Girardi's Mk1 Octy vRS

[Girardi]

i changed these and the bush on the lever made soooo much difference about £3 from dealers

Is the lever bush a hard one to do or is it fairly straightforward? I'm assuming it's the little white one?

[Rocketeers]

Where was the sunglasses holder from please... Any link, thanks.

[Girardi]

Where was the sunglasses holder from please... Any link, thanks.

Easy to come by online matey. There's a genuine one for sale at the moment here but plenty of Chinese copies on there for buttons as well.

[Girardi]

Looks great so far thought about spraying the bump strips silver ?

I've ummed and ahed over this. Still not convinced about it in my head - maybe I need to do a photoshop jobbie!

[stewyp1983]

I will put pics of mine up and you can decide

[dubDEAN]

yeah pretty straight forward just un crew hold down can lift it up and get screw driver under it then just push new one in 

[Jimbling]

That's mine and I think it looks brill

[Girardi]

That's mine and I think it looks brill

That looks awesome! Might have to get it done. I'm doing something with the grille before too long as well I think...

[Girardi]

Fed up with the knocks I've been hearing over any minor bump in the road, I decided it was time for a new set of Lemforder droplinks.

Wishbones might need doing at some point, but no real play in there so will wait until they actually need it and then get some with the solid TT bushes.

[Jimbling]

Get them done mate, easy to do as well what you thinking about the grill ? I just sprayed it matte black and I love it just want the mk3 vrs badge for the grill now.

[Girardi]

A few small updates. I did say at the start that this would be a slow burn right?

Drivers window died whilst down - in the rain - grr.

New regulator fixed the problem but in the mean time I had to deal with this lovely bodge inside the drivers door...

[Girardi]

Added an armrest out of a Mk4 Golf. Needed a new lid and the foot and side pieces from TPS for the Octy as the Golf is a different fit. Looks OEM in there and very comfy.

[Girardi]

Daughter was due a new car seat. Naturally I couldn't resist and excuse to a. buy Recaro goodness, and b. Colour match my interior...

Edited 17 May, 2016 by Girardi

[Girardi]

Finally got round to fitting a RARB. Maybe I'll whip it off and paint it vRS green in the summer, but for now just happy to have it on the car. My god what a difference it makes. Handling is like night and day to before it was fitted. I went straight for the hardest setting and very glad I did - if you don't have one of these, go out and get one right now!

[Girardi]

Car has also had a new fuel filter, oil filter and fresh oil as well as a fresh set of properly gapped NGK BKR7E plugs. Feels lovely and smooth now.

[sharkrider]

Finally got round to fitting a RARB. Maybe I'll whip it off and paint it vRS green in the summer, but for now just happy to have it on the car. My god what a difference it makes. Handling is like night and day to before it was fitted. I went straight for the hardest setting and very glad I did - if you don't have one of these, go out and get one right now!

so want a RARB......

 

Car has also had a new fuel filter, oil filter and fresh oil as well as a fresh set of properly gapped NGK BKR7E plugs. Feels lovely and smooth now.

what did you gap them to ?

[Buster5]

Hi, Does anyone know if a mk4 Golf armrest will fit directly into my Mk1 Octy vrs?

Cheers

[Girardi]

Hi, Does anyone know if a mk4 Golf armrest will fit directly into my Mk1 Octy vrs?

Cheers

Yes and no.

So the basic setup is a metal 'foot' which secures below the trim over the top of the handbrake etc. The armrest itself bolts to the foot, and then there's two trim pieces that cover the metal of the foot.

The golf foot and trim pieces do NOT fit the Octavia, but the armrest itself is identical. With the right foot though it's all bolt in with no modifying.

The trim bits you could probably modify with a dremel - they just need some trimming at the bottom. The foot however you will need to buy separate.

I got my armrest for £25 off eBay with a new top.

The foot and trim pieces from Skoda (new) worked out about £30 all in IIRC. So basically £55 all in for all parts.

Fitting took like 20 mins but I spent a while cleaning things up under the trim while I was there, you don't need to do that

Edited 19 May, 2016 by Girardi

[dubDEAN]

£125 from skoda with vat i bought new oe  :p

[Buster5]

Thanks giradi for the info.

dubDEAN that is expensive..main dealers for you tho lol

[DaveMW]

I must be the only one who hated the armrest in my old estate.

[Girardi]

Two small changes for the summer.

Added a Cupra R splitter to the front. I know everyone does this but it does look oh so right!

Also just added a set of Xenon headlights. Original ones, not the eBay copies. Can't wait for winter now as rarely drive in the dark anymore but they look the business...

[Girardi]

Oh and I finally passed a small milestone. Still feels tight as a nut and won't be going anywhere soon...

[krissyneillie1]

Nice car and touches, I see these and sometimes think should I get rid of the fabia for one of these, it's the amount of people talking about poor fuel consumption that puts me off a bit

[dubDEAN]

the fuel consumption is not bad on a run i see 40 plus mpg