Finally some pic's of my car

Don't know if anyone's bothered , but I've just washed my car so I thought I'd put some pics of it up. :bigsmile:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75385394@N04/6776107009/in/photostream/​

 

[Loz]

Sorry the links didn't work, when posting from Flickr you need to come out of lightbox & view the photo as normal in your Photostream, you then need to click on 'Share' at the top of the photo & then 'Grab HTMLBcode' you'll see the code link to copy and paste into your post on here.

I tried to fix it for you from but it won't let me get the BBcode, so for the moment I've just put a link up to the album.

 

[pgarner]

aye flicker is a pain for that, used to be alot nicer at giving you the codes, photobuckets alot better for that

 

[pgarner]

doesnt look too bad, you missed under the rear number plate though

and youve got some swiraling, although its not that bad. some Augoglym Super resin polish should mask it over

 

[MWheatley]

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[MWheatley]

There we are!!!

doesnt look too bad, you missed under the rear number plate though

and youve got some swiraling, although its not that bad. some Augoglym Super resin polish should mask it over

Yeah, that was after washing it twice!! I think I'm just rubbish at washing cars haha. Cheers for that I'll pick some up when I get chance.

Also, does anyone know any decent body-shops in the Middlesbrough area? You might have noticed the crack on the front bumper, although it isn't much it really annoys me

 

[turbonutter69]

Looks smart buddy.

 

[T9 man]

Nice!

 

[dagger]

looks nice mate

 

[Prince]

Looks clean mate. What's the plan for it?

 

[MWheatley]

Not sure tbh, it's the 1.2 and I've read on this fair site that there's not much you can get out of it. I was thinking about getting some anti-roll bars, but I'm in the unfortunate position of being a student!! So there's not much cash going spare.

However, if anyone's got any recommendations I'll gladly take them on board

 

[pgarner]

Rear anti roll bar, keep an eye on on ebay and forums they do turn up 2nd hand.
shame i never had the money when one did.

 

[Prince]

A subtle drop and a nice set of alloys would work wonders for the looks.

 

[MWheatley]

Quite a novice in this area, can't decide whether to tweak and change this car, or save my £££ and trade in for a faster model possibly the 1.9TDI :s

 

[turbonutter69]

Save them pennies buddy.
Live with it for a while save up and get something with a bit more potential.

 

[pgarner]

save for a VRS

 

[MWheatley]

save for a VRS

Sounds like a plan

 

[Puntopimp]

I have a soft spot for skoda's I learnt to drive first in a Octavia Turbo diesel You have a nice little VW Copycat mate

 

[MWheatley]

Yeah as soon as I test drove it I loved it!! And I had a fairly limited budget to cover car and insurance, so I figured a VW copy was the way to go, same car, for less

 

[Puntopimp]

Defo I think you should tinker with the body work maybe de-badge and smooth the bonnet? add a body kit lower the ride make it look as you want it to look

 

[MWheatley]

Was thinking about de-badging it, don't really wanna spend too much on it as I'm gonna save for a fiery-er model...this one's only the 1.2

 

[Puntopimp]

de-badging won't be too costly thankfully just do what I have been doing scour Ebay for top top bargains!

 

[MWheatley]

Good plan! Is it possible to re-badge at a later date?

 

[T9 man]

Good plan! Is it possible to re-badge at a later date?

Ah now there you have it! If you are thinking about selling it on later? then the potential buyer may not want all of the badges removed. For what you want the car for, I would not bother debadging it now just for the looks, then having to sort out refixing the badges back on later for a resell :blink:

Treat your current car as an enjoyable learning curve! If you spend too much money trying to customise it, then it will be money wasted as the next owner may not appreciate your design efforts and this will limit your market.

Save your money and buy something more rewarding to drive!

 

[MWheatley]

T9 you are spot on, the logical decision is to trade up at some point (when I have funds :annoyed: ) for something with more potential, but I want it now!! Haha

 

[MasterAuron]

and youve got some swiraling, although its not that bad. some Augoglym Super resin polish should mask it over

:embarrest: First thing I noticed. We are very sad aren't we

 

[MWheatley]

How about enthusiastic

 

[pgarner]

:embarrest: First thing I noticed. We are very sad aren't we

Yeah :embarrest:

debadging the skoda and fabia badges are easy and cost couple of quid from the dealer. some masking tape and taking your time will get them back on.

the actual skoda emblems are harder as they will be recessed into the boot and will need filled and sprayed