thanks to WW_VRS who met me in a car park the weekend to fit my seat strut brace. Job done in 40 mins and cant thank the guy enough for giving up his time on a Saturday.

Roll on this saturday for new wheels and coilovers

40 minutes to fit a strut brace! :eek: He's obviously losing his touch

Chris

lol we were gassing

It took me 20 minutes, and I'm a total spanner-spaz.

Ask Wiebo how long it took him to remove his front bumper outside my house!

lol the post isnt about how long it took guys. would love to get the rear one on now to really see a difference in handling

Post some pictures up then

nope you will have to wait till the weekend when all the toys are on :P

:P

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how exactly are they fitted mate any guides? do they go straight on without moving any engine components cheers mate

i put a post up on my blog mate based on the fitting instructions from here Skoda Fabia vRS - Project Greedy

It is pretty easy, just forgot to bring the extender so had a little fun with the bolts

Think that 40 mins also included a vagcom scan :P - plus I dont rush hehehe

When you get those coilovers fitted, it may be worth getting those bolts replaced with new ones, they were a bit rusted from underneath and they're fairly cheap (few quid for the lot I reckon)

Was good to meet you guys

i put a post up on my blog mate based on the fitting instructions from here Skoda Fabia vRS - Project Greedy

cheers for that link mate is there any chance of co-ordinating the guide with some step by step pictures because i am useless at anything mechanical cheers mate thanks very much i really want to fit this myself if i can

i put a post up on my blog mate based on the fitting instructions from here Skoda Fabia vRS - Project Greedy

cheers for that link mate is there any chance of co-ordinating the guide with some step by step pictures because i am useless at anything mechanical cheers mate thanks very much i really want to fit this myself if i can

keep up the good work mate.

Davy

cheers for that link mate is there any chance of co-ordinating the guide with some step by step pictures because i am useless at anything mechanical cheers mate thanks very much i really want to fit this myself if i can

There is a guide at http://briskoda.net/forums/technical-guides/fabia-how-fit-seat-strut-brace-fabia/14893/ but it looks like the pictures have gone.

I believe the brace does come complete with instructions and it is simply a case of removing 4 bolts, sliding the brace in, and then putting the bolts back in and torquing them up. If I can fit one, anyone can

Chris

yep the piccie links have gone off that link but it really is simple unscrew bolts slide brace in screw bolts back and torque up.

Ask Wiebo how long it took him to remove his front bumper outside my house!

or how long it took him to remove his exhaust outside my house

whats all this torque stuff how do you know if its tightened properly or not sorry i have no idea about torque stuff cheers about from mine has around 280lb ha ha

You need to get yourself a torque wrench (ie a spanner that only lets you tighten things to a specific torque, ie how much turning force is applied). Pretty sure this is the one I bought ... Torque Wrench - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys

Chris

cheers mate thanks for that never seen one of them before i have loads of spanners etc etc but what torque setting is required for the nuts also looked under my bonnet at lunch time and directly on the drivers side there is a black box saying VW AC on it completely covering that sid so how can a strut brace fit cheers thanks

i think we just lifted said black box out of the way then put it back. There is a thread about the torque settings let me find it. Simply tighten them till u cant go any more

Torque settings mentioned here: http://briskoda.net/forums/fabia/torque-settings-fitting-strut-brace/101802/

Simply tighten them till u cant go any more

IIRC, the torque setting is 25Nm which is a bit less than tightening until you can't turn any more! :P:rofl:

Chris

cheers mate thanks very much for that bud i wish that bloody guide worked with the flipping pics arggggg!!! what is the part number from seat again for the strut brace? going to order mine today