Welcome to number 10!

[wolfsburger]

Fantastic service from PSiTuning, cannot fault them at all, so they’ve secured my future business!
 

PSI 😎

 

Suppose I should have taken before and after photos, but the ride is all I needed to know how much better the setup is. Makes me wonder if the suspension on it was the original, I was expecting an increase in firmness of the ride, but it actually feels smoother.

 

Seat Sport Front Upper Strut brace next to be fitted should be here tomorrow, purchased from Stoneacre in Doncaster.

 

I have a Whiteline RARB to fit also, but waiting for my visit to Rustbuster before I fit that.

 

Just a quick (2hrs) 🙄 clean today, think you can tell from my previous photos that it’s slightly lower.

 

 

[wolfsburger]

Today’s deliveries, bit of geeking out with the history book, and my lovey NOS strut brace.

[bluntsteakknife]

Looking stunning after the wash mate, really smart

[wolfsburger]

Dreaded this job, so it’s had new seals not that long ago, there was some sealant present when I removed the door card and some black putty type substance which I scraped away. The OSR was leaking every so slightly, but enough to make the door card get wet at the bottom.

 

So I removed it, I only broke one clip 🙄 ten more ordered and on the way, and one of the plastic mounts that the clips sit in had been repaired previously so that needed sticking back on.

 

I bought XPRO StixSeal which is supposed to be good stuff, it’s fixed the mount back in place really strongly.

 

Anyway, removed what I could, did two passes with the StixSeal, not the smoothest of jobs, but hopefully I’ve done the trick.

Edited 21 March by wolfsburger

[wolfsburger]

Happy to report that the door sealing worked flawlessly, replaced all the fixings with new ones, going to do the other side while the weather is nice, a bit of preventative maintenance.

 

My daughter sent me an early (2 years in fact) 50th birthday present, it matches her number plate and my sons too… 😍

 

I would never buy a personal number plate, so it was a nice surprise, I put some LED number plate lights in at the same time.

 

Russell Wilkes: RW05 KES

Cleo Wilkes: CW05 KES

Lucas Wilkes: LW05 KES

 

Edited 14 April by wolfsburger

[wolfsburger]

Inspired by the rare sighting of that fireball in the sky 😎 I fitted the strut brace, removed the sticker as I prefer the clean look, glad I decided not to paint it blue to match now.

 

Cleaned and polished within an inch of it’s life, I really notice the multitude of stone chips after a polish, thankfully previous owners were fastidious when it came to touching them up.

 

Edited Sunday at 15:14 by wolfsburger

[wolfsburger]

Had a ”Stage 1” remap this morning by a local company, in fact just a few streets away. Wasn’t put on a rolling road, but I specifically asked for a low torque remap, the quoted figures were 170HP and 390NM which of course I took with a pinch of salt.
 

I brimmed the tank and took the car for a spirited test drive out to Nantwich. It goes so much better, I can’t believe the difference it has made, I will monitor the fuel economy for the next few tanks full of diesel and see if it’s improved. That’s if I can resist the urge to give it a punt here and there 🤣 bloody love the thing even more!

 

Edited Monday at 15:29 by wolfsburger

[Lofty]

It's probably the nicest modification you can do to a Fabia, just "enough" extra torque and power without overwhelming the other mechanical components. Almost the Fabia vRS they should have made.

 

You'll hopefully see similar if not slightly better MPG as well, however check this via the brim to brim method as the fuel computers tell outrageous lies when it comes to claimed MPG. My last black vRS used to average 51 - 55mpg and did that for 40,000 miles, at that was at 215 bhp with a front mount and hybrid 150 turbo. 

[wolfsburger]

3 hours ago, Lofty said:

It's probably the nicest modification you can do to a Fabia, just "enough" extra torque and power without overwhelming the other mechanical components. Almost the Fabia vRS they should have made.

 

You'll hopefully see similar if not slightly better MPG as well, however check this via the brim to brim method as the fuel computers tell outrageous lies when it comes to claimed MPG. My last black vRS used to average 51 - 55mpg and did that for 40,000 miles, at that was at 215 bhp with a front mount and hybrid 150 turbo. 

The brim method is what I am going to follow, you gave me the same advice when I had my Black Fabia vRS 👍

Really pleased with the performance increase via the remap, if these engines can safely run like this, it does make you wonder why they restricted them so much.