Tyredcyclist

Corrosion under the rails, hard to notice unless your at the right angle.

It’s turned out to be a fab little hauler, I used a box on it for the past two holidays to Ireland and Scotland.

I have not posted for a while, not much happening except Skoda recently had my roof resprayed under warranty, I had the body shop do the rear bumper at the same time.

I love mine it’s a brilliant little car, this summer we loaded up my family, puppy and roof box and drove from the east of England to the south west of Ireland. It’s never missed a beat in the few years I’ve owned it and it’s both small and practical. Mines a 1.6 Tdi and I’ve stayed opted out of the emissions fix. I wish I’d looked around for a black edition though since they have a slightly higher spec.

Thanks, when you were researching did you find any instructions anywhere?

Have you had a chance to fit these yet? I’d love to see how it’s gone, I have the more basic set installed and it occasionally plays up so it may be time for a replacement.

The short answer is no, it's the wrong shape faceplate.

I really like that, I've not been a fan of rally flaps but those look good. Where did you get the wheel centres from? I need to do mine.

Cars looking good Hutchy, I'm a big fan of H&R I had them on my Audi and my Scooby and always found them to give a nice drop and didn't wreck the ride quality.

No mods to report recently, went on my first properly long run last Friday. Peterborough to Manchester, managed 70mpg on the way back the car never missed a beat the whole weekend. Got to say though for a flatlander the M62 was a bit of a shock lol.

My understanding was that as of a certain year Skoda stopped supplying them as standard on all the vehicles. It's a nice little earner for Skoda too because the sealant has an expiry date and costs £67 a time. I believe the spare can be specified when the car is ordered for £40 but if you buy a new one after the fact they will charge you £154!

Fair enough I know it's not special but mine didn't come with one as standard so just been to purchase this one from a forum member and I'm needlessly excited about it.

Check out my spare wheel lol

Picked this up today, thanks Brimma.

Told you, they are there but different :-D

Well mine has Bluetooth and it's pretty much as shown above, all the wiring sensors mic etc are on one block just use a small screwdriver to unclip it from the blanking plate and it will just clip into the sunglasses holder. The clips on the sunglasses holder are a little different from the blanking plate but don't worry the block will still clip in easy.

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Sure just be aware though the t track only goes between the rails so it will limit what you can carry. http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel4_tab.php/roofbars/whispbar_aero_x_rail_bars_1_x_s44b_1_x_s45b_black_s54b/Qx%40w%2C6M4gNax5vN1Yv0vegd3uH%40JlVUv2eP8Mb3Tz5KeBAp{4pkFYtY87}A7QW5L_

Not much done recently, took it in for its first service today and it came back with no horrible surprises but it's under warranty anyway. Found out my sealant is due to expire in a few months which Skoda want £67 for (I'm sure there are cheaper alternatives), luckily I'd intended to fit a Spare wheel anyway so if anyone has one they want to sell then please let me know.

That's a good price for everything included! Ill keep an eye out for that kit though.

Nice one hutchy, this is something I want to do to mine but it's a bit beyond my skill, how much was the rear axle? Might start gathering parts for a mechanic, maybe get the springs done at the same time.

Thanks, I bought the frame on offer a while back. Components are all XT and Hope.

Week off and the weathers been getting nice so on goes the bike rack.

Interesting, I've been looking at the K&N filter box replacement but thought it needed a bigger intake as well, looks like this would be the solution. Was the VRS intake expensive?