Hi everyone,

I've had my fabia about 2 months now and I love it. However I have the urge to do some cosmetic changes and possibly a new intake to make it slightly louder.

I don't have any experience working with cars and so any ideas on what I could do would be really helpful.

Also if anyone could guide me a bit on if a new intake would be worth getting that would also be helpful.

Thanks!

Welcome.

 

A mod will be able to move your post to the Fabia Mk2 section. 

Loads of threads there that you could maybe look at, and there is the Fabia Project Section as well. 

 

EDIT.

Sorry if a Mk3.

There is a Modifications thread on page 1 of the Fabia mk3 section that should help you. 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/433171-modifying-your-fabia-mk-iii

 

Edited 3 August, 20223 yr by roottoot

4 minutes ago, roottoot said:

Welcome.

 

A mod will be able to move your post to the Fabia Mk2 section. 

Loads of threads there that you could maybe look at, and there is the Fabia Project Section as well. 

 

EDIT.

Sorry if a Mk3.

There is a Modifications thread on page 1 of the Fabia mk3 section that should help you. 

Awesome i'll check it out thank you!

Personally I'd advise you not to spend your money on cosmetics or 'upgrades' unless they're very low cost or a part needs changing anyway as you may need that money for other higher priority work.  You have a 6-7 year old car that you've only owned for two months, more important is that the whole car, and not just the engine, has been serviced and maintained in a timely manner.  The best tuning you can done on a car is full servicing and maintenance, certainly initially

 

Adding an intake to make the car louder is up to you but be aware that sometimes doing so can reduce the performance of the vehicle.

 

I'm pretty sure you'll follow your path, just offering a different point of view from experience.

  

6 minutes ago, nta16 said:

Personally I'd advise you not to spend your money on cosmetics or 'upgrades' unless they're very low cost or a part needs changing anyway as you may need that money for other higher priority work.  You have a 6-7 year old car that you've only owned for two months, more important is that the whole car, and not just the engine, has been serviced and maintained in a timely manner.  The best tuning you can done on a car is full servicing and maintenance, certainly initially

 

Adding an intake to make the car louder is up to you but be aware that sometimes doing so can reduce the performance of the vehicle.

 

I'm pretty sure you'll follow your path, just offering a different point of view from experience.

  

I think the cosmetics would merely be wind deflectors, mud flaps, and maybe a couple of interior changes too so nothing expensive but I appreciate what you're saying about saving the money incase of any issues.

I definitely need to do my research on intakes and the pros and cons.

Thanks for the reply, definitely going to take it into consideration!

There was a thread or posts discussing the pro and cons of wind deflectors for earlier Fabia and it got me thinking about perhaps adding some but then someone said they did add noise but this was on an earlier model.  There might be info on the Mk3 if you do a search on here or start a thread if you want.

 

I used to add mudflaps to my cars but I found on those cars they did little in the way of protection in the places I drove and they can add a bit of drag if you're into fuel economy (a good air intake will help with fuel economy but will it be better than the factory unit with a clean filter in it). 

 

If inexpensive interior changes make you happier whilst driving then they're excellent value,

 

7 minutes ago, nta16 said:

There was a thread or posts discussing the pro and cons of wind deflectors for earlier Fabia and it got me thinking about perhaps adding some but then someone said they did add noise but this was on an earlier model.  There might be info on the Mk3 if you do a search on here or start a thread if you want.

 

I used to add mudflaps to my cars but I found on those cars they did little in the way of protection in the places I drove and they can add a bit of drag if you're into fuel economy (a good air intake will help with fuel economy but will it be better than the factory unit with a clean filter in it). 

 

If inexpensive interior changes make you happier whilst driving then they're excellent value,

 

Again thats really helpful, I had seen a fabia when I was out and about with the deflectors and the mud flaps and thats what got me thinking about them but I 100% need to have a look into these things