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Skoda Fabia 1.9 Sdi
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To Parrot or not to Parrot
Shann replied to HWMBO - Mark's topic in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)
I have parrot system in my company car and I am not impressed with it at all, sound quality isn't great and I don't like the display unit that is stuck to the dash as I think that looks messy my advice would be to go for a head unit with built in bluetooth built in, but make sure the head unit has a external microphone this is the one I have fitted in my fabia: http://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk/pioneer-deh6400bt-car-cd-mp3-bluetooth-stereo-usb-aux-ipod-iphone-sd-p-34360.html -
Picked mine up today and it's so much better! £80 labour and £40 for alglinment. And I also had the arb, arb bushes and droplinks replaced
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the rear bushes in that first set are mayle-ha which are German and come with a 4 year warranty: http://www.meyle.com/EN/Spare-parts/MEYLE-HD.html those are the ones I went for as the original OEM parts seem to be the problem (They have changed their design since but mayle still claim to be better and you don't get a 4 year grantee on OEM parts) and A-Z Motor factors LTD (who own that ebay page) are on the Mayle-HD UK distributors list and when they came the bushes looked good quality and was in branded packaging so I am pretty sure they are not 'Chinese knock off's' I did my checks as I naturally don't trust anyone. as for the wishbones I had Look at them before I took them to the garage with my car for fitting and they look just the same as the ones that are already on the car. I could have took it to ricci concept (VAG specialist in hull) but just to replace the rear bushes with OEM parts they wanted to charge 2X more that what I am paying in total and I have replaced the lot. just hope the same dosen't happen to you that happened to stevenh
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exactly why I'm getting the whole lot done at once
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Cream soda Project (wardy_21 wannabie vrs edited)
Shann replied to wardy_21's topic in Fabia Projects
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looking at doing mine this weekend so thanks for that advice
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yea it was only really the rear bush that needed changing on mine but thought might as well do the lot rather than leave the rest to chance as it would mean more labour if the front bushes or ball joints went, plus makes the job 'easier' for the garage to just change the lot
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here is the power flex one from the same seller: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-VW-POLO-FOX-SKODA-FABIA-LOWER-WISHBONE-ARM-and-REAR-BUSH-POWERFLEX-PFF85-602-/150821607021?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item231dab166d
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just one per side, I have just had the same problem and am changing the lot: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150842945622?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648
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just ordered this ready to do my service: http://www.powerenhancer.co.uk/product.php/262/bg-diesel-engine-service-pack
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BG 44k (same for desiel is bg 244) is the stuff I used in my FTO, with redex never really felt any difference but I swear by the BG products
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or those, and yea they do
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yes well I was just told I needed a new ARB as it was missing the plastic bits that stopped lateral movement. those lateral locks would do the exact same jobs as the new metal lateral stoppers on my new ARB so it would have probably been cheaper to get a set of them but I didn't know that also being a SDI mine has a 18mm ARB but yea if you get this fault yourself just do what fabdavrav did and fit locks at a cost of £22 http://www.part-box.com/product_info.php?products_id=73097
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DM Keith Hull (formerly Royce Roberts Skoda)
Shann replied to DGW's topic in Skoda Dealers - Yorkshire and Humberside
Delt with their parts department recently getting a new ARB for my Fabia, they where very helpful with my many questions and got the part within a couple of days. -
just to get back to you on this, on the new arb I got from Skoda (cost £64) and instead of having the old plastic parts the new bar has metal stoppers, same principle of them whiteline locks just welded to the bar. currently at my usual garage to get all the new bits fitted, so I spent £161 replacing everything that could 'go' so as long as the labour comes in at less than £359 (which it will by about £200) then its cheaper than that rip off VAG specialist