Hi all,

I'm a newbie to this forum, I joined a couple of months ago whilst looking for a Fabia vRS. Well I found one! I bought it from a forum member but through eBay.

It's a Black Magic '05 plate with high miles but it's in a lovely condition (and I intend to keep it that way!)

When looking for my car, it had to have xenons and cruise control, well I hit the jackpot with this one as it had both and a lot lot more...

xenons

cruise control

FK AK coilovers

Turbo back exhaust

EGR delete

Forge fmic

PD160 intake

Panel filter

Revo stage 2 remap

17" Black BBS RK's

312mm brake upgrade

LCR splitter

Black grill

Short shifter mod

Rear ARB

Poly bush/console bush upgrade

I think that was all... phew!

The previous owner said it was close to 190bhp when mapped, I'm yet to have it on the rollers so can't confirm that yet!

Well since owning it, the modding has continued further!

There have been quite a few things that have needed changing, first off I had to replace 3 bald tyres so I went up a profile to give a bit more ride comfort, one of the wheels wes buckled so I decided to have all four refurbished and chose an OEM Audi silver for the centres, I've fitted carbon vRS badges to the centre caps.

The rear coilovers had failed massively so I had to change them, I've fitted a set of quality AP's and raised it up a little, aa great improvement over handling, I can now brake without the car trying to buckaroo me!

After two weeks of ownership, the turbo failed spectacularly! So after some research I went with Turbo Technics and bought a new turbo and had it hybridised, they claim it's good for 200+ bhp.

I've stripped the whole car and sound deadened everything I could, double insulation on the flooring throughout, the boot, spare wheel well, all door cards, it's made a great improvement

This morning I took the car back to the garage to have the final uprated boost pipe fitted, I had SFS make a custom pipe that exits the turbo and connects to the metal pancake pipe. The drive home was awesome! It's got so much power now and NO more boost leaks! I'm not sure when the original pipe split but this one has made such a difference.

Next on the agenda is the drivers seat, the seat rocks forward and back, under closer inspection I've found the washer that sits in the pivot point (where the seat adjusts up and down) has worn out, a new subframe is going to cost me over £200!! So I guess the only other option is to set the seat at a suitable height and weld it in place... :S

Well that's enough talking, here's a few pics

The day I collected it

Wheels after their refurb

And as it stands now

Cheers

Greg

nice car front discs are on back to front though

groove should hit inside of pad first

nice motor

Lush

nice car front discs are on back to front though

groove should hit inside of pad first

It's funny you should say that!! I thought the same?! I've gotta say, the braking isn't as good as I'd expected, perhaps this is why!!

Thanks for the comments though guys

Greg

how much was the pipe??

how much was the pipe??

I think the pipe will retail at £60-70, it's a fantastic bit of kit

Much larger diameter than the original pipework

It's funny you should say that!! I thought the same?! I've gotta say, the braking isn't as good as I'd expected, perhaps this is why!!

Thanks for the comments though guys

Greg

just swap em over

passenger side to drivers side

lovely looking car mate, good spec list aswell

whos the hot chick mate lol

Thanks for the comments guys :yes:

A little update on the car.. In the past couple of weekends I've upgraded a few lightbulbs, I now have LED indicators, numberplate lights, front sidelights, interior lights and 6k D2S xenon bulbs. I've swapped the brake disks around so they now face the correct way, I've bought some replacement trim parts to replace scratched interior panels, and also replaced the drivers side grill in the front bumper as the original one had been cut out. This weekend I had the front grill repainted in Black Magic as it had been sprayed rattlecan black previously.

I've had the wheel alignment done twice by two different places in the past month but they can't seem to correct the camber on the nearside. I've got a terrible feeling that something's bent

Greg

nice car front discs are on back to front though

groove should hit inside of pad first

This is not always the case. The vents within the disk dictate the direction the disk should rotate.

If you have them facing 'the wrong way' like pictured above, you will have a better initial bite but more pad wear.

If they face 'the normal way' the bite is not as strong but pad wear is reduced.

Car is looking very nice though mate. I was searching high and low for one with factory xenons but couldn't fine one in silver so had to settle for standard lights, which thankfully are better than I expeted!