I've had my Fabia for just over a year now so thought I'd put up a little bit of progress.

Not many pictures of when I first got it, although I'm sure you all know what a standard vRS looks like.

One of the first things I did was to brighten up the dash as it was a little dull.

I also got a new head unit. A pioneer AVH-3200DVD which is amazing!

Decided to do a little bit of visual styling so ordered myself a new grill and some new head lights.

i know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I really like them

next up I saved some money and decided to get some custom leather

I toyed with the idea of doing my grille and fog surrounds in blue to match, but this didn't go down too well..

At the moment I'm currently working on changing the dash lights

I'll get some pics when I'm nearly done.

I also saw some people with carbon vinyl wrapped grilles so thought I'd have a go myslef

It turned out quite well so I'm looking forward to getting it fitted.

Attempted to do the fog surrounds but failed badly due to the shape.. Will have to think of something else for them now.

More progress to follow soon. Any comments welcome

Hmm, blue clusters are growing on me, is/was it difficult to do? I'd probably go for white myself but blue suits your car well.

The cluster isn't too difficult really. It's just a case of dis-assembling the unit to the board and removing the old surface mount leds and replacing them. It's a bit involved as you need to get the leds all the right way around and as they are quite small can be tricky. The tricky ones so far have been the heated window switch and the light switch. Real pains to take apart.

I've got to do the heater controls next, but don't know how to take the unit out :-/

The cluster isn't too difficult really. It's just a case of dis-assembling the unit to the board and removing the old surface mount leds and replacing them. It's a bit involved as you need to get the leds all the right way around and as they are quite small can be tricky. The tricky ones so far have been the heated window switch and the light switch. Real pains to take apart.

I've got to do the heater controls next, but don't know how to take the unit out :-/

the front just pulls off to reveal the screws to remove it.

Car looks nice mate!

Thanks mate.

I've pulled off the front bit no problems but can't see any screws :-/ maybe I'm just being blind! Don't suppose you have any pics of where they are?

Sorry i was actually thinking of my old 206! Found this though which should do the job!

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/112621-fabia-heater-air-con-control-panel-replacement-how-to-with-pics/

Superb! Cheers mate. looks like a bit of a mission to get to, but will be worth it.

My new suspension turned up :-)

Can't wait to get them fitted. Didn't want to go for lows so got some KW springs and shocks from DPM

Will get some before and after pics

Like the headlights mate, just looked them up and theyre the best part of £250 ish... Are they worth it in your opinion. Dont suppose you have a pic of them at night do you??

Cheers

Adam

I think they're brilliant mate. I didn't pay that much, £220ish I reckon.

I don't have any pics yet. Will get some when I change my grille back

Edited 8 September, 201114 yr by Dark_Hero

Like the headlights mate, just looked them up and theyre the best part of £250 ish... Are they worth it in your opinion. Dont suppose you have a pic of them at night do you??

Cheers

Adam

Ebay, £199. Saw some earlier. Just type in fabia headlights

Small update.

Suspension is now fitted. Given it a small drive and it is amazing!

Also finished all the dash lights. Will upload some more pics soon :-)

Very brave with that grille. Very Dacia or Kia or similar. I can't quite nail down the model I'm thinking of to back it up with a link though.

I like the leather. Looks good.

How much wasthe custom leather mate? It looks the dogs... Like how you are testing and playing until you get t right. My VRS is completely standard still toying with the idea of a few mods

Thanks for the comments. Yeah it's still a work in progress. I've got a new idea for the grilles and things. just need to find the right kind of mesh

Here's a couple more pics I took last night.

I've put the old grille back on now it's been wrapped. Still working on the fog surrounds though

The dials look amazing bud

The dials look amazing bud

Very Volkswagen

Seats great

Not keen on the grille or lights though :(

The dash looks cool, I like the headlights.

The dash is very impressive mate. A one off interior now.

I like you dash mate, but not keen on the grill or the fog surrounds

Welcome to the club Dark_Hero, its about time someone else managed to change the LED's

How did you manage the LEDs behind the heater controls, I cheated and just blanked out the original ones and just blue-tacked some standard 5mm LEDs behind the panel

Well done

Karl

Thanks for the comments everyone, really appreciate it.

Karl, I took the heater control unit out, which was a bit of a pain, then de-soldered the old LEDs. They're smds which are the same as the speedo dials

The lights are actually starting to grow on me. What's the light output like? Alot of the reviews say they give off hardly any light