[door silver trim rattling and vibration]

Hello fellow octavia owners,

 

My problem is that whenever i want to listen to my music this silver plastic piece on the passengers side door rattles and vibrates like a SOB .

This one

It's not loose or anything, but when i press it with my fingers the rattling stops. Any ideas how to make it firm, tight and tidy?

[smoother ride, help a newbie]

9 hours ago, andy-fisher said:

When I said it would reduce the side wall size it's only a matter of millimetres but going the opposite way to what you desired.  I have Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance on and they seem to work very well with regard to road noise and grip.  Not sure the provide a softer ride but I can confirm the side walls are quite pliable. 

Yeah i've seen good reviews for these ones. and they are on discount in my area at the moment. gonna grab em and see if they give me much difference, cause these polish tires are driving me nuts with the noise.

[smoother ride, help a newbie]

1 hour ago, Inex said:

Generally, wider tires increas the stability.

I drive 205/65 R16 Michellin tires and I can tell you this: It handles much better than my dad's 195/65 R15... I am not into that kind of  mods... it just happens that my car came with nice rims and tires... maybe some pro has some better advice.

 

When you drive and try a quick quarter turn left and then quarter turn right then centre the wheel, you will still feel the car wobbling a bit after you have centered your steering wheel. On wider tires you don't feel that anymore and it's much more responsive and stable when overtaking or in windy conditions.

Interesting.

 

Currently i'm on 195/65 R15 stock octavia II rims. Can i fit 205/65 on these bad boys?

Can anyone recommend good tires for comfort ride? (please specify what width and height should i look for)

[smoother ride, help a newbie]

Do tyres make much of a difference?

I have winter Nokian tyres 195/65 and they drive better than my current summer polish production tyres. What if i chose premium quality tyres, would that make a difference?

[smoother ride, help a newbie]

Hello,

 

Recently i'm very dissapointed with my octavia stock suspension, or overall ride- it's quite solid, doesn't absorb bumps as i would like. It's more like a mazda 3 than an octavia

I'm not very car tech wise , so help a bro out. I've read here good reviews about bilstein b4 suspension kits for octavia, but all of you guys have vRS versions. will they fit my skoda octavia 2007 mk2 1.6 FSI hatchback? Will the bilstein b4's kit help me with getting a smoother ride?

 

What are other recommendations for more comfortable driving? (i've recently been looking for new tyres)

[1.6 FSI LPG conversion]

Hello fellow skoda lovers,

 

Are there any news in the LPG conversion scene for FSI motors? My engine code is BLFxxxxxxx

I've found that some polaks suceeded in installing LPG system. Something is fishy here

 

[Experience with Skoda Octavia 2,0 FSi Elegance]

i have a 1.6 FSI 2006, with neraly 100k km on it. I love it Cheap to repair, doesn't use a lot of fuel. I like the sound isolation inside (also i've noticed that the leather interior models have better sound isolation)

[8 inch 2din headunit fitting and fascia question, please suggest better headuints]

well, i thought out my options and budget. And i'm going for a tablet pc, and a dash mount this tablet is great http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_343663.html

good solid in CD dash is about 20 $, and i won't have to be afraid of thieves (i will be taking the tablet with me always, because i always carry a backpack) 

 

This tablet has better screen res, windows 10 (better navigation software), better games because of not bad processor (omg i love games , ps1, ps2, psp emulators, some pc games on low res), and i can enable internet from phone via USB tethering. And it will only cost me ~100 USD

 

i'm going for something like this https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ghWvN2u5h3g/maxresdefault.jpg. I'm thinking about intergrating some comfortable controls via bluetooth keys, or keyboard. (maybe on the wheel, i don't know)

[8 inch 2din headunit fitting and fascia question, please suggest better headuints]

columbus fits perfectly with my fascia 

[8 inch 2din headunit fitting and fascia question, please suggest better headuints]

what about modifying the existing fascia with a file? http://www.technologystudent.com/images7/hfile2.gif

[8 inch 2din headunit fitting and fascia question, please suggest better headuints]

hello,

 

I'm considering buying this http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Quad-Core-1024-600-Pure-Android-Car-DVD-For-Volkswagen-Bora-Passat-Seat-Skoda-GPS-Navigation/32573831380.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000014.4.sz9Lyu&scm=1007.13338.39535.0&pvid=77de6739-065c-4676-8257-b731b98f7eed&tpp=1

 

My car is exactly like this http://www.car-dvd-gps.net/images/mce_upload/Skoda-Octavia_2005_1600x1200_wallpaper_1f.jpg

 

Do you know if it will fit my fascia? Maybe i can modify fascia myself?

Please suggest alternative headunits. I would prefer android 1024 and 8inch display, fast working (quad core)

 

Thank you