Never posted anything in here as i didn't think i would do much modding to my car but this year that all changed.

This is how my car looked just 10 months after i bought her brand new:

At this point, the only mods were some Briskoda.net stickers.

Kept her pretty standard for all these years until this year when i changed the rear badges for some Mk2 badges:

Before:

After:

I also added a Robert Dyas LED light into the boot, stuck on with super strength velcro:

I then changed the stereo for a Sony Explode, bought a storage drawer for under the stereo and replaced the vRS badge on the gear stick for a new one as my original had been damaged by the garage:

Excuse the mess in the car, hadn't vacuumed for a while.

Some 17" Spiders then became available on eBay, so contacted the seller and made a deal to buy them but i had to go and pick them up, so took a trip to the Lake District:

Drove down to Halesowen to have the tyres fitted, Toyo Proxes T1-R's all round and this was how she looked:

This was my total driving time and distance on the day after i drove back to Surrey:

That was going from Stourbridge, to the Lakes, back to Stourbridge (via Halesowen) and then to Redhill in 1 day. :yes:

I then found some old PastyBoy badges i had bought a few years before but never got round to using them, so i used the VW wheel centres that came with the alloys and ended up with this:

I also fitted a Devonutopia bonnet lifter (picture taken November 2012):

Then i had this arrive in the post:

I decided i wanted to update a few stickers and change the front badge:

And in preparation for my 1st Track Day, added this:

Took another trip to the Lakes but this time it was actually for a holiday:

And while in the Lakes, decided Scotland wasn't too far, so set off to visit where i stayed back in 2005:

And some of the local scenery:

Headed back to the Lakes:

Then i decided i needed to better prepare my car for Castle Combe as the sticker wouldn't stop me at high speeds, so i bought these off eBay after being let down by a former member on here:

After a bit of sanding and a paint job later (and another couple of stickers):

Fitting:

After:

Bought these as well:

Also bought a Mk4 Golf armrest and had it made up by Mattievrs:

Still haven't got round to fitting it yet but thanks for your work Mattievrs.

Then came the track day:

At Castle Combe, i met M12MKD where i bought his PD160:

I then made a little change to the indicator bulbs, swapping from orange to silver:

Paid a visit to Group1RS:

And had this fitted:

Thanks for your hard work Group1RS.

Next up was another couple of minor mods. Moved the handsfree mic:

Fitted LEDs to the interior:

LED Reverse Lights:

Finally, this is how she is currently looking:

I've still got these to fit:

It's only taken me 8 years but i think the mod bug has got its teeth firmly in me now.

Oh, and i paid a visit to Rob @ W8 Performance last night and had a Shark remap added as well.

Hopefully people have made it this far and i will continue to update when i do things.

Not a bad difference when i look at it:

July 2005:

November 2012:

October 2014:

Nice one John. More people should see it here than in the Freedom bit.

I can't believe you've owned it from new and only just started fiddling

I know it's going to be nothing new to a lot of people but it's my pride and joy.

I think Pete was as surprised as you were when i said i'd owned it from new and hadn't really done anything to it until this year.

I keep toying with the idea of taking the bump strips off and have photoshopped a few of my pics to see how it looks but then i read the stories about paint bubbling and it puts me off. :( I also can't decide which i prefer.

love the calipers with the vrs stickers!

love the calipers with the vrs stickers!

Thanks.

If you look on eBay, you'll find the seller on there. He does 2 different kinds, one with the green filled in like i've got, or ones with the red filled in if they're going onto green calipers.

ahh quality may have to be another item to my basket on ebay

ahh quality may have to be another item to my basket on ebay

Do it.

This is the guy i got them from: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-VRS-Brake-Caliper-Calliper-Decals-Stickers-Octavia-Fabia-/380501443549?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5897a743dd

I think there are some cheaper ones on there but i like the quality of these and they were delivered within days.

Excellent progress mate :-) like what you've done

Looking good. Spotted you out and about recently.

Excellent progress mate :-) like what you've done

Thanks.

Looking good. Spotted you out and about recently.

Thanks.

Where have you seen me??

Little update, bought a Seat Sport Strut Brace off a member on here:

And did my 1st ever spray job:

Not a brilliant job but good enough. Just got to add a sticker or two when it dries.

Nice mods mate. Where in Scotland were you, looks familiar but probably isn't.

Nice mods mate. Where in Scotland were you, looks familiar but probably isn't.

Some were taken on the Mull of Galloway (2005), 1 in Garlieston and the others in Galloway New Forest, i think thats the correct name.

Spot on m8, I'm in Newton Stewart so you would have passed through on several occasions no doubt.

Yep, all the time. We used to go to the supermarket there back in 2005, i think it was Safeway at the time. When i went there this year, i stopped at Lidl for some Scottish water.

I've also been to the VW dealer to buy oil before.

Ha, that could have been costly oil, he is known locally for his high prices but that's really mainly for the used cars he sells mind. Bring back Safeway, sainsburys now :( lol

Ha, that could have been costly oil, he is known locally for his high prices but that's really mainly for the used cars he sells mind. Bring back Safeway, sainsburys now :( lol

It was desperation as the nearest Skoda dealership was Dumfries and Ayr i think and i thought i needed it at the time but turns out i didn't as it's still in my garage.

all good stuff

Face lift rear lights fitted...

Before:

During:

After:

Seat Sport Strut Brace fitted:

Spent this morning changing a few LEDs.

Drivers door:

Passenger door:

Unfortunately, the drivers window LED decided not to work properly the 1st time and then, when i swapped it, the 2nd wasn't working at all! Need to order a few more and finish the job.

Like the led changes mate. don't suppose you got one the wrong way round? Could be why it didn't work?

Do you have a link to the reverse lights? They look cool :-)