Skoda

NathWraith · 9 Dec 2011 at 23:56

looks in good nick webbo

agw_01 · 10 Dec 2011 at 17:06

Wow, those wheels look great!

I know they're VAG wheels but they really suit the VRS.

lordrobs · 10 Dec 2011 at 22:11

Looks good W3bbo. I'm guessing that is quite a late mk1 to have Xenons? Those RS6 wheels look great on there, another style I was considering and suit the Octy much more than the RS4's that many people go for.

w3bbo · 14 Dec 2011 at 17:13

'04. They weren't ever standard on the VRs, just the WRC version iirc.

Yeah I agree about the RS6 alloys. Suit the car really well and so much easier to clean than spiders!

firstborn · 14 Dec 2011 at 18:24

Waiting to take delivery of a new Octavia VRs estate in Jan (hopefully). Am I right to be excited?

Minxy · 14 Dec 2011 at 20:07

I have a real soft spot for these. Why people still turn their noses up at Skodas I don't know.

Matt82 · 15 Dec 2011 at 07:21

Its good to see the paint by numbers approach to modding cars applies to the entire vag community.

Btw you fitted rs3 arbs to an octavia?

Phil W · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:45

firstborn said:
Waiting to take delivery of a new Octavia VRs estate in Jan (hopefully). Am I right to be excited?

The new ones look great IMO!

Billythekid · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:52

Skoda's are really nice cars, cousin had one, shame he drank too much, couldn't handle the pressure.

Griffo · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:33

Phil W said:
Thanks chap

lordrobs, glad i'm not the only one suffering that problem. The front bumper is mullered underneath from reversing on to my driveway, luckily nothing that can be seen but it means reversing on to the driveway at a ridiculous angle just to avoid it scraping! Not sure i will be able to choose a new suspension set up for that reason

Arg same here! The first time I scraped it I almost cried. Then the next time I swore, and now I just groan - looks a right state under there.

I like those alloys Mr. w3bbo.

w3bbo · 15 Dec 2011 at 19:48

Matt82 said:
Its good to see the paint by numbers approach to modding cars applies to the entire vag community.

Btw you fitted rs3 arbs to an octavia?

Yup.

Phil W · 17 Dec 2011 at 11:10

First part replacement to add to the list.. thermostat (i think).

Also bought myself a VCDS cable, going to run the Lite version to start with and see how i get on with it

lordrobs · 17 Dec 2011 at 11:27

Phil W said:
First part replacement to add to the list.. thermostat (i think).

Also bought myself a VCDS cable, going to run the Lite version to start with and see how i get on with it

VCDS Lite has saved me a fortune! Doesn't seem to want to work on my new laptop so I've swapped to Torque Pro on my phone and a Bluetooth OBDII port thingy.

Both times my CEL came on along with a weird temperature gauge it was the temp sensor which is a nice easy fix.

Phil W · 17 Dec 2011 at 11:56

Haven't got the CEL on at the moment.

Car runs fine but it does seem a bit thirstier, after reading up on it that seems to be one of the symptoms of a nackered stat as well. Haven't got a wierd temp gauge as such, just reads much lower than normal (70-80 instead of 90).

Firestar_3x · 17 Dec 2011 at 11:58

My stat is broken at the moment and has been for around two weeks, if mine is anything to go by you won't get a CEL, however your mpg will go down, and if you take the car on the motorway the temp will drop from the normal halfway position to sometimes 1/4, but it quickly goes back up to normal once sat for a few mins.

Phil W · 17 Dec 2011 at 12:10

Yeah, same symptoms by the sounds of it.

Will look at getting a replacement this week.

Kenai · 17 Dec 2011 at 12:21

Interesting, sounds like mine may be wanting replacement, as sitting at a high speed for a while sees the temperature hovering below the 90 mark and the fuel economy isn't wonderful atm.

Firestar_3x · 17 Dec 2011 at 12:23

Eurocarparts want £11 for the stat, £1 for the gasket and £25 for 5yr VW / Audi coolant, i may get a new housing which is £9

Access is the issue so i'm leaving mine till after christmas when i do the cambelt, waterpump, fix the boost leak and change the headlights.

Phil W · 17 Dec 2011 at 14:10

Ordered a ECP Thermostat (Circoli I think). Briskoda members said stay away from the GSF one (think it was Liverpool-Lad actually!).

Problem for me is ordering genuine parts is a 20mile drive away to collect, having said that, if this one fails prematurely then I won't hesitate to order genuine.

Stormster · 17 Dec 2011 at 16:12

It'll deffo be the stat

My Golf did the same. Warmed up loads quicker once new one was fitted too which is handy in winter