no worrys its always the little cheap things that make the difference, do it around the lower center grill or something, would look good

Edited 25 April, 201115 yr by TrevorB33

I think some people might need to go away and do some searching

Nice work Ross

you should try a lime pinstripe around the front grill like i did before on mine but orange,

got it off ebay for pennies

what is that, orange tape? or painted or vinyl or something? quite like that but dont know what to look up

Cheers guys, oddly enough didn't take long to find it in the Morrisons car park today

techie what tips do you have for painting, i usually, wet sand, primer (few coats) paint few coats and then laquer (few coats) but never comes out as smoothe or shiny, i use various wet and dry upto high like 1600

what is that, orange tape? or painted or vinyl or something? quite like that but dont know what to look up

i think it was styling strip of something like that came from hong kong lol, its like those gash chrome strip crap people put on there cars but orange

i think it was styling strip of something like that came from hong kong lol, its like those gash chrome strip crap people put on there cars but orange

off ebay?

yeah, here you go found it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3m-x-3-5mm-Adhesive-Car-Styling-Strip-Orange-/280635502722?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item41572df082

yeah, here you go found it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3m-x-3-5mm-Adhesive-Car-Styling-Strip-Orange-/280635502722?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item41572df082

found it earlier after you posted, its in my watch list, i emailed them to see if they can supply white, unlikely though

Well impressed with thIs car, you should be chuffed to bits!

Little update, nothing new though. Uploading some more.

That green looks very like my Polo's LA6C green. Which I can't find any touch up paint for! Made me think an MPi estate would be nice! Shame I missed out on the 2ltr one.

Nice to see someone doing something different for a change! Your vRS wagon was awesome though. The vRS skoda should have made in the mk 1. Tempted to do something like it.

Is a PD130 / 150 swap on a furby difficult?

Very impressive, have nothing more ambitious on the cards for mine than painting the chrome grille black and maybe swapping the badges. Maybe a wheel refurb if I have the cash to spare.

The MPG isn't great on the MPI but as I make only short and irregular journeys at present it hardly matters.

Do you have any plans for the seats? I hate the fabric design of the seats on the classic, but suppose as you only sit in them you rarely see them

Got a set of vRS seats lined up to go in now, freebie for doing some work.

where did u get the front bummp from matey if u dont mind me askin i have to say it the best 1.4 8v mpi i have seen i have the same car but in blue and u have given me so ideas too cheers matey

I think it's an official body kit sold by Skoda. Fixes on top of the standard one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250586953208

That second photo looks class Ross. Good work

Been playing again.

Many many moons ago I bought a set of Alpine components from Walkie on here (for those that might remember him, its been about 5 years I reckon..lol). They are probably vintage by now but been listening to the standard fair flapping about for a while so decided to fit them. Grand plan is to strip the doors down, sound deaden them and then amp these up but for now just running off the headunit (4x55w Sony Xplod type thing).

Standard speaker removed, handly the old rivets stuck out, this could be useful.

Now the components I have are Alpine SPS-171a. Not to put a fine point on it they are fairly chunky. Having fitted quite a few speakers to Fabias I know mounting depth can be an issue, but after a bit of measuring I was fairly sure they would go in. So I got the jigsaw out and started making some baffle rings.

I thought a couple of 15mm baffle rings and one of the standard Alpine adapters would probably do the trick.

With the standard rivets still sticking out of the carrier I thought id drill some matching holes in the back of the ring would act as a good locator.

And that snapped into place and secured.

A second baffle ring added and the standard Alpine ring..

and it just fits..

The magnet is just touching the window runner, and yes the window still does up a down, bonus.

Whipped the speaker back out and soldered some OFC onto the back and fed through the door grommet

Mounted the x-over onto the door carrier and wired everything up. Alpine tweeter mounted behine the standard trim so looks factory.

and...

Crap quality recording but sounds pretty good considering and a lot better than standard (no suprise). One side down (and yes the door trim fits back on) and they other is underway. Not bad for a few hours work, happy days.

Looks good Ross. What are you using for the sound deadening? Need to pick some up for mine but not sure what to go for.

When I get around to it i'll get some off ebay, when I did the estate and the pick up I bought a couple of silver backed rolls that worked pretty well and a fraction of the price of dynamat etc.

That kinda thing.

That mpi will barely bloody move if you put that much sound deadening into it lol

What ya on about? its got moaaar power.

Very nice. I have found with mine, the woofers are a little too close to the grill on the door card, and it vibrates them badly on good bass. I am taking a multitool to mine to cut out the slats, clean up the edges, and have an exposed woofer. Will hopefully not get damaged in use.

Yeah, that looks fine for me. Got some for Fabia #2 off eBay, but can't remember which stuff I got!

As you say, was good value compared with Dynamat. Want to do the boot floor and underneath the rear bench too.

Other side done much the same

And back together, you would never know.