Smoothed Fabia vRS - Huxley

[Fabia_19]

Straight forward mate, remove tabs from the gutters and the the bars clamp on with a allen bolt mech. 10mins probably to fit in total.

Easily removable as well cheers mate.

[Huxley vRS]

I would guess so but not actually removed yet hehe. Im not sure how the tabs that i removed from the gutters go back in but i will get to that bridge when I finish season next week.

[Huxley vRS]

Car passed its MOT the other day with advisories on three tyres reaching legal limit and both console bushes been worn.

So I have ordered Cupra console bushes, powerflex front wishbone bushes, powerflex 19mm ARB bushes and a set of 195 45 16" Toyo Proxes T1R.

Should make a nice difference

[Huxley vRS]

RoyalFail got their act together and finally delivered my bushes

And these also arrived today.

All going on this weekend.

[TimVRS12]

Looks good!

Unless my iPhone screen is failing me, have you gone with poweflex FARB, front wishbone and Cupra console bushes? Thats the setup I'm going for.

[Huxley vRS]

Yeah thats the one mate

[Huxley vRS]

All the bushes and tyres fitted now. Console bushes were a royal pain in the arse.

195 next to 205

Console bush & tool

Powerflex Front arm bush

Powerflex ARB bush size 19mm

Car feels really tight up front now

[TimVRS12]

Nice! I've just ordered mine also so will be doing this soon. Left ARBs til next month though.

[L33 LHO]

That exhaust sounds awesome.

Nice thread

[Huxley vRS]

Dont follow the guides for console bushes mate just drop the sub frame!

Edited 6 November, 2011 by HuxleyVRS

[Huxley vRS]

Thanks for the comments

[TimVRS12]

Dont follow the guides for console bushes mate just drop the sub frame!

I was planning on taking the console out, that's what my mate did on my Polo.

The car will only be on stands also, so will be nightmare if they're hanging off the car!

[Huxley vRS]

Yeah true, just plan enuf time to get the job done fella. Was a pain, even with a ramp.

[L33 LHO]

Cant stop watching that clip. Sounds amazing. So its just a straight through pipe with a fancy tip? the rest is standard?

Think I might have to do this, And your still able keep your back box?

[Huxley vRS]

Yeah just 3" pipe with fancy tip, everything else standard.

[L33 LHO]

awesome, next on my list

[Jason@Willis]

Thanks for sharing done most of the mods on my car, rarb is next on the list, the exhuast was such good value for money shame the fitter is circa 300 miles from me haha, Pd160 deffo makes the car breath a lot aesier mines done 110k now but pulls like a train!! top work bud ;0)

[Huxley vRS]

Got some Weitec Hicon GT coilovers off a member on here recently and just ordered genuine top mounts, top mount bearings and FR rear bump stops to complete the job of lowering my car. Should hopefully be on for the end of January.

Then I am going to remove my bump strips from the doors and book my car in at the body shop for some paint.

EDIT: For anyone who may need them here are the part numbers.

2 x 6Q0 512 131D (FR Rear Bump Stops)

2 x 6N0 412 249C (vRS Top Mount Bearing)

2 x 6Q0 412 331B (vRS Top Mount)

Edited 3 January, 2012 by HuxleyVRS

[TimVRS12]

Nice work mate.

Read about the FR bump stops in the pter thread but was skim reading. What do they offer? And how much were they?

[Huxley vRS]

£7.50 a side so £15 for the pair and they are shorter than vRS ones so no need to cut them down etc.

The reason for this is I want to keep all my original parts.

[redcupraboy]

Cheers for posting part nos for FR rear bumpstops. What did you do for the front bumpstops? Reuse originals trimmed down a bit?

[Huxley vRS]

Front coilover units come with bump stops dude

[Huxley vRS]

Ok so all been well I should have my coilovers fitted tomorrow.

Little picture of the top mounts, bearings and rear bump stops. (all genuine, £93 TPS)

For anyone who may want to compare FR bump stops with standard bump stops the FR are 7cm high.

Edited 10 January, 2012 by HuxleyVRS

[DanGum]

hey mate

have u got the part no's for the arb bushes from powerflex?

i got a knocking on the front so will try this first

cheers

dan

[Huxley vRS]

Sorry mate not got the part number but I ordered from Awesome Gti and they were the 19mm ones.