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It will be later this year now if I do (partly due to new lockdown partly due to someone else in the house wanting new doors on the living room and dining room first .) As soon as I do and have put a few miles on though I will report back here.

235/47/17? That's a very odd size. If you meant 235/45/17 then that gains nothing over the 18" and is too far out on size as the correct equivalent should be 235/50/17 (They're 235/40/19 stock). Technically, a 235/51/17 would be the exact same diameter

That's fair enough. although I have found another snag with going to 17". I'd like to use Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric tryes if I was going to change (Not as expensive as Michelin and get very good reviews), however, while they do make them in both the 18" and 19" sizes, they don't make them in either 235/50/17 or 215/55/17 which seem to be the suitable sizes for a Superb. You're absolutely right about prices though, the 18" is £25 cheaper than the 19". Not always true though, I have come accross situations where the larger diameter tyre was cheaper because the 18" version was an odd size so not as common. I assume they charge more if they only do small production runs compared to popular sizes.

The way digifish worded it looked like he was suggesting cheaper rubber for some reason. That's the way I read it. @ e-Roottoot digifish mentioned it before I did which is why I responded the way I did. I've already checked with insurance and aftermarket alloys will increase the insurance cost. I'm not really interested in saving on tyres, this was never about that but I don't particularly wan't to give my insurance company excuses to increase that because it just complicates things for the years I Will keep the car. I also don't want to go to 17" wheels as, in my opinion, they will look wrong on a Sportline. As I said in previous post, it looks like shock absorbers is going to be the better way to go. Initial outlay will be less, shouldn't affect insurance, should fix the issue that i'm looking to fix. That's what i'm going to look into as soon as I can actually use it and I have the money ready. (No point doing it yet, I'm in tier 4 so I don't go anywhere!)

I never, ever put cheap rubber on my car. Tyres and brakes are the 2 things that are worth spending on. It probably carry's over from my motorcycle riding but I can't bring myself to buy anything but quality tyres. Not only do you benefit in grip and braking distances but they tend to last longer anyway so mostly negate the expense. I've looked further into this and it seems the overall cost would be less to keep the 19" wheels and fit Koni smart active dampers which should remove the crashiness on larger road imperfections which is my main criteria. On good roads the car is perfectly comfortable but it suffers with the Skoda jostle when the road is uneven (never driven a Skoda so far that doesn't do that) and knowing what I do about suspension (a fair bit due to motorcycle riding) I reckon the Koni's should improve it enough and have minimal insurance impact compared to aftermarket alloys.

Having looked into this further, it seems that changing to aftermarket allow wheels will probably push insurance higher than replacing the stock dampers so I think the suspension route may be the best way to go. Possibly with a swap to Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetrics as and when Tyres are needed as they rate as a very comfortable tyre.

@Carlston. Why limit myself to 18"? One word. Aesthetics. In my opinion a Sportline would look rodiculous on 16" rims and even 17" would be pushing it. If 18" and a possible change of shocks won't fix it then I'll just change it for a Seat Leon. I know a bit about suspension due to riding motorbikes where suspension settings are more important and mostly adjustable. On my partular bike a swap fro the rear shock from a different model transformed the handling and ride quality because the bike was originally made to fit a budegt, the replacement shock came of a sports bike and is a widely used mod on my particular model and much better quality. From that, I'm pretty sure that the Superb lacks damping, in both compression and rebound and something like the Koin active shocks perhaps with 18" tyres as well would keep the aesthetics while improving handling and comfort hopefully.

I assume your winter tyres are 235/50/17. If so that could well be what i'm looking for. That should make 9mm difference between the 18 and 17 which is the same as the difference between 19 and 18. I'm also looking into the Koni Active dampers as a possible change as well. Just trying to confirm that they fit the 1.4TSI. All the Ebay ads don't list them as fitting but Koni website seems to say they fit all except DCC and HD suspension. Pretty sure I haven;t got HEavy Duty and I definitely don't have DCC so at £500 the shocks may be the first thing to try. Does anyone know if aftermarket shocks count as a modification for insurance purposes?

Hi all, I wondered if anyone had made the change from the 19" wheels to 18" (235/40/19 to 235/45/18 which is -0.3% smaller, so at 70mph a diff of 0.2mph) . I reckon it would give me an extra 9mm of sidewall and might help the comfort on some of our worse roads. I can get a full set of 18" wheels with Michelin Primacy 4's on for about £300 more than putting a full set of Michelins on the 19" wheels. Anyone any knowledge of this, or driven an SE-L Executive on both 18" and 19" wheels and noticed a difference (I know the 19's were an option on the SE-L exec so it's possible). I love the car in every other way but the crashiness over larger road imperfections is the one thing i'd like to fix.

Forgot to post here. I got a Superb Sportline 1.4TSI DSG in May to replace a 1.2tsi Rapid spaceback. Absolutely love it so far.

Well, nothing flashes so far. Need to get the Skoda Connect available (Dealer sorting it) but other than that very happy with the car so far. 68 plate 1.4TSI Sportline in Brilliant Silver and it's ....well.,....Superb. 🙂

This thing is going to get 20,000 miles a year on it, is that cause for concern?

I'm hoping to buy a 68 plate 1.4 TSI Skoda Superb Sportline DSG in the next few months (bit of an upgrade from the current Rapid Spaceback 1.2) and wondered if there were any particular issues with these especially around the DSG gearbox. I'd rather not end up with a huge bill for gearbox repairs.

As I traded in a Ford 1.0T 3 cylinder for the Rapid I can categorically tell you from personal experience that as far as the Ford 1.0T goes it is correct. The 1.2TSI in the Rapid is smoother, more refined and quieter than the Ford (it's quicker as well). It's also been my experience that other 3 cyl engines I've driven in the last 5 years (all brand new cars) were like the Ford. Each of us obviously has our own personal preferences.

2 weeks of ownership and then this happens. Yes, that's a crack and yes it goes across the screen both ways after it comes down.