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I've just put a 3" Toyo 2 piece decat on mine with the standard system and although it is a little deeper on acceleration there is very little difference other than the boost comes on a bit stronger. It's still quiet. You can get rid of the back box and straight pipe it with a sports cat but it will be fairly loud. There are lots of Youtube clips of people doing it if you want to hear what it sounds like. Depends on what you want it to sound like.

So as I read it, LED retro fit will be outlawed aswell?

Won't MOT testers be picking up anything that is non halogen? Can't find anything online about the change in lighting when the new regs come in.

You might need to put a few hundred quid into in but it will be worth it for what you get back. If it was me and I had a 20,000 mile 12+ year old car I would repair it, get it detailed and put it up for sale. I wouldn't dream of breaking something like that. It's not like any of the jobs are big time consuming things to sort. Dent man -£50-100 Rear calipers, discs and pads £200ish Detailed £50-100 No brainer if you ask me

Screws were rusted on mine so I go in via the plastic panel on the inside of the tailgate. Loads easier to do that than drill and remove rusty screws.

Aren't they the two pipes you do away with when by passing the N249 valve? Does your dump valve take its vacuum from a T pipe on the fuel pressure regulator?

I bit the bullet and ordered one. Tried a cheeky offer and got it for £70 delivered. Will see how we get on.

Stick a 55w 4500k Xenon kit in. Although if I were going to upgrade any bulb it would be the normal dipped beam before anything else as fogs only project wide and low.

I will be doing the same in the next month or so as my cat has a rattle. From what I understand they fit OK, you're advised to get some gaskets from TPS (or equivilent) as they don't seal very well and you may get an engine light from the second Lambda sensor which you can either space or have it mapped out. Only going by previous thread I have read on here.

They are prone to craking internally. Oil pressure is higher than the water pressure which is why it finds its way into the coolant system. Had it happen a couple of times in my Golf Gti. Easy to swap out and then just flush your coolant system to get the oil residue out.

New clutch and slave cylinder turned up this morning. Hate to let you guys down but I have gone with a full new Sachs dual mass set up as the deal I got on it could not be refused. Well worth a call to ECP if anyone is in two minds whether to go for a solid conversion or stick with a DMF.

Do you work for ECP by any chance?

Going down this route next week. Do you also need the flywheel bolts from TPS? The item from ECP shows bolts https://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Skoda_Octavia_1.8_2002/p/car-parts/car-transmission/clutch-and-associated-parts/solid-flywheel-conversion-kit/?633780010&1&df9020a9bc4935a972dd7dc096659fb48f0023d0&000299

Post a picture of the DV. If its a Forge splitter copy they can be adjusted and can cause chatter if tensioned too much. Most DV's will split apart and service with a bit of grease.

You shouldn't hear the wastgate chatter unless its not fully dumping the charge. Sounds like either the piston sticking or you have a vacuum leak.