You should have run it by me Rob, when I did mine it was a piece of cake :p .

Looks like re-fitting the bumper pushed the pipework back making it contact. Not good.

Beginning to wonder why I started this. Should have bought a proper kit.

Well I bought a proper Kit Rob and it was still a PITA to fit

But the end result is defo worth all the chew on

Bill

sure ull get it sorted rob ... thanks for the pics/blog whilst ur doin it .... makes u feel like havin a go urself :yes:

Few more pics:

I turned one of the horns upside down to give a bit more clearance

First job was to fix the brackets as it was miles out from being straight.

So it all needs to come apart again and I have two options - try and adjust it in the place it's in - probably need to make the U bend a little tighter.

Other option is to modify the pipes I have left over and make it go behind the headlight again. I've realised one of them will fit there but it means cutting down the MAP sensor and DV pipes a bit more and a few more mods to the pipes, so once I start down that road there's no going back to this way. Probably a better option but will definitely take another full day to get done I think.

Then I need to adjust the turbo end - maybe trim down the pipe that's onto the top of the turbo as it hits the strut brace at the moment. Something the seller assured me it wouldn't do

No time this weekend though. Parent and baby show on Sat followed by a Ta Moko event at the national museum - the chance to meet about ten of NZ's master ta moko artists. Need to book one of them to do me a piece to celebrate the impending birth of our daughter

Then I have to take SWMBO into work on Sunday so no car dismantling. I need a second car

Bit more detail here:

http://www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk/V2Images/ModsEngine/FMIC.htm

Bit more detail here:

http://www.pimpmyskoda.co.uk/V2Images/ModsEngine/FMIC.htm

Intresting read as ever, good luck! looks like a pig of a job. must be fairly frustrating.

Seems like a lot of work for the savings there Rob.

Well done on your efforts though

that sucks dude, looks like you are having a lot of grief!

Okay I take back what I said about the turbo end - it doesn't rub if it's adjusted properly:

Much better - before:

After:

im thinking about one of these kits, the turbo inlet pipe did this come with the kit? if not could you just uterlise the origanal? i.e removing the 90 degree rubber hose replacing it with a straight hose and cutting it to sise?

im thinking about one of these kits, the turbo inlet pipe did this come with the kit? if not could you just uterlise the origanal? i.e removing the 90 degree rubber hose replacing it with a straight hose and cutting it to sise?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean - the turbo outlet? The one that comes off the top of the turbo?

It fits okay now I've done some adjusting and wiggling

Yes i have gone from thinking about it to i have brought one lol, yes the turbo outlet was this in the kit?

Yes i have gone from thinking about it to i have brought one lol, yes the turbo outlet was this in the kit?

Yes - everything was in the kit and it would have fit with minimal adjustment I think if I didn't have Xenon headlights.

Apart from the missing MAP sensor port of course!

Ahhh yes this one has the sensor port included thanks for the help mate im loving my octy estate i hope you dont mind me stealing most of ur ideas!

Not at all! I stole most of them from other people

Coolio ill pm you if i get stuck lol

Coolio ill pm you if i get stuck lol

that makes 2 of us with estates stealing robs ideas

keep it up rob ... just pity i cant find those dam wheels in the uk

that makes 2 of us with estates stealing robs ideas

keep it up rob ... just pity i cant find those dam wheels in the uk

where bouts you from mate?

that makes 2 of us with estates stealing robs ideas

keep it up rob ... just pity i cant find those dam wheels in the uk

When I searched a while ago I found the silver version at a UK supplier but not the black. They're made in Italy so the manufacturer is a lot closer to you than to me!!

where bouts you from mate?

not too far from u ... crystal palace

When I searched a while ago I found the silver version at a UK supplier but not the black. They're made in Italy so the manufacturer is a lot closer to you than to me!!

could be under a different name in the uk .... wonder if its the same company as TSW ?

Edited 22 June, 201016 yr by 550_VRS

not too far from u ... crystal palace

ah crystal palace i used to drive through there everyday wen i worked in town (i fitted marbale thats why i had to drive i would have loved to take the train!)

a pint may be in order then as you are a fellow vrs estate, what colour?

ah crystal palace i used to drive through there everyday wen i worked in town (i fitted marbale thats why i had to drive i would have loved to take the train!)

a pint may be in order then as you are a fellow vrs estate, what colour?

silver with a pvt plate m8 ... there is another silver one near the skoda dealer at elmers end ... i think its on a 04/54