Hi does anyone know if it’s possible to get a gloss black trim for pillar b, recently my window dropped and got stuck in the door had been dropping for a while, found the issue seemed like the guide clips on the pulley had snapped so have got those on order but currently as I’ve got the door panels off one of my speakers is blown (front passenger) so am looking to upgrade both of those if anyone could suggest any good upgrades would be great as well as if there are any gloss black Trim  options for pillar b on my Car. Also looking for any other ideas to make it look better, is there capability to put light in the bottom of the front bumper left and right where there are currently gaps, gloss black grill or just something to make it look a bit meaner from the front if that makes sense ?

I cant help you with the speakers but yeah you can get fog lights fitted in the front.

Make sure you get the correct ones for your car as yours is the Pre-Facelift Fabia. I have attached an image with the correct style fog lights for car.

Also have a look at 32KOFDATA's build log. He has a Pre-Facelift Fabia that he has modified quite heavily.

10 minutes ago, WillSmithy said:

I cant help you with the speakers but yeah you can get fog lights fitted in the front.

Make sure you get the correct ones for your car as yours is the Pre-Facelift Fabia. I have attached an image with the correct style fog lights for car.

Also have a look at 32KOFDATA's build log. He has a Pre-Facelift Fabia that he has modified quite heavily.

Cheers mate will take a look 

...There was also a rarer, Greenline style front foglight, which in my humble opinion, look much cooler! They are kind of triangular, following the contour of the outside edge of the grille. They may be harder to find used, and take a different foglight grille, but they are nice. I assume you will need to do a fair bit of additional wiring, too and also fit a different light switch, that incorporates front fogs. This MIGHT be the time to find and fit a nice auto light set-up!

 

The pillars, I believe, only came in matt black and can be a pig to fit new ones. Might be easier to remove the old damaged ones and have them painted. You could go gloss black or even colour match to the car. (Again, like Greenlines. They are matched to the paintwork, along with the A-trim ones, which are usually clip-on plastic ones).

 

Another thing you might consider, if your trims are sound, you could just have the correct etch primer type stuff applied, then paint them as they are. It all comes down to preference, cost and ability, really. 

Other nice options, if you don't already have them are things such as a sunglass holder in the roof. You remove the plain panel and the sunglass holder just clips in. You can pick up aftermarket ones for around a tenner or genuine Skoda ones for about £20, or so. Just be sure to get the correct colour. Door sill covers often come up for sale and are easy to fit and quite cheap but have a nice effect. Skoda ones will have the logo to the front doors and the plastic will match the door trims you have. (Stainless ones are available, too). You can also get a plastic bumper protector, for around £40, which will also match, if it takes your fancy. Either Skoda or Rearguards... I think they are identical. All those are simple stick-in items, no drilling/screwing. Genuine centre arm rests can be had on eBay, now and then and are great if you like them, a pain if you don't. New, around £140, I got my little used one, for around £50 so a bargain! Fairly easy to fit and you get a lift-up lid for storage, although you lose the rear cubby hole as it fits in there.

Many owners opt for better bulbs up front. Osram Nightbreakers, Philips, etc. Others go for LED's.

 

There are a number of tiny little items you can fit, for very little money, that make you feel nice and improve aesthetics in a very small way.

 

Grab handle things, in the roof-lining, to help you in or out. (Forgot their proper title) Fed up with them slamming when you let them go? Fit a little damper that makes them close soft and slow, like Audi's do...

 

Little plastic covers for the door latch plate, makes a nice improvement and not too hard to find the proper Skoda shaped ones, although many sellers say they fit when they don't! (Supposed to make the doors sound nicer, when closing it, too).

 

Little plastic covers on the door hinges, that improve the look of them, again, with little cost.

 

 

...On re-reading your first post, I may have mis-read originally and thought you wanted general little upgrades/ideas but it may be you just wanted ideas for the speakers. If that is the case, sorry for the additional Blah-Blah-Blah!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 1 March, 20215 yr by mrgf

On 01/03/2021 at 21:01, mrgf said:

Other nice options, if you don't already have them are things such as a sunglass holder in the roof. You remove the plain panel and the sunglass holder just clips in. You can pick up aftermarket ones for around a tenner or genuine Skoda ones for about £20, or so. Just be sure to get the correct colour. Door sill covers often come up for sale and are easy to fit and quite cheap but have a nice effect. Skoda ones will have the logo to the front doors and the plastic will match the door trims you have. (Stainless ones are available, too). You can also get a plastic bumper protector, for around £40, which will also match, if it takes your fancy. Either Skoda or Rearguards... I think they are identical. All those are simple stick-in items, no drilling/screwing. Genuine centre arm rests can be had on eBay, now and then and are great if you like them, a pain if you don't. New, around £140, I got my little used one, for around £50 so a bargain! Fairly easy to fit and you get a lift-up lid for storage, although you lose the rear cubby hole as it fits in there.

Many owners opt for better bulbs up front. Osram Nightbreakers, Philips, etc. Others go for LED's.

 

There are a number of tiny little items you can fit, for very little money, that make you feel nice and improve aesthetics in a very small way.

 

Grab handle things, in the roof-lining, to help you in or out. (Forgot their proper title) Fed up with them slamming when you let them go? Fit a little damper that makes them close soft and slow, like Audi's do...

 

Little plastic covers for the door latch plate, makes a nice improvement and not too hard to find the proper Skoda shaped ones, although many sellers say they fit when they don't! (Supposed to make the doors sound nicer, when closing it, too).

 

Little plastic covers on the door hinges, that improve the look of them, again, with little cost.

 

 

...On re-reading your first post, I may have mis-read originally and thought you wanted general little upgrades/ideas but it may be you just wanted ideas for the speakers. If that is the case, sorry for the additional Blah-Blah-Blah!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 01/03/2021 at 21:01, mrgf said:

Other nice options, if you don't already have them are things such as a sunglass holder in the roof. You remove the plain panel and the sunglass holder just clips in. You can pick up aftermarket ones for around a tenner or genuine Skoda ones for about £20, or so. Just be sure to get the correct colour. Door sill covers often come up for sale and are easy to fit and quite cheap but have a nice effect. Skoda ones will have the logo to the front doors and the plastic will match the door trims you have. (Stainless ones are available, too). You can also get a plastic bumper protector, for around £40, which will also match, if it takes your fancy. Either Skoda or Rearguards... I think they are identical. All those are simple stick-in items, no drilling/screwing. Genuine centre arm rests can be had on eBay, now and then and are great if you like them, a pain if you don't. New, around £140, I got my little used one, for around £50 so a bargain! Fairly easy to fit and you get a lift-up lid for storage, although you lose the rear cubby hole as it fits in there.

Many owners opt for better bulbs up front. Osram Nightbreakers, Philips, etc. Others go for LED's.

 

There are a number of tiny little items you can fit, for very little money, that make you feel nice and improve aesthetics in a very small way.

 

Grab handle things, in the roof-lining, to help you in or out. (Forgot their proper title) Fed up with them slamming when you let them go? Fit a little damper that makes them close soft and slow, like Audi's do...

 

Little plastic covers for the door latch plate, makes a nice improvement and not too hard to find the proper Skoda shaped ones, although many sellers say they fit when they don't! (Supposed to make the doors sound nicer, when closing it, too).

 

Little plastic covers on the door hinges, that improve the look of them, again, with little cost.

 

 

...On re-reading your first post, I may have mis-read originally and thought you wanted general little upgrades/ideas but it may be you just wanted ideas for the speakers. If that is the case, sorry for the additional Blah-Blah-Blah!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very helpful mate, quite a few things I hadn’t thought about, yes I’m not too sure how to go about the new fog lights, didn’t know if there was capability to wire it onto the existing fog light switch or not, what did you mean by auto light system, will have a look at the greenline fog lights. The interior adjustment are actually super helpful mate so thanks for that, I was thinking about going gloss black for pillar b and then going for gloss black rims in the future, do you think chrome window seals would go with that or look odd I’m not sure may have to stick with the black ones. The other thing I had thought about was potentially painting the rear ‘spoiler’ gloss black as well but I’m not sure how that would look 🤷‍♂️.  Is it possible to get the rear storage with out having the arm rest and as you said I’ve been thinking that my bulbs are pretty dim in comparison to other cars I’ve had so definitely something I’ll look into as well. 

Cheers for the help, let me know what you think about what I said above I’m not too sure if it would suit or not. 
thanks Joe
 

4 minutes ago, Joe_Parrish said:

 

Very helpful mate, quite a few things I hadn’t thought about, yes I’m not too sure how to go about the new fog lights, didn’t know if there was capability to wire it onto the existing fog light switch or not, what did you mean by auto light system, will have a look at the greenline fog lights. The interior adjustment are actually super helpful mate so thanks for that, I was thinking about going gloss black for pillar b and then going for gloss black rims in the future, do you think chrome window seals would go with that or look odd I’m not sure may have to stick with the black ones. The other thing I had thought about was potentially painting the rear ‘spoiler’ gloss black as well but I’m not sure how that would look 🤷‍♂️.  Is it possible to get the rear storage with out having the arm rest and as you said I’ve been thinking that my bulbs are pretty dim in comparison to other cars I’ve had so definitely something I’ll look into as well. 

Cheers for the help, let me know what you think about what I said above I’m not too sure if it would suit or not. 
thanks Joe
 

Just thought as well to go with the chrome I’ve seen a nicer handbrake handle and gear stick with chrome fixtures to go with the chrome window sills as well.

Auto lights mean you have a sensor fitted, along with a new light switch, and it give you the capability of setting the switch so the lights come on as it gets dark. It will also do this if you go in a tunnel, etc and they can usually be set to come on when you press the remote to open the car or close it with the remote, allowing you to see the car easily or to see up your driveway etc. (Often referred to as see you home lights). The first of those functions helps find the car in a car park or up the road, in the dark. If you can operate the remote, you can (somewhat limitedly) operate the lights, in the dark.

I quite like the chrome window surrounds, others tend to want less chrome! I have the Greeenline so it also has a bit more chrome around the front grille! I also fitted a little chrome strip along the boot, just above the numberplate and quite like that. Mine is a black car and the extra chrome is a great contrast! If you are a fan of the chrome, you can get chrome door handles for the outside, and even chrome scoops, for the inside of the outer handles, where your fingers go, if you see what I mean. I like them but either one or the other-both look too much!

 

The storage  I mentioned, is part of the arm rest. You can lower or raise the arm rest and when lowered, you can then lift its lid and there is extra storage there. It does take up the little squure hole in the rear of the console, though. The drink holder (Round hole) stays there so that s good thing. You can also fit little under seat boxes, which used to be fairly cheap from Skoda, for the front seats. You have to semi-remove or at least unbolt the seats for access, remove the plain cover and then fit in the boxes, with a few additional screws but they DO make a massive difference to storage, even though they are only small boxes. They shut nicely too so no stuff goes flying under your pedals!

A rubber boot mat is a great addition, despite not being seen that much. Keep looking out for a bargain as they turn up here or the 'bay, now and then for a good price. Better then the thick end of £50! Beneficial if you spill stuff as its slightly dished, easily removed, washed and fitted again.

 

Just a few more ideas, there.