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If the heater isn't working properly, I wonder if this is a seperate issue - the silica bag in the coolant tank bursting and blocking the heater matrix. Search on here, common issue as well I'm afraid.

I did contact one exhaust manufacturer to ask about this on my Passat with the same engine (2.0 TSI 272ps) they told me there was no point as the O/GPFs muffle the sound anyway. Be interested if anyone has actually done it and what difference it made?

I've just discovered Adventures With Purpose on Youtube. Incredible people and very moving situations. Well worth a watch.

Nobody else following Retropower? Awesome engineering and attention to detail: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCSkFu24_mcdSGwkGh_Gk03A

Grille here for £30 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-OCTAVIA-VRS-2013-TO-2017-GENUINE-FRONT-LOWER-GRILL-PN-5E0853677B-/373535317778?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

There are loads on Ali Express...

You could probably use OEM parts from a 4x4 vRS? Or aftermarket parts for the same? It might be easier and cheaper to p/ex the Scout for a 4x4 vRS though... Or have you 'sleeper' plans for it, dropping an RS3 engine in it maybe?

From memory (no longer have an Octavia) yellow arrow is screwdriver, under the jack handle, red arrow is the threaded end of the towing eye, it fits on its side:

Easy enough to raise the floor to fit level with the spare wheel, using some dense insulation foam board under the boot floor. Although you may struggle to access the tie down loops at the side if it goes too high...

To his ears, rattle has gone completely now 😂

Never mind red dots, invest in black ones, aka full stops.

https://milotec.de/Milotec-Diffusor-for-Octavia-III-piano-black::3157.html

What about fitting a decent LED lightbar behind the lower grille, under the number plate? Trigger it via a relay with main beam, but have a switch somewhere in the cabin to disable it? I've done exactly this on my Amarok.

Indeed it is part of the bumper and plastic welding is the only way to replace it, even if you can find the grille on its own. (Sometimes ebay list them, where a breaker has been careful enough to remove it.) Plan B is the Superskoda one as you have already discovered.