TimmyQ

I had eibach sportlines for a while on stock shocks. If you aren't uber picky about the ride, I think you can live without changing shocks. It was comfortable but a little bouncy, so I eventually upgraded the shocks to Bilstein B8s. The ride on the B8s is a lot more tied down. For me it's a lot more confidence inspiring but it's noticeably firmer.

For what it's worth, I also have a 220 TSI vRS on: Michelin PS4, 225/40/18 Bilstein B12 with the sportline springs Superpro lower control arms Superpro front & rear sway bars & endlinks Stock ecu, open diff (well there's also the stock XDS). I find the handling to be great. I can drive through twisties and keep up with a friend's non-stock 86 quite well. I find that even though it is obviously stiffer than the stock ride, it doesn't skip over bumps etc too much more. There's really no way to change your suspension and keep the stock comfort in my opinion, despite what people say. However, I find this setup comfortable enough, the roads I drive on everyday can get pretty bumpy in parts. Have never had wife or passengers complain. My limitation with this setup is my driving ability, then the tyres and probably the open diff. However, I can't really be bothered buying more expensive tyres; and while I thought about an LSD for a long time, I think for street driving, I don't need an LSD since the other mods have made up for some of the lack of traction. I honestly doubt there's much to gain from changing from PS4S's unless you are driving in crappy weather a lot - maybe downsizing to 18" might help a little. Mind you, even at stock power I have no problem spinning the PS4s, so part of it is just learning to control your foot... 😆 I think the question, is what scenario are you looking at? Street driving? Or track? Order I'd say: Tyres Sway bars See if happy If not - coilovers or springs/shocks

My experience so far: Bridgestone S001 - noisiest Michelin PS4 - quieter GY Assy 3 - quietest

In my 2015 vRS, I thought the Canton was a bit underwhelming at first. But as years have gone by, I come to a similar conclusion. It's not bad, it's not mindblowingly awesome either, but it is very dependent on the quality of the recording - and not talking just file formats or kbps - because songs of the same format and kbps can differ greatly in quality. I guess it's hard to 'measure', but I do find that for songs that have been recorded well, they sound good through the PC, and sound good in the car. I do generally agree with the consensus that the Canton is lacking a bit of bass though, but I can live with it.

Wow, well done! I have no idea where my cracked bit ended up. I wonder whether people would be able to get these replaced under 'good will' even if out of warranty...

I have a 2015 vRS in Australia with ACC and never had problems like you've described. What PetrolDave says is correct from memory - it may not pick up stationary objects in front of you - and honestly, every part of your driving instinct should be telling you to slow down or stop if the car ahead of you is stationary anyway. I think subconsciously I probably deactivate it most of the time if say, im approaching lights and there is a car there that is stationary. I suspect when ACC is malfunctioning, it actually disables itself and forces you to drive the car. For me, Front Assist only goes off when it should (probably a little more than I would like but that's more to do with the way I drive) - e.g. the car ahead of me stops suddenly, or slows down to turn and im getting a bit close for the system's comfort etc. If you think it is malfunctioning but not disabling itself, maybe you should get it checked out?

Thanks bud. I agree with what you say about the ATE pads - they are not primarily performance oriented, but they get the job done just fine. It's hard for me to compare the ATE pads directly to the stock pads since the rear setup was completely changed. I did some twisty mountain roads on the ATE pads and it wasn't too bad. If I could compare them, I'd describe the ATE as feeling very linear under foot, but I have to brake a bit earlier and more gradually to get the cornering speed right. On the other hand, the stock setup I felt more confident to be able to brake hard and late when I wanted to. The difference in dust is very noticeable though, which is ultimately why I'm okay with the ATE pads.

Just a little update: So I did eventually go to the 310 rears from the RS245 but needed the dust shield from a GTI PP since the 245 has the different track and different "wheel bearing housing"/knuckle, so the RS245 dust shield doesn't actually fit. I think the ABS module or something had to be re-routed too. I then went to ATE ceramic pads / ATE plain discs front and rears. What I did want to mention is that a) like I thought, the stopping power doesn't feel drastically different, although I figure the ceramic pads are less 'bitey' than the stock pads; and b) the brake bias is noticeably different with the 340/310 setup. The car feels more balanced on the brakes, rather than being nose-down with the 340/272 setup - although I can imagine this could actually be beneficial in terms of shifting weight to the front axle.

Same car here BlockABoots. I'm on the Eibach Sportlines and I got something like a 25mm drop front / 20 mm drop rear. I feel like the rear could go another 5-10mm lower but I guess I don't mind for those times I'm carrying passengers or a boot-full. Where I am, I wouldn't want to get any lower at the front at least.

VRS TSI DSG. Front & rear changed at about 72k kms. Mostly motorway driving. Front discs had lipping but it was the pads all around that were going.

Has happened to me and both the thumb wheels were replaced under warranty. Not sure the process involved in actually replacing it though. If it helps, I think the relevant part number from the receipt is 5e0919719bwhs. Noticed it about 6 months ago, car is a RS now 4.5 yrs old.

6 speed, the DQ250.

(This is for a TSI RS btw) I was looking over Revo's TCU tune the other day and noticed that it seemed to be able to have different programming for D mode manual and S mode manual. When I say manual mode, I don't mean just using the paddles, I mean actually moving the gear selector to the manual position. It got me thinking whether the stock TCU has different programming between the two. I tried driving for a few days in S mode manual and seemed to feel that the shifts were a little smoother and immediate compared to D mode manual. But it could just be placebo. It also seems entirely possible that the manual mode of the DSG is the same regardless of whether the original mode was D or S, although it does remember which mode it was in when you go back. Thoughts?

Thanks for the replies. FYI I have the 340x30 fronts (it's a TSI RS). To be honest, it's 85% aesthetic and 15% performance motivated. So the performance benefit is not really a big deciding factor. I know the rear brakes don't do a lot because I've almost done 70k kms, and my rear rotors and pads pretty well look unused I just don't know if there are any cheaper options for shrinking that gap between rotor and wheel. Honestly, if the front brakes weren't so wheel-filling it probably wouldn't bother me haha.

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has experience changing out the solid 272mm rear rotors of most 5E Octavia RS models with the bigger 310mm vented rotors of other VAG cars such as the GTI PP or even the RS 245 etc? I know this requires a caliper, carrier, shield, pad and rotor change. And I know it'll be a marginal performance upgrade at best. Are there any reasons why the RS 245 parts would not just be a straight bolt-on? I know there have been changes to some parts of the rear suspension compared to earlier models, but not sure if that would affect the fit of the caliper/carrier at all.

I know it's an old post, but thought I'd add in what I found recently anyway. I weighed my 18" Gemini with a Goodyear F1 Assym 3 on it. It was 21.5kg. I had a tyre (same tyre, no wheel) sitting around waiting to get put on, so I weighed it and it was 9.5kg. So I deduce the 18" Gemini rim weighs 12kg by itself. Not as heavy as I thought!

I'd like to know too as I really miss this function from my old car. I have an Octy 3 RS without electric/memory seats.