theVrsMan

Hello Everyone, After a long time research and indeed hesitation, my current setup is: + Eibach Pro springs with a 15 mm drop in front and 5 mm drop in back (although after installation and a couple of hundred km's done, springs seem to have consolidated and the actual drop appears to be more) + KÖNİ FSD (Marketed as Special Active) + USP Motorsport 034 Billet Aluminum Upper Dogbone Mount Insert + USP Motorsport 034 Street Density Dogbone Mount Pair. The result is simply amazing. Of course, despite the FSD's, the ride is considerably firmer but perfectly acceptable for daily driving, especially given the improvement in turn-in, handling, grip and traction. I should remind that I have no other car, so my vRs is also my daily driver. A lot of petrolheads believe that cars actually talk to their owners. So, I can say that, with the stock setup, the car was saying "I am just a much - faster - in - the - straights version of a regular Skoda Octavia." Now, it cleary says "I am a vRs." I reckon that the OEM setup should have been like this. Of course, nothing comes free of drawbacks. Although in general the suspension provides a quite acceptable level of comfort in rough roads, I now have to be more careful while driving over the sharpest potholes and bumps. If a little excessive speed over them, the suspension virtually disables itself and bammm! No problem if I slow down a bit more than I did with stock setup. Remember that, this does not happen all the time, only passing over the sharpest potholes and bumps. The second drawback is related to the dogbones. They (as expected) caused an increase in interior vibration levels. The vibration itself is by no means at a disturbing level, instead, it contributes the car saying "I am a vRs." It's perfectly fine if it comes alone. However, it does not do so. it triggers an annoying buzzing sound in the interior plastics. This again does not happen all the time. It happens when the engine load (not necessarily RPM) exceeds a certain level. At the end of the day, I am very pleased with the setup.

Thank you for your reply. What does "a bit too low for 4 adults" mean? Hitting the bump stops too easily? How much lowering do you have?

A long time has passed with no action from me, apart from switching to 18'' Oz Racing rims and 225/40R18 ContiSportContact 5's. This was suprisingly a very radical improvement over the OEM 19'' rims and Pilot Sport 4S's. Still, there is need for some more. Now I am considering Eibach B12 Pro kit: Eibach Pro springs and Bilstein dampers, as seen in here: https://eibachshop.com/index.php?p2986,eibach-b12-pro-kit-suspension-kit-seat-leon-st-skoda-octavia-iii-octavia-iii-combi-vw-golf-golf-vii Since the car is lowered 20 mm from the factory, the resulting lowering will be 20 mm for the front and 15 mm for the rear. However, I fear that they may be too firm to drive around the town now. Any opinions?

Hello everybody, I am new here. I made a brief search, but if I missed very important content about this subject, please forgive me and let me know. My problem is: I recently had my 2015 MK3 2.0 TSI 220 PS vRS remapped. When I did so, already existing handling, grip and even straight line traction problems worsened. So, I am looking for ways to improve those. I will post my considerations and ask for your comments and recommendations. Tires: I had Pilot Sport 4S 235/35R19 tires, but worn out quite a bit, so I think now it's time for replacement. From the very beginning, they were a bit of disappointment for me. The problem is: They ask very very high quality tarmac. If they find this very very high quality tarmac, they are simply incredible, state - of - art tires. But, when the tarmac is not so high quality (vast majority of the cases for my country), their performance is rapidly degraded. What I need is a set of performance tires which can also do well on not very high quality tarmac. Having said that, I feel that 19'' rims are not the best option for this car. I run 17'' rims with winter tires and the result is quite better, much less tramlining and even better grip. So, another option will be switching to 18'' rims Suspension tuning: Huge variety of options, which can exhaust the newcomer easily. I am also for the comfort of this car, so, I guess, if I do not wish to lose this, I have to go with very expensive kits. I have 3 options in my mind: Bilstein B16's (excessively expensive and not so sure that they worth the money), H&R or Eibach lowering springs (I wonder that this option will deteriorate the ride quality noticably) and Köni Special Active dampers coupled with H&R or Eibach lowering springs (I will be glad to hear if there is anyone who tried this combination). Also, I will greatly appreciate any alternative recommendations with emphasis on value for money. Chassis bracing: OK, I am not a native English speaker and there are some technical terms here, the English of which I don't know. But, when I push the car hard in corners, I feel that the chassis itself needs some tuning because it flexes too much, compared to, say, a 308 GTI or a supermini segment hot hatch like Polo 6R GTI. I am thinking of front and rear sway bar,strut braces, or whatever falls in this category that I don't know their names. I will greatly appreciate recommendations of brands and products for this category. Torque - biasing differential: This would be Quaife, Wavetrac or Mfactory. I will appreciate recommendations. So, as you see, there are 4 categories and making mods in all of them at once will be beyond my budget. So, what would your order of priority be among those? Thank you very much in advance.