32KOFDATA ///// Fabia Sport (MKII)

[32KOFDATA]

The interior is looking sweet

i`ve vinyl wrapped my air vents door pulls and radio & gearbox surrounds in gloss black

Did it work out ok? Any pics would be interesting.

[mb-fabz]

I have to in carbon

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[32KOFDATA]

and pics with the new badge on. Badge numbered 1ST 853 601A AUL is perfect for the front of the car. The back is another story - will post info when I'm done.

 

 

 

 

Edited 3 November, 2017 by 32KOFDATA

[azngordy7]

Still can't believe this isn't a vrs.

[Ad Lav]

Looks stunning as usual

Question - tried to get the middle air vent out (double one) but seems stuck fast - any screws holding it in?

[32KOFDATA]

Looks stunning as usual

Question - tried to get the middle air vent out (double one) but seems stuck fast - any screws holding it in?

Not screws but two metal clamps that go into the unit and you will never be able to remove the trim unless you remove the whole center console.

When I tried I didn't know that and I broke them - the trim snaps back fine but it is not nice to know that you broke it :(

[Ad Lav]

Damn!

Well I popped to see my mate who is a Maclaren bodyshop specialist and he has taken out the radio surround, dash pod and two side vents for painting - he's done them already so going back in tonight

I'll get him to remove the centre console carefully then! He's also doing the DSG gear knob surround like yours its just bigger and surrounds the P R N D(+ -) S.

Thanks for the help!

[Rsrob]

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Did it work out ok? Any pics would be interesting.

The air vents are not to bad to do the middle one was a pain to do what a pain to get out and back in the radio & gearbox surround are very easy to do and the door pull's are on to bad to do

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[Ad Lav]

Dash pod is by far the best I think - 32K gave me lots of inspiration!

My dial rings were chrome/silver to start with so left them as they were.

[32KOFDATA]

Tiny update - for a while now I was looking for a proper spot to place my phone. After a bit of search online I've found this mount (it works for both left and right hand drive cars regardless of what the pic shows):
http://www.mytrendyphone.com/shop/dash-mount-skoda-36871p.html

that neatly can be screwed right behind the trim of our head unit making the whole thing look quite stealthy. The cradles that can be bought for this mount are very expensive (already the mount costed me 19euros!) and in most cases they are phone specific so for now I've decided to reuse an old 5euro universal cradle I had lying around. Some extra strength sticky tape on the back and Bob's your uncle! So far it works fine and I like the fact that it sits on the same level as my head unit. Overall I'm happy

 

 

 

Edited 3 November, 2017 by 32KOFDATA

[Rob Kirby]

Mate every time i look at your car i fall more and more in love with it

Only one more thing to do.... Smoke your rear lights ????

[Leon-y-k]

Why does your glove box release have a red light on it? is that ambiente lighting? or just a reflection?!

[32KOFDATA]

Why does your glove box release have a red light on it? is that ambiente lighting? or just a reflection?!

How on earth did you spot that? yeah seems like some reflection issue. The release is the same like yours

[blueR36]

you fitted your rear badge yet Emanuel

[32KOFDATA]

you fitted your rear badge yet Emanuel

Yes I did yesterday!. Took me a while to install and it is very tricky due to the recess which I filled up with dirko silicone. Only negative is that when I tapped the badge overnight I think the tape dragged and angled the badge slightly. It is hard to realise the mistake but i know it is there and it is bugging me. I will post pics and you let me know if I'm too picky.

Again big thanks Alan

[Rsrob]

The new skoda badge is not good to fit to the back of the fabia the one i fitted is slightly out but you need to look real hard to see it

Got my new wheel badge at the weekend now need to find time to fit them

[matt_theforce]

That is a stunning looking Fabia. I knew with the righ mods the mk2 would look awesome

[32KOFDATA]

Managed to find the courage yesterday to install this with my mate. God the day was hot... 100.4F!!! :S

First we took out the front interior light in order to access the power cables which would feed power to the rear interior light. After we figured out which cable does what and how the rear light would function we decided on the placement and using the metallic frame as a stencil we drew a cutting shape on the roof. By the way we decided that the best placement would be in the same line where the roof door handles start. No head (I guess you have to be very tall) can touch it by mistake plus it is in reaching distance from my seat in case I want to switch it on/off.

Then the scary part starts - with a very sharp scalpel we made a smaller cut than the drawn shape and slowly with each pass we widened the opening. Then it was time to fit the metallic frame and with a bit of extra cutting of the roof here and there the fitment was perfect.



Note that the Fabia roof has a layer of insulation material - something like cotton. We had to remove some of that in order where the opening is in order for the light casing to fit perfect.
With the help of a metallic wire we pushed through the cables to the front interior light - that needs a few tries to get it right. Connected the cables and did a test and all worked fine.



From there on it was simply a matter of installing the rear light which clicked well in place thanks to the metallic frame.

 

Keep your hands clean! we did a couple of finger stains - some foam will fix that :p





At last light at the back!

Edited 3 November, 2017 by 32KOFDATA

[blueR36]

You have seen the light, did not know there was no light in the back , looks good

[Rsrob]

Very nice job looks good

[32KOFDATA]

Did a very short test with my GoPro HD. Excellent little camera but the mic is a bit crap. :wonder:

[Dark_Hero]

Very nice. Your car sounds awesome too!

[32KOFDATA]

Today a large box was waiting for me What could it be? :think:



A Skoda Fabia S2000 Evo 1 bonnet! Upon further investigation I've found out that this was on the car of Patrik Sandell



I couldn't wait so I installed it with my mate during this afternoon just to check if all fits ok and get an idea of the future final result. It does need some tlc but nothing that can't be easily fixed.

 

Will keep you posted with the progress. I can't wait to see the final result, nice to have some racing heritage on the car

Edited 3 November, 2017 by 32KOFDATA

[Webster]

Love it! I take it your going to be painting it black ?

[stratosg]

Ok! I think it is time to paint this crap blue and then drop it in the sea. :rofl: :rofl:

I am joking of course, I am a bit jealous (that's a lie, I do jealous a lot) and yes I am really curious to see the car finished... if ever... But if so then it will be a real masterpiece. A thousand times Bravo!!