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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: jv on 04 May 2011, 22:08
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So I sold the Picasso 3 weeks ago and started searching for something interesting, always had a soft spot for the Octavia VRS but they have always been over budget, this was under budget and to me a bargain with the amount of work it is had done in the last 3 months.
2001 (51) 1.8 20v t (AQU 180bhp), 115k with fsh including all old mot's and nearly all old bills, has had the all important cam belt and water pump plus a stack of other work for the last mot,
Only real issue and why it was cheaper is the front bumper has been badly repainted some time in its life.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia037cg.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia15cg.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia031cg.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia02cg.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia040cg.jpg)
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A pic of the interior.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia018cg.jpg)
And the only real bad bit and why it was a cheaper than it should have been.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia064.jpg)
Only plans really at the moment is to sort the bumper, give it a good clean, front mud flaps and replace the grille badges.
I am also thinking of pressed plates and some number plate surrounds.
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A small update.
Front mudflaps fitted, they to me finish it off.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviaupdate011.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviaupdate007.jpg)
Replaced the V badge with new as it was stuck in the wrong place.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviaupdate001.jpg)
I also on both sides have straightened the sills where it has been wrongly jacked in the past and then undersealed.
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Couple of small jobs today.
The front mats were in a poor state, did not want ebay copies, managed to find a pair of genuine front ones on the Skoda forum.
Before.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octupdate2001.jpg)
After.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octupdate2002.jpg)
Front badge.
Before.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octupdate2004.jpg)
After.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octupdate2005.jpg)
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Major job for today, after checking through all the paperwork, I could see no record of the oil pick up pipe having been replaced, the general view is that it needs replacing around 75k, mine was near 116k so got the parts and one of the engineers in work offered to sort for me as I was working, all in all took just over 2hrs, also fitted a new oil filter.
I was shocked at the state of the pick up pipe, it was nearly blocked so could have been very expensive soon.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various210511005.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various210511003.jpg)
I have also today got around to replacing the indicator that will not dry out, not easy to find s/h as vRS is different,
Before:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various210511007.jpg)
After:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various210511008.jpg)
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So I got the phone call in work today :afro: and collected this, top notch job by a local bodyshop that do a lot of work for BMW, Audi and Mercedes etc.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various232005.jpg)
Started with this:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange002a.jpg)
A few close up pics to show how bad the old bumper was.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange007a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange009a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange004a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange005a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange006a.jpg)
During the change over, painted / tidied up with some spare satin black all the parts that had overspray.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange010a.jpg)
Finished including the black grille surround with new badge, also fitted my new number plate surrounds and plates plus silvertec indicator bulbs.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange017a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octaviabumperchange016a.jpg)
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A few pics from today.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0047.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0059.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0054.jpg)
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New mirror covers arrived today, plus doing the grille again :lipsrsealed:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0075.jpg)
So faced with a choice of paying the bodyshop to sort it or give it a go myself.
All in 4 primer and 10 :shocked: coats of gloss black on the mirrors got them looking like this, a couple of small runs but it is only mirrors at the end of the day.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0083.jpg)
However when it dried they looked horrid, so will be getting them done by the bodyshop.
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Have had a busy day.
New grille center section (old one was broke)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0106a.jpg)
Fitted plus Mirror covers, colour matched surround and new custom retro badge
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0101.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0138a.jpg)
Painted all brakes and hubs, never had any black so went mad and did it all green also forgot to take pictures with the wheels off.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0127a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0126a.jpg)
Debadged the boot plus matching retro badge.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0110.jpg)
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Couple more pictures
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0119.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0147a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0140a.jpg)
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Had an afternoon spare, first thing was to remove the rear wiper, don't really use it and it looks cleaner without it.
Will keep hold of it so can be refitted if needed.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/oct1.jpg)
Part 2 was new wheels, I had settled for LM's but having tried one against the car was not sure, so tried a few others and settled on these.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0172oct.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0176oct.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0199oct.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0186oct.jpg)
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Some more pictures.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0217.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0206.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0235.jpg)
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So a few small jobs for today.
Cleaned under the bonnet.
Before.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/octavia019.jpg)
After.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0282.jpg)
Painted new caliper
Before
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0279.jpg)
After
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0283.jpg)
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Had some time tonight, so got on with putting this together, need to pull it apart again to fit a hose clip on the pipe.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0360.jpg)
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One more job sorted today, collected the cover on the way home from work so got on with fitting it.
Before
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0362.jpg)
After
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0363.jpg)
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One of the engineers had some time this morning so we popped into work and got boost gauge in and working, tried the white lighting for the daytime but way too bright so went with green for both day and night which matches the other dials as well.
Took the piping out through the grommet for the bonnet release.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0364.jpg)
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New wheels
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0381.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0394.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0376.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0385.jpg)
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Another couple of pictures.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0399.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0397.jpg)
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A few pictures from this afternoon.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0435.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0444.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0460.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0450.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/100_0469.jpg)
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Car has now been remapped :afro:
Made a lot of difference, very pleased with it.
I can recommend: http://www.wagenworx.co.uk/ if you in the South West.
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Well after 4days in the garage trying to sort a brake problem, the car has a new mot, not much else to report.
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Done lots of little jobs this morning.
Painted the new front brake caliper
Replaced 3 small vac / boost hoses (thanks to Dom for the main one I needed)
Cleaned the interior
Next up Dogbone Bushes.
Old ones :shocked:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various201111016.jpg)
New Poly ones fitted.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various201111015.jpg)
What a difference, it is harsher at idle but gearchange is so much better.
Next up extra gauges which if I am honest did not go well :cry: had oil temp and pressure to fit but could not remove the spare plug port on the filter housing, did not want to give it any more force in case it ended in tears, so fitted the boost gauge for now but I am going to move it as you cannot really see where it is mounted, so did not bother to wire up the lighting.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various201111017.jpg)
But all in all it was nice to sort lots of little jobs that I have been putting off.
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Had some spare time yesterday so got on with sorting the Stack boost gauge, :undecided: on the pillar mount at the moment so it may be moved again.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various271111002a.jpg)
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Well plan b / c did not work, the plan was to fit a Newsouth column pod (Golf mk4 one) but I did not like it, so sold it on and then tweaked the pillar pod.
Have fitted smaller black bolts with black washers plus drilled a extra hole so the gauge will sit further round, however even with the extra hole the Stack gauge was not sitting right so I changed the gauge.
Before
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various271111002a.jpg)
After
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/various111211008-1.jpg)
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Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's in 8x18, fitted today.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/carvarious004.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/carvarious009.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/carvarious001.jpg)
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Some better pictures
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/carupdate001.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/carupdate011.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/carupdate013.jpg)
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New drivers seat base fitted today, I read a few guides beforehand and it was easy enough to sort really, hardest part is refitting the cover as it needs to be pulled / stretched really tight.
As you can see it needed replacing.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/seatbase002.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/seatbase004.jpg)
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So having sold the 18"s I needed some wheels, fitted these as a temp mesure.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/carupdate260312068.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/carupdate260312064.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/carupdate260312009.jpg)
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Some more pics.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/car010412006a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/car010412027a.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/car010412017a.jpg)
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Original type alloys fitted today, plus new boot and grille badges.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/carandvarious080412030.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/carandvarious080412007.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/carandvarious080412018.jpg)
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I got on with refitting the boost gauge yesterday, the one I had was not very clear so removed it and sold it, replaced it with a 7 colour one, much clearer, big thanks to Scott for all his help with the wiring :afro:
Next step is to look at moving it due to the fact it vibrates a lot.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/boostgauge003.jpg)
Went for the green option for lighting :smiley:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/boostgauge006.jpg)
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Looks neat. Like those wheels too. :cool:
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Well was not looking to spend a lot more money on the car but whilst browsing the for sale section I found another induction kit at a really good price.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/inductionkittake2001.jpg)
So tonight got on with fitting it, dead easy to do all in all took me just over an hour, bumper is very easy to remove when you have done it a few times.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/inductionkittake2002.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/inductionkittake2005.jpg)
Was worried about what it would sound like but it is awesome but not as daft as the last kit so well pleased :smiley:
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Well over the last week I have had the major job of replacing the heater matrix that had started to leak.
All in all took around 14 hours due to so much having to be removed to gain access.
Picture of work in progress.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/car2.jpg)
All finished now and back on the road.
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so come on then how many screws did you have left over after you finished that ha ha
be honest
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so come on then how many screws did you have left over after you finished that ha ha
be honest
Just the 1 :smiley: nothing rattles so it cannot be important.
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So whilst the car was apart last week, I took the chance to modify the center console so that the radio would fit in the bottom slot, this then allowed me the chance to put my extra gauges in.
Oil temp is not working yet as we need to fit the sensor but very pleased to have sorted it.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Octavia/gauges001.jpg)
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Did not like the gauges as it ment looking down to see them, so moved the boost gauge with a Newsouth pod and have sold the others.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/octavia%202/misc08026.jpg)