Hey Guys n Gals,

New on the skoda scene.

Just got a skoda felicia estate LXI, R reg, 1.3 MPI, and wondered how u lot wud suggest modding it.

Ive been readin some of the threads and got lost, dont blame me too much for being a Noob.

Wondered wot size alloys i shud get n how wide? I live in country so dont want huge onees as they will rub way too much...

also wondered wot sorta performance mods i can do? please explain them lol. Would love to show some of the boy racers round here the power of skoda.

Also wondered if any of u had some nice graphic designs as would like car to get a new look...

Please find attached image of my skoda

Cheers

Joe

brilliant you bought the RIGHT car.

now get a sound system in that massive boot!

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trust me after that lot, you would still have more room than all hatchbacks!

My first car was a Felicia estate too

I didn't mod it, apart from sorting out the stereo. Mine was a 1.6GLXI and was actually quite nippy.

Good luck with it

hell yeah!

firstly, order some springs. Jamex ones at about

hey guys thanks for the advice there bout the sound system, had thought of doin that but was also wonderin bout gettin some alloys.

what sorta size shoudl i get for it?

13s stock. needs lots of lowering.

14s look good once dropped 35/40mm

15s need low profiles and cant take much lowering.

16s + are too big, unless you wanna arch-roll.

oh i wanted 17" 's with really low profile tyres,

has anyone tryed that? I would go with wolfrace or lenso!

as for the sound system,

check this out,

Photo Album

the 6 by 9 battle has its ups and downs!:thumbdwn:

points ranging from,

negative:thumbdwn:

. they attract thieves

. parcle shelve is crap in most cars

. they are aparently crap for sound quality

. drowne out other speakers

TO possitive's.

. felicia parcle shelves are thick and strong (use the one closer to the seats!)

. also the parcle shelves have a dip in them, cover it with felt! - not on show to theives!

. amp those 6 by 9's they sound much better, and more controllable for mid range low and high tones!

OWN OPIONION

. personnaly I think there ok! I use them, but a good set of rear component speakers are good with tweaters and dedicated mid and high sounds for each speaker part.

. please don't buy subs in a box, especially not from halfrauds!

both sets of subs i bought were dodgy and dodgy service, and infior wiring:eek:

i replaced the sub cones and cables to expensive toxic items.

And it is soooooo much better:rofl:

FR - Wolfrace alloys are crap and notorious for buckling easily!

Stay away from them IMO.

oh i wanted 17" 's with really low profile tyres,

has anyone tryed that? I would go with wolfrace or lenso!

as for the sound system,

check this out,

Photo Album

the 6 by 9 battle has its ups and downs!:thumbdwn:

points ranging from,

negative:thumbdwn:

. they attract thieves

. parcle shelve is crap in most cars

. they are aparently crap for sound quality

. drowne out other speakers

TO possitive's.

. felicia parcle shelves are thick and strong (use the one closer to the seats!)

. also the parcle shelves have a dip in them, cover it with felt! - not on show to theives!

. amp those 6 by 9's they sound much better, and more controllable for mid range low and high tones!

OWN OPIONION

. personnaly I think there ok! I use them, but a good set of rear component speakers are good with tweaters and dedicated mid and high sounds for each speaker part.

. please don't buy subs in a box, especially not from halfrauds!

both sets of subs i bought were dodgy and dodgy service, and infior wiring:eek:

i replaced the sub cones and cables to expensive toxic items.

And it is soooooo much better:rofl:

dude you need help :P

no chance of 17s. not even without tyres. just doesn't work, period. also, you're looking a at max width wheel of about 7" before you can't use your lock fully, and try finding a 17x7!

the 6x9 battle has its ups a downs yes. ups from the people who haven't tried superior products, and downs from anyone who knows what they're dealing with and isn't selling any lol.

don't mean to be cheeky or rude mind, but 6x9s have NEVER had quality. high end ones will be better than low end components, simply because they're better quality. but try components against 6x9s from the same people at the same money, every single time the comps win.

try a good set, you will be amazed at what you get.

theres a good reason 6x9s go in corsas and clios, and components go in high end audio cars, competition cars and expensive professional installs.

unless distortions your thing

Am i the only one who is lost with all this ICE? More to the point i don't understand the attraction but hey thats just me.

My car has a CD player with 6x9s on the rear parcel shelf and decent replacement speakers on the front. That will do me as the car was only

i'v just got a set of BWA spyke's BWA Home || Racing Wheels & Accessories || Cerchi in lega & accessori

mine are the 15/7.00s . guna paint them black

15X7s fit well un my fun arches with roor to drop it another 50mm

then, once lowered, sort your wheels. pick your 'look'. euro look requires some dished, polished wheels, or you could try the racing type look but why bother on an estate, it'll be cack. PM me if you want set up with a few wheel options

IYO. I think the racer look is great on a wagon, and hate Eurostyle's over-stretched tyres on pretty much anything. Which just goes to show that everyone has an opinion, and they're all different.

IYO. I think the racer look is great on a wagon, and hate Eurostyle's over-stretched tyres on pretty much anything. Which just goes to show that everyone has an opinion, and they're all different.

fair enough, yeah, IMO, but seriously? trying to make an estate look like a racing car is like trying to put jade goody into some of Kelly Holmes' track shorts. sickening imagery i'm sure for most of us Ken

fair enough, yeah, IMO, but seriously? trying to make an estate look like a racing car is like trying to put jade goody into some of Kelly Holmes' track shorts. sickening imagery i'm sure for most of us Ken

Ovlov 058 BTCC cars for example?

Or NASCAR and ASCAR Pick-up truck series?

Or racing trucks?...

fair enough, yeah, IMO, but seriously? trying to make an estate look like a racing car is like trying to put jade goody into some of Kelly Holmes' track shorts. sickening imagery i'm sure for most of us Ken

RS4, RS6, M5???????

all dam sexy estates.

you forgot the sexy skoda felicia estates

race series - any major estate trophies or pedigree? no?

pinkskud - the m5 isn't available in touring form - unless the new model has an option i'm unaware of. damn sexy cars yes, racing cars, no...

although i will give you credit Ken, the BTCC 850 was excellent. as is that current MG championship contesting Montego estate. however they are proper track cars. what we're talking about in this thread is bodykitting and be-spoilering a felicia estate, not a full strip, engine upgrade, and 12pt rollcage. which still wouldn't work that well given the understeering tendencies once stripped out.

Claiming that an estate shell (measuring stiffness between body suspension pickups where it actually matters rather than bumper to bumper) is less stiff than a hatchback equivalent is silly. As is claiming that any difference in handling characteristics is intrinsic, rather than caused by differences in suspension settings (more so since estates tend to have a more handling favourable weight distribution).

As to queries about "major trophies", I'm sure you realise that the models selected for sports activities are selected for marketting and "which model is it easiest to get down to the weight limit?" reasons.

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Claiming that an estate shell (measuring stiffness between body suspension pickups where it actually matters rather than bumper to bumper) is less stiff than a hatchback equivalent is silly. As is claiming that any difference in handling characteristics is intrinsic, rather than caused by differences in suspension settings (more so since estates tend to have a more handling favourable weight distribution).

As to queries about "major trophies", I'm sure you realise that the models selected for sports activities are selected for marketting and "which model is it easiest to get down to the weight limit?" reasons.

i never suggested that at all! but by its very nature an estate will have more roll and vaguer (real word?) handling of the rear, due to an extra weight imbalance (if we are to assume the hatch variant is roughly 50:50 as per the norm), and not as keen aerodynamics. of course they have more stability in some circumstances, but at the end of the day i'm not going to argue this, every car handles different and i've chucked around some estates too.

but i'm sure you also realise that 'marketing purposes' ntail doing as well as possible? therefore the best car to select is the one with the best chance of winning or performing well. almost invariably a hatch/coupe etc. and the weight thing - well it's just obvious you dont pick a heavier estate, which just backs up the 'estates aren't made for racing' argument.

and so i keep my opinion, making an estate look like a racing car is a waste of time for the most part. and i still doubt we're talking about race livery and cages here, he is i believe aiming more at a set of venoms and a fibreglass kit - bringing weight UP and gearing DOWN. and making an estate look like what it can never be.

Well, that's where you're going wrong then; confining our study to front-engined cars, we find that almost everything (bar BMWs and Mazda rotaries I suspect everything with 4 seats and a boot) is front heavy to some extent. It's far from uncommon for FWD saloons and hatches to get as far as a 66/34% front bias in point of fact.

As for your claims about roll, have you actually measured it? I haven't, but am frankly mystified by the claims from Fabia and Octavia vRS (hatch) owners about "extreme understeer". My Octy Elegance TDi estate actually has a mild oversteer reaction.

Equally, your claims about "better aero" fly in the face of the known facts; Volvo chose to run the 850 Estate over the Saloon, because it had better aero and base weight distribution (well up til the rules changed and allowed rear race spoilers hidden behind the glasshouse viewed head-on [source Volvo GB and TWR]). And yes Volvo chose the Estate for marketting reasons (ok one of them was that it had never been done before but the point stands).

Well, as I said earlier, your entitled to your opinion. It's too bad that it flies in the face of known facts, and of vehicle engineering.

my hatch does have a big lump of cast iron in the front, and does handle better with a set of wheels in the boot (which are now in the powder coat shop, he he)

What colour are you powder coating them in pinkskud?

black mate, to match all the black trim round the car, grill, bump strips, door rubbers etc...........