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Wheels & Tyres / ATS Cups ET28 4x100 15x7 195/50R15
Removed from my Mk2 Golf when I sold it and then fitted to my Volvo 360, these have 195/50 R15 Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE002 tyres which are a performance summer tyre with an A rating for wet grip. They are an absolutely brilliant tyre and made the 360 stick to the road like the proverbial to a blanket.

They have some minor kerbing from the previous owner who had very stretched tyres on them.

They have satin black dish with bronze centres, it appears to be powdwrcoated black then the centres spray painted by a previous owner but they have done a very good job of it.

Everywhere I took the 360 people loved the wheels and I would always get comments on the car and how the wheels were perfect for it.

Selling as I'm selling my 360 after returning it to standard.

The tyres were brand new in 2016 while the 360 still wasn't on the road and they were stored in the dark to prevent UV damage. They have done less than 1k miles and cost me £260 for all four tyres!

Occasionally I would fit them to move the car around.

I want £380 for them.

I can WhatsApp people photos of them now I've given them a clean up, there are centre caps included but the locating lugs are broken on some or all of them (can't remember) but I was using the Volvo caps.

These are what they look like on the car

https://flic.kr/p/2aoidE2

https://flic.kr/p/2bGxjK1

https://flic.kr/p/2kyU7MP

https://flic.kr/p/2kyU7sR

https://flic.kr/p/2j7SrHg

Collection from Worcester.
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Other Car Sales & Wanted / 2003 Fabia VRS £1450 Worcester.
For sale 2003 Skoda Fabia VRS with comprehensive service history on 180,356 miles this will go up as it is in daily use.

 Photos here ---> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcrtfBJ

I have owned the car since 4th February 2017 on 153,612 miles. The moment it has needed something I have done it, it looks like the previous owners have too as the service history folder is the biggest one I've ever seen! I am an ex Rolls Royce and Bentley mechanic so I have carried out all of the work myself. I serviced it more regularly than it needed to be done to keep the engine in the best possible condition as I was driving 15k miles a year.

 

Modifications:

 

Octavia VRS 312mm front brake  setup including flexi hoses

 

Bohemia black interior

 

Rear mudflaps

 

Black arch spats (never seen another one with them on before)

 

Meyle heavy duty console bushes

 

Meyle heavy duty ARB droplinks

 

Remap 169hp and 391.2Nm (dyno printout)

 

Since owning it I have done the following:

 

Serviced 24/4/17 on 156,191 with genuine VW air filter, oil filter, pollen filter, fuel filter and quantum platinum oil

 

Genuine headlight back panels fitted 21/8/17

 

Genuine brake light switch fitted 21/8/17

 

Febi front strut top mounts and bilstein b4 dampers fitted 2/9/17 (mileage not recorded)

 

New wishbones, meyle heavy duty console bushes and meyle heavy duty ARB droplinks fitted 6/12/17 mileage not recorded

 

Serviced 27/12/17 using genuine oil filter and air filter with quantum platinum oil at 166,342 miles

 

2x Moog bottom ball joints and 2x Moog track rod ends fitted 1/2/18

 

Front wheel alignment set 2/2/18

 

Serviced 6/5/18 at 172,075 using genuine VW oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, pollen filter and quantum platinum oil

 

12/6/18 Fully refurbished Octavia VRS front brake calipers and carriers with ceramic bake on paint from big redd fitted with brembo 312mm discs and pads and pagid Octavia VRS front flexi hoses (mileage not recorded). Brake fluid changed with Castrol react dot 4 performance fluid

 

23/6/18 pagid refurbished rear n/s brake caliper fitted and brakes bled again.

 

At this point I no longer needed to use the car so I tool it off the road and stored it until I needed it again.

 

MOT passed 29/11/19 with no advisories after sitting for nearly 18 months!

 

29/11/19 Genuine Cambelt, waterpump and serpentine belt fitted with Comma g40 red coolant on 175,103

 

29/11/19 serviced using genuine VW oil filter, air filter and quantum platinum oil on 175,103

 

11/12/2019 new Varta E38 battery fitted

 

20/02/20 Bilstein B4 rear dampers fitted on 178,592 miles

 

I also have a set of brembo discs and pads for the rear to go with the car and a boot full of spares from my wife's 1.4 mpi fabia that I broke for spares a couple of years ago.

 

Bad bits

 

Bodywork has some rust around sills which have been stone chipped black.

 

Rust on one rear arch by sill

 

Lacquer peel on both mirrors and one spot on the roof

 

Paintwork isn't the best but it is 17 years old!

 

Someone fitted an aftermarket alarm for some reason and then removed it leaving a small hole in the dash below the headlight switch.

 

Drivers foot carpet getting pretty worn out

 

Thermostat packed up a few weeks ago so it doesn't fully get up to temperature.

 

Sometimes goes in to limp mode under prolonged hard acceleration, turn it off and on then it drives fine. I have checked the VNT mechanism and this is free moving so I suspect a boost leak from the intercooler pipes but I haven't investigated it.

 

This car has been utterly reliable the whole time I have owned it and has been nothing but a pleasure, I will be sad to see it go but I don't need it anymore and I don't have room for it. As said the car is 17 years old so please don't expect a pristine car, however this car would be a perfect daily driver or basis for a sleeper project.

If it doesnt sell soon then I will end up breaking it for parts.

Car is in Worcester
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Hi all
I was going to say it looks very different to the last time I was on here, been a while since I had a mk2 golf.

Yeah ASZ is the PD130 lump, this one has been very well looked after by myself and had cambelt, coolant and waterpump about 6k miles ago. Remapped to 169hp and 392nm so it would be an absolute weapon in a mk2 with the 6 speed gearbox.
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Hi all
Hi again everyone, been a while since I logged in and for some reason it wouldn't recognise my email or username so I have made the account again with the same info?

I'm selling a 2003 skoda fabia vrs on ebay and having to deal with the usual ebay idiots I wondered if I was to break it do people engine convert mk2 golf to ASZ engines?