been meaning to do a build thread for a while now so here goes...

bout my 1st fabia estate in feb 2010 a black sdi comfort estate + it looked like this>>

didnt take me long to get it looking lik this >>

with the help of a vrs front bumper, vrs seats, 17" vw mk4 golf optional extra wheels with 205 40 tyres, polo gti rear disc conversion, eibach springs with polo gti shocks, solid cupra b.arm bushes, vrs ARB + mondeo short drop links..

i then got hold of a set of 18" lm reps>>

+ after putting them on decided the car was looking well enough to warrant putting a better engine in.. decided it would be too much of a waste to convert to pd so i bought another fabia estate but a tdi pd100 elegance with A/C + heated seats.. + starting swapping everything over>>

after a full weekend graft i ended up with a nail of an sdi to sell.. + a loads better tdi to run

fit some bbs stickers + matching skoda badges + 312 s3 front discs/ pads calipers, carriers>>

ran like this for less than a month then hit a pothole on the M62 + killed one of my wheels.. but taking this opertunity i upgraded to 9" rears >>

the estate obviously needed lowering but after fitting coilovers to a few of my previous cars only to ruin the car + get grief of the mrs for catching/ impractability..

so after not long trying to convince myself... i decided i needed air lol i decided the 18"s would be too big + wouldnt allow the drop i wanted so i sold them + bout some adapters for my bently arnage wheels i had bougfht with thev intention of using them as winters>>

i bought a 2 month old rayvern kit off a lad on clubpolo + after a couple of weeks sourcing the pipes/ wiring i took 2 days off i fitted it at my work.. + this i how it looked>>

iv since fitted a metal undertray made by myself (not that you can tell lol )

iv now fitted the front fogs + some new shape rear lights>>

did you have drums in the back or did you just swap out your original discs to polo gti?

did you have drums in the back or did you just swap out your original discs to polo gti?

had drums on the sdi m8 n took them off, swapped handbrake cables.. the short brake pipes.. calipers.. carriers.. discs.. pads.. disc dust plate.. bolts for the carriers + thats all you need bud still same rear axle beam + rear bearings.. iv swapped the polo gti ones onto the tdi + sold the sdi with the rear disc set up off the tdi lol.. (i just wanted red calipers all round haha)

very nice some work gone into that! toally different car to the first pic

Brilliant, one of the nicest Fabias on here!!

Thanks for the coments.. tbh being black it looks better in pics but iv got a respray on the cards for next year ;-) nothing 2 in your face but its not staying black coz its a nightmare for scratches etc..

Wow you've made some great progress with this. Have you got it mapped at all? Would the old door cards suit the vrs interior better?

Ooh what colour did you have in mind?

Iv got black vrs door cards in the front + black "running man" cards in the back.. they came in the tdi.. the sdi had horrible lime green cards with grey plastic.. havnt fitted the vrs seats to the tdi yet coz it came with black heated seats so there in the garage awaiting a red leather covering (when funds permit) at which point ill rip the heated element out of the current ones + swap with the vrs seats ;-)...

No map yet.. iv got 130 injectors, inlet, metal turbo inlet, airmass, airbox, intercooler + all pipework fitted aswell as vrs clocks + ibiza sport 130 ecu ready to fit + iv had decat + de centre silencer.. but i need a bigger turbo before i get a map done im wanting a garret 130 or 150 + a front mount + egr delete before i get it mapped so i dont have 2 pay more than once lol (tight yorkshireman ha)

going for a grey but not saying which ;-)

Holy ferkin moley!! I love this car, best looking fab on here by a mile!

I would love to own this.

Thread will now be followed.

Awesome project, will be very special once you've got the power mods done.

A well mapped pd150 will give you 3x standard SDI power! lol

thanks peeps.. just to clear up though i had an sdi fabia then bought a tdi fabia so the one with the air + bentleys is a propper tdi (PD100).. i sold the sdi to an un suspecting bloke off of ebay lol.. with the old bumper + all standard suspension parts from the tdi ;-)

Holy ferkin moley!! I love this car, best looking fab on here by a mile!

I would love to own this.

Thread will now be followed.

thanks bud im loving yours.. think red is the best colour for the fab but i got black again so wouldnt have to paint the bumper ha ha

loved pips red old one aswell on the bbs rc041's with red centres.. thinking about getting some for mine for next summer but with 8.5's at the back ;-)

Iv got black vrs door cards in the front + black "running man" cards in the back.. they came in the tdi.. the sdi had horrible lime green cards with grey plastic.. havnt fitted the vrs seats to the tdi yet coz it came with black heated seats so there in the garage awaiting a red leather covering (when funds permit) at which point ill rip the heated element out of the current ones + swap with the vrs seats ;-)...

No map yet.. iv got 130 injectors, inlet, metal turbo inlet, airmass, airbox, intercooler + all pipework fitted aswell as vrs clocks + ibiza sport 130 ecu ready to fit + iv had decat + de centre silencer.. but i need a bigger turbo before i get a map done im wanting a garret 130 or 150 + a front mount + egr delete before i get it mapped so i dont have 2 pay more than once lol (tight yorkshireman ha)

going for a grey but not saying which ;-)

Gunmetal grey? Rover X-Power Grey?

Not those greys.. got another grey but dnt want sum1 else gettin there 1st as i wont hav the funds for a while ;-)

Lambo grey?

Far play this is one very nice MK1 fabia top job :clap:

did you use coilovers or springs to get it that low =D ?

Air bud ;-) rayvern set up

its so sick, want my estate low will springs be as good as coilovers and does alot of polo stuff fit on the fabs ?

The pics at the top wer with 35mm eibach pro lowering springs off a 9n3 polo really comfy woz meant 2b keeping them on as its a daily but after a while just want low enuf lol .. everything chassis wise is interchangable aswell as enginewise with 9n and 9n3 polo aswell as 6l ibiza ;-)