Not sure if this should go here or in projects 

 

Ok so having decided on a Skoda Octavia 1.6 tdi and found one at a reasonable price, because it was damaged, I decided to sort the damaged parts out.

I also decided I wanted a leather and alcantara interior.

 

First pictures are before.

 

Found the door and 2 wings at a place in chesterfield cheap but had to go an remove them myself, no biggie I've built a kit car and it gave me a chance to see how they came off.  Why do Skoda use so much glue on the wings.  Got them off and got them home.

 

So that's the starting point although I think I've put the wrong passenger wing pic up 😂

 

So gave the wings a wash and fitted them, more glue fun and games. And started stripping the door as it had come complete.  So now I have a door shell I just need to get the taxi sticker off the outside😂😂

 

Also bought a 2016 interior off eBay having seen it's possible to fit this after reading someone's vrs upgrade.  Swapped the airbag plug, was a bit concerned about the wiring but went for it. For those thinking about this I did brown to brown, black to white and blue to green. When battery reconnected and ignition on no warning light or accidental discharge of the airbag phew.

 

And I bought a new steering wheel cover as the old wheel was a bit manky, this has also been fitted. It was a stitch on version 

 

Now the fun and games really begins.  The rear seat base came as a single squab not the 60/40 split I have so I've stripped all the seat bases off and I will be modifying the seat base to fit. Watch this space.

 

I also know the spigot the seat backs fit on are bigger on the mk 2 than the Mk3 trying to work out if filing the spigot or drilling the seat will be the best option, but for now here's where I'm at