Hi all,

 

Recently bought a black 57 plate Fabia 3 1.9 TDI for a cheap price as I missed the TDI punch.  I had a mk1 Fabia VRS a few years back and loved it but was forced to sell it due to financial reasons.

 

In an ideal world I would've got a new VRS but I prefer TDI, and, more importantly, I have nowhere near enough money to get a real VRS!    Once I remap the 1.9 TDI it will have a very respectable turn of speed so I can probably get away with my fakery to the uninformed!

 

Anyway, I have purchased loads of stuff to make my Furby into a genuine* VRS - Lowering springs, genuine Gigaro alloys, genuine Skoda rear diffuser, genuine Skoda VRS rear spoiler, tailpipe trims, tinting film etc. etc. etc.  Oh, and I'm going to fit VRS grille and boot badges.  

 

For the front end I'm going to fit a Superskoda front splitter, use some black vinyl to create a slight eyebrow to lower the line of the headlights and possibly use some light headlight tint film to darken the lenses a touch.  This part will look aggressive but will obviously differ from a real VRS...  And this is where my questions are targeted.

 

So, whilst I will have an overall 'VRS look', the front end won't look 100%.  Initially the Superskoda splitter and the other bits mentioned above will suffice, but I'd like to get a genuine front end on it at some point in the future, just for authenticity.  Will the facelift VRS front bumper fit the pre-facelift car?  Will the newer headlights fit in the pre-facelift mounting points?  I assume the bonnets are the same fitment at the rear so the bonnet replacement is straightforward enough to suit the new lights and bumper?  Are the wings the same from 2007 to current models - I have looked online for wings and they seem to have the same part number for all Fabia mk2 models?

 

If anyone can answer my questions I'd be really grateful.  

 

Cheers,

 

Nick

I'm pretty sure the front end of the facelifted model differs quite a bit; so I dont think you'll be able to retrofit the newer parts to your car without some modifications.

Get some pics up mate

Thanks for the reply, Jim. Looks like it'll be a pain to do then, but not impossible! I'll just stick with the planned front end for now then, and look to start buying genuine VRS front end bits sometime next year. Once I start waving the mdf and no more nails at the car everything will fit on no problem!

 

Mikejay, there's nothing to see at present, it's just a basic black Fabia 3 that any old grandad would normally drive at the moment (including ridiculously high suspension and awful mudflaps!), the piles of bits are still in my garage awaiting fitment. I'll probably do some sort of 'build' thread at some point, just to add some pics.

 

If anyone else can weigh in with tips it would be much appreciated.

When they did the facelift on the mkI Octavia they changed the following:

Bonnet

Lights

Grill

Bumper

And wings

And I think the slam panel was different too. So I would assume that you need a whole front end.

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In the New Year I'll be taking off the OEM dampers from my vRS.

If there's a chance you'd be interested I'll bear it in mind and PM you when they are off the car. They've done 40k miles so won't be looking for much for them. Are your springs OEM vRS?

Get that build thread up with some pics, sounds like a good read already

Sounds like an interesting project mate. However putting vRS badges on it - nooooooo! That's just sacrilege lol!

I'm also looking to change out my front brakes, we should definitely keep in touch.

My 288mm discs and calipers are in very good condition

Sparkly, I could indeed be interested. I have Eibach springs that were acquired cheaply. Let me know when you get round to removing them.

 

Haha Furbytom, I'm definitely fitting VRS badges as I know people will flame me when they see the pics when it's done. It'll make me chuckle knowing I've wound them up. My gypo homage to the VRS won't be complete without VRS badges.

 

I've so far managed to get everything - car, rims, spoiler, diffuser, springs, etc. for about £2.5k all in, so I'm doing well with my Aldi inspired VRS so far.

^^^

Cool project, looking forward to seeing it finished.  The 1.9 PD has loads of tuning potential, so your car will be like a natural development from the mk1 VRS, that Skoda never built.

Edited 30 October, 201312 yr by jim157

I'm in the process of doing something similar with my 12 plate Elegance estate, just need someone to do a wiring job on the vRS DRLs and it will be sorted

Yeah Jim, the Mk1 VRS was a fantastic car for me.  Took mine round the Nurburgring a good few times and loved every second of it.    The plan is to give me something similar in a more modern car.  

 

Brimma, I've not even considered DRLs yet, will look to that when I eventually look at plonking the facelift bits on.  My bank account is only just recovering after buying the car and all of the bits listed above so it will be a few months yet.