So the work on my Fabia is probably not going to be as epic as most of the other projects on Briskoda but if you don't mind having a glance at this topic and making suggestions or recommendations that would be cool.
 
First stage is dealing with any cosmetic damage before I move onto styling and other modifications. So here is my stock Fabia Mk1 vRS as it currently looks:
 

 

 

I'll post up the photos of some of the cosmetic damage shortly and if anyone can make recommendations on the best way of dealing with them that would be great.

 

Stage One: Cosmetic Work
 
So here are the main cosmetic damages I want to deal with, first up being the door edges where people attach those stupid plastic protectors and the door handle insets. Scratched the door to buggery; scratches aren't deep, just not sure what to do about them so any recommendations would be great:


 
No idea why this specific place on the boot lid has these fine scratches on it; boot lid bike rack maybe?
 

 
Couple of scuffs above the front left wheel arch, might be because of hedge rows or something like that:
 

 
Some plastic type coating on the alloys has peeled away as well as a few scuffs and stone chips:
 

 
Only alloy with scuff damage and quite major; my boss has been doing a little powder coating so maybe that is an option or decent paint/spray job on the them with a darker colour before I consider buying a replacement:
 

 
Inside, car is pretty much spotless. Some minor stains on the white trims around the seats but some decent valet work should do the trick on that. Only significant damage is a broken double air vent with that noticeable scratch across the dashboard which I don't think I can do much about without a complete dashboard replacement (although maybe someone on here has some voodoo that might work):
 

 
Replacement double air vent has just arrived from a breakers yard so I'll be fitting that tomorrow.
 
Anyway, as I said, if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations I'd love to hear them. I'm not looking to spend thousands on cosmetic fixes but equally not looking for the cheapest possible fixes (although cheaper the better).

So replacement double air vent arrived, needed a bit of a clean but good condition otherwise so I installed it earlier.

 

 

Pretty easy to get the existing unit out. The dashboard is pretty soft material so it is easy to put a screwdriver or thin knife blade between the dashboard and air vent body without damaging the dashboard. The metal clips you see on the unit below hook onto the dashboard so when you are removing it, insert the blade where any of those clips are and it'll unclip quite easily.

 

 

And here is the finished product:

 

 

I found removing the air vent was actually a good way of sorting out the car stereo cables and keeping them out of the way when you install the stereo unit. Saves taking off the side panels of the centre dash. 

Stage One: Update

 

So got myself some Farecla G3 Scratch Remover Paste to tackle some of the minor scratches and minimise some of the major scratches. Was pretty sceptical at first but here are the results. First is the the front passenger door; admittedly I could've put a bit more 'elbow grease' into it so the results could be better, but I am pretty impressed with how it handled the more major marks as a result of those stupid plastic door protectors.

 

 

Then we have the bootlid; again, could've put a bit more 'elbow grease' into it but just learning how much of the paste to use, the pressure on the applicator pad etc but still happy with the results so far.

 

 

Then we have the front passenger wheel arch which came up really nice.

 

 

First test of the G3 paste seems really good. Got more scratches to go over and may repeat it on the one or two I didn't put enough effort in to, will post more pictures soon.