under body plastic cladding

[Race Blue]

Hi I have noticed recently that my fabia has underbody plastic cladding between the front and rear wheels. Is this standard on all fabias ? My car does have sports suspension so is 15mm lower that standard car, could this be the reason its fitted.

[O.C.D.]

its standard mate.

[The Plumber]

Not all MkII Fabia's have it; my lad's 59 plate Fabia 1 HTP makes do with stone guard sealant instead of plastic panels. Mind the spare wheel well underneath is far better protected than the paint primer finish on our Monte which does have the plastic.

 

Oh on a side note both Mk1 Fabia's we had previously were fitted with the plastic panels as well, so my lads car not having them was surprising but maybe a cost cutting exercise :wonder:

 

 

TP

[skoda1982]

i think only from facelift it is there it is to reduce drag so more fuel efficient

[Another Newbie]

My 2013 Fabia 105tdi doesn't have it.

My Fabia 1 1.9tdi did, but it seemed to reduce ground clearance significantly: kept scraping on speed-humps etc. Eventually it caught on something, bent, garage removed it, no more scraping. Might have saved some damage over the years I suppose, but I preferred not to wince at the noise.

[Race Blue]

Maybe it is a lowered suspension thing so would be on greenline, monte and vrs plus any car like mine with sports suspension fitted.

[xman]

IIRC the underbody protection pack is only fitted to high end models e.g. you'll probably get it on elegance but not on se or lower. I remember seeing on the dealer Octavia production order system - underbody protection pack1, underbody protection pack2, dependant on model variant. In theory, I think, these could be added as an option if ordering a factory build, but you need the cooperation of a dealer willing to look up the code and try adding it on to the order - I did this for a centre armrest/jumbo box on our Octavia 2 - the trick was specificying the correct factory option for an aux input (£10 IIRC) and the jumbo box had to be ordered to comply but came FOC!

 

In the past, on the Fabia I found you can buy the bits for the protection pack through dealer spares dept but I found the fittings in the floor pan were missing so that stopped me from going further.

[skoda1982]

IIRC the underbody protection pack is only fitted to high end models e.g. you'll probably get it on elegance but not on se or lower. I remember seeing on the dealer Octavia production order system - underbody protection pack1, underbody protection pack2, dependant on model variant. In theory, I think, these could be added as an option if ordering a factory build, but you need the cooperation of a dealer willing to look up the code and try adding it on to the order - I did this for a centre armrest/jumbo box on our Octavia 2 - the trick was specificying the correct factory option for an aux input (£10 IIRC) and the jumbo box had to be ordered to comply but came FOC!

 

In the past, on the Fabia I found you can buy the bits for the protection pack through dealer spares dept but I found the fittings in the floor pan were missing so that stopped me from going further.

I had it on my 1.2 tsi se 2011

[Race Blue]

Maybe its on all models except 'S' then?

[Another Newbie]

It's a puzzle!!:

2002 'Comfort', standard suspension, had plastic cladding.

2013 SE, sport suspension, no cladding

??? :s

[Wibb]

my 2011 vrs estate has no such plastic cladding underside.

[Ootohere]

Its just a Fuel Saving thing,

and on some models and some are then said to have less Clearance and people and reviewers think that is the lower suspension,

(Some do have shorter springs)

But where actually the roof hight is almost the same as other models, it can be that the tyres with less total diameter & the under Cladding is what gives the measured less clearance.

 

george

[philhoward]

my 2011 vrs estate has no such plastic cladding underside.

I thought mine did - will have to check later!

[xman]

OK, my latest theory is its fitted to every second or third car.

 

Or maybe only on a night shift production vehicle.

 

Or maybe its fitted on one production line but not another.

 

Or if it is made in WInter....

 

I must admit it seems a bit random.

[skoda1982]

My monte has it

[PDIBK]

My Monte has it.  Also an annoying rattle eminating from it...must investigate further!

[Race Blue]

This is very strange it does't appear to be related to age, body or engine type, trim, or ride hight ??

[OzFabia]

Anyone got a picture? I have two long, sort of dimpled plastic pieces running lengthwise from the front of the car and ending just before the line of the rear wheels.

[horkin]

Yes, my 1.2 Tsi DSG (2010 plate) Elegance does have it

Edited 19 September, 2013 by horkin

[Sparkly]

2010 vRS, I didn't get any :think:

[O.C.D.]

My Monte has it.  Also an annoying rattle eminating from it...must investigate further!

Yo dude i had same rattle from underneath so got the car up on me ramps crawled under and discovered that the exhaust heat shield around the middle of the car was rattling of the plastic under cladding so it was easy sorted. any sort of rattles p*** me off...!!!

[O.C.D.]

Anyone got a picture? I have two long, sort of dimpled plastic pieces running lengthwise from the front of the car and ending just before the line of the rear wheels.

thats the cladding in question ...so you have it .

[OzFabia]

thats the cladding in question ...so you have it .

Hmm, well mine's a 2012 model, for the record.

[nbramwel]

I have a 2011 petrol 1.2 htp and I have the 2 underbody plastic cladding pieces.  But my earlier 2008 Fabia 3 diesel didn't have them.  Both cars were standard build.

[skoda1982]

I have a 2011 petrol 1.2 htp and I have the 2 underbody plastic cladding pieces.  But my earlier 2008 Fabia 3 diesel didn't have them.  Both cars were standard build.

2008 is pre facelift