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I figured it was about time I did one of these.

Date: 23/12/11.
Odo: 59km

I packed up the troopers (Train & Tardis) and waited the sales guy's arrival... It was a depressing affair.


Then we convoyed to Moss Vale, where she was waiting!...

I embarked on a photoshoot that very same day.




Apart from LED's in the roof lights (came out of the old cars) nothing much else happened, until...

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Date: 28/02/12
Odo: c. 8500km

HID's!... Man, what a tale that turned out to be.


Apparently you have to enable HID's with VCDS. Of course, I didn't have access to VCDS, and coming out of Kia (with a more basic, less computery electrical system) I figured "what the hell" and went along with it anyway.
Bad move, of course.
She blew a Body Control Module. And then another, and then another...
The third one turned out to work perfectly!

Date: 16/03/12
Odo: 10,000km!

Date: 11/04/12
Odo: c. 14,000km

Rovers Sticker!!


Date: 17/04/12
Odo: c. 15,000km

Headlight tint.


Date: 13/05/12
Odo: c. 16,000km

The 3rd Body Control Module died - HID's again! *eventually* replaced under warranty... But then the new one (4th) wouldn't talk to the computers at the dealership, so they couldn't code my keys! I had to operate the locks with the key itself, like a heathen!
The dealership replaced the 4th BCM with a 5th one, everything has been working perfectly since.

Date: 15/05/12
Odo: 16,041km

Bluetooth OBD-II diagnostics scanner, and Samsung Galaxy Tab car mount!


Date: 17/05/12
Odo: 17,022km

Mounted a double 12v power point and had it wired. Basically hardwired the Galaxy Tab mounting off of it. All the cabling is hidden behind the panel on the end of the dash.


Date: 24/05/12
Odo: c. 19,000km

The infamous "spare tyre" incident.

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Date: 08/06/12
Odo: c. 19,500km

Finally got around to tinting the grille with Nightshade. The effect was amazing, if only I didn't do such a dodgy job with the taping off...


Date: 11/06/12
Odo: 20,000km!

Date: 26/08/12
Odo: c. 27,000km

Bought and mounted my UHF and 3G aerials; mounted and wired up the 40ch UHF radio with external speaker!





Mounting the external speaker was the most interesting part... Right underneath the steering column. Watching someone try and find where the sound is coming from is hilarious.

Date: 08/09/12
Odo: c. 28,500km

Bought a 22" LED light bar... Then tried to mount it. Went through about 6 different drill bits, only the 4mm actually made a hole.
Got fed up with it and just took it to an auto electricians.
The bloke told me it took him two hours, and a $300 drill bit set to get the 10mm holes in the front bumper brace... Drilling out 6mm, 8mm and finally 10mm... That must be some hilariously tough steel!! :p



Date: 18/09/12
Odo: c. 29,000km

Mounted an audio pass-through for the tablet... So I can lie back and Skype, or watch Youtube, or generally do tabletty things whilst waiting for my next job - when its not feasible to just drive home then go back. (E.G. When in Hornsby, or Penrith)




Date: 29/09/12
Odo: c. 29,500km

Finally got around to installing the amp and sub I had lying around for a few weeks!



Was a bit of an awful job... Ended up pretty much tearing the entire rear end of the car to bits... But worth it.
Especially with the LOC in the top of the right hand covered storage compartment, both L&R speaker channels going through it to the amplifier which is on the opposite side, and then to the speaker which is back on the right again! The only real bit of wire showing is the wire going to the sub... Which is like that so its removable, if I need the cargo space!

Date: 30/09/12
Odo: c. 29,500km

She got a wash... Damn, dat colour!

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Date: 01/10/12
Odo: c. 29,500km

SuperSkoda boot lights! Well worth the *gasp* $60!



Date: 06/10/12
Odo: 30,000km!

Date: 30/11/12
Odo: c. 35,500km

Swapped roof rails with cbay!



Date: 02/11/12
Odo: c. 35,500km

Plastidipped my grille... You'll see why.



Date: 03/11/12
Odo: c. 35,500km

Skoda Appreciation Day down at Avon Dam! ft. The Speedfighter and Tigger!!... Plus an MX-5 and a Subaru Liberty.



Date: 06/11/12
Odo: c. 36,000km

LED light bar installed and working perfectly!


Date: 22/11/12
Odo: 40,000km!

Date: 08/12/12
Odo: 45,485km

Someone in Campbelltown Mall car park smashed in my fog light.



Date: 22/01/13
Odo: c. 55,000km

APR Carbonio CAI time!

Before


After


The induction noise is oh so beautiful... And just in time for SkodaFEST 2013!
Check out the exhaust BEFORE video for a little demo of how it sounds.

Date: 23/01/13
Odo: c. 55,000km

New rims!!

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Date: 31/01/13
Odo: c. 57,500km

Plastidipping the wing mirrors in black.



Date: 02/02/13
Odo: 58,000km!

SkodaFEST 2013!



Date: 05/02/13
Odo: c. 59,000km

FINALLY got the windows tinted!!... Took long enough!



Date: 10/02/13
Odo: 60,000km!!

Date: 11/02/13
Odo: c. 60,000km

Replaced the UHF whip with an el-cheapo fibreglass Supercheap Auto one!... 7.5dB and like 3.5ft long.
Also replaced the GME TX3440 with an Oricom UHF280!


That was also the day that my Lumia 920 active/antenna car cradle arrived, as well as two Strike glass-mount dual whip aerials!



Date: 12/02/13
Odo: c. 60,500

Mounted the Lumia 920 car cradle and wired it up to the large white fibreglass whip, and power! It works a treat.



Date: 21/02/13
Odo: c. 63,000km

Finally got a decent light painting of my vRS.



Date: 23/02/13
Odo: c. 63,000km

Got the front windscreen replaced due to it having a MASSIVE crack running right down the middle. Bloody stone chips...



Also got to finally mount my three glass-mount aerials. Two that sit on the front windscreen (work phone and Telstra 4G WiFi hotspot) and one tiny little internal one on the rear window, passengers side (secondary aerial for the WiFi hotspot)
I reckon its kinda cool that the little glass mount ones have a second, shorter whip.




Date: 27/02/13
Odo: 64,154km

$810 later, and here we are. Custom cat-back 3" exhaust.

Before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqxWf65rhmo
After: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKBmuXNM08k

The stock system was getting a little... Exhausted.


'Ol Restrictive enjoying early retirement.


64,000km worth of soot...


Shinyyyy


Painted... Still shiny!


You'll only know if you look closely.



Date: 15/03/13
Odo: 69,327km

Something is different...



Date: 19/03/13
Odo: 70,000!!!


Date: 21/03/13
Odo: 70,413

I know it looks a bit tacky to some... But I think these are bloody awesome!!!
Something like $10 off eBay, with a 2 week delivery time from China. (But worth the wait)

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Date: 04/04/13
Odo: 74,110km

Had my 75,000km service today. Cost me (in total, including $10 fuel for the loan car - an old, scary, 550,000km Volvo S40 2.0T) $353.50. Not bad, I reckon.


Date: 07/04/13
Odo: 75,000km!!


Date: 15/04/13
Odo: 77,095km

Vinyl wrap stage 1 of 3!!



It rained on the way home...




The finish is perfect, the cutting lines are... Perfect. The entire job is well worth the $300 I paid.
There's a two year warranty on any bubbling/lifting, but I doubt I'll need it.

Onwards to 'V-Dubs in the Square'!!


Date: 22/04/13
Odo: 79,110km

My order arrived from SuperSkoda!

What you see here:
89 Euro real carbon fibre mirror caps; vRS front grille badge with bolts (not glue); Mk3 "Octavia" badge; Mk3 "TDI" badge; Mk3 "vRS" badge; Porsche OEM coolant cap from Lucas_R's group buy!
The Porsche OEM oil cap doesn't fit the TDI engine.


Coolant cap installed


Included glue for the CF mirror caps


CF mirror caps installed!!


Now I just need to work out if I want to say "vRS", "TDI", "vRS TDI" or "TDI vRS"
Decisions, decisions!!


Date: 23/04/13
Odo: 79,334

SuperSkoda LED numberplate lights arrived.

They were extremely easy to install - not quite as easy as plug and play, but pretty much.
I removed the rear boot lining for the best outcome.

Old vs. New


Old vs. New


The inside of the boot of the wagon. If you trace the wiring back from the LED units, you can see the plugs and the hardwired resistors.



Date: 27/04/13
Odo: 80,000km!!


Date: 28/04/13
Odo: 80,625km

Finally got around to debaging the rear...


And then rebadging it!


Also finally got to bolt on my new front vRS badge... Because the old one looked horrible under the plastidip.
Contrasts well with the black, I reckon!



Date: 01/05/13
Odo: 81,200km

I bought a BSI torque mount insert on special from DubAddiction, for around $25, including delivery.
It arrived on the 30th of April, so the next day I was off to Matt at Camden GTI to get it installed!!



After a load of BS, and stuffing around, they finally got it in and I started it up for the first time.
The rattling was horrible, like a race car at idle but the moment you blip the throttle it completely went away... I took it for a test drive just to see what would happen.

The difference was night and day. Zero axle tramp, so much quicker off the line and cornering on throttle was no longer an issue, even with the next-to-useless $89/ea tyres!!
Although I reckon the BP ultimate diesel has something to do with power too.

I told Matt I'd be in the next day (02/05/13) to get it taken out... But after doing 500km on the 1st for work, it settled down and isn't nearly as bad now.
Now I'm at over 82,000km and I love it.


Date: 03/05/13
Odo: 82,800km

Dyno time!




I love you, BP Premium Diesel!!


Date: 04/05/13
Odo: 82,960km

I thought I should get some low, so I did. With a little help, of course.

Cheers, Martin!!



Convenient colour, these springs...

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