I hope this thread will become packed with lots of ideas, tips, advice and guidance to help everyone enjoy their cars a little more! Post your improvements/innovations that you've made so others can set to work on making their cars that little bit better!
 

Try to keep your ideas to ones that are not too costly, some of the best things we can do to our cars might just involve 'DIY' using basic tools from the garage!

Post the little additions that benefit you each time you drive, look at, or even listen to your car! Maybe even ways to save fuel?!

 

It might be maintenance related for those who are mechanically minded you could give useful tips and explanation on how to do things?

 

It might be subtle aesthetic changes you've made..

I'll start off..

 

Tightening the hand brake cable.
We always use our handbrake, multiple times each journey, so to improve the feel and bring it back to being like a new car, I tightened my hand break cable using a 10mm spanner to tighten the nut and decreasing the travel of the hand break lever. The nut is located beneath the rear ash tray which comes off with no effort at all when lifted, turning the nut clockwise a couple of turns was all that was needed, an improve that is noticeable on ever journey.

 

Colour coding.

I decided to colour code the chrome grill on the front of my car.

 

Those leather seats!

I don't know about others with leather seats but the rear seats rub against the rear speak panel and make an annoying friction rattle type noise when travelling over a rough road surface. I'd be interested to know if anyone has this issue and how you resolved it? I've taken a piece of sound deadening mat and a sponge cut to size and wedged it between the top corners of the seats and the plastic panel with the rear speakers in them, which has reduced the noise but there's still friction noise coming from them somewhere!

 

Light bulbs.

I've replaced my front indicator bulbs with chrome ones which means there is now no amber reflection which I think makes the front look much better.

 

New style badges.

I'm yet to fit them but I've order some from Skoda, £28 for the pair so I'll be fitting them this weekend hopefully, should give the car a bit more of a modern, clean look

 

Go on guys lets see what you've got, I'd be really interested to see what little things you've come up with that make the car much nicer to be in when driving around.

Cheers, Cameron

Dual fog light conversion on rear!

To make is more symmetrical then? And of course safer when its foggy, cool like it

To make is more symmetrical then? And of course safer when its foggy, cool like it

Spot on annoys me a bit when not symmetrical!

Silvertec indicator bulbs

Colour coded front grill

Twin lupo cup holders

Fitted new interior out of 2010 ibiza sport. Look and hold you way better than the vrs seats and are a straight swap

3.5m Jack plug in Switch blank 1 to connect ipod to Connects 2/Radio

USB Charge point in Switch blank 2 

USB Charge point in glovebox

Extra storage box under drivers seat

Skoda Valve Caps

 

OEM design Pasty Boy badges almost ready to go on

 

Work still in progress - Fitting Golf Mk 1V/Bora cupholders - what a flippin pain!!

Dual fog light conversion on rear!

 

How hard is that to do??

How hard is that to do??

Really easy mate : http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/265504-dual-rear-fog-light-how-to-guide/?hl=%2Brear+%2Bfog#entry3136003

Really easy mate : http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/265504-dual-rear-fog-light-how-to-guide/?hl=%2Brear+%2Bfog#entry3136003

 Thnx Bud. You must be like me - OCD type!

Thnx Bud. You must be like me - OCD type!

IT HAS TO BE SYMMETRICAL

3.5m Jack plug in Switch blank 1 to connect ipod to Connects 2/Radio

USB Charge point in Switch blank 2

USB Charge point in glovebox

Extra storage box under drivers seat

Skoda Valve Caps

OEM design Pasty Boy badges almost ready to go on

Work still in progress - Fitting Golf Mk 1V/Bora cupholders - what a flippin pain!!

Ahh yes! I've got the same aux out lead from the connex to as well, goes through the glove box through a little opening that seems like they knew people would do it! Which also reminds me..

I have one of those dash magnets that stick to the dash and hold your phone/iphone, BRILLIANT feature always use it, I stuck it over one on the blank switchs and it's great for when I use my phone satnav or want to scroll through my music!

Great posts guys!

Just thought of some other things, I have enabled (thanks to a fellow vrs owner local to me) the anti hi-jack feature where the doors auto lock at 10mph and then unlock when the key is taken out. It does the beep beep on lock/unlock which isn't for everyone but I like it at the minute and the one touch opens all doors rather than double clicking the key fob. Only draw back is that I can't 'accidently' trap the girlfriend out in the rain when getting in the car :/ that was always fun.. :p

LED sidelights/reg lights are a cool addition too. As with the ice white (blue in bulb colour) dipped and full beam headlights which when off reflect a bit of blue in the light unit to match the colour of the car

Silvertec indicator bulbs

Colour coded front grill

Twin lupo cup holders

Good idea regarding the cup holders I needed an extra one the other day! Had to use the mk1 lap in the end!

Will look into this, any pics?

Pics are good people everyone loves a good nosy!

Good idea regarding the cup holders I needed an extra one the other day! Had to use the mk1 lap in the end!

Will look into this, any pics?

Pics are good people everyone loves a good nosy!

 

Loads of threads on Lupo Cup Holders/Cup holders in general. Grab a drink, use the search facility and read on...............

Best little mod I've done to mine is to put this above the back seats.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-4W-ULTRA-THIN-FLAT-ROUND-LED-DOWNLIGHT-COOL-WHITE-LED-/290619551784?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Night_Lights_Fairy_Lights&hash=item43aa467028

 

It provides so much light in the back it makes a huge difference, plus it doesn't really look out of place and blends into the roof quite nicely 

Armrest is a good one.

Spend a good few hours on a nice warm day tightening all the little hidden torx screws and bolts in / under / behind the dash to eliminate niggly rattles you get with ageing plastics, cable tie the loose loom out the way and make it better than new

+1 for armrest. Leather seats (for those without leather as standard!) and digital radio are prob my faves.

Spend a good few hours on a nice warm day tightening all the little hidden torx screws and bolts in / under / behind the dash to eliminate niggly rattles you get with ageing plastics, cable tie the loose loom out the way and make it better than new

Super idea

Best little mod I've done to mine is to put this above the back seats.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-4W-ULTRA-THIN-FLAT-ROUND-LED-DOWNLIGHT-COOL-WHITE-LED-/290619551784?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Night_Lights_Fairy_Lights&hash=item43aa467028

It provides so much light in the back it makes a huge difference, plus it doesn't really look out of place and blends into the roof quite nicely

Haha really? Looks something like what I'd find in the bath room! Would be great to see it though, certainly unique!

LED's on the front lights, fogs, rear plate & interior.

Lowered 40mm.

Colour coded front grill (silver)

Debadged the boot.

Domed VRS sticker on the key fob.

Spend a good few hours on a nice warm day tightening all the little hidden torx screws and bolts in / under / behind the dash to eliminate niggly rattles you get with ageing plastics, cable tie the loose loom out the way and make it better than new

What do you mean behind the dash?

Underneath it from the footwells or?

Might give this a go - not as something is rattling so much, just as something to play about doing.

Does anyone with leather seats have a rattle of their rear headrest? One of mine is a real noisy bugger, I will have a look at that first.

JRJG

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3.5m Jack plug in Switch blank 1 to connect ipod to Connects 2/Radio

Do you have a link to this?

Ta

The only maintenance related tip I can give so far (due to only owned the car for a few weeks!) is:

Don't drop any caps or small tools down into the engine...

Had to take the bottom tray off to get my brake fluid cap out the other day... All good experience.

JRJG

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