I've been wondering what improvements I can make to my car without invalidating the warranty. The only thing I've come up with so far is changing the headlight bulbs.

Is there anything else I can do? I'm not into swapping and changing things if it needs to go to the dealers.

When you say "changing the headlight bulbs" I assume you dont mean higher wattage ones? Fitting these could have warranty implications as the wiring isnt' ratad for the higher current.

AMD One-click

The Seat Cupra air intake pipe would be a very good start.

Maybe a green filter at the same time.

The only thing that might invalidate is the MAF warranty, but the risks of MAF damage by a performance air filter is so slight, it's worth it. I've ran a green filter now for 10s of thousands of miles and had no problems at all.

Its probably a little more "dodgy" but the 312mm brake conversion is very good but does affect a few things. Perhaps some performance pads/disks would be better.

Lemme see, Eibach Springs, 312mm brakes, AmD one-click, Octy vRS Spiders, cupra intake, Green panel filter....

You'd get away with the PD160 intake and the seat strut brace generally. Although the dealer wouldn't fit it (against policy and all that) I was specifically told it wouldn't impact warranty.

As for the bulbs, you can just supply the bulbs to the dealer and get them to fit the supplied bulbs. Will cost a tad more but if they break a bulb they will replace it, and it's quite a fiddle to get the blighters in at the front of the car, rears are pretty easy but you can easily knock the bulb to damage it (stupid me did that :P )

The PD160 intake looks stock, it fits without any trouble and doesn't cause any problems whatsoever. Green filter may lead to the MAF thing as Jason's already mentioned but really it should/will be fine.

Brakes is more tricky, pads are probably ok, 312mm brakes or similar would impact on master brake cylinder and the braking system generally - I'd imagine it would void warranty unless you have a very understanding dealership.

Jabbasport rear ARB may be ok too, if you leave the rest of the suspension alone I suppose.

Remaps will void warranty on engine officially, but I'd imagine you can get away with it a bit if it's switchable.

Regardless of the warranty the main 'unfun' part is what your insurer will accept. My premium has gone up to near enough 100 quid/month (including the pay monthly charges and all that), but then I've got tons of stuff declared.

Without the remap my premium would only have gone up by about 200 quid, so that's the thing that determines IF they will insure you with it & then how much the price hike is I suppose.

I'd enjoy the car fairly standard for a bit first, strut + PD160 intake & green filter are easy to do & quite cheap too, you may be able to buy a strut & intake from one of the 'for sale's on the site at a slightly lower cost

So what will this PD160 filter do for my car then? I'm new to all this modding mallarky.

Is it pixi proof for fitting, and how much and where?

Is there anything else I can do? I'm not into swapping and changing things if it needs to go to the dealers.

Magic tree air freshner (you'll need if Mr P is in the car ), beaded seat covers, pink fluffy steering wheel cover and "Pixi and Mr Pixi" sun strip

HTH

Chris

The PD160 intake is a pipe betwene the filter and the engine. it helps the air go nicely into the engine.

Fitting would involve some tools, and dirty hands - maybe even a broken nail.

Why are you thinking of modifications before you even have the car? What have people been telling you about Fabia performance/handling ??

So what will this PD160 filter do for my car then? I'm new to all this modding mallarky.

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The air intake pipe is wider. Put thumb & forefinger together - thats pretty much the bore of the normal air intake pipe. Now kind of use opposite thumbs and forefinger on each hand, and make a sort of big oval by crossing them over slightly. Thats the bore of the cupra air intake pipe.

Its about £30 from any Seat dealer and is a quick job. I reckon you'd be up to it but might suggest having Mr P's supervision. Once the original pipe is out its easy enough to visualise how the new one goes in.

Air filter swap is almost as easy.

By the way Phil, the intake pipe is from the bonnet grill to the filter box, so is prior to the filtration. I'm sure a mod exists for the turbo intake pipework due to the MAF and that being there? (unless you meant physically sits between the engine and battery box? which it does)

To be exact it involves a philips screw driver of appropriate size, and I used a flat one as well to help get the plastic funnel thingy off - for the rest it's easy to fit for sure

It's a matter off unscrewing the flexi pipe screw near the airbox, attempting to avoid dropping it into the engine compartment (as that would involve a bunch of swearing probably then :P ). Pull off the flexi pipe, then using the flat screw driver (or skill, I went for the screw driver prying option LOL) remove the plastic funnel thing from the front of the car (it's just getting the first clips out, then it just comes out easily).

Then pretty much just drop the new one in instead, add the flexi (new one again), and put the screw back in. Job done

For the green filter it's a matter of having a bigger philips screw driver, unscrew and flip the lid of the airbox, take out paper one, put in green filter. You may have to stretch it ever so slightly to ensure a reasonable fit. Then put the lid back down, it's a little fiddly so align it properly (or you'll snap the clips at the back) and screw it back down.

Assuming you don't have the strut fitted at this point this whole process takes less than half an hour, and that's with me taking it very easy, not having done it before, and in semi-darkness

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Oh Phil, I do miss you on MSN! (at times )

And Jas, I can't believe I was sat here actually putting my thumb and forefinger together as instructed:rolleyes:

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So was i but the instructions were to difficult so I gave up.

Pixi - This is the best way to visualise the air intake thingy - My removed normal air intake pipe is there and you can see the tiny bore in it. The cupra intake is installed where the normal one was, and you can see its a lot fatter, and has a bigger bore, which means getting more air in. i.e, if you'd done the finger instructions, it should be more or less like these 2 pipes.

Get some Spice Girls platform shoes - the clutch has a long travel. Might be better to ditch the right shoe though :scary:

Here to help, honest.

Mo

I've been wondering what improvements I can make to my car without invalidating the warranty.

You'll likely get away with one or two BRISKODA.net stickers

To echo what others have said Strut Brace, PD160 intake

The only thing I've come up with so far is changing the headlight bulbs.

Change the indicator bulb for silver ones