i came across a picture of my car before i picked it up and gave me the thought of this thread.

post a picture of your car when you first got it and one of the way it currently looks just to how how much different, if any, it is.

at the dealers:

as it looks currently:

Looking good:thumbup:

Love the colour coded grille !!

get those cool plates back on :thumbup:i'll post up some good pics later:D

Two hours after we bought the car at 28500 miles and not long before I got stopped by the police in it!!

Here it is now with 34400 miles on the clock a few months later.

Davy

Red grille surround cheapens the car enormously.IMHO.

Pictures do not do Keith's car any favours re the grill but in the flesh it looks fantastic.

Davy

Skodaboy, I much prefer your car without the black lines on the side, just IMHO, but do love the overall colour!

Skodaboy, I much prefer your car without the black lines on the side, just IMHO, but do love the overall colour!

The stripes are a bit hit or miss mate, but since buying the car there is another couple of yellow fabia driving around, so had to change the look slightly.

Davy

Ah! I understand now - differentiation!

thats it mate- I nearly got a lecture of my grandad last week for speeding past him!

Turns out it was one of the other vrs overtook him and he knew it was not mine when there was no stripes on it.

Davy

Well this is the car the day she made her debut on the UK roads...... Think she had less than 30 miles on the clock when this piccy was taken.

And these were taken a couple of weeks ago with 20000 on the clock.

Cheers

Dave.

Had 3 cars over last 3 years... but i'll only post the Fabia photos...

Here is '12 Volts' Dealer website photo:

And here she is before she was written off:

that wasn't as i bought it but it was still standard then.

and how it looks now.

this one has the standard bumper and no spoiler but shows the windows

and the latest picture with the spoiler added and freshly cleaned

My car when i bought:

After:

Before:

After:

Bumper VRS:

New wheels... BBS - VW Montreal II:

New color:

Coilovers Weitec Hicon GTN:

Rear Bumper VRS:

Aileron:

Theres virtually no difference between these two pics , but they are approx 2 years apart.

First Pic: Just after purchase , July 2005 , 29,300 miles.

Pic 2 : Last year , after a good Meguires session! , roughly 36,000 on the clock.

The only changes are a '****' Halfords silver shorty ariel , a Briskoda sticker and a CZ sticker on the rear window , and thats it. She currently has 38 and a bit thousand on the clock and has just celebrated her 8th birtday , still looks identical to the 2nd pic.

When i picked it up.

now

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

nice

New:

More recently!

After the first wash, a couple of days after I bought her, last May:

And about a month ago, nearly the same photo angle!

There's been a few changes in the middle, and most of the work has been on stuff you can't see

Cheers,

Steve

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Funny story about this first picture.

Some Skoda "fanatic" (*cough geek) had taken a picture of my car sat in the showroom, before I had even seen it sat there and bought it. Also before I knew her.....

And here it is now, after owning it for nearly 3 years, and having spent ££££ on modifications, repairs, new engines, turbo's etc.....

good way to imjprove the fabia's legendary aerodynamics there dave

Don't take this the wrong way but if you were in an accident, the drivers harness could easily end up breaking you back.

The passenger side is (almost) correct, they NEED to fix centrally between the holes in the headrest AND angeling down (up to 45°) to work correctly.

good way to imjprove the fabia's legendary aerodynamics there dave

I don't go fast enough for aerodynamics to play a part anymore

@ Gizmo, cheers for the tip. I genuinely didnt know that