Felicia 1.3 MPI LXi, belly scrapping daily :)

[craig1010cc]

After selling my 1.9D pickup last year,

(my old pickup)



I still had a niggle that I wanted a another Felica, but a 5dr after seeing this



and although I needed cheap cost/mile, I wanted a petrol (so a 1.3 was on the list).

So when this recently acquired Feli up for sale, it was too good a deal to turn down. A previous owner has done all the work on it (some not to the best standard), but it makes me smile every time I see it or head out in it.

Basic spec, its a V plate 1.3 LXi and the only factory 'luxuries' seem to be PAS, central looking and a drivers airbag (not that that is a bad thing, less to go wrong ) and it came with FSH too

in recent years its had a set of coilovers fitted (not sure on the make or what they were originally intended for), a set of 13x7 Mamba alloys (with some crudely rolled arches) and a strange front exit exhaust (exits through the bumper in front of the passenger wheel). But for something as low as it is, the ride isn't bad and it has a surprising amount of ground clearance.

Plans are limited at the mo. I'd like to change the exhaust, it came with a set of J style arches (which actually work surprisingly well on it and would enable me to get a bit more clearance on the rear and tidy up the arches no end) and possibly change the wheels (but not sure to what). But to start with I shall start chucking the miles on and see what needs doing.

[qwerty]

Looks great, would be interesting to know what collies its on.

[mikej1989]

Not usually into Skoda's but I can't deny, that looks great mate! amazing what a set of coilies can do lol

[Xenocide]

Everyone loves steeple ashton . Looking good i'll keep and eye out for you.

[THE_Liam]

Guessing it woudn't just be Polo coilies would it? Love that though, great stance.

[Colonelk]

Digging those wheels!

[Rich]

Sept 16, 2014 10:49:08 GMT THE_Liam said:

Guessing it woudn't just be Polo coilies would it? Love that though, great stance.

No, It won't.
Be focus or seat Ibiza or something.

[skoda_norman]

That looks totally awesome! Felicias are great.

[craig1010cc]

Sept 16, 2014 9:00:39 GMT qwerty said:

Looks great, would be interesting to know what collies its on.

Sept 16, 2014 14:24:39 GMT Rich said:

Sept 16, 2014 10:49:08 GMT THE_Liam said:

Guessing it woudn't just be Polo coilies would it? Love that though, great stance.

No, It won't.
Be focus or seat Ibiza or something.

Cheers. I'm not sure which coilies are fitted, but my best guess is that it has focus fronts and mk2 golf rears

Sept 16, 2014 9:05:12 GMT mikej1989 said:

Not usually into Skoda's but I can't deny, that looks great mate! amazing what a set of coilies can do lol

They do look very different once you get them on the ground

Sept 16, 2014 9:12:37 GMT Xenocide said:

Everyone loves steeple ashton . Looking good i'll keep and eye out for you.

great pic of the landy I was amazed that the garage was still there and hadn't been developed yet

Sept 16, 2014 11:49:09 GMT Colonelk said:

Digging those wheels!

They do work well on it, but I'm not sure if they are going to stay or not as they are 4x4". DOn't know if to get a set of 20mm adapters made so that they mount properly and then sit really nice with the J arches, or to get a set of stock rims taken out to 8's and sit them in the stock arches

Sept 16, 2014 16:19:14 GMT skoda_norman said:

That looks totally awesome! Felicias are great.

Thanks, they are very underrated cars

[ettorebugatti]

Lol, direction Keevil airfield. It was still there last Sunday.

[craig1010cc]

Sept 16, 2014 18:33:35 GMT ettorebugatti said:

Lol, direction Keevil airfield. It was still there last Sunday.

yup, as last Sunday was when I was out with the Camera Irs a good trackday at Keevil too

[qwerty]

Personally I would go for standard arches.

[Dnoop_Sogg]

Looks great

[orangecords]

Sept 16, 2014 9:05:12 GMT mikej1989 said:

Not usually into Skoda's but I can't deny, that looks great mate! amazing what a set of coilies can do lol

Ditto....off to ebay!

[craig1010cc]

Now for sale, had my head under it at the weekend, the "coilovers" turn out to be chopped springs As my sole reaon for buying it was that I wanted a Feli on coilovers, it no longer fits with what I want so is up for sale. Oh well, leason learnt

[slammage]

not too hard to put mk1 focus coilies on it tbh craig. what a shame id be going back to the buyer and asking for an explanation of sort !

[Steve]

Oct 2, 2014 11:54:41 GMT craig1010cc said:

Now for sale, had my head under it at the weekend, the "coilovers" turn out to be chopped springs As my sole reaon for buying it was that I wanted a Feli on coilovers, it no longer fits with what I want so is up for sale. Oh well, leason learnt

Sorry to hear that mate the person in question should know better really! Hope you move it along swiftly, its still a cool whip regardless so shouldnt be too much of a problem

[craig1010cc]

He should of, your right Steve, but then I should also know that you always check.

It is a cool little beasty, cheap to buy and cheap to run so will hopefully soon find a new home

[qwerty]

Why not just buy Focus coilovers for the front? You'll get a pair for less than £100.