joshy87

Yep, I take it all back! Turns out apart from the obvious speedo issues they are just a bit too big! The rear passenger tyre rubbed on the arch. A 205/45 would probably fit ok, back to the drawing board.

As I didn't want to change the wheels and wasn't particularly keen on messing with the suspension I thought I would change the tyre size at first. So I've gone from 205/40 to 215/45 which fits fine. Now the important bit the ride quality, although I've only driven it a few miles back from the garage it is noticeably better, you still feel the pot holes but it doesn't crash into them like before. I expect the ride to be firm with the suspension and big wheels but the bigger tyres does make it a little more manageable

Thanks for replies, I might just swap the shocks, does anyone have an idea of the cost of standard shocks? I thought about changing the wheels but I love the black rims and mine are immaculate so would be a real shame to swap them. My tyres are really low profile so bigger tyres could well help too, they are almost brand new tho!

Hi All, Recently bought a monte estate and absolutely love it but I do have one minor bug bare. The ride is quite firm, I know that some see this as a plus but as I regularly do 2- 3 hour drives you do notice this after a while. I have had cars that crash over pot holes in the past and its no where near that bad but I would describe it as firm in the sense that you do feel every undulation or bump in the road and for example crossing lanes on the motorway you feel quite a bump over the cats eyes. My question is would there be a relatively cheap way to make the ride a little less harsh? I am a complete novice with stuff like this and not mechanically minded at all. Its currently got low profile tyres on too so I thought other than the suspension a different set of tyres might help? I can live with it as stated its not that bad just thought I would check if anyone else has made any mods that didn't cost the earth? Appreciate usually people are wanting to go the other way and lower it etc, maybe im getting old Thanks in advance Josh

Thanks for the replies, can I ask if you recommend any other mods if I remap it? My other consideration is what happens when I go to sell it, do people tend to map it back to normal? Or sell as is? I wonder if this could put people off.

Hi All, My first post so hello, been looking on here a while but only joined up today. I recently purchased a Monte Carlo estate 1.6 tdi. Fantastic little car and ticks all the boxes. However although I am impressed with the power of the engine for what it is I did start thinking about possible re map options. I have read a few threads on here about them being a great option and giving mark 1 vrs power which all sounds great, but these threads are inevitably always started right after the re map is done. My question is how are these re mapped cars 2 -3 years down the line? has anyone been running this engine on a map for a few years? I am not an expert on engines whatsoever and you constantly read conflicting reports on these things. With this being one of the newest cars ive ever owned and still in warranty im keen not to kill it and after all the re map is a nice to have I could cope without it. Although I did used to own a mk 1 vrs so that kind of power would be a welcome bonus! Thanks in advance, hopefully posting this in the right place.