"Phantom" fabia II vRS estate

[sharkrider]

an update re the "turned off elecronic diff"

 

this worked brilliant for the track... but on wet tricky roads, I miss the diff, SO MUCH a different situation to track driving.... after I left the ring, knowing winter is comming, and I have no more track days until next aprils castle coombe.....

 

I have turned it back on (thanks Jason) to medium for the winter road usage

[sharkrider]

I have now installed my new rear facing camera, bargin at £15, quality is pretty good night time infra red and time/date stamp, I have put an 8 gig card in

 

 

got a new sticker to try and deter tailgaters and idiots... seems to be working too! this pic also proves the fli eye is legal and allows the reflectors to work properly, reflecting the flash nicely

 

[BossFox]

How does it look from inside?

[sharkrider]

barely noticable, I have mounted it in the unswept top side of the rear screen, just peeking out at an slight angle, a bit of an offside view, it doesn't interfere with the rear view, and the cable is long enought to feed down the side of the seats, and into the centre console, so it doesn't affect any rear seat passengers... took 5 mins

[BossFox]

Neat.

[Toxicvrs]

Tidy camera install, I've got a sticker too and it helps a lot.

[sharkrider]

Tidy camera install, I've got a sticker too and it helps a lot.

Thanks: and I agree with the sticker, was unsure at first, but its especially good when I have a learner driving, people have suddenly stopped getting aggressive and impatient!

 

being at the the top nearside, its not in a place you want to view in your mirror (the kerb) , you generally look behind and offside, and pointing that way a little too, gets the best view...

 

I always wanted one of these, I just couldn't believe how cheap they are now! the bloody SD card cost more than the camera! lol...

[Toxicvrs]

Thanks: and I agree with the sticker, was unsure at first, but its especially good when I have a learner driving, people have suddenly stopped getting aggressive and impatient!

being at the the top nearside, its not in a place you want to view in your mirror (the kerb) , you generally look behind and offside, and pointing that way a little too, gets the best view...

I always wanted one of these, I just couldn't believe how cheap they are now! the bloody SD card cost more than the camera! lol...

I've got a window sticker with the camera but on, amazing how many people back off

[Jabozuma]

Dave, that looks really good!

Could link to the where you bought the camera from?

Also, do you have any footage we could have a look at to see the quality if you do not mind of course

[sharkrider]

havent got any vids without going to fetch the camera, but u can change the quality, and I have it set at 720 and its about the same as the vids from my iphone 3 (front camera) above..... a bit better on exposure though! (better balance of contrast) you can make it better quality I got it from miniinthebox

 

it was this one I bought... I seemed to have gotten a nicer camera than in the pic! lol.... but all the functions are the same, quite small too!

 

http://www.miniinthebox.com/2-5-inch-tft-lcd-screen-hd720p-270-degree-angle-car-dvr-support-night-vision_p883640.html

[sharkrider]

I'll post a vid when I can be arsed to fetch it out of the car again! lol..

[Jabozuma]

Cheers mate - shopping for X-Mas prezzie for my Fabia - either cameras or HIDs

[sharkrider]

I was going for HID's but read some of ants comments, and backed off, just high power bulbs for me, my phillips ones work well!

 

going on how choppy it can be, think I may bite the bullet and get some bilstiens for next year, and polybush the front at the same time....

[Dark_Hero]

Go for it Dave

Will really tighten things up nicely

[sharkrider]

Cheers mate - shopping for X-Mas prezzie for my Fabia - either cameras or HIDs

a quick example from the rear camera, quite dark this morning!

 

[sharkrider]

winter wheels and tyres going on today with the new spacers. will compair to last year, without spacers photo's later ...

[sharkrider]

All done! Right, this is what the winters USED to look like with the silly octy I offset...

 

 

 

this is what they look like now!

 

 

 

 

 

15mm front spacers with longer bolts........

 

 

 

20mm rear spacers that bolt onto the hub, then the wheel bolts on normally

 

 

and a BIG ThankYou to the two members of the forum who sold me the spacers after I posted a "wanted" add up.... lovely place is briskoda

 

tooled up for winter! (its gonna snow on the tops of our fells tonight! )

[Dark_Hero]

Looks great Dave

Just in time then by the sounds of it.

[sharkrider]

indeed, a cold front is coming in soon, possible blizards on our high ground! glad our ambo's now have winters on definatley freezing outside already tonight.... met office phone app says -1 at the moment! lol...

[Dark_Hero]

We just have rain

[sharkrider]

just wondering if I will get away with the spacers still on when the summers go back on going for the "S4 estate" look

[Dark_Hero]

Yeah go for it

[sharkrider]

:strong:

[mmmRacer]

just wondering if I will get away with the spacers still on when the summers go back on going for the "S4 estate" look

Sorry Dave....lol. Ordered some flares off Superskoda last night. Yes I know they are ugly but hopefully they will look better colour coded. Then we should be ready for some new wheels/tyres for next racing season.

 

Over the last 9 months the estate has improve 5 seconds a lap at Wakefield Park (2.2km circuit)

[sharkrider]

excellent enjoying your build mmmRacer