Lofty's Sprint Yellow Fabia vRS Mk1 - "Project Daffodil"

[Lofty]

Picked the fuel filler cap up today, here’s some before and after pics.

 

 

 

 

 

Well happy with that!

Edited 29 March, 2021 by Lofty

[Dark_Hero]

Looks perfect mate

[Lofty]

11 hours ago, Dark_Hero said:

Looks perfect mate

 

Cheers Charlie. Although I did notice in the pic of the cap on the car that the new tether wasn't clipping into the filler flap properly so I've been and rescued the old peg from the old tether and used that, it now clips in perfectly.

 

I'm at the point now of mulling over exhaust solutions, hence trying to find a genuine Milltek 2.5" bore centre section that I can join (via v band clamps) to the downpipe and then into some sort of custom rear box and my downswept tailpipe. 

[Dark_Hero]

Good work, have you thought about how you’ll keep it from getting scratched on the body work when you fill it with fuel? 

 

Ive got a downswept tail pipe on mine, which bolted straight on to my piper system. But I think it’s only 2.25”

[TrevorB33]

42 minutes ago, Dark_Hero said:

Good work, have you thought about how you’ll keep it from getting scratched on the body work when you fill it with fuel? 

 

Ive got a downswept tail pipe on mine, which bolted straight on to my piper system. But I think it’s only 2.25”

Don’t you clip it on the cap like your supposed to?

[Tech1e]

49 minutes ago, Dark_Hero said:

Good work, have you thought about how you’ll keep it from getting scratched on the body work when you fill it with fuel? 

 

It sits on top of the flap like they all do.

 

 

Edited 22 July, 2019 by Tech1e

[Dark_Hero]

5 hours ago, TrevorB33 said:

Don’t you clip it on the cap like your supposed to?

 

5 hours ago, Tech1e said:

 

It sits on top of the flap like they all do.

 

 

 

Had Fabias for 9 years and didn’t know that. Wow. Learn something new every day

[RobLarby]

That will still mark the paint where it sits on the top edge. I cut the tail off of mine and just hold it or rest it on the pump when I'm filling up.

[JLawson90]

my passat has a little loop on the back of the flap, and the cap has a prong, sits in there with no touching anywhere else .. I'll try get a pic offline, at work atm so cant take my own

[JLawson90]

you can see the prong and the hole in this pic .. surprised it isnt used across the full VAG range

 

[Tech1e]

A lot of other manufacturers have done away with it altogether and the flap seals the filler neck.

[Lofty]

All this talk about flaps got me borderline excited!! Anyhow...

 

I’m waiting for bits and bobs to arrive for the exhaust build so I’ve cracked on with other petty small jobs.

 

Ever since I had the car there was a need to give it a thorough wet sand and proper back to the bare bones paintwork detail. This coupled with the need to remove the side mouldings meant that I wanted to get stuck into it.

 

Door mouldings were not to tricky to get off, used some 50lb fishing line and sawed through the adhesive.

 

 

 

This left the following adhesive behind..

 

 

 

 

This was dealt with by means of a sore thumbnail and some autosmart tardis.

 

 

The doors were then wet sanded with some foam Mirka sanding pads, in 1500, 2000 then 3000 grit levels. This removes all random light scratches and only took off 3 microns of paint depth according to the paint depth gauge. 

 

The satin finish paint was then machine polished back to pure gloss with the meguiars  microfibre DA kit. 

 

I’ll get some pics of the finished paint when it’s daylight as it’s nigh on impossible to get a decent pic at this time of night. Rest assured that all the light random marks are gone as I’ve been fastidiously checking with my detailing led light!

 

For now here’s a little reflection shot..

 

 

 

 

more soon!

Edited 29 March, 2021 by Lofty

[kentdale]

Hi Lofty, not sure I would be comfortable sanding my paint work for fear of taking too much off, I know that the use of a paint thickness tool is a must but even so.

I have an issue with my fuel cap rubber type lead -it separated from the filler neck whilst cleaning years of gunk off the filler neck rubber gasket thingy.

Very interesting project.

Cheers

[kentdale]

Hi Lofty, this is my build sticker , I am not sure if mine is sprint yellow, it says the paint code is 6260.

Martin

[Lofty]

5 hours ago, kentdale said:

Hi Lofty, this is my build sticker , I am not sure if mine is sprint yellow, it says the paint code is 6260.

Martin

 

Not sure off the top of my head, and my boots too full to get to the build sticker, BUT as it’s says ASZ for engine type I’d say it’s more than likely to be Lemon Yellow as the Sprint only came in very late 2006 when the BLT engines were in full swing. What reg plate/year is the car?

[Lofty]

Managed to get another few hours on the car today, lovely being at peace in the garage with some tunes on, doing stuff!

 

I have now finished the wet sanding and subsequent machine polishing of the entire drivers side, including the A pillar, B pillars and roof cant rail. 

 

By the time i had machined the paint I worked it out that on average, each panel has taken a couple of hours to do. Eek!

 

Once i had given everything an ipa wipe down I gave it all a coat of off the shelf chemical guys wax just to put a coating of something on it, then I found the new window rubbers out from stock.

 

OSR door..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new moulding in question...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the moulding is a push fit over the outer door skin but previous experience told me some sort of lube is essential for it to push down flush against the door, so plain water was sprayed into the rubber channel and the moulding pushed firmly into place. The water will dry out and it’ll stay stuck fast.

 

And fitted..

 

 

 

 

I’m very pleased with the shine on the paint now!!!

 

I cannot easily fit the drivers window moulding as i am waiting to do that when I fit the refurbished mirrors in due course.

 

Next job is to get the measuring ruler out and measure exactly where the door mouldings go, using my Black vRS as reference! The area where they stick on will be panel wiped down to ensure no wax remains then I’ll pop them on. Can’t wait to see the carbon dipped mouldings against the fresh Sprint Yellow soon.

Edited 29 March, 2021 by Lofty
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[kentdale]

Hi Lofty, it was delived to first owner on the 11/03/06,it's  reg is YD06 XVS.

Martin.

[Lofty]

6 minutes ago, kentdale said:

Hi Lofty, it was delived to first owner on the 11/03/06,it's  reg is YD06 XVS.

Martin.

I’ve just seen the pics on your thread, as it’s got black door handles I’d say it’s Lemon Yellow. All the factory Sprints came with colour coded handles

 

Edit - just checked and 6260 paint code is lemon, 6226 is Sprint

Edited 11 August, 2019 by Lofty

[kentdale]

10 minutes ago, Lofty said:

Managed to get another few hours on the car today, lovely being at peace in the garage with some tunes on, doing stuff!

 

I have now finished the wet sanding and subsequent machine polishing of the entire drivers side, including the A pillar, B pillars and roof cant rail. 

 

By the time i had machined the paint I worked it out that on average, each panel has taken a couple of hours to do. Eek!

 

Once i had given everything an ipa wipe down I gave it all a coat of off the shelf chemical guys wax just to put a coating of something on it, then I found the new window rubbers out from stock.

 

OSR door..

 

 

 

The new moulding in question...

 

 

 

 

Now the moulding is a push fit over the outer door skin but previous experience told me some sort of lube is essential for it to push down flush against the door, so plain water was sprayed into the rubber channel and the moulding pushed firmly into place. The water will dry out and it’ll stay stuck fast.

 

And fitted..

 

 

 

I’m very pleased with the shine on the paint now!!!

 

I cannot easily fit the drivers window moulding as i am waiting to do that when I fit the refurbished mirrors in due course.

 

Next job is to get the measuring ruler out and measure exactly where the door mouldings go, using my Black vRS as reference! The area where they stick on will be panel wiped down to ensure no wax remains then I’ll pop them on. Can’t wait to see the carbon dipped mouldings against the fresh Sprint Yellow soon.

What a shine can almost read what's printed on the plastic oil type container in the reflection. 

Martin 

[kentdale]

Just now, Lofty said:

I’ve just seen the pics on your thread, as it’s got black door handles I’d say it’s Lemon Yellow. All the factory Sprints came with colour coded handles

Oh I see.

Still nice shade in my opinion. 

Cheers.

[AaronMountford1990]

How much did you get the outer door window seals for bud? Mine have pretty much given up, one squeaks constantly when moving, the other doesn't clean the window in the slightest -_-

[Lofty]

37 minutes ago, AaronMountford1990 said:

How much did you get the outer door window seals for bud? Mine have pretty much given up, one squeaks constantly when moving, the other doesn't clean the window in the slightest -_-

 

They're not expensive, less than a tenner each rings a bell. 

[Dark_Hero]

Mine were about £43 for the set on the estate. Makes a huge difference to the appearance 

Love the shine of the paintwork. Better than new

[Lofty]

Made a start measuring up off the black VRS for the door mouldings. Got the drivers one on to match the factory position. Gave the area underneath a wipe with solvent to remove any wax before pressing it down hard.

 

Tried my best to get good pics but it’s hard in the garage with odd light.

 

 

 

 

 

Heres the factory way of sticking them on..

 

 

 

 

What I’ve done is source some highly adhesive 1mm thick 3m double sided trip tape which is 5mm wide and it fits in the gap between the factory tape perfectly. Same thickness as well! At least it’ll increase the sticking power.

 

More soon

Edited 29 March, 2021 by Lofty

[Lofty]

I decided a little while back that the Silver finish on the Team Dynamics Pro Race 3 was a little “ordinary” bearing in mind the finish on the rest of the car, so I’ve had the wheels re-powdercoated in a “Light Gunmetal” finish.

 

I think now they’re a good contrast against the bright Sprint Yellow paintwork. Plus they highlight the OE colour vRS Green calipers.

 

 

 

 

 

More soon

Edited 29 March, 2021 by Lofty