Fixing it was pretty annoying, but getting it on the road for a first car is great 

Was sat for 2 years and has lived on a bumpy dirt track it's whole life so you can imagine the condition, I had to change lots of parts, in the end i got a new coilover kit and vrs rims,  

I've got Pictures of it just before it got put on the road,and the drop at the front. 

 

took so much work but I'm really happy with the result 🎊

Edited 18 February, 20251 yr by AdverseFabiaOwner
Forgot to write it in the first place haha

That dark green is a nice colour on these. My mate (who I don't think is on here anymore) has a dark green estate in a similar shade. This was from a few years back when heading down to a show.

 

22 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

That dark green is a nice colour on these. My mate (who I don't think is on here anymore) has a dark green estate in a similar shade. This was from a few years back when heading down to a show.

 

Yeah I really like the darker colours on these, it makes them look a bit more special than they are haha

48 minutes ago, AdverseFabiaOwner said:

Yeah I really like the darker colours on these, it makes them look a bit more special than they are haha

 

They're quite good when you think about it. I've owned/driven a fair few rattly old heaps (including a Daewoo Nexia), and they're quite refined in comparison. The Daewoo was pretty old hat though.

7 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

They're quite good when you think about it. I've owned/driven a fair few rattly old heaps (including a Daewoo Nexia), and they're quite refined in comparison. The Daewoo was pretty old hat though.

Yeha I absaloutely love them, I'm actually part way through doing a vrs kinda conversion, except I'm not the world's biggest fan of the front bumper, so I'm on the look for some other aftermarket ones. Other than taht the engines are great too, reliable wee things.

 

1 hour ago, AdverseFabiaOwner said:

Yeha I absaloutely love them, I'm actually part way through doing a vrs kinda conversion, except I'm not the world's biggest fan of the front bumper, so I'm on the look for some other aftermarket ones. Other than taht the engines are great too, reliable wee things.

 

 

I did the same thing when I started out. Ended up settling with a pseudo-Sport/Elegance sort of combination, with the worst possible engine...

@AdverseFabiaOwner, is yours a 6-valve or 12-valve 1.2?

25 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

@AdverseFabiaOwner, is yours a 6-valve or 12-valve 1.2?

12valve dudeee

31 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

I did the same thing when I started out. Ended up settling with a pseudo-Sport/Elegance sort of combination, with the worst possible engine...

Hahaha I was thinking a 1.4tdi swap down the line haha I know it's unethical but id love it. 

39 minutes ago, AdverseFabiaOwner said:

Hahaha I was thinking a 1.4tdi swap down the line haha I know it's unethical but id love it. 

 

It'll be a bit of a nightmare as you'll have to replace the fuel lines and tank also.

 

I'd say wait for your insurance to come down a bit and that at first, then look into something petrol powered from the range perhaps.

5 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

It'll be a bit of a nightmare as you'll have to replace the fuel lines and tank also.

 

I'd say wait for your insurance to come down a bit and that at first, then look into something petrol powered from the range perhaps.

Haha yeah don't worry the engines got another 50k miles left in it so it won't be for atleast 3 years haha