My mum aka ( fabia jo ) has given me her 1.4 8v mpi fabia Wreg as she brought a 1.9sdi mk1 fabia on friday eveing

Right it got a couple off probs which must off u know which am fixing as week speck well in the day time and weekends when am not at work but in no rush as i want it done right. So welcome to my project i will be askin alot off questions and doin alot to me fabia inc mods.

One thing i need help with where can i get the metal pipe that gos from the water pump to the heater matrics and to the bottom pipe on the rad am goin to replace all my other hose with blue silicon hoseies too as i have found a cheap place online and i will post the website too so everyone can enjoy the benifits too lol

Welcome to Briskoda Scott

Another member of the Essex Fabia Massive

You'll get plenty of ideas on here.

Loadsa modders in Essex mate :p

cheers matey

One thing i need help with where can i get the metal pipe that gos from the water pump to the heater matrics and to the bottom pipe on the rad

A Skoda dealer, unless I have misinterpreted your question? If you just want to tidy it up you could no doubt remove it and give it a good polish. I believe it is a metal pipe rather than a hose in order to prevent hose damage in that location from movement etc.

Have you considered other more functional mods like central locking, alarm to provide remote central locking, remote boot release etc?

A Skoda dealer, unless I have misinterpreted your question? If you just want to tidy it up you could no doubt remove it and give it a good polish. I believe it is a metal pipe rather than a hose in order to prevent hose damage in that location from movement etc.

Have you considered other more functional mods like central locking, alarm to provide remote central locking, remote boot release etc?

the metal pipe has a hole in it where the pipe gos to the water bottle so i think i will give skoda a ring cheers matey i would like to do the mods above would they be easy to do and would it pay to get them from a breaker then i could get the hole kit

Crikey tough going to get a hole in there - thought you just wanted it shiny to go with the blue hoses

Unfortunately Central Locking would have to be aftermarket - well it would make the job a whole lot easier. The models with factory central locking have entirely different handle mechanisms internally and a different type of switch for the interior light. Skoda make a kit tailored for Fabias without CL, which is quite expensive (probably now over £130 after VAT increase). It's quite an intensive job involving removing quite a bit of trim. See http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/169820-fabia-central-locking-retrofit-part-deux/ The result is worth it though IMO.

I'm sure I read somewhere on here that a boot release latch from a model with one can be used - although I bought a cheap generic boot release actuator. Not got round to doing the remote boot release as yet though.

Crikey tough going to get a hole in there - thought you just wanted it shiny to go with the blue hoses

Unfortunately Central Locking would have to be aftermarket - well it would make the job a whole lot easier. The models with factory central locking have entirely different handle mechanisms internally and a different type of switch for the interior light. Skoda make a kit tailored for Fabias without CL, which is quite expensive (probably now over £130 after VAT increase). It's quite an intensive job involving removing quite a bit of trim. See http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/169820-fabia-central-locking-retrofit-part-deux/ The result is worth it though IMO.

I'm sure I read somewhere on here that a boot release latch from a model with one can be used - although I bought a cheap generic boot release actuator. Not got round to doing the remote boot release as yet though.

i would make the new one shiny but to be onest it at the bottom and u wot see it anyway got a price for the pipe £20 posted from skoda which i thought was very good cheers for info on the lockin kits wot else have u done to your car wot size wheels r the vrs as i would like a set mat black goin to paint my engine cover and battery cover too in blue the match my hoseies i would like to lower it but not sure would i vrs spring kit fit my car or could i get the right kit for my 1.4 i will be puttin in a sound system not anything to loud as like the wife says am past the boy race age lol

right i have order my 2ft breaker bar and my Angular Torque Gauge would it be better to use this on my torque wrench or on the breaker bar