will a pair from a MK2 Fabia fit? Does someone want to sell me a pair? Or any other ideas...

Buying it yourself seems a bad idea. If the part fails, the mechanic can blame the component and the supplier can blame the mechanic. Even if the supplier admits the component was faulty, you'll have to pay the mechanic to replace it. Pay one person for the whole job and then it's their responsibility to sort it if it goes wrong.

Yes it is. Happy to post it in theory, may actually get round to it if you send me your address!

Fine, you can. Are you local, or are you happy to pay postage? If so, Paypal?

Hi. I haven't had a Felicia for a good few years now and am finally ready to admit I probably never will again. I have a Haynes manual for "1995 to 1999 (M to T registration) Petrol and Diesel", though my Felicia was a little later than this, it was all still relevant. If anyone wants it, I'm giving it away (or chucking it out if there's no interest). I'm in Sheffield and would obviously prefer someone to come and pick it up, but will consider posting it if no one local wants it.

This probably isn't the "solution" you're looking for but ours used to stall and refuse to start occasionally. We used to open the driver's door, stand on the sill and bounce up and down vigorously for a bit. It always started after this.

I'm really surprised, we have loads around Sheffield, at least 3 within 10 minutes drive of my house. I've spent many a merry afternoon ripping cars apart for odds and ends without having to worry about putting them back together again. I even take my 4 year old along for entertainment, he loves them too. I imagined that this was normal, at least in a decent sized city.

Hi Briskoda, long time no see. About 3 years probably... I have a super basic mk1 Fabia classic. No electric windows, no central locking, no turbo, very little to go wrong. My question is: do all Fabias have a passenger airbag? There's nothing to suggest that mine does. It says "airbag" on the steering wheel but nowhere else. I've always assumed that it does, and have always fitted my rear facing child seat in the back.

One word in response to the replacement screw question: scrapyard. That's the answer to quite a lot of questions, actually.

Aye, mine is a 2002 estate Fabia Classic and has a passenger airbag.

Since no-one local has replied, ok, how shall we do this? What is the best way for me to send it?

I'll see whether anyone local wants it but will certainly consider posting it at cost. Or you could arrange for a courier to collect if that's just as cheap.

I don't think this counts as a classified ad, as I'm giving it away. I got rid of my dead crashed Felicia a few months ago, and I've still got this thing sitting in my garage. If anybody wants it, let me know, otherwise it's off to the tip.

I just replaced my resistor pack with one from a scrapyard, having practiced by taking one out of a scrap car, the swap took less than 10 minutes. This is the advantage of using scrapyards, by the time you work on a car that matters you've had practice doing the same thing on a car that's already broken.

Cool, sounds sensible. It's just a toy for me, really, until I have something I actually want to diagnose so I probably just won't leave it plugged in, but could always fit a switch if I can be bothered. Ta.

Eyup. I've bought a cheap Bluetooth OBDII adaptor ( m.ebay.co.uk/itm/111088326026 ) which works fine with my 2002 Fabia SDI and a phone running CyanogenMod 10.2 and Torque. Great. Is there any way that one of these adaptors can be used to do anything unpleasant to my ECU, or do they just read sensors and clear error codes? If that's all they can do, I'm not bothered who connects, but if it can do any more, I'd worry about leaving it plugged in as the Bluetooth PIN is 1234, which anyone would guess.

I can't see why it would have to be from a VRS. I did think they were totally generic but the old one from my Felicia seems to be too wide to fit in my Fabia, so I guess not.