as promised

strut before: black

strut after: white sparkle

wheels before:

wheels after: (including centre caps)

Edited 18 May, 201115 yr by Scott Howie

Wheels look minted Scott

Strut brace will look good with the engine bay colour scheme aswell

Wheels look minted Scott

Strut brace will look good with the engine bay colour scheme aswell

yeh thanks bud, going to fit the strut brace tonight before work, will try get a photo of it, if its not too dark

fitted....another different sticker coming too.

new sticker

a pic of the sub as i dont remember if ivve ever previously posted

maybe gonna buy first set of adapters this week. want it lowered and on the rims for national meet over on sc.n but dont know if i will be able to :/

now a freedom member

decided to get the front seats out the other day for a clean and interior hover

and these arrived this morning

is it easy to take the seats out m8?

is it easy to take the seats out m8?

my bro done it for me, 4 bolts, seemed easy enough, but hes the mechanic so let him do it

ok so weather was superb and i thought time to try out the kestrel DAS 6 pro....probs the most time ive spent on a particular panel but was 2+ hours worth it....first tried out some combos just to see what worked best, then phoned a detailers for some extra info, and voila. didnt get before pics but the roof certainly had to be the worst panel on the car, and im over the moon with the results, i'd say 80-90% of scratches and swirls are now gone, i will let the pictures do the talking....i went for a combo of, CG hex logic green with menzerna P085RDS 3.02 intensive polish off the top of my head im sure thats right, followed by a CG hex logic orange pad with P085RD final finish and then a coat of AG HD wax.

BANG!!!!

just the rest of the car to do now :p , 1 panel a day perhaps?

Damm that looks good, tempting me to get more stuck into the world of detailing lol btw someone has put a white handprint on your spoiler!

Damm that looks good, tempting me to get more stuck into the world of detailing lol btw someone has put a white handprint on your spoiler!

yeh i really enjoy detailing, alot to learn but always nice having the cleanest car in the street 24/7 aha, i know someone seen me clean it and decided to salp a hand on it , did have like 2 neightbours ask me about the detailing today and admiring the work

yeh i really enjoy detailing, alot to learn but always nice having the cleanest car in the street 24/7 aha, i know someone seen me clean it and decided to salp a hand on it , did have like 2 neightbours ask me about the detailing today and admiring the work

Aye having a clean car makes such a difference and always good when people admire your work. should see the state of mine at the moment, absolutely caked in ash :(

powered on today and got the tailgate and rear bumper done. again a superb difference!!

completed the car today will try get photos up later, didnt take many today so might try get some tonight after work

finished today, also had a quick go on my neighbours bonnet, got some shots after work too. enjoy.

so got 2 used VW blue tinted heated mirrors (genuine) for £25 posted off ebay, just chanced my luck as the guy was wanting around £32-£34 posted for them and he accepted my offer of £25 so bonus!

fitted them today, didnt realise i would have to disect the wires and extend them as the heating element connectors are at the other side and the wires wouldnt reach.

removed the old mirrors and started using 'bullet style joiners' to extend the old wiring....(cut off old connector and attached these.

then added the extended wire (just stabbed a guess tbh)

i put new connectors on the end of the wires that resembed the ones i cut off, (sorry forgot to get pics now) i then hooked it all up and covered most of the wires in insulating tape and then fitted, the taop also hid the red wires out the way when fitted. done like things on show like wiring etc, so all seems pretty hidden.

happy, nice little mod, i did break the old driverside on removal and it wasnt coming off as easy as passenger side so be careful if anyone else does this mod, the mirrors even though used are in great condition, few little marks on driverside just at the wide angle bit but better than my old one, hardly noticable tbh, i then gave them a clean and noticed the rain was clinging to them quite alot which is annoying in view, so went to get rain-X which was empty so opted for 2 coats of HD wax, should do the trick and get the rain running off them.

i dont know a good way to test the heating elements but i will just hope they work lol, hopefully my wiring works ok.

bit of a essay for a small update but owell, might come in useful for someone.

i changed the glass on my fabia's wing mirrors aswell looks alot better in my opinion.

i've still to extend the wires like you have tho as i didn't have any wire at hand to do this

but i also have to change the unit that moves the drivers mirror as it is broken and has never worked.

failed its MOT today on a burst nearside CV boot, got the new part just need to get it fitted

laminX ordered yesterday, arrived today , also gonna throw this in for giggles :lol:

onto the laminX

pretty happy with it, stuff is pretty thick, and i didnt want to take the bumper off to remove fogs, so not perfect but good enough, i didnt trim it either, cut a square and put it over and stuck stuck the flaps over the plastic housing, because i have for covers it covers the untrimmed mess anyways. 5-10 min job, i did opt to get the hairdryer up to heat it up to make it a little more pliable

some new photos. excuse that some are similar, anyways.

a couple of edits

It looks strange with those lights. Bright white/blue(ish) headlights and yellow fogs. However I had read that yellow is best for driving in fog (or poor viability), you don't want bright white for those conditions.

P.S. I'm sure you cheated with that mpg figure. It looks to me like instant mpg not trip average mpg. :think:

P.S. I'm sure you cheated with that mpg figure. It looks to me like instant mpg not trip average mpg. :think:

That's average MPG but it's still not difficult to get it to show 200mpg.