Alex's Fabia vRS Estate Project

[Shifty]

That looks fantastic, every credit.

[mattbeef]

Very nice mate.

Bet you cant wait to get it back from Jabba

[Hammie2k]

That looks the muts nuts fella grats and well done

[ninja_alex]

Thanks everyone for all the credit, has been a good project, needs it few final touches but n my opinion is a really different looking Fabia now. Stands out from the crowd without being ott.

Back from Jabba now, full 4 wheel alignment and custom remap. Did not make massive power, 186BHP but torque was what I was after, 456NM after it had been backed off due to dual mass vibration. Water/methanol needs some alteration in pressures/nozzles but made a good difference at higher rpm's. Car feels massively quick now when you can put the power down!! Looking foward to a dry day to really try the lower gears out!

Alex

[mattbeef]

Very nice mate, will they be winding the power up slightly after its run in?

[KIDD]

Great job, looks like a real sleeper, and space in the back for a couple of dogs

Are the bits you had shipped from Czech genuine skoda parts?

[Tech1e]

Very good Alex, I hope Wiebo adds the finishing touches to his one so it looks as good.

[ninja_alex]

Thanks Ross, Still doing some finishing touches, today it had an oil and filter change with some fully synthetic oil,as I have now done a few miles with the methanol and so it has cleaned the inside of the engine nicely! Also fitted the undertray

Also, hoping to get a leather interior next week from another Fabia. Other than that, I have wired in the mirrors today and fitted the door cards.

Alex

[Tech1e]

Cool, i'm just about ready to slide the engine in now i've plumbed in the ESP.

[devonutopia]

Cool, i'm just about ready to slide the engine in now i've plumbed in the ESP.

Speaking of sliding the engine in, am I right in thinking the mounts are the same for the TDI and vRS engines? I am surprised how well mine are holding up (I used the original pd100 mounts, fitted to the new engine)

[Tech1e]

Yes they are but lets not muddy Alex's thread with too much banter.

[ninja_alex]

Oh No!

Just bought another smashed vRS, a '55 plate this time!!!

Cat C, dont know wether to do another estate or just sell it on!

Can't Resist

Alex

[faboka vrs]

So alex, how many have you owned

[devonutopia]

Teehee! Another? I'm not sure there is the market for another mongrel estate. I know I could never really sell my car should I decide to. But as a repair project, it could be viable, especially if you can make use of bits off the other vRS that donated it's gubbins to your estate project.

[ninja_alex]

I've had 6 Fabia Hatchbacks, 1 Ocatvia vRS and now the Estate, + 2 salvage vRS'

In the past 10 years, I've had 38 cars and 14 bikes

Alex

[S41NT]

Well done mate, wish i had the ******, know how, money and time to do a project myself. We only upgraded to the Octy II due to the small Fabia vRS bootspace and stupidly big pushchairs so an estate version would have been quality.

I say do another

[ninja_alex]

Thanks for the praise

Got a bit more today in the way of full leather... Ummm

Just got to finish cleaning it and fitting it. Will put up pictures then

Alex

[ninja_alex]

Now with added Leather:

[Wardy]

Not mega keen on the colour combo Alex; would have the colours the other way round (black outers and grey centres).

But that's what makes this your car, not mine

Steve

[ninja_alex]

Steve, I didn't really choose them. They came in another vRS I bought, so swapped them with my standard seats. In reality, these cost me nothing so I am pretty happy with them!

Alex

[Wardy]

In that case, game on

That's my kind of deal

Steve

[WW_VRS]

Considering they were free swap, not bad Must admit I love the wheels you put on

[ninja_alex]

Cheers Weibo, yours looks to be coming along OK now, how much longer you think? I have a large FMIC i'm currently mocking up to fit, hopefully give me a few more ponies!

Alex

[WW_VRS]

Not sure on timescales, Ross is putting as much effort in as possible though He has family, full time job and Unit18 jobs to do as well, first priority is to get her running as I'm without a car at the moment which makes it a little interesting

[Tech1e]

I need to get it done asap as my partner at the unit is bored of pushing it..lol