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Great, not so bothered about a light! Can it be coded out with a vag com?

Sorry to bring this back on thread, but as a new GB has started I thought I'd ask a question before adding my name. Is this all I need? or do I need to re-map and get the cooler pipe mod as well? Sorry for the noob question.

Surely new badges are cheap enough?

Lots of type 4 vag cars have discs that do fit but you need the calipers and carriers as well. The one that fit have a 34mm offset

Very nice, how do you remove them? Are they just stuck on?

4wheel drive discs have different offsets, think if you use the correct carrier and caliper they will be fine

All i know is i have bought loads of class d's as they are cheap. Often with light damage. A dealer may have to declare it, and i always have when selling on. But as the cat isn't registred as beyond repair it is no different from buying a car that lightly damaged in a collision and not written off. It just means it was uneconomical for the insurance conpamy to bother with. Look on ebay for salvaged cars, there are skme amasing buys. I once bought an mr2 with 36k on the clock with one bolt off bolt on panel creases for 1.7k! Stefan

Not for class d you don't.

oh dear, that is dirty

Tbh i don't mind a bit of understeer just so long as i can feel what is going on and respond quickly. If fact i quite like going from understeer to a bit of lift of oversteer:-) Not sure about left foot braking in the road. Being near the limit is one thing, trying to outwit the laws of physics is another! You'll have me installing brake biasing next.....................not a bad idea actually:-) Stefan

Hi all, thanks for all of the comments, it's been a great help. Spoke to a mate today who works for unipart. They do thier own brand discs and he can get them for me at about half of trade price! Unipart used to sell ebc and pagid but decided to get thier own manufactured to get better consistency apparently. Anyone used them? They should be the equal of the others mentioned here. Only thing is trying to get the size correct. There are three different offsets listed for vag parts 34, 46, or 50 mm. Which ones? I've ordered some audi tt recon calipers and carriers from ebay so they need to fit them

Hi Soot1e Yeah only intend to drive it on the road, but I do drive quite hard and am quite fussy with a cars handling. This can't cost mega bucks either so the FSD's and Eibachs are out really. Coil overs are the way forward I if you are starting from scratch IMHO that way if I feel the need to adjust ride height I can do so without changing damper throw and spring rate. I'll also know that the spring rate and damping rate were matched in the design process. They'll have to be cheap ones though so JOM it will have to be I think. They do get some good reviews for the price though. Standard discs eh, goes against the grain a bit, not bothered by boy racer looks but some gas evec would be nice to. Once thoses brakes inspire more confidence the fade is bound to rear it's ugly head!! What are the standard discs? EBC I suppose? Stefan

Hi Pasty boy, I meant to just say hi!! I've never known when to stop........a bit like my fabia........ Thanks for all the pointers, especially the console bushes one, although i'm not sure whether it's the front or rear wishbone bush you mean, probably best to change both at the same time anyway? I also notice in the poweflex range for the polo they do an eye bolt mounting bush which I assume is for the track rod end? They don't mention it in the skoda range but it must be the same setup there as well, right? I think i'll go with the larger caliper and carriers for the front and leave the back stock. Any particular discs that are known to work well? i thought i'd give the new brembo max discs a whirl. Stefan

Hi all, Just been lucky enough to be gifted a Fabia VRS mk1 from my brother in law!! It's done 100k but he drives like an old lady so the engine's good. The car feels lovely and solid to drive, i've had quite a lot of VAG cars before so it is what I was expecting A few problem though, i'm trying to get a handle on what is part of the usual expectation from Fabia owner and what needs sorting out. Firstly the back brake disks are shot, the fronts look fine though. Under braking it feels like you just can't scrub the speed off quick enough although if you really push down on the paddle it does. This isn't my experience of shot back brakes, they are normally there to help balance the car under braking rather that affecting the deceleration (to this extent anyway) It also feels very unsteady under harder braking, with steering setup being almost impossible while the brakes are on, definitely no trailing brakes going into a bend. I'm sure this is down to the weight disrubution and suspension setup of the car. It feels under damped and over sprung. I know that the diesel block is very heavy all the way out in front which doesn't help but then it doesn't feel to 'pushy' entering the bend, just unstable. There is absolutely no late braking/ fast turn in / late apex full throttle cornering here, just not possible. I have to drive it much more like a higher, more softly sprung vehicle like a Touran or s-max, make sure all braking is done on an (absolutely) straight/flat bit of road, ease off the brakes rather than let go so as not to start bounce, turn in on a trailing throttle and not give it the beanz until the apex is just past. Don't get me wrong, done gently this car is very quick, my preferred driving style, and one born out of small powerful front wheel drive cars is to be able to drive on the edge and feel the control of the car at work, I feel like i'm having to try and keep various elements that don't feel synergistic at bay at the moment. This is all capped off by the power steering being very light and offering very little feedback. I know it sounds like i'm having a dig, but I'm not. I think this is a great car, very comfortable, looks great, feels good to drive at slower speeds etc, definitely a keeper!! I just want to get a handle on what a standard car should be doing before I go off half cocked tricking things out when it could be a few simple adjustments here and there In my mind I need to start with the rear brakes, it may be a good idea to put better/larger brakes on while I am doing this, I expect some of the faster VAG cars will have larger parts that bolt on? Obviously the front brakes will need doing as well. Is my lack of braking confidence just due to this do we think? Are the hoses already braided? Not sure what DOT the brake fluid is but this could be replaced with better stuff I expect, what about the servo / master cylinder any thing worth doing there. how well does everyone else's stop? It's seems that changing the suspension setup to coilovers would be a good idea, it would only be entry level ones though as I can't spend to much money, maybe JOM or AP do them for this car? any preferences? That should help sort our the under damped diving / instability under braking and turn in, and the subsequent bounce back. Have any of the entry level ones got preload? i find dialling in the corner weight of a car always helps greatly. Tempting to say top and bottom strut braces all round next but I think that along with stiffer bushes etc they are icing, I think a rear anti-roll bar might help more. Like I said the car isn't to pushy but it probably will be if the better suspension let me chuck it into the bend a bit more!! A RARB should help with this a bit. Lastly not sure where to start with the lack of steering feel, I'm sure there must be a VAG COM hack to weight it up a bit more? That's not the real problem though. Maybe there are some better track rod ends out there. Not had a chance to get underneath and see how it steers but there must be some play between me and the tyre that is ironing out all the little things I need to feel? Sorry that got a bit long! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ta Stefan