Dean

Cherry Bomb? Jesh, do these things still exist? Was the rage back in the early 2000 with them being on the Saxo, 106’s and the Polo’s! Depending on what you want, I think a fair few of us on here have gone for a ‘slightly louder then oem’ sound. Milltek have been very popular and are one of the most quietest sounding exhaust system (even the non-res ones). I’ve personally got a Milltek Non-Res with a Milltek Sportscat and it gives a nice burble sound. The great thing about these systems is that they don’t hum or drone on the motorway. On my other VRS I have a piper system (it came with the car) I don’t personally like the look of it but it’s a nice sounding system from cat-back. Again, only slightly louder then stock.

You shouldn’t have any issues replacing the stereo, most common single din radios come with there own ISO harness. In all my years of changing radio in my MK1 Octavia’s (and my MK3f Polo’s for that matter), I’ve never had to go out and buy any adaptors or harnesses. The only thing you have to do is swap the yellow and red wires around in order to keep radio settings. This video may help.

Welcome to the community!

Looking slammed!

Welcome back @sethvrs and even better that you're in a MK1. Be sure to add a project thread!

Welcome to the community @pheonixgold!

Welcome aboard! I thought you may get pulled for the rear lights. Nice steady build, be good to see that front bumper sprayed too.

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I have the same estate in the same colour, but just a 1.9TDi L&K.

Condensation will build up in this kind of weather, and it happens on all cars. If you really want to fix it, try pulling up the carpet and check the sound deadening to see if it's wet. It will probably be worth checking that the grommet is there behind the pollen filter behind the scuttle panel. For now though, pressing auto on the climatronic will set to 22 degrees, this is the best temp in order to rid of condensation quickly. However, only having one middle vent (stupid design) takes a bloody age to do anything. But, you could always buy a Pingi Dehumidifier Car, it's like a small pillow and helps reduce moisture, that or cat litter too for a while.

And as above again, don't just assume it's fine by looking at it. You'll need to inspect the wiring behind the tape. Also, check the pins on the motor and into the block connect and the block connectors in the A pillar and B pillar.

I went to do this for you but I have Xenons on mine so the washer bottle is 5L and I have the level sensors in the rear of the lights so I can't see anything. But from memory there should be one pipe leading to behind the scuttle panel and it splits off down the passenger side.

I took off the Bowden cable from the handle and pulled it to try to release the latch but nothing was happening. Very strange indeed. I even pushed from inside the door on the arm but that didn't work either.

Well I finally got it open, it appears the black plastic part that hold the handle at tension is quite worn so the plastic lugs came out of the groove. So I need a new inside handle part which I’ll source tomorrow. I’ll update this topic later and move it into my build thread and make a small repair guide. However it doesn’t explain why the inner handle wouldn’t work either as the arm was moving which pushed down the metal pin within the lock to release that latch. So I swapped the lock over and it does the same.

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So the door handle decided to break today, also the inside door handle wire broke. Managed to get the door card off but I cannot open the door at all. I can pull the wire, door locks and unlock fine but pulling the wire or pushing the metal arm is not allowing the door latch to open. Any ideas how I can get the door open?

It’s a lazy starter motor as far I can remember, it continues to spin even after the car is started and that’s why it does that noise. I just live with mine but I would think that a new starter motor would be in order.

As above, quite common. All my VRS’s have done this.

Hussair’s one? If so that’s going to feel very quick indeed!

A very warm welcome!

All the best.

Indeed, or you can private message him.

Currently the fb market places has loads for sale, and I’m sure even more within the groups. I try to direct a lot of people to our classifieds but it’s worth looking around.

If I was you I’d probably go and spend my money at Darkside Developments.

Thank you Colin.