Mk2 Fabia VRS Combi

[Kobayashi]

i think im going to velcro the lid from the rear of the battery casing so its sort of a floppy velcro lid. DIY job.

Will upload some photos when i get round to it .

[Kobayashi]

sorry for hijacking your thread but this is mock up of what can be done quite easily, i just need to 'velcro' the waterproof lid from the rear and RHS using double sided tape.

Can peel it back quite easy. The velcro backing would wedge between the air filter, the battery is already in a sort of material casing for the velcro to stick too. Job sorted!

 

 

 

 

[Mickmartin]

Looks ideal mate!

 

I’d be tempted to flip that battery round, flip your filter vertical and have a solid and straight cold air intake.

[Mickmartin]

Some DIY going on.....

 

Turbo heat shield painted, Hydro dipped engine cover and Forge Induction kit added!

 

[Mickmartin]

The Fabia Vrs comes with “IRC championship winners” stickers as an optional upgrade.

 

didnt like them so replaced them with some new badges, love them.

[Kobayashi]

Under bonnet looks amazing. Out of my depth taking parts like that off to paint!

 

A Little tip on the induction (if it happens to you) i found that where it bends over time (its similar to my HFI one) it comes loose so i wrapped some string around tube & tied it around a hidden bracket behind so its firm 

I think speed bumps cause the metal seal to come loose!

[Mickmartin]

3 hours ago, Kobayashi said:

Under bonnet looks amazing. Out of my depth taking parts like that off to paint!

 

A Little tip on the induction (if it happens to you) i found that where it bends over time (its similar to my HFI one) it comes loose so i wrapped some string around tube & tied it around a hidden bracket behind so its firm 

I think speed bumps cause the metal seal to come loose!

I couldn’t get the heat shield off as one of the screws were knackered so I just bent it back and painted it on the car.

 

Gonna get me a TMG battery re location tray and flip the battery and air filter round and have a straight silicon air intake instead of that snaking effort we both have.

[Skodaboy1983]

Looking good mate

 

Davy

[Mickmartin]

21 hours ago, Skodaboy1983 said:

Looking good mate

 

Davy

Cheers bud its getting there.

[Mickmartin]

Updates.....

 

Not toi much happening but a few mods either way.

 

Decided to get myself a new OEM unit so picked up the RNS315 for cheap and fitted without fuss

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 28 May, 2019 by Mickmartin

[Mickmartin]

Top part of my grill (original paint) started to peel to gave it a quick spray.

 

then proceeded to paint my rear diffuser Gloss black too.

 

[Mickmartin]

Subtle mod next, Changing the window controls to chrome

tipped buttons.....Also have a chrome wingmirror control switch and auto headlights to fit with chrome light switch.

 

[Mickmartin]

Time for a new FMIC.....

 

 

Probably a few things I've forgot however in terms of future mods, Stage 1, 18's and full uprated ARB system and that might be all for this project.

 

 

Edited 28 May, 2019 by Mickmartin

[Mickmartin]

Fitted a chrome VW Polo R line mirror switch control.

 

 

[Mickmartin]

Clean😎

 

 

[Mickmartin]

This weekend  I fixed A couple of problems and added a few bits.....

 

Fixed a window switch problem and swapped to a nice Orange Vw leds all round. 

 

 

Also added some pro sport intercooler hoses -

 

 

 

[Mickmartin]

One from a trip to the Isle of Mull

 

 

[Mickmartin]

Got some 18’s that will go on at some point, test fitted and ET38 is wide!

 

 

[Mickmartin]

As with the forge induction kit air flow was never great due to the snaking “S” shape

air intake pipe I decided to go full hog and relocate the my battery and get that sorted

out, There’s a ready to relocation tray available for £80 but me being me thought I could do it cheaper.

 

The parts .....
 

[Mickmartin]

Work began with stripping out the old battery tray and seeing what tragedy I had to deal with underneath

 

 

[Mickmartin]

Then to fabricate up some brackets and get the new tray in.

 

 

[Mickmartin]

Battery test fitted and wired back in and now sitting in its new vertical position.

 

 

[Mickmartin]

And voila! All silicon pipes cut to size, Air

filter positioned at its new angle, losing the way the engine bay now looks and air flow to the filter has to have improved.

 

 

 

 

[DriverTom]

Do you have any tips for painting the chrome bit on the front? What did you prime it with?

[Mickmartin]

 

6 minutes ago, DriverTom said:

Do you have any tips for painting the chrome bit on the front? What did you prime it with?

 

Its a fairy easy process if you just take your time between layers, I’ve never had a problem with Halfords paint so I usually pick up some primer, paint and lacquer from there.

 

First sand the piece down with a 600-800 grit and get rid of as much chrome as possible or if it’s really thick create a nice rough surface for the primer to stick too, I always use 3 coats of plastic primer, after the 3rd coats nice and dry  give it a very light sand with a finer sand paper such as 800-1200

 

Then same again 3 layers of paint and at this point you want to catch any imperfections or orange peel in the paint so use a really high grit sand paper such as 1500, very light sand and step down to the paper to 2000 or so to avoid taking off any paint but keeping a smooth finish.

 

repeat the same process with the leaguer process as the painting process and to be scared to scratch the lovely new lacquer with sandpaper as it’ll polish out.