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I also have a diesel VRS with the CEGA engine. I had the EA189 software fix. My car is mostly used for city driving at present due to being on furlough. I get between 200 and 250 miles between the car doing an active regeneration (slightly raised rpm at idle, no dpf light on the dash) I have ran the car on premium diesel ever since I've owned it. I think 200/250 for active regeneration is about right.

Thanks for this, did you use a spray can or a brush. Do you have any pictures of your finished result? I am going to use a wire brush attachment on my drill. Thanks

It should tell you in your owners manual whether it needs to be VW 502/ VW 504 etc. From my knowledge it must meet either of those specifications depending on your engine size and whether you have a petrol or diesel engine. My car is also a FL so can check my book if you let us know whether you have a petrol or diesel engine.

Hoping for a bit of advice from you all. I'm looking to paint my winter steels once I put my alloys back on. The advice I'm looking for is the best paint to use for this process. I'm going to paint them black (they're currently silver but rather rusty looking as per picture below) but need your experience in what brand/type of paint to use. I have just bought the caddy centre caps. Thanks

I also like carista. You can do a lot with it. It's not quite as good value as it used to be but still worth it.

Hi Hoping someone will be able to assist me. My friend (not currently a member) has just purchased a 06 MK2 petrol VRS, I believe the engine code is BWA but could be wrong It looks like it's still got the original factory exhaust, unfortunately there's a hole in the exhaust that has evidence of being patched in the past. We are both struggling to find a replacement middle and rear section of exhaust for this particular model. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, whether it's part numbers or links to a reasonable priced exhaust. I'm going to try TPS when they open.

Yes the FL headlights come out fairly easy. Undo the clamping nut, press down the locking lever and pull the lock slide out. Then the whole unit slides out, it doesn't look easy to undo the lead though.

Not had a chance to try yet weather not been great.

I second pikpilot suggestion of carista. The basic version is free which should show what bulb has blown. You need a carista compatible reader though.

Thanks tilt, I'll give that a try.

Does anyone know if the Octavia 2 headlights can be separated in order to clean the inside of the projectors. My headlights don't seem as good as they used to be, I have put brand new osram nightbreaker lasers in with no change. I have used the osram nightbreaker bulbs since I've owned the car and the headlights have always been really good, it could be the new style of bulb causing the issues but wanted to rule out the projector lenses being dirty if at all possible. What other high performance halogens have you all tried? I don't fancy LEDs I know the canbus in the VRS is quite difficult to bypass. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks

https://www.wheelfitment.eu/ This is a great website for checking what wheels are compatible with your car

It's entirely your choice, it's something you're going to have to do anyway (assuming you're keeping the car for the next few years). Check some local independent VW garages and compare the prices, when I got mine done the Indy was only £5 cheaper but only after I showed them Skoda prices he was willing to knock a little off, before he saw Skoda price he wanted £499. I see no harm in changing early especially if it saves you some cash. The timescales are advisory and no way a guarantee, which I found out the hard way many years ago.

So just found my receipt for when this was done. It was £484.99 for cam belt and water pump which is a big difference to today's prices.

I bought one of these, it doesn't allow you to change tracks using stereo but as the OP has stated his soliton didn't either. This device has a built in mic and connect's through the aux input. I've had it a few weeks now and only charged it once which was when I bought it. Call volume playback is a little low but acceptable. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00O8GASEA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_MeM3FbXBSYHWY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1