Hello,

Only getting round to posting some pictures of the car now!

Bought the car about the middle of July. Got a great deal (I think?) off a private seller.

The car was adverised on gumtree about 20 miles from my town so i was immediately interested!

It was advertised at £3800, 45k with no mods except the debadging and the black front grille.

I then arranged to meet up with the seller and the car had;

-Coilovers

-Tinted front and back windows.

-60k miles!

I was a bit annoyed at this because the front windows were clearly illegal and they'd have to be removed and also I wanted one that wasn't already lowered so I could do it myself properly and get it aligned etc. Also at 60k it meant getting the cam/timing belt changed :|

So I test drove the car and it was amazing, lightning quick compared to my mum's 1.1 ~70bhp mitsubishi colt I'd been driving for the past two years! The front tyres rubbed on full lock and I was a bit put off as it meant worn tyres and if I bought it then it would certainly have to be raised. PITA!

It got down to doing the deal for the car and the guy wanted £4200 for it!! He said it was because of the coilovers and tints that he wanted the extra money. I was obviously very annoyed at this because he advertised it at £3800 with less miles and without the mods that tbh I didn't really want. Eventually I go him down to £3950 with a full tank of diesel

Needless to say I was happy enough! Insurance was a bit of a hassle with me only being 19 and having no NCD because i was a named driver for 2 years - managed to get it down to £1600 fully comp with admiral multicar..

Few things I've done to it since buying,

-Two new front tyres - 195/45/R16 - £44 each

-Raised two front tyres about 10mm - no more rubbing!

-Had to get a jack and tow eye from a scrapyard as none came with the car

-TRS tow strap machined onto the tow eye

-De-tinted driver and passenger windows

-Sprayed some engine components to match car, love it or hate it look but I like it!

-Few stickers: Castrol and RAC ones - vintage but i like 'em, DCs sticker and Ulster Rugby sticker on rear window.

TO DO:

-Strut braces front and rear

-Timing belt change

-Full service

-Short shifter mod

-Pressed number plates

-Spray number plate surround back to gleaming black!

-Polish up headlights - looking a bit faded

Not sure if I've left anything out but I'll maybe start a new thread soon in the main Fabia I section to keep up to date with my mods. (If that's okay).

Pictures:

Very similar to my red one when i first got it. What reg is yours? Im guessing the door handles have already been colour coded and its an older reg?

Looks like its been looked after thats for sure!

Very nice

Cheers! It's a Northern Ireland reg on it now but it used to be KN54?

Cheers! It's a Northern Ireland reg on it now but it used to be KN54?

You're lucky then as someone has obviously colour coded the doorhandles. Its what i want on mine funnily enough. Looks good. Antracite standard wheels look good on that. If you want some pics let me know

Yea and removed the side strips! I think it looks far better that way

Would love to see those if you have them handy?

Also, car has been fully resprayed, I didn't spot this when I bought it but it was CAT D so I suspected this. There's a bit of overspray underneath the car but it's 100% apart from that

EDIT:

Will both these braces fit? It says its for an ibiza mk4 and i'm pretty sure they will, it's just the design of the rear one confuses me, will it fit?

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHqR,%21loE5YPRE+%21RBOWMDJSs4g%7E%7E60_12.JPG

DOUBLE EDIT: Just worked out that these are both for the front, upper and lower!

Edited 29 August, 201114 yr by jordy_wd

Welcome to Briskoda

Just had a nosy there at your threads and you'r looking cup holders. Search for ones from a lupo like I did. Ill upload a photo

Yellow fogs. My sidelights look uber blue in the photos, they're actually bright white LEDs.