Yep, I need to budget for a belt/tensioners/waterpump change at the end of the year too :(

Steve

I don't know Steve...you and Skoda's eh.......

Whaddya do mit der Maxda mx den?

You'll be polishing it next

Come to think of it....i've got a product or 2 for that :P

Hey Andre

MX sold after I couldn't quite justify it on practicality grounds, nor afford to run it alongside something else, although I did try - a wise early summer sale too, at a decent return, especially looking at the weather currently

Polishing - ah yes, now there's an idea - I'm just waiting for a dry day! And yes, some cut price Meg's items will be rolled out for the event, yet again

Cheers,

Steve

Mr Ward!

I haven't been around for a while, but I see you have a Fabia again!!! Never cease to be amazed with your constant car shenanigans! You should have kept the stuff I sold you last time round - saved you looking for it again!

All well with you I take it?

D

Hi Dave!

I know, I should just keep a stock of applicable modifications, just in case :P - ah well, it's the fun tracking stuff down again, and trying other offerings. The Konis, for example. Wouldn't have minded your FMIC for this though!!

How is everything with you? Do you still the Fabia?

Steve

Ha ha ha... you're right though, half the fun is tracking down the kit and seeing the car take shape. I'm sure you'll find another FMIC floating around - tend to see them every couple of months. You going to go down the hybrid turbo route or draw the line before then???

I sold my fabia a while ago and was car-less for a month or so whilst my new toy was being built... and here it is! Had it about a month and already have nearly 3k miles on it for various reasons. Trying hard not to drive it very much for a while so i can bring down my annual average to 10-12k pa, not 36k!

VERY nice Dave! :drool:

Love the colour, and wheel choice

Steve

Few updates to the original spec list and some more news

Serviced on 17th Aug at Awesome, plus cambelt, tensioners and waterpump renewal. Running really well at the moment

Last Sat saw some Alpine SXE-1750S front door speakers and tweeters go in, along with some Dynamat type sound deadening applied to all doors. Audio quality has increased considerably, even still with the standard headunit and road noise has also reduced. All door carriers have also been sealed off with some silicon sealant, hopefully to stop the typical leaking Top marks all round And at

Steve, Me Queen

Hope you're keeping count of how much all this is costing you :eek: :eek: :eek:

Bet you're going to go 'the Mongrel route' soon

Of course, I thought this was what these threads were for, in Members Cars? :confused: :P

Mongrel? Hmm, not really I don't think. Stage 1 will be complete soon, and that'll keep me happy, for a while anyway

Just remember you need some speaker adaptors too

And a nice big drill

Just to keep some continuity, some pics with Eibachs and FSDs fitted, running the standard 16s, in direct comparison with a vRS running standard suspension Mines the one with the sunroof

Pics with the new wheels fitted to follow shortly...

Cheers,

Steve

Mines the one with the sunroof

Cheers,

Steve

Mines the shiney one Minus sunroof and xenons, u lucky barsteward

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john

Mines the shiney one

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john

Hard not to notice

Steve's is dirty cos it visits all the scrapyards No attention to detail that fella

Mines the shiney one Minus sunroof and xenons, u lucky barsteward

Popped into Jabba on Friday

Clutch and remap now sorted. Some turbo issues to resolve, and it's a more smokey than I want it, but performance has certainly improved!

Steve

Popped into Jabba on Friday , but performance has certainly improved!

Steve

Yup, will be the loss of all those pounds

i think your missing som nice S3 wheels

Hi Kenny - long time no see How you doing?

Yes, another thing I should have kept; if only I'd known :P - have some Octy 17" Spiders on there now, so kinda makes up for it! No photos of them fitted yet though....

Cheers,

Steve

Quick update - 312s now fitted. Just bedding them in

I'll get round to some up-to-date photos at some point; showing about 3 months of tweaks, upgrades and changes

Photos should prove worthwhile I reckon too - this weekend I also applied some more Collinite 476, and to finish, a coat of my new stuff - Victoria Concourse. So looking fairly good, presently

Cheers,

Steve

Update time - new stereo's in and it is rather good

Alpine IDA-X001 with the matching Alpine Bluetooth module. Runs along rather nicely with the Alpine speakers that went in last month...

Steve

She was treated to a run on Awesome's rollers on Saturday too

Average of the three runs was 176bhp and 296 lb/ft which I was reasonably pleased with. BHP was in line with expectations, although I was looking for a little more torque output, with the Sachs organic clutch.

Steve

Looks nice mate on those spiders....

Might see how much a new set are...!

Random photo really, just to update

Taken one morning at the end of last month with my N95; thought the light hitting the beading gave a nice effect

Steve