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im thinking of a skyline too gee.. or a fiat coupe 20v turbo and tune the balls off it

well sold the octy vrs lastnight,,:( kinda felt a bit of regret as she drove away with her new owner ...anyways,,the question i ,,what next ???????? wrx, evo, audi s3 ? or a mark 2 vrs ???? anyways just want to say thanks to all ye guys for tips, parts and advice while iv been hereon briskoda,,ps I MIGHT BE BACK SOON

I'm drooling here looking At that Gee

It's the sill lip I damaged , where the jack slots onto . Not the sill itself . Thank god . They seem to be very delicate indeed

No holes . Just sills crumpled up . I'd nearly try an sort it some how as any future interested buyers would be surely put off by it

Well my drivers side and passenger side sills are folded up into a mess after a bit of a quick front tyre change on my octy vrs using a trolley jack . I feel like a dope to be honest as I knew it would happen an I still went ahead and did it ... Now I'm worrying about failing an NCT test ( Irish version of MOT) .. Would new sills have to be welded in or should I just leave it ? I feel like a proper numpty

I had mine done at 70k miles . My and my car is 9 years old an was on it's original cambelt . The belt itself looked like it would do another 70k miles . Although the water pump had began to leak slightly .

Well it's looking like I will a citreon berlingo 1.6 hdi as a daily driver from next week on , so I may purchase myself something crazy as a weekend machine .

A mate of mine reckons I should go all out an get an sti type r ?

i love the classic shape also ,,, id be using her every day so the mpg is putting me off,,my octy vrs is just on the limit of been half decent on returnin good mpg.. heres what i as thinking of,...love the colour http://cars.donedeal...le/cars/3787114

im strongely thinking of getting a wrx impreza,,perhaps a 02/03 model.. iv always wanted one,, and ive gotten a fairly decent cash offer on my octy vrs.. i know this isnt a subaru forum and i might be turning my back on the skoda :( , but im just wondering have any of ye lads experince of wrx imprezas ? and how would the compare for day to day driving against my octy ???? mpg, bhp differences, etc etc

Are we talking 96 000 miles ? Or 96 000 kilometres ?

I'm just wondering how long a factory clutch should last in an octy vrs? Mine seems to have 9 life's lol .. I bought car with 68k miles on the clock , with no mention of a clutch replacement .. I had her remapped at 70k miles and Theres now 89k miles on her and the clutch still bites like new

Cheers mate . I will get a few pics of it all soon . I'd be over the moon if I got a result like yours

Well I'd be more than happy with that . Are the bump strips hard to remove ?

Cheers lads . I will try an source some quality products over the weekend . What's the finish like close up on your bumper lofty ?

True I guess . The front bumper has a couple of marks on It so I guess a whole respray would make sense . What paint did u use ? I was considering halfords for primer an paint ? But that may be a bad decision :( ?

Just the man I was hoping would reply cheers lofty ... I just wondering man , how far back should I sand the front bumper before priming ?

Well my girlfriend left a nice scratch in the lower passenger side of me front bumper the other day in my silver octy vrs :( ( never let the gf drive) anyways I was considering getting the whole bumper resprayed . I've just looked at loftys thread where he preped and resprayed his vrs front bumper using rattle cans .. I'm just wondering what is the process ? Sand, prime, paint , lacquer ?? Iv a general idea but just wanted to be sure . I'd feel confident enough trying this .

I was thinking the same about the power to weight ratio of the 1.4 mark 2 . I once owned a 1.4 vw bora . It was actually hard enough on juice . An I think the mark 2 Octavia might be a bit heavier again than a bora . The vrs isn't bad on juice ,. Decisions decisions :( .

I'm thinking of swapping my 03 vrs Octavia for a 05 1.4 Octavia mark 2 ,,,, what's pushing my interest in this is the reduced fuel an tax costs . I'm dropping down a load of horsepower , this I know :( , but I'm wondering what are the 1.4 mark 2 actually like ?

im going to give this a go..i cant source a second hand unit from anywhere,,my only fear would be splitting the box to do the soldering and mess everythingtotally up :(

I'm just wondering does any of ye lads have tips for removing super glue from car paint ? I was trying to apply a small dab of glue to my octvia badge on the boot lid . An a small streak of glue around 2 inches long ran along the paint work an set hard before I noticed . It's kinda dirty looking now :( . Any tips?

I'm tempted to try this DIY . I might follow this guide by another brisky member http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/222541-central-locking-problem-help-needed/ Fingers crossed

And did it work ok ford fan ?