Zukabak

Hmm.. maybe it's the actual bond that's gone then and it might indeed need a trip to Autoglass or whatever. The 'stixall' tube for £6 is looking mighty tempting and hundreds of pounds cheaper though. 😄 I don't have a sunroof, the scuttle drains are clear and I regularly whip the arch liners out to clear out the crap there too. I checked all of that when I noticed I was getting a lot of condensation forming on the inside a few months back, so it's possibly been on its way out for a while.

So, after sitting in the car at some traffic lights this morning in the peeing down rain, I noticed that some drips of water were slowly making their way down the inside of my windscreen near the passenger A-pillar. A quick bit of investigation later and I can see there's a about a 10mm chunk of the rubber seal that sits above & behind the top of windscreen missing, right at the edge of the glass and exactly where the water seemded to be making its way in. I assume it's simply got old and brittle (like the best of us!) and come away during a pressure wash or something. I know you can remove the thicker windscreen trim on each side, but I'm not sure if the upper one is a replaceable part without removing the whole windscreen? If it is, does anyone know the part number? If not, I think I'll have to clean it all up as best as possible then crack out the black sealant!

Yes, basically. As long as the modules are supported then you can happily swap the steering wheel from another later model. I replaced my non-facelift wheel with a 'flappy paddle' flat-bottomed one from a later Octavia, all functions worked exactly as before and I just needed to enable the wheel paddles via VCDS to get them working too. Just have a search on here and the relevant post will come up with the part numbers etc.

The tailgate liner just pulls off, it's held in place by incredibly annoying metal clips that are a pain in the balls to realign when you want to put it back! Start at the base, working toward the roof of the car.. be careful it doesn't just drop though, as the two tiny lights in the trim panel are only attached by two very thin wires which can snap off if you don't have the weight of the panel supported when it drops.

Yeah, tonnes of us have.. just have a quick search on here and you'll find the relevant ones (such as 'Cree' branded ones) that don't trigger Canbus errors etc.

Certainly sounds like contamination in the clearcoat.. I'd use a fallout remover first (something like Iron-X) then a claybar. You'll likely need to polish the paint afterwards as claying can cause marring, but after that it should bring your paint back to normal.

Nope, it's a direct replacement.

Looks like a decent quality kit, how much are they? Very few cars were optioned with the fronts to be honest but I suppose if it's something you've gotten really used to then it's nice to have.. fitting the £12 rear view camera handle was a revelation.

As Langers says, yes you can, but you'll need VCDS or OBDII to change it, it's not available directly from your car's settings.

Wrapping is pretty much your best option, the trim tends to be bonded to the body panels, it's not just clipped on. Decent vinyl wrap will last years, not like plastidip.

It's literally called OBDEleven as James says. OBDEleven

What have you enabled via VCDS? There's about three or four options that need to be enabled within the 5F coding module, all pretty self explanatory (mentions Apple Car Play, Premium connectivity etc)

Still on original pads at 100k?! They must have been like Rizla papers

It's also honestly not worth trying to service the DSG yourself, the fluids and filter alone are around £120 and a decent independant specialist will do the whole job for around £150. Needs servicing ever 40k miles, so yours should have been done a long time ago and is nearly due it's second.

I'll drop you a PM..