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Ziex ZE-914 Ecorun - Falcon: pretty good all rounders and they have lasted me lots of miles so far.... suprised when I realised they were fitted 13/09/2013! still got 3-4mm on them - Fronts!!
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Bluetooth working on only one side
macevrs replied to StreetHawk's topic in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)
Looks easy enough? the DIY wires part? I would be very wary of attempting a job like that with no pics :-/ -
Is it any good? have you experienced any turbo lag? Sounds perfect for me as I really miss my MR2 Turbo MK2 and my Subaru Impreza. Dump valve noise is so addictive!
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Thought I'd do a quick write up of how to repaint the front grille. Getting it off the car is the easy part just use an empty 6mm socket for the plastic clips and a hex bit for the screws - mind the washers dont fall into the engine bay! Removing the chrome from the plastic takes a lot of patience but it is possible - start with the under side and a screwdriver. (don't attempt if very cold - plastic snaps easily when cold) Once the bottom edge is free, move around to the sides of the grille Then move to the badge surround using a smaller screwdriver and gently pull apart pushing on the back of the badge with your thumb Then move to the bottom edge of the top of the grill and do the same pushing the chrome away through the gaps Now seperate the two! mask up or remove the badge if swapping the badge over at the same time (didn't swap mine yet) then scratch up the chrome finish with some fine glass paper (I used 240 grit) then spray up with lots of thin layers of plastic primer (grey) Smooth out after lots of layers with some very fine glass paper. Hit it with some matching paint (race blue courtesy of eBay!) lots of thin coats 15 mins between them looks nothing like race blue color and won't until lots of layers and the lacquer is applied (I used a full can!) - the light in my shed is rubbish too. Finished grille, minus the masking tape used on the badge! to put it back together i used a blanket and followed the order i removed it in reverse. Very satisfying to click back in the sides can be tough though. BEFORE: AFTER: Very pleased with the final result. Badge next maybe? Looks very OEM but much better than chrome IMO.
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Eh? cut off the back box completely? so no rear silencer? sounds interesting! Also mufflerectomy sounds like you just made it up for giggles I will have a watch of the youtube clip tho!
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Takes a few seconds to pop the top of the intake part off and have a look, huge intake but most of the air just flows right through it and hits the closed air box. the pipe itself has a weird looking adapter on too - angled away from the air flow.
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Searched and found lots on this for the mk1 but not for the mk2. The standard air intake to air box looks good from the outside but on opening the intake just behind the front grille I was suprised to see that it isn't. Only a very small amount of air actually makes it into the box. Has anyone done a mod for the intake so more fresh cold air is directed in? Thanks!
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which lamps are you talking about? exterior/interior? If interior check ebay for complete kits, although better to find a page of the exact bulb types needed for each location then buy 8 x 501 bulbs for example. The exterior ones are on canbus so will error if you replace them with leds.
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'60 VRS TDI DSG Noisy Flywheel - should I be worried?
macevrs replied to macevrs's topic in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)
41000 ish stu