Joti Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 You need a seat He needs a drink, not a sit down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Lol. Luckily it's just the bushes or whatever so getting it sorted tomorrow. With the car being off the road I decided to give the insides a good clean and the door shuts because these were minging. Even managed to get the missus to help! Then as I got bored I got some rubbing compound and used the machine polisher to flat the paint out, then polished, then waxed then used buffing pad to buff to a nice shine. Come out awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 New shoes came today. Obviously they need new tyres but overall I'm quite pleased with ther condition. 1 could do with maybe a respray because of a couple of scratches close to the centre of the wheel but tbh Im over the moon with them and a proper bargain too! £50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joti Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Bargain indeed!Very nice.Are they staying that colour Chris...........? Edited June 14, 2012 by Joti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Are they staying that colour Chris...........? Lol according to colour theory, the equivalent to blue and orange is red and green. And we all know what a terrible combo that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joti Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Lol according to colour theory, the equivalent to blue and orange is red and green. And we all know what a terrible combo that is!Yep, that sounds rank (recalling a certain Lupo that used that colour combination!) Edited June 14, 2012 by Joti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Lol! Na they staying like this for now. The only colours that really work with red is white black and gold in my opinion. Possibly gold as google didn't bring back any results of gold pepperpots. Will see when I get them on the car and see what I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Lol! Na they staying like this for now. The only colours that really work with red is white black and gold in my opinion. Possibly gold as google didn't bring back any results of gold pepperpots. Will see when I get them on the car and see what I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Tinted my fogs.And a quick photoshop of my wheels and lows.Coilovers are 2 days late! Done in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 If it looks like that ^^^^ <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arosaproject Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thats going to look so nice, going to be keeping my eye on this fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Agreed this is gonna look sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Just looking for some advice please people. The Fabia is a 1.4 and I don't drive like a dick but the fuel consumption seems mental for the size of the engine and my driving style. £10 getting me like 30 mile before the light comes back on. I have checked the air filter and that looks pretty new:I don't use the air con, the only thing electrical wise is a aftermarket headunit but like I say the mileage is ****. Anyone got any advice on what to check/change? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Actually forgot to mention. The revs drop when idling which I'm guessing is the throttle body? Could the fact they drop to 500rmp mean the car is using more fuel to stop its self from stalling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Needs a scan chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arosaproject Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Just looking for some advice please people. The Fabia is a 1.4 and I don't drive like a dick but the fuel consumption seems mental for the size of the engine and my driving style. £10 getting me like 30 mile before the light comes back on. I have checked the air filter and that looks pretty new:I don't use the air con, the only thing electrical wise is a aftermarket headunit but like I say the mileage is ****. Anyone got any advice on what to check/change?Have you given it a full service fella? My arosa that I think has the same engine as ur fabia does 240-250 miles to £35 of petrol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Clean the throttle body will stop the stalling my 16v polo 6n used to do it and that was bad on fuel Aswell bit used to get 45 miles on a tenner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 I haven't done a service before and haven't on this either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Scan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fob163 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Spacers and standard wheels bolts = faili had 5 mm spacers on and my wheel fell off. damaged my arch/hub bigtime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Well, coilovers still haven't arrived, last Wednesday he said they were dispatched so I rang him and apparently they haven't got any in stock so said another 7 days delivery to which I replied "piss off, I want a refund" so hopefully he sends the refund and I can order some more! Anyway I got bored while the missus and baby were asleep this afternoon and that can only mean one thing... CLEANING! Since everything else was already clean it was the engine bay's turn!Before:After:That's all for now! Sorry it's boring lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arosaproject Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Well, coilovers still haven't arrived, last Wednesday he said they were dispatched so I rang him and apparently they haven't got any in stock so said another 7 days delivery to which I replied "piss off, I want a refund" so hopefully he sends the refund and I can order some more! Anyway I got bored while the missus and baby were asleep this afternoon and that can only mean one thing... CLEANING! Since everything else was already clean it was the engine bay's turn!Before:After:That's all for now! Sorry it's boring lol!Looking very clean and shiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Thanks mate took a couple of hours but that was 11 years worth. Be easy to keep on top of now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted June 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 Well not much of a update because of the company i ordered the coilovers from taking the piss, ended up getting a refund and ordering some different ones but tbf worked out better because the origional ones were only 30-65mm drop and the new ones are 30-100mm drop. Picking tyres up on Tuesday as well so next week the big updates will come (normaly have all the mods done within 2 weeks on my other two cars "/) Anyway, the ex owner was a minging ****er to say the least so rang mr OCD cleaning Guru (Adam Ralph) his missus answered who btw sounded:And he said to use Autoglym Interior Shampoo and here's the before and after:I'll be leaving it to dry and then redoing it until it looks new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Sounded fit looool Edited June 24, 2012 by MiiTCH-LOOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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