Beavo's SE Fabia, AKA 'Beast'

[hutchysrs50]

So thats two SE's its been in now

[stevobeavo]

So thats two SE's its been in now

For the price it was rude not too.

Looking forward to throwing it around the lanes near me. Already over bumps I can feel it's a lot stiffer.

[hutchysrs50]

It was originally in my car so its very special indeed!

Cant say i notice much difference but i didnt take it on track days and dont push it around corners, i drive like an old man really, just like a little bit straight line speed, 2nd and 3rd gear is about it for me

 

I buy things for the sake of it, front strut brace, rarb, coilovers etc and it still goes the same from A to B for me, but look pretty!

Edited 19 May, 2016 by hutchysrs50

[stevobeavo]

Got a few hutchy hand me downs on my car now

I know tech1e mentioned it made a difference to his. And I'm hopefully at brands again in a few month so that will be the big test lol.

[stevobeavo]

Had a chance to try out the rear strut brace over the last few days and the change in handling is quite drastic. Which I wasn't really expecting as I had one on my old peugeot and it didn't do anything in the slightest.

The rear end feels much more solid and when pressing on instead of the the front dragging the rear round the corner, the rear now comes more into play and you can really tell that the rears helping the front tuck into the corner.

[andsoutham]

Added to the list lol

Edited 21 May, 2016 by andsoutham

[coskev]

I had one on my old peugeot and it didn't do anything in the slightest.

What Pug?

Torsion bar rear suspension probably,so a strut brace won't do much

[stevobeavo]

What Pug?

Torsion bar rear suspension probably,so a strut brace won't do much

306 so it did have the torsion beam. But I still wasn't expecting it to do much to the fabia.

[stevobeavo]

So this has replaced the fabia

Unit 18's courtesy car , mines just having asome minor work done that I don't have the time to do myself. I have to say it's amazing how the noise of a petrol with hanging off back box can make you want to sell up and go back to petrol.....until I saw the 25mpg average!!! Mines mid 40's and with a lot more full throttle.

Must say it's a very nice car to drive, it's on 175k and everything works, it handles well and is very comfortable (well compared to what I'm used to lol) although it does feel pretty slow as standard.

Some pictures of Unit 18 while waiting for the courtesy car to come back from getting some tyres.

Spotless mk1 escort

470bhp R32

Unit 18's track car

And Ali's #944 and mine #140 SE....look slight different lol.

[andsoutham]

I was shocked until I scrolled down! I do like the look of the mk1 octy but the fuel consumption is an issue :P

[RobLarby]

Didn't realise Ali had an SE as well

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[fabianski47vrs]

Almost fainted till I scrolled down further. Lol

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[stevobeavo]

Didn't realise Ali had an SE as well

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Me either, it's a new addition as the family run around and he thinks prices will start going up soon.....which is something Im hoping for lol.

Almost fainted till I scrolled down further. Lol

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Haha, no the fabias staying for a bit longer, my commute will double soon as I've bought a flat, which also means no new fabia toys :( Edited 7 June, 2016 by stevobeavo

[stevobeavo]

Fitted the mesh to my new bumper today, once the cars back from unit 18 I'll swap the front end.

I cut the mesh to the correct size and gave it a bit so I attach it to the bumper.

Folded the bottom over to get a nice tight fit.

Pressed it into the bumper to get a curve the started gluing using a special plastic bonding glue we use at work.

And the finished item

Nice and tight

[stevobeavo]

Finally after months I finally fitted my bumper, along with some new head lights.

Brought the car into the work shop and removed the bumper and lights.

Then decided to compare the two, new ones on the left old ones on the right.

All wired up, need to get different main beams as there rather yellow lol.

Still need to adjust them properly, but a million times better than my old units. I especially like the high/low shutter.

Not sure what to do with my old genuine hella units and ballasts.

And the bumper, had to hack a lot more of the inside than I thought.

It's been so long that I've had the damaged bumper on the office staff had nick named it scarface

I also tripod'd on the small ramp at work

Edited 17 June, 2016 by stevobeavo

[Stewpotz]

Not sure what to do with my old genuine hella units and ballasts.

I can take them off your hands if you want

[stevobeavo]

I can take them off your hands if you want

There need a clean up and the adjusters on one are broken so I might strip them apart and see if they can be fixed...unless you want to make me an offer on how they are at the moment lol.

[hutchysrs50]

£100 

JK, i have 3 pair now

 

That new bumper looks beautiful though! mines got stone chips low down that i might sort out some time, doesnt look good when its been waxed and the wax fills them in.. loads of white dots all over the front!

Edited 18 June, 2016 by hutchysrs50

[tonysandberg]

Hey, could you possibly take a pic of the fitting of your milltek over the xenon level sensor? since your car is lowered it should be quite tight? sry for the bad English.

[stevobeavo]

Hey, could you possibly take a pic of the fitting of your milltek over the xenon level sensor? since your car is lowered it should be quite tight? sry for the bad English.

Mine are retro fitted so I'm afraid I don't have the leveling sensor. I'm sure lofty on here has a miltek and xenon's.

[Lofty]

Mine are retro fitted so I'm afraid I don't have the leveling sensor. I'm sure lofty on here has a miltek and xenon's.

 

I do and I can confirm it's bloody tight under there! Took some fiddling with but fits ok and doesn't catch or bang

[stevobeavo]

Well at my work recent we've had a big shake up and got lots of new toys, tyre machine, balancer and this....

be rude not to try it out

When it was up there I had a poke around and found the N/S drop link was a bit loose on the joints, wasnt knocking bit was only a matter of time. It was one I replaced last summer and when it turned up I thought 'this won't last long'

So next day a replacement arrived.

Old one off,

See how pathetic the old one looks

Also found some small tears in the rubber

New one in place

Nice easy 5 minute job. Next on the list is to give it a oil change and I suspect I may have a very small leak on the brake vaccum pipe so I'll be looking into that soon.

And also in a few months I may be looking to sell up. Just doing some research on some cars atm.

[RobLarby]

Sell me the diff please haha

[stevobeavo]

Did a quick oil change at work today, it's a bit overdue as the last one I did was beginning of December. Dispite getting trade prices at work with ECP's I opted to get a genuine skoda oil filter (looks good in the stack of srevive hI story ). Won't be changing the air filter as I need to get in contact with unit 18 about a new air filter set up.

So easy with the right tools

Decided to poke around the under the car as I've noticed the handling seems a bit off, and discovered this.

Quite like the bush is still on the bar, moved quite a lot!!!

So at lunch I hunted around in my spares draw. Not the best fitting clamp but it should hold up for a bit.

I've also been getting a noise from the front left (I think), a bit of a puffing air type one when going over bumps, I can't see any leaks on the coilover it's self but when pushing down on the corners the passenger one is a bit easier to compress. Maybe one for the tech section.

[n15mgd]

What you've described in front left sounds very much like anti roll bar bushes