8 hours ago, alle2381 said:

I'm actually finding most spares on some Czeck and Ucrain e-shops,

Because of the model year of your car, (1993) some of the parts in your car are %100 identical with VW of the same era. (Golf I/II/II, Polo 6N)  Especially the wheels and brakes. I completely rebuilt every part connected to beam axle with parts from a VW store.

 

Also, if you remove a screw and see it's screwed in a plastic mounting piece in a square hole, there is a high possibility you won't be able to screw into it again or it will be a loose fit. The plastic part will be split into two or it won't hold the threads of the screw you just removed from itself, forcing you to find larger screws. If you see square holes on the bodywork, use caged nuts instead of fiddling with crap plastic screw counter pieces. There are square holes with variable sizes. So I keep M4,M5 and M6 caged nuts at hand now. It saved me lots of time and headache.

 

For example: The rear view mirror and its whole surrounding assembly is screwed in plastic pieces in square holes.

9 hours ago, alle2381 said:

I didn't know about Greek, thank you for the advice! 

 

We have almost everything here, especially if you know the VAG number is much easier.

47 minutes ago, R_Blue said:

Because of the model year of your car, (1993) some of the parts in your car are %100 identical with VW of the same era. (Golf I/II/II, Polo 6N)  Especially the wheels and brakes. I completely rebuilt every part connected to beam axle with parts from a VW store.

 

Also, if you remove a screw and see it's screwed in a plastic mounting piece in a square hole, there is a high possibility you won't be able to screw into it again or it will be a loose fit. The plastic part will be split into two or it won't hold the threads of the screw you just removed from itself, forcing you to find larger screws. If you see square holes on the bodywork, use caged nuts instead of fiddling with crap plastic screw counter pieces. There are square holes with variable sizes. So I keep M4,M5 and M6 caged nuts at hand now. It saved me lots of time and headache.

In my experience most parts of suspensions, axles and brakes are specific for this model (like rubber bushings, arms, dampers, damper carriers, brake calipers, etc.....), but find these parts, or motor parts too, is not a big problem, as they are made by other companies and they don't have to be necessarily OEM parts.

I basically mean small plastic parts, moldings, seals (doors, glasses......), interior parts like carpets, fabrics, linings, secure belts, etc......  My car is in overall "more than good" conditions, but I want her as perfect as possibile. 

Glasses too are not easy to find, I'm looking for an OEM windscreen because mine has a little stone chip (repaired with resin, but still not perfect, and resinn comes off with years). I can find non OEM ones, but I want it with Skoda marks and codes like every other glass. 

 

I bought a large supply of every plastic clips, I know exactly what kind of headache you're referring to 😄 but caged nuts are a good advice, thank you!

Edited 29 October, 20214 yr by alle2381

26 minutes ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

 

We have almost everything here, especially if you know the VAG number is much easier.

I have a list of every spare part I need with all OEM codes. Can you send me a link of the e-shop, maybe in private message, as I think here is not allowed 😉

1 hour ago, R_Blue said:

Because of the model year of your car, (1993) some of the parts in your car are %100 identical with VW of the same era. (Golf I/II/II, Polo 6N)  Especially the wheels and brakes

 

That's only case of rear brakes, which were adapted from VW Golf. Front ones are actually similar to Ford Sierra, as they are Girling licence.

 

Sourcing original parts is problem, as Skoda supports their models with spares for only 15 years (interior parts have even shorter support).

42 minutes ago, Papez said:

 

That's only case of rear brakes, which were adapted from VW Golf. Front ones are actually similar to Ford Sierra, as they are Girling licence.

Girling? Aren't they from ATE? 
Anyway I've already read the thread of the Felicia front brakes upgrade (I am studying hard 😎 😄), and I have already bought a couple of calipers from a 1991 Sierra 2.0 8v with ABS that should mount "plug&play" also on Favorit with Lucas calipers.

I'm actually uncertain on which vented discs buy, but I will see later.

 

 

42 minutes ago, Papez said:

Sourcing original parts is problem, as Skoda supports their models with spares for only 15 years (interior parts have even shorter support).

Here in Italy I think 10 years, because already in 2007/2008 some parts were no longer supplied. And yes, interior parts even shorter 

Edited 29 October, 20214 yr by alle2381

29 minutes ago, alle2381 said:

Girling? Aren't they from ATE? 

It really is Girling, I read a book about Favorit development, where chief engineer specifically wanted variant used in Sierra - It was shortly before asbestos pads were phased out, so Favorit was equipped with larger brakes than it needed (but they are still small by modern standards)

 

34 minutes ago, alle2381 said:

Here in Italy I think 10 years, because already in 2007/2008 some parts were no longer supplied. And yes, interior parts even shorter 

 

That fits with 1993, when many parts were modified and since that point, Favorit was closer to early Felicia.

3 hours ago, alle2381 said:

I am actually uncertain on which vented discs

Brembo has discs with holes (drilled) i think 236mm.

4 hours ago, alle2381 said:

I know exactly what kind of headache you're referring to 😄 but caged nuts are a good advice, thank you!

You are welcome. I understand you want to make the car as pure as possible. If you can't find something but eagerly need a replacement, there are parts from other cars or "vehicles" compatible with Favorit. I already have several parts from other cars, a heavy truck and a small excavator.

 

Here is a fresh info: From what I've heard, Fiat UNO 's (second generation) front door window swiping rubbers (inner & outer) are perfect fit for Favorit front door windows. I need these but haven't tried yet. So consider this unconfirmed. I'm still looking for an alternate for rear door windows' swiping rubbers.

 

4 hours ago, Papez said:

That's only case of rear brakes,

missed a word there sorry

 

Other parts from VW that I know are: High quality fan switches that can only be found on some VW stores. If you install a Felicia fan cover: 6U0121207 From what I've searched before, some VW fans seems compatible.

55 minutes ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

(drilled)

Don't buy drilled 

 

3 hours ago, Papez said:

where chief engineer specifically wanted variant used in Sierra

Who was this man of honour 

5 minutes ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

Don't buy drilled 

Yes I've always been skeptical about drilled discs because of possibile cracks in intense use

1 hour ago, alle2381 said:

Yes I've always been skeptical about drilled discs because of possibile cracks in intense use

 

I use brand drilled discs in moto and my car since 1993 till now 2021, never had any issues even in sport-style driving on mountain roads.

In USA muscle cars (especially on west-south with high temperatures) put drilled discs, i have seen so many car-upgrade videos with drilled discs.

How to Choose Brake Rotors: Blank vs Drilled and Slotted vs Drilled

A comparison:

https://www.r1concepts.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-brake-rotor-pattern-blank-vs-drilled-and-slotted-vs-drilled-only-vs-slotted-only/

 

I don't think that any of us can make with his Favorit-Felicia disks to crack due to the extreme overheating driving style.

7 minutes ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

I don't think that any of us can make with his Favorit-Felicia disks to crack due to the extreme overheating driving style.

My father somehow made solid discs warp sooo... Not for me

1 hour ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

My father somehow made solid discs warp sooo... Not for me

 He ruined the factory discs and the pads together?

18 hours ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

Who was this man of honour 

 

Petr Hrdlička - man with long career in UVMV (institute for motor vehicle research and development), who also had his hands in development of 1000MB gearbox, 1.3 Estelles rear axle and many other vehicles. His son now works in Skoda in R&D of N/A engines - also participated in development of ABS and EDS systems in Felicia.

The book, "V soukolí okřídleného šípu", is basically his biography, with considerable part containing interesting stories from Favorit development (for example, they used Mazda 323 as mule for brake tests).

Some parts of the book can be found in various articles in the Internet.

7 hours ago, Papez said:

R&D of N/A engines

Of which there are none haha

56 minutes ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

Of which there are none haha

There are still those puny 1.0MPI But N/A are still used on all non-european markets

On 30/10/2021 at 11:27, Papez said:

The book, "V soukolí okřídleného šípu", is basically his biography, with considerable part containing interesting stories from Favorit development

 

Very interesting!

Do you know if this book has ever been translated in English?

36 minutes ago, alle2381 said:

 

Very interesting!

Do you know if this book has ever been translated in English?

 

I'm not aware of that - I was pretty lucky to even get Czech one in printed form, as releases were quite limited.

I just saw a second edition had been published, some e-stores seems to have it available.

Now I am uncertain whether to buy the printed version (which I will have to scan and translate page by page ..... 😱) or the e-book version, where the DRM could prevent the use of a translator.....

1 hour ago, alle2381 said:

DRM could prevent the use of a translator

Site rules prevent me from saying anything more but DRM removal software is available (and some professional authors sanction its use on any of their works that have DRM applied).