So, what is this project and why did i restart it? I kind of lost some motivation on the the first project thread and sort of gave up, the old topic was kind of messy, unrelated posts etc. and because I started the original project back in 2014 (nearly 2 years ago!) I know if I looked back through it, a lot of photos would be deleted or no longer visible, I'm going to lay out this topic in a similar way to the topic on Mighty Car Mods.
When the topic first started out, I had no big plans for the car, how much the car has transformed over the years has been down to 2 main factors, Briskoda.net and Updown789, who I met through Briskoda just over a year ago, his help with the car has been huge and without him, the car wouldn't be what it is today. We've had our moments at times and disagreements, but we have always looked back and laughed about them. (I also mustn't forget Stormchaser, who has also lent a hand or 2 every once and a while and provided a few parts for the car as well as anyone else who has helped me and I haven't named.)
Let's get into things.. to keep things short and sweet, I'll post all the major changes that have been made (so I won't bother posting about the Heko wind deflectors etc.).. i'll be honest too, during my time of ownership I have done some mighty **** looking modifications and made mistakes for choosing modifications that haven't exactly looked great.. it's all about learning from your mistakes though.. right..?
This is going to be a mighty long first post. ![:D]()
14th January 2013, the day I bought the car, a standard Citigo SE model in Tornado Red with the winter pack (heated seats, electric heated mirrors) and 14" Apus wheels.
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12th June 2014 -
I crashed. (Not my fault, doing the speed limit and a deer came out and I had nowhere to go.) The parts damaged were:
- Bonnet
- Headlight
- Headlight bracket
- Bumper to side panel clip
- Inner wheel arch
- Side panel
- Front bumper
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18th July 2014 -
Debadged the rear after being motivated to do it by Stormchaser. (Apologies I haven't got a great picture. Also this was done whilst the car was still being repaired.)
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24th July 2014 -
Finally the car was repaired, having 0 knowledge of cars and how parts worked, I fitted and sourced all the parts myself from eBay & Skoda, the wing I bought did need respraying and due to my lack of knowledge on cars, the person who resprayed the wing, didn't use the cars paint code so, it's not the right shade of red.
The wheels were also resprayed black, by again the same person, this was also done on the cheap as I later found obvious runs in the paint and it was done with the tyre still on the wheel.
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23rd March 2015 -
It begins.. having purchased a incorrectly described headlight switch, which was chrome, I wanted chrome to match the chrome heater controls, turns out it was from an Up! so illuminated red and not green, however this prompted me to wanting to change all the lights in the car to red, as I liked the look and colour, so I got some Volkswagen Up! heater controls & buttons to match.
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14th April 2015 -
First of many big changes, H&R lowering springs. (35mm.)
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19th April 2015 (An educated guess..) -
Changed front grille over to a Monte Carlo one from the OEM Chrome one. (Again IIRC, this was originally Stormchaser's.)
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21st May 2015 -
After noticing my front numberplates were tired and worn I changed them out for some funky 3D effect number plates.
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11th June 2015 -
Without a doubt in my mind the worst modification I have ever done, I got completely fobbed off by an eBay seller and bought what I thought were genuine leather seats, which it turned out, was just leather sprayed onto the original cloth seats.
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20th June 2015 -
Upgraded the speakers to FLI ones. (No pictures due to limitations on how pictures can be posted to one single post on Briskoda.)
11th July 2015 -
FLI Rear speakers added. (Had none in the rear from factory.) (No pictures due to limitations on how pictures can be posted to one single post on Briskoda.)
17th July 2015 -
Volkswagen Up! radio finally fitted to match the heater controls, also, this is gloss black opposed to the standard plastic look the Skoda Citigo radio has.
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22nd August 2015 -
Functioning autolights with coming and leaving home function enabled via VCDS.
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28th September -
Another addition to the red theme, W8 Interior Light.
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2nd October 2015 -
Actual leather seats! Okay, not 100% leather, rather a mix of both pleather and leather done by Seat Surgeons in West Yorkshire.
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4th October 2015 -
Following on with more leather bits, a Volkswagen Up! leather handbrake and Gearknob.
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17th October 2015 -
Said goodbye to the H&R springs and upgraded to KW Variant 1 Coilovers (secondhand) to lower the car that ever so slightly more. An up to date picture just after the coilovers.
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17th - 18th November 2015 -
Had the car professionally detailed and paintwork also corrected, 20 hours labour.
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3rd December 2015 -
Dewipered. (The plastic bung was soon replaced with a flush glass one.)
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9th January 2016 -
Continuing with the leather theme, Mark 3 Skoda Octavia leather MF steering wheel.
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13th February 2016 -
MY16 Skoda CItigo Monte Carlo cherry red centre console fitted.
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25th February 2016 -
Chrome grille put back in. (And no rewards for guessing whose grille it used to be.. yep Stormchaser's.)
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23rd March 2016 -
No photos.. however the car was remapped by EcoTuning with a map from Celtic Tuning.. what this started was a complete change in terms of what route I was taking the car down.
13th April 2016 -
Chopped off the resonance chamber from the OEM intake pipe. Now with a remap, I was on the hunt for more power from the 1.0 engine, this one mod is what started a long road to find the best intake pipe I could make/find.
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17th April 2016 -
More attempts to gain power, with Updown789's help, we de-restricted the filter box. (This was of course smoothed.)
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5th May 2016 -
Redid the intake pipe with a Silicone bend. And also picked up some freshly refurbished Volkswagen Avus wheels found on the old Volkswagen Cabriolets, these wheels were originally in Updown789's possession however I purchased them from him and had them diamond cut and resprayed by Motura in Ferndown.
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13th May 2016 -
It turned out the silicone pipe was rubbing on the bonnet, so this was scrapped and using some intake ducting I bought of eBay a year or so back, I came up with a design and found a way I can have a pipe coming from behind the grille direct to the filter box. This will soon again change as this "design" so to speak was revised 3 or 4 times before being final.
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17th May 2016 -
Again, changed the intake pipe, got rid of the Silicone bend as it really wasn't needed.
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24th May 2016 -
Took the car again to Motura to have the OEM Skoda Citigo Sport splitter and diffuser fitted as well as a gloss black OEM Volkswagen Up! spoiler.
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Present (9th June 2016) -
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Following the theme from the topic on Mighty Car Mods, here's a list and rundown on every modification done to the car to date.
Exterior -
Samsung LED Reverse lights
Osram 2600K yellow fog lights
Phillips WhiteVision full/dipped beam
Granville painted sidelights
Phillips chrome vision front indicators
Volkswagen golf MK4 Amber side indicators
LED number plate bulb
Summer wheels - OEM Volkswagen 14" Avus alloys (Snowflakes)
Winter wheels - OEM black 14" Apus alloys
KW Coilovers (15 threads on the rear & 25 on the front)
20MM Rear spacers Winter wheels only
20MM Front spacers Winter wheels only
Rear wiper removed and replaced with a glass grommet (Gecleant)
Front and rear mudflaps (OEM)
Dust caps/valve caps changed from OEM to aluminium with a Skoda logo (Winter wheels only)
Heko wind deflectors
Debadged on the rear
Custom front and rear number/licence plates with 3D effect and "Skoda Citigo" along the bottom
Fog lamps tinted yellow with amberlight
Rear diffuser from the Sport model
Front splitter from the Sport model
Volkswagen Up! gloss black spoiler
3 Slots cut out of the Grille for the intake pipe
Interior
2016 Skoda Citigo Monte Carlo centre console (cherry red)
Skoda logo sticker on instrument cluster
MK3 Skoda Octavia Multi function Leather Steering Wheel
Volkswagen Up! radio
Volkswagen Up! heater module
Koonlung front and rear dashcam w/GPS
Red footwell lighting
VAG W8 Interior Dome Light
LED Interior Dome Lights
Volkswagen Golf MK4 Auto Headlight Switch with functioning autolights
Porsche Cayman LED boot light (needs wiring up)
Front A-Pillar tweeters (needs wiring up)
Front Speakers converted from OEM to FLI
Rear FLI speakers installed (had 2 front speakers as standard from factory none in the rear)
Duel cigarette lighter socket (1x cigarette socket 1x duel USB ports)
PID (Portable infotainment device (manufactured by Garmin))
Seats retrimmed in leather by Seat Surgeons in York
OEM Armrest
Chrome Citigo door sills (fitted in the wrong place.. oops)
Audi TT Pedals
Volkswagen Up! variable boot floor
Skoda-tuning.com boot trim
Volkswagen Up! Gear knob + leather gaiter
Volkswagen Up! Leather hand brake
Engine -
Celtic Tuning Stage 1 Remap
K&N Air filter
Custom made cold air feed intake
Derestricted air filter box
VCDS -
Tear wipe
Autolock after 5MPH
Coming home/leaving home lights (30 Seconds)
The car has certainly come a long way in the last year. I had originally planned to have it show spec and pristine. I've had a theme of "Black and Red". Then moved onto having an "old style" theme with the old classic wheels and amber side repeaters along with chrome grille.
As of current, the future plan is and will be to have the car as powerful as I can make it without damaging the engine and do as many track days as possible. We'll see where it takes me from there.
