Yohan's Furby Thread

[chunkytfg]

they must be about.

I picked up a mint red 04 with 18k on the clock on thursday for well under your budget but it doesnt have xenons or cruise unfortunately.

My local-ish(Norwich) skoda dealer has a black 06 with 40k and cruise for 6.5k but no xenons. It was up for 7k less than a week ago aswell!!!!

[Yohan]

That's good news. Do you mind me asking what you paid for it?

Cruise I can live without or at least fit later if I really want it.

I'm sure something will turn up soon enough

[lewisgraham]

I came from a mk4 golf pd 150 to a fabia vrs.....now if i ever get back into a mk4 its a nicer car.....!

just the gereral interior and comfyness but saying that i had much more fun in my fabia vrs

[AlexGvrs]

Don't lose heart about getting one for £6k ish Yohan. I have just bought a 55 plate black VRS, with 33k on it including cruise for £6000 from a Jag main dealer which they had got in from a part ex.

Well pleased with it and I only had to spend about a month looking before I found it. I just checked the Auto Trader each day to see where they were coming up.

[Yohan]

Cheers for the comments guys, I'll keep my eyes open.

Like I said I'm not looking to rush in to anything, so I'm happy to wait a month or 2 if it means I get a good one.

[phil_monk]

i am quite a fan of ebay for buying cars, got mine from the bay but its a bit out of you spec.

You do have to know what your looking for thou.

Are you wnting to buy private of dealer, you could save about £500 private?

[Yohan]

I'm not bothered about private or dealer, as long as it's in good nick

[fabiash]

Skoda Fabia VRS , Xenons , Cruise, Parrot Bluetooth on eBay, also, Skoda, Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 18-Jan-09 19:33:18 GMT)

[SimonK24]

That ones been on there quite a while now, maybe its the few mods it has. For that price though, it looks a good buy! I wish I had some nice extras like Xenons :(

[dave370_1]

Hi,

i recently got my 55 plate vrs,it has 24000 on the clock and i paid less than your budget.

I know its a bit of a trek from where you are but Fords of Winsford have an 05 plate vrs for £7399.00 with

9000 on the clock,only problem is it's silver.

regards

dave

[Yohan]

Thanks for all the posts helping me out everyone. Obviously the less I pay the better, means more money for mods

[ocrx8]

That one on eBay looks good, although it's been around for ages... it was for sale back in June, when I first started looking last year (albeit for a lot more than that!)

[Yohan]

Think I've found one, although a bit sooner and a bit further away than I would've liked.

Christopher Mahon

Look for the fabia there, the price seems really good for Xenons/Cruise and the age/mileage.

[truespartan]

I picked up a 05 with 21k for £6100 the other week. Plenty of bargains out there!

[Yohan]

Well I went out test driving Golf's yesterday, and in a local garage they had just taken a Black 54 plate vRS in with 53K on the clock and 2 previous owners. No cruise or xenons but after driving it I just put a deposit down on it!

I had no intention of buying a Fabia but the way it just turned up seemed like it was meant to be seen as they are like rocking horse poo up here!

I do have an anti-glare HID kit (HIDS4U) lying around though and cruise can always be retrofitted so I'm happy.

Acceleration seems so effortless! Even got 47mpg on a spirited test drive!

Should hopefully pick her up Monday so pics to follow then

[Tech1e]

Excellent stuff

[Littlebull]

Ive got full leahter, xenons and cruise control so nurr nurrrr ner nurrrr nerrrrr ! :P

Just wish I could have had ESP fitted too but it was an ex demo with 2k knocked off the price with only 2500 miles on the clock so snapped the dealers hand off !

[Littlebull]

Well I went out test driving Golf's yesterday, and in a local garage they had just taken a Black 54 plate vRS in with 53K on the clock and 2 previous owners. No cruise or xenons but after driving it I just put a deposit down on it!

I had no intention of buying a Fabia but the way it just turned up seemed like it was meant to be seen as they are like rocking horse poo up here!

I do have an anti-glare HID kit (HIDS4U) lying around though and cruise can always be retrofitted so I'm happy.

Acceleration seems so effortless! Even got 47mpg on a spirited test drive!

Should hopefully pick her up Monday so pics to follow then

Let the modding commence

[Jim H]

Remember there are legal issues about retro-fit Xenons, discussed many times on here. I have never herd of these "Anti-Glare kits" and they need self-levelling mechanisms and washers. You could just put uprated bulbs 50%+ in it.

If I was going to buy another Furby I would possible buy an SE and/or one with factory fitted Xenons.

[Yohan]

Absolutely! Already PM'd Steve about an Audi TT brake setup so will probably order that tomorrow along with a Jabba Rear ARB. Then I'll just have to decide on what suspension set up to go for

[Tech1e]

I can say the AP coilover set is good if you want to run lower thatn the excellent Eibach set up.

[Yohan]

I think I spotted the AP set on Awesome. What springs are used in this awesome eibach setup everyone mentions? Where does everybody buy it from as well?

[Yohan]

Right here it goes. I didn't spend the money improving the handling on my Golf, so suspension/chassis will be the first thing that gets looked at with the Fabia.

If an expert could double check everything that would be much appreciated.

Brakes - Audi TT 312mm Setup from fabia-vrs.com - The Comprehensive Fabia vRS Resource Site

Front Upper Strut - Seat Brace - Part No = 6L0071710

Front Lower Strut - Is there one available? I know the S3 one fits a Golf MK4 for example.

Front ARB - From what I've read seems more than adequate when left standard.

Rear ARB - Jabbasport Rear ARB

Bushes - While I'm giving the suspension an overhaul I've read the bushes are prone to wearing quite quickly. Is it worth poly/cupra bushing the whole car or just selective areas?

Suspension - I will be keeping it on it's standard alloys just now so aside from having a great handling car, I want a drop that doesn't make it look like a tractor.

Would the Koni/Eibach setup give enough of a drop on 16's? I can't find any pictures of such a setup so apologies for asking again.

And I think that should be enough to improve the ride :P

Thanks,

John

[Littlebull]

You've pretty much got it sussed. Go for Powerflex and Cupra bushes best set up id say.

[Yohan]

Glad to hear it.

I'll probably just gradually order the bits over the next month and fit them all in one go. I want to get used to the car in standard form first before I start playing around with it.

Am I right not to bother with upgrading the front ARB and fitting a front lower strut brace?

What Koni shocks and Eibach springs does everybody use? It looks like a 4x4 just now hehe

Thanks