Hardcore's vRS OEM+

[Hardcore]

Up until recently i've owned the cousin of the vRS in the form of an Ibiza FR TDi. 
Good car, but had some issues and a forum member from here had his vRS for sale at the right price so picked it up as a fun daily driver.

Factory fitted extras
Cruise control
Heated Seats


Current modifications.
Full leather interior retrim including door cards by Seat Surgeons
Ibiza Cupra cold air feed
Forge Motorsport FMIC
Helix Autosport clutch and single mass flywheel
Allard EGR & ASV delete
EGR cooler delete
2.5" Miltek stainless steel cat back system
Eibach Pro Street S stainless coilovers with springs powder coated Skoda green
Meile heavy duty droplinks
Febi sports top mounts
Jabbasport rear anti-roll bar
Seat Sport front strut brace powder coated Skoda green
Superpro dog bone bush
Powerflex console bushes
312mm front brakes from Audi TT
Brembo Max grooved brake disks front and back with brembo pads
Rear brakes have return spring modification to stop seizing
17" Octavia Spider wheels powdercoated Anthracite
Cree LED interior light
Osram LED map lights
LED number plate lights
Semi de-badged bootlid

Planned mods / changes.
Blue LED door marker lights
Cree LED glove box light
Osram side light bulbs.
Pressed plates
Raise the coilovers at the front slightly
Re-fit the anti shudder valve with BLT EGR delete.
Re-paint brake calipers
2.5" decat downpipe.
Wind deflectors
Cup holders up front
Double din headunit
A really good clay bar, polish & wax!

 

 

 

 

[Hardcore]

One of the first things i do with most of the cars i've had is change the old yellow aged looking bulbs for LEDs so a bit more modern and cleaner looking.

Cree LEDs seem to be the brightest so far i've found but can't fit them everywhere yet.

 

 

 

 

Before

 

After


Number plate got the same treatment.

Much brighter and whiter

 

 

[Hardcore]

A little bit more done today. 
Rained virtually every day i've been off work so hard to get motivated

Still needing a wash, clay, polish & wax badly



I used these for the door lights. More or less the same as standard bulbs though brightness wise



I used one of these for the boot light and much better than standard





Cree reverse lights



Standard vs Cree. Cree is much brighter at night along with pressed plates & new number plate surround
I know, it needs a wash


Osram cree sidelights. Whitest and best quality i've used so far





 

[coskev]

Lovely car

 

Awesome spec list,what turbo is it running?Presuming it's tuned as it's running a SMF etc

 

Sits really nice

[faboka vrs]

I need to fit some led's to the interior lights.

Nice car. Like th seats so much better than the factory leather.

[Hardcore]

Thank's man. It's a daily driver so nothing too extreme.
I might need to raise it slightly as it's scrubbing on the front and camber is making it eat the inside of the tyres.

Standard PD130 turbo as far as i know. It's sounding a bit tired though. 
Yeah, Jabbasport remap on it. Not sure on power but was told around 180bhp. 

[stevobeavo]

Any links to the reverse lights and side lights.

Nice looking car though.

[Hardcore]

For the sidelights & maplights i used these.
They cost a bit but worth it IMO.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-OSRAM-W5W-501-LED-COOL-WHITE-STANDARD-PEUGEOT-308-4A-4C-1-4-16V-09-07-/161625028488?hash=item25a19a3788:g:~CYAAOSwQPlV7usY

Reverse lights.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-CREE-R5-LED-5W-1156-S25-P21W-Lamp-Car-HID-Backup-Reverse-Lights-Bulbs-White-/201399841254?hash=item2ee45db1e6:g:z9oAAOSwHnFVvxk5

 

[skodalad]

I'm going to order a set of these, thanks mate, looking good btw!

[stevobeavo]

Thanks for that. Just ordered some reverse lights

[Hardcore]

Seem to be getting a bit of a collection going here now....



Quick picture of the front mount as well. 
A nice change from the usual Seat Sport design. Looks almost OEM and sits straight. Could do with a nice polish



Going to pop up thread shortly but sounds like my turbo is a bit worse for wear.
Hard to hear over the diesel chatter, but between 1000 and 2000rpm i have a bit of a howl / police siren style noise rather than a healthy whistle.

  Edited 21 February, 2016 by Hardcore

[stevobeavo]

Shame if it is the turbo, but pushing 180bhp through it meant it wasn't going to last long lol.

If you take the turbo inlet pipe off, you can see the condition of the compressor wheel with a camera phone. Only takes 20 mins or so.

[Hardcore]

Decided to give the headlights a little restoration with the Autoglym kit.

Near side one is unpolished in these pictures and off side is.

 

Sealed with some Collinite 476 after.

 

 

 

[Hardcore]

Can't wait until i get a dry day to do some proper cleaning & polishing on the rest of the car.
Not sure what's happened here though. Someone trying to clean the bumper with a wire brush?
Might need a machine polish to see if that will sort it. If not, then painted no doubt.

 

Got round to serving it over the weekend as well.

Air filter
Pollen filter
Oil filter
Oil
Diesel fuel filter.

Got all the parts from TPS.

Tried to adjust the coilovers a swell to raise them but one of the fronts is stuck solid. No corrosion really as it's stainless body but needs a good clean & spray with penetrating oil.
Heaters are so much better now with how much air comes out after replying the pollen filter.
Not surprised given how dirty it was

 

[Hardcore]

I was out with my friend in his Civic Type R tonight and managed to get some better pictures with his camera.

Osram Sidelights







Cree LED interior lights.



Diesel Torque Vs VTEC

[krissyneillie1]

looks good, those seats are lovely, more character compared to the SE seats, your turbo makes the exact same noise as mine, i have a feeling the previous owner liked to give it some abuse, gonna be changing the turbo soon on mine for peace of mind

[Hardcore]

I've found some paperwork that suggests it's a hybrid fitted on the car back from 2007. If it is, it's been remapped on that same hybrid for approx 9 years and 100k miles so it's done well!
Looking at replacements also after a few other issues are sorted.

The Seats were one of the reasons for getting it. Always liked the vRS but hated the white cloth seats as standard. Had an Ibiza FR TDi at the time i bought this as well but this had a lot more mods done to it.

[Hardcore]

There's not been a huge amount going on with this recently apart from driving it but thought i'd share a few small updates & pictures.

 

On a fun back road whilst going hill walking at the end of April 

 

 

New JVC head unit fitted with Bluetooth & hands free. Cheap but cheerful.
White during the day and green at night to match the rest of the lights.

 

 

 

Because the car is so low the camber is a bit extreme with the tyre wear. I need to raise it up a significant amount but one of the Eibach Coilovers on the front is a bit reluctant to let me adjust it.
Been giving it a bath in plus gas and working it back and forth a bit to try and help.

Bought some part worns for the front the other day and one must have been really old rubber as it's split and haven't hit any pot holes. Looks rotted a little around one of the splits.

 

 

 

 

Split my trusty "alloy friendly" 17mm deep socket as well.

 

 

 

Swapped out the ash tray as well for a cup holder.

 

It's booked in to have the windows tinted on Friday as well. It might not look as nice with the tints but they're practical as well for keeping it cool in the hot weather and a bit more privacy if i have my RC models or anything semi expensive in the back with the seats down.
Next month it's booked in for a custom freeflow 2.5" downpipe to make to the Miltek cat back system.

[AaronMountford1990]

Got a link for the cup holder by chance

[hutchysrs50]

Looks like it needs more tape around that socket!

 

link to the cup holder on ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-SKODA-FABIA-MK1-6Y-FRONT-DRINKS-CUP-CAN-HOLDER-6Y086326747H-/331752725822?hash=item4d3e00dd3e:g:AMAAAOSwX~dWlSch

[Hardcore]

I put the tape around the socket to stop it scratching the alloy wheels, but didn't seem to do much for keeping it from splitting.
It's had a hard life to be fair.

Aye, that's the cup holder above i bought. I seen it somewhere online that sells Skoda parts and i think it was cheaper but heard delivery was ages.

[Hardcore]

Please excuse the dirty car. Not been washed in 2 weeks / 800 miles.

Windows tinted at last.

Edited 25 June, 2016 by Hardcore

[mattievrs]

Wonder if these seats started life in DanGums car then went into mine till I wrote it off. The seats were then put into a car in Grantham who got them from the scrapper where my car went?

[Hardcore]

No idea. Don't think the previous owner to me had fitted them either.
This can came with a Briskoda sticker as well from a previous owner at some point.

[Kevin_Mc]

i see you're a Clyde 1 fan - whereabouts are you?

 

I'm in Glasgow / North Lanarkshire and into my RCs as well.

Edited 27 June, 2016 by Kevin_Mc