I've considered remaps from Jabba and AMD but I'm put off because of initial costs, increase in insurance and insurance excess.

Example

Approx cost of a remap or One Click

Sounds like you convinced yourself what is best for you.

I think it is worth it as I needed the economy but something as quick as my old Volvo T5 / M3. I think I have achieved that. But if you upgraded [performance wise] to the Fabia then the stock car is absolutely spot on.

itd obviously down to what peope want from the car, if you want room/economy/low sound levels then obviously you won't mod it for performance but if you want better handling/better acceleration/better soun etc then you will spend money to get what you want.

Yep totally agree with you. No point buying a new car and then modding it and chucking away your warranty. All the mods I did were done outside warranty and easily reversible (except for the suspension, eh Stu? ) and I recouped a fair amount of the money I invested in them back come selling time

Chris

Which is another reason I didn't mod a new vRS Fabia, and did my own.

In £££ terms its worth sod all spending lots of money on mods. In :D terms its worth every penny in my book, and I intend to use my mods for years to come so the :D factor should remain.

To be fair it is fairly pointless. The standard fabia was fine, but it's somethig I've always wanted to do (mod a car) and until now I've never had a car that I've wanted to keep for long enough.

Fact is after 6 months with my other cars I've been looking around dealerships to find a replacement, it didn't happen this time.

So mod's are not really worth it in a money sense but you only live once so you might aswel have fun!

I don't consider myself old at 32 so age does not come into it nor does the money' date=' I mean I'm quite happy to mod my car but limit this to a sun glasses holder and Chrome dials, I've even removed my Infinity Basslink to get back some bootspace.

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32 going on 52 by the look of it......

I never 'got' modding really - I buy a Furby vRS and remap it and drop it and uprate the brakes - why not just get a Clio 182 (for instance) - it comes with a warranty too.

I reckon if you have to seriously mod a car to get it how you want it, you bought the wrong car :confused:

This isn't a dig at the modders, just my two pennies worth.

32 going on 52 by the look of it......

Nah - my dad's 52, and he like modding his cars - try 62

I have a completely standard Fabia vrs and I am completely happy with it too.

I never 'got' modding really - I buy a Furby vRS and remap it and drop it and uprate the brakes - why not just get a Clio 182 (for instance) - it comes with a warranty too.

I reckon if you have to seriously mod a car to get it how you want it' date=' you bought the wrong car :confused:

This isn't a dig at the modders, just my two pennies worth. [/quote']

which is the point you made by why you dont get it (not having a dig at you), even if the "said" person got a clio 182 s/he would still mod it. It's not about speed, its not even about making it better. It's just I guess a form of art, an extention for your personality.

Or I could be talking total b*llsh*t

NB: Haven't done much yet.

IMO it depends if you want a more bespoke version of the car and/or if the car's something of a hobby.

Also, would you class fitting a new cd-tuner or speakers as modding?

I might do the SMIC wheelarch liner mod. and fit silvertec bulbs inthe front indicators. Unfortunately, though it's NOT the weather for it, I can see that I need the rear mudflaps too.

From my experiences so far, I think I'm going to get the Eibach springs. Might get a PD160 intake and a remap or one-click. It'll have to wait until April though as LV now have a strict 'no mods' policy. :(

J.

I personally would call it "car customisation" than modding, in the sense that usually like for instance with an "off the shelf" computer it doesnt usually have all that you require, so you change bits(or even build it yourself to the exact specs you want ) to enhance the very good product you already have, to better suit your needs

it's interesting that some people say they mod their car to make it different and yet most modders tend to do the exact same mods to their car.

I never 'got' modding really - I buy a Furby vRS and remap it and drop it and uprate the brakes - why not just get a Clio 182 (for instance) - it comes with a warranty too.

I reckon if you have to seriously mod a car to get it how you want it' date=' you bought the wrong car :confused:

This isn't a dig at the modders, just my two pennies worth. [/quote']

Again...fair comment.

However how about you're in the situation where the majority of the car is excellent just that you want that little bit more?

Yes...you could buy another car but it probably would cost a lot more than you'd be prepared to pay. I also wonder the cost effectiveness of buying a new motor.....I mean the potentially increased monthly payments, instant 17.5% los tni driving off the forcourt.....reduction of money in the Bank....etc.

Of course you're not going to see the vast majority spent on mods being added to resale value...unless to an enthusiast...but you can still recoup something by sellings and returning car to standard.

I also quite like the fact that my Octy is pretty much standard looking...ok...the alloys are a bit bling and it's a bit lower but, most wouldn't be any wiser to what it's got under the bonnet......and when they do...it's too late.

32 going on 52 by the look of it......

I'm 58 and still modding my car.....What are you trying to tell me ???????

it's interesting that some people say they mod their car to make it different and yet most modders tend to do the exact same mods to their car.

But then those modders cars are still different to 90% of the other non-modded cars out there.

There's only so many things you can do to a car (performance wise) and if there's a 'best option' then people will go for that. It doesn't lead to diversity.

If you want to mod a car to be 'unique' you generally aren't modding for performance, but for aesthetics. And then (if you're serious and not a Ripspeed devotee) you have an unlimited choice of things to make your car different from every other car.

You seem happy enough with your car, but sounds like you may be looking for just a bit more. Of all the mods I have done, none of them to make my car any more individual, just performance/handling enhancements, I would recommend some eibach springs. They, for me anyway, provided the most singularly dramatic improvement to the car. Then I would do the brakes - 312mm, not expensive, and easy enough to fit yourself. Then, a remap. All subtle, and all very effective.

Is it worth it? Depends how much you enjoy driving, and your driving style. Maybe find someone local to you who has done the springs/brakes/remap and see how different the car feels to you.

I look at it this way - i have a car that I am more than happy with, never tire of driving, fast or normally, gives me more smiles per mile than any car I have driven this side of

it's interesting that some people say they mod their car to make it different and yet most modders tend to do the exact same mods to their car.

some may be the same but other are not, dont think many people have got every single mod I have on my car. and even if they do, both will still stand out against the normal car.

At the end of the day there is nothing wrong with people doing it, it is their money that they have worked for, some people spend

To me, its about buying a car with a reasonable bit of poke, at the right price, with excellent economy, well built and solid, cheap to insure.

This has then left a couple of grand left to make the thing pretty much perfect for what I want (and can afford) in a car.

In my case it was,

1) Eibachs/Konis (no more rock 'n' roll)

2) Intake & filter (breathes easier)

3) Big alloys/fat tyres (looks meatier)

4) AMD one-click (will give a noticable increase in power/torque)

5) Maybe brakes/zorst at a later date.

.......thus giving me a much better, more versatile car (IMHO) than a 2.0l Golf Tdi or a Mini Cooper 'S' and for less money.

Now my mate Mike (mkIV Tdi 130) preferred to spend

PS. People at work are still referring to my car as "the one with The Wheels[/i']".

Rough neighbourhood

I am 40 ish and modded mine, but I think because I had been used to cars with a lot of ooomph before and for me, I bought the furby as a good base to start from. I travel a lot so like the economy, but when I travel I try to stick to A roads and the like as being a biker I have an inbuilt hatred of straight roads.

On my regular trips down the A49 from Warrington to Cardiff (two to three times a month) I worked out fairly quickly that for me I needed a firmer more controlled ride, and better brakes. The remap came just to top it all off.

It is all horses for courses, and everything I have done can be put back to standard in around a day, even the map can be flattened back to standard so when I come to trade in the furby (it's actually my wifes car btw, but I prefer it to the company car) it will go back standard and my eibachs / 312 brakes will go on e-blag and the map well I can write that off as a running expense over the period of ownership of the car, which is relativley inexpensive when you consider it for the performance gains.

I don't do "external" mod's, body kits spoliers etc because A, they are sheeeiiiite, and B, they are sheeeeeeiiiiite.

just my tuppence worth

fluff

Rough neighbourhood

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Cheeky b4$

I have not bothered modifying any of my old cars before, upgraded/installed a car stereo + reasonable speakers (not in the same league as some of the ICE setups some of you guys have, just a more decent beast then the standard crud).

The Fabia vRS will be modded, for some reason it feels like something I wanted to do, and it's a car that can be modded with ease, and with what appears to be good results.

Completely agree that it will void the warranty etc, and will probably lead to more cost etc. That said, 25k after my initial purchase, and currently only with PD160 air intake + a green filter installed, I've got a ton of stuff to go on the car in the very near future (see sig) and I'm glad I was able to do that without it costing me a fortune.

I won't get 3 years warranty anyway, it's going to end up being 60k miles due to my use of the car. I do a lot of motorway cruising, and I don't think it will eat fuel that way.

I bought the fabia with modifications in mind!

Before I got the fabia I had a very nice (even though I do say so myself) Polo GTi:

H&R Coilovers

Nitrous

Air Filter

Uprated Brakes

Wheel Spacers

Tints

ICE

Lots of tricky little details such as W8 Light, Aero Wipers, etc etc etc...

Whatever car I bought next needed to be better than the one I had, but within a certain budget, so I got the Fabia as I knew it could be made to go faster than the Polo and be more economical.

So, I've done similar things to the Fabia:

H&R Coilovers

Porsche Alloys

Uprated Brakes

Air Filter etc

Tints

Remap

A few tricky little details (lol).

It's just a newer car that is very similar to my previous car. I have to have a new motor every 3 years due to the milage I do. If it wasn't for the milage and the fact that I'd had to spend a fortune on the Polo to keep it running, I'd have kept it as I loved it to bits.

Polo: http://tigerstyle.co.uk/photos/PoloGTi-Desktop-1024.jpg

Fabia: http://tigerstyle.co.uk/photos/fabia/fabia05.jpg