Munfred

Heko make them for some skodas. I was considering getting some but at £50 a grill and 2 skodas that would be £200 for the same job a piece of cardboard does. Used to be an old trick that some or the older Land rovers used to do, and alot of cars that have a viscous fan. Just make sure it is firmly mounted and doesnt get wet ane fall apart, and it could be worth a try before forking out money (if you dont mind a bit of a bodge job?). I sprayed the outside of the cardboard black so it looked better from behind the grill and gave it some protection from the wet.

Getting someone with vcds to read the codes properly and to look at the measuring blocks.

00010 camshaft A positioner slow response 00135 fuel rail/system pressure: too low 08801 boost pressure control valve (n249) mechanical malfunction Hopefully not a worn lobe on the camshaft. 00010 no idea. But rosstech says check n205 valve and wiring. This could be linked to the 00135 code? 00135 i had this code. I replaced the low pressure fuel sensor, low pressure fuel pump and the low pressure fuel controller. In the end gave up and took it to AKS tuning. They found out straight away that it was a different fuel preasure sensor which is on the underside near the inlet manifold. A previous owner had put the wrong sensor on 200psi and not the required 140psi. Solved the problem. A Genuine new low pressure sensor is not expensive and it isnt difficult to change so it may be a worthwhile starting point to uprate to the latest revision. 08801 no idea. But if you had to change dv or pcv: DV is cheapish but a little fiddly but easy enough. PCV valve and gasket is slightly more expensive but really easy to change.

I was told the mounting bolts are stretch bolts. For the price i replaced them to be on the safe side

Also have a look on the Bilstein website, they often do offers on individual items and then you build up the setup yourself. I was was going to get my set up from Damian, but found them on offer direct so ended up getting B4 shocks and B3 springs. Sorry Damian.

You will need b4 sports as these have a diameter of 55mm. The non sport front struts are only 50mm in diameter. These are for standard ride height but shouldnt be too bad if you arent lloking for a big drop I cant seem to find a vogtland lowering kit on dpm that lowers by 55mm. Just one that lowers by 50mm. There is an option to select 50mm or 55mm diameter, but this is the thickness of the strut, not how much it lowers by. You need a diameter/girth of 55mm regardless of the shock or how low you go.

Bilstein b4s are standard replacements. I have them on mine as i didnt want a drop. What car are they for? Vrs struts are thicker than the non vrs models.

In addition to the above, winter tyres also have different tread patterns to summer tyres and usually have more sipes which will help in wet weather. If you to see how winter tyres look compared to summer tyres then you are welcome to look at the ones i have for my fabia. Certainly make a noticeable difference in grip over the winter period

When my wifes sdi had this problem we skimmed the inside of the drum to clean the surface and make sure it was smooth. Problem diidnt come back and the brakes worked fine,

When i bought my octavia 1 side was sitting lower than the other. I bought a pair of replacement springs. There were no visual breaks to the spring and when side by side off the car they measured and sat at the same length. Also had the same coloured identification bands. Sometimes theae things happen without any logical reason,,,,,,,,,,