hi guys and girls,

picked up my new car Monday night, absolute bargain! a lovely Red VRS.

bit of a step up from my previous car, Citroen C2 1.1L, but hey ho

as this is my second car i plan to do things properly and spend a bit of time (money) on things,

first on the list get insured obviously, but i have plans to make this a 'show/daily car' .

 

first off probably the most important piece, the coilovers, plan on getting some VMAXX etreme coil overs with the damper ajusment

as i had FK-AK in the C2 and they where horrendous, but i suppose as with anything you get what you pay for. 

already have a set of wheels lined up, my mate is letting me borrow his schmidt modern lines, which i'm over the moon about

but i wana get a daily set to, so probably guna go for some steelies. 

 

sorry about the poor pictures but i Havant had a chance to get it in proper day light yet lol.

what you think?  

 

 

 

 

Hi tris and welcome to the forum your fabia is looking fine so keep us up to date with the mods u'll be doing.

Hi tris and welcome to the forum your fabia is looking fine so keep us up to date with the mods u'll be doing.

cheers, i will do indeed :P 

Looks like a Kent based car with that number plate - are you from Kent

Ideas sound good but the vmaxx coilovers won't be much better than fk! Try ap, weitec, kw etc

Looks like a Kent based car with that number plate - are you from Kent

Ideas sound good but the vmaxx coilovers won't be much better than fk! Try ap, weitec, kw etc

yeah picked it up from Kent, i'm in Chichester thou,

do you reckon? even if i get the damper adjustable ones?

I have had AP's before on a vRS and they were great, funnily enough a mate has my old vRS and its still fine with suspension on 4 years later. AP's are cheap too at £400 delivered.

I had FK's on an Ibiza and they were so bouncy it wasn't funny!

Recognised the plate, car probably from Caffyns?

I have had AP's before on a vRS and they were great, funnily enough a mate has my old vRS and its still fine with suspension on 4 years later. AP's are cheap too at £400 delivered. I had FK's on an Ibiza and they were so bouncy it wasn't funny! Recognised the plate, car probably from Caffyns?

oh cool, how low do they go? i cant remember if it was, mite get some of thous then

65-70mm?

I had the back all the way down and fronts maybe 1/2 - 3/4 down.

Still comfortable too!

65-70mm?

I had the back all the way down and fronts maybe 1/2 - 3/4 down.

Still comfortable too!

not to bad then, did you keep the helper springs in? 

Yep

gave the fabia its first clean since i'le had it, came out pretty shiny considering i Havant got the machine polisher out yet.

put my mates VR6 wheels on the rear while i get the original ones refurbished, 15" on the rear 16" on the front :P

 

 

 

 

 

From that last pic your handbrake looks quite high. Might be worth checking one of the arms on your rear calliper aren't sticking on which is a common problem. I'm jealous of all these red ones, that's the colour I wanted

From that last pic your handbrake looks quite high. Might be worth checking one of the arms on your rear calliper aren't sticking on which is a common problem. I'm jealous of all these red ones, that's the colour I wanted

yeah feels very high, haha yeah, i just love red lol as you can see from my old car, which is for sale :p

 

Edited 23 February, 201412 yr by trisholmes

small update! roughly fitted my stereo today, whilst i as putting the C2 back to standard ready for sale :p

and my mate brought round his window wiper remover, so now i've got a nice glossy pug in it, amazing how much difference that makes

 

 

 

got some bit ready to go in tomorrow when i get the car back from its cam belt and sevice :P

 

 

wink mirror

 

 

 

new speakers

 

 

and which gear lever do i use?! can decide :P

Wink mirror ?????   Are you sure you have spelt that correctly .  WTF is a wink mirror.

Some of these gear levers look obscene pmsl

Wink mirror ?????   Are you sure you have spelt that correctly .  WTF is a wink mirror.

haha its just the name of it lol, has 5 rear view mirrors instead of 1, the advisability is amazing

Some of these gear levers look obscene pmsl

haha yeah the big 2 are just show ones, the others i had on my c2, but have customized to fit the fabia 

That wink mirror thingy is over kill, at the end of the day you dont even need a rear view mirror for every day driving .!

That wink mirror thingy is over kill, at the end of the day you dont even need a rear view mirror for every day driving .!

i no but i love it :P

i no but i love it :p

 

Fair nuff.

fitted my new speakers this afternoon, and took the centre console out ready for sub wiring tomorrow morning

 

 

had some fun this weekend, shame i couldn't go to UD, but got a lot done on the fabia,

had basically the whole interior out Saturday to fit the wiring for "THE BASS!!!"

 

 

got the polisher out aswell, tried out the autofinesse revitalise kit, worked a treat on the swirled marks

 

 

 

ignore the spare wheel

Havant posted for a while, don some bits and bobs to the fabia, removed the bump strips, new shape badges, ramair induction kit, boot build floor, soon to be on coilovers :p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what you think?