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Trouble with dealers is they will do anything to create more work and income.Last time I used one for a car not under warranty. It was Des winks in Scarborough, previouse week i had the rear seats down to put my sons bike in the boot, i had caught the plastic around the seat belt and caused it to unclip no damage just uncliped. When i had a service done they found a leaking water pump ( fair enough this was an issue) but they flagged up the seatbelt trim stating it needed a new suround and with labout was £165, also some dirt had found it's way into the center setbelt hole and seatbelt had to be pushed in a touch harder so this was flagged and was £300+ to have fixed. they videoed the problems which must have taken some time and emailed them to myself. Upon getting home and checking the problems i simply clipped the seat belt surround back in place took seconds and was perferct. the dirt i simply put a strong hover to the hole and spayed in some wd40 agin worked perfect there after. why could they not have just done this as part of the service even if they charged £10 for 5 mins work and a spray of oil, yet they took 10 mins to film the problems and tried to make £500+ out of me for work that was not needed as the work quoted was for new parts and fitting. AS such i went to another dealership to get the waterpump done, they also tried to tell me that the cam chain tensioners on a vrs tsi was recomended to be done/changed every 40k miles at a cost of £1100. I did phone a few dealers pretending to want to buy a tsi and was checking this out all said it was not a recomendation and only needed checking if you were getting any rattle from your cam chain. I think some dealerships are good and others just want to wring your pockets out. I would always use an independent specialist if possible or use a dealership if car has a dealership warranty. I also remember a nissan garage locally when my keyfob battery went on a primera gt years ago i was told they had to re programe the batter and only they could do it and charged me £25 to fit a batter and the cost of the battery all in £40 it was a £2 battery and i later found out when you installed a new battery it was a simple 2 min process and only cost £2 for a new battery at the time. So yes i would avaid dealerships on the whole, but do get some are honest and helpfull. If you goto a standard independent garage buy a service kit oil filters sparks etc from dealership and keep receipt and just pay garage for wwork only even if it costs a little more, that way you have 2 receipts that verify each other for your service records dealers always want your reg so it will be on the receipt.

The switch under the lever is the same. As you remove the actual switch it would work/fit. checked with AI as well and it does fit, just not redily available in the UK

Has anyone with a mk4 DSG upgraded their shifter switch from the cheap plastic one to somewthing like this? Black Forest IndustriesMK8 GS2 Air Leather (VW MQB Evo Auto/DSG)Get rid of your "chicken nugget" shifter and replace it with an actual knob! Since the introduction of the MK8 Golf platform, Volkswagen's choice of control surfaces has been a sore spot for many owne Would love to see what one looked like installed on a VRS mk4 DSG , shame they don't do a VRS badged version to match the car. They are designed for the Golf mk8 but should fit an octavia, how hard to install one and what will it look like? They do different colour options.

delete the user and just sign in as guest, remove app from phone it's all but usless and wants subscription and money for anything even remotely useful. Plus you have to login every time with a stupid 4 pin code just don't need the hassle so they can track and report you if you go to fast etc. it's all about control the only thing worth having is the honk if you lose your car and the tracking if it's stolen , which in fairness if someone can steal your car they will likely know how to deactivate it's location so all in all it's worthless.

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Thanks yes i found that out i got about 6 errors when i did it last weekend, got in a panic but drove it for 3 miles pulled over re started the car all errors gone driven perfect ever since.

Just to add for anyone in the future if you upgrade or replace the seats as long as the wiring loom is the same and no alterations are needed, disconnect your battery negative wait 15 mins, change front seats re connect battery , it will throw up about 6 errors tyre pressure setting not available start stop deactivated some brake warning and EBS and speed restriction warning i think. Take if for a short drive say 20 miles with foot down stop restart all errors gone just rest your tyre pressure and what speed you want a warning at etc .

Hi i am going to install some new seats in my Octavia with help of a friend but have to disconnect the battery. Being start stop this may throw up some errors, so was wondering if anyone local had the computer and software to clear any codes that come up.

Got some leather/suede/alacantra VRS seats for my facelift 2018 VRS , how do i go about installing the front seats ? Physically this is obvious i'm worried about disconnecting the negative battery terminal and losing my settings and not being able to drive car due to the stupid start stop that i always turn off , the thing is top dangerous to leave on pulling away on a junction is a no go with this thing whoever designed it wants shooting RANT OVER. Anyway i just want advice on disconnecting battery will car still drive when re connected ? wont swap them over with it connected as that is even more problematic. Any help advice apreciated i dont have the software or connection to use any programming stuff vds or whatever i have no clue with any of that. Also will have a mint set of cloth seats from my car done 40k miles rear seats only used handfull of times as with pasengers seat and drivers seat i would say is 9.5/10 just needs a clean happy to sell these on with a set of door cards from a feacelift mk3 vrs 5 dr hatch looking for £250 collected from Scarborough

So i have purchased some half leather half suede seats for my vrs facelift mk3. i know how to fit them physically but i know i need to disconnect the battery to disconnect and connect new seat wiring. My worry is if i disconnect the negative for 10 mins then disconnect and swap seat over and reconnect it, how will this impact the car as it is start stop ? i know if i swap them without disconnecting it's a risk of deploying the airbags and ill get error messages even if i avoid deploying them. Obviously the battery will remain and be reconnected not changed what can i expect ? or am i best to stump up the funds and have them fitted for me Also will be selling of my seats when done they are in A! condition no wear but have some minor marks that will clean out on drivers seat literally 2 the size of a 5p coin rears are as new my car has only done 40k miles , will have a set of door cards as well but no switches in them, will need these gone ASAP well soon as new ones are fitted will only be asking £250 collected for the set, Collection from Scarborough

Rally green is the best colour for a hatchback but it just looks wrong on the estate, I have a red estate vrs only other colour id have an estate would be metallic grey , not the awful undercoat grey. But I also have a rally green hatch and it looks so much more sporty, I guess it's marmite you either love it or hate it. My wife hated it when I got it but now she thinks it's OK , YOUD NEVER LOSE IT IN A CAR PARK. The colour would sell the car even if it took a week longer someone would want that colour. If I got a brand new car which I never will , but if I did I'd have rally green again it looks great when polished, as does my red one. Black metallic also looks great but only for about 10 mins then needs dusting over again. Here is my car not very sunny so doesn't show it off at it's best looks lovely in the light when the metallic paint gives it's best. I think the plain none metallic kermit green looks awful though , yellow has to be the worst colour for a VRS [url=https://postimg.cc/wt2Rzjx7][img]https://i.postimg.cc/9M5dGDvt/car.jpg[/img][/url]

AS per title has anyone successfully fitted mk4 seats into a mk3 octavia vrs. do you have any photos , and did anything need modding or was it a strait swap out.

it is you were just very lucky indeed yours were worth double what you paid for them . rare to find these not badly scuffed and original most have been refurbed and the diamond cut painted over , the cheap easy refurb that looks nasty compared .

if anyone wants just one alloys this one looks like a bargain https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134081618150

I need my cam belt doing on both my vrs one is older and I had a new cam belt done around 4 yrs ago at Indi garage cant remember what kit it was but know it was around £130 inc water pump , and I have one that is 4 yrs old low miles but will get it done next year . I personally wouldn't buy an original if they are known by Skoda to go because they are 5yrs old , the other kits are made to same spec as for other cars that go by milage normal around 100k , to be safe id go for a none original cheaper and probably better kit , have an Indi first it and get it done every 5 yrs until car is worthless than a cam belt change. I did want to get a Bosch kit but can't find one I know all their OEM stuff is good quality . Disks / pads I always buy Pagid very hard wearing last ages had my disks pads changed 5 yrs ago and 40k miles they just went through MOT no advisories at all and they still look ok although the coating has now worn and they show very minor rust in the centre , nothing compared to the 2 yr old Skoda ones that were fitted and had done 27k and were totally scored and badly rusty . They only grip I have with the cars new is the disks pads and tyres ( rd noise on brimstone tyres was awful )