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?

I need to get the topic up, hopely to get an answer to my open question: Did anybody use Köni Special Active dampers in his / her Octavia vRs? But, in many shopping sites, Octavia vRS 220 is not among the vehicles for which the Special Active damper is offered (it is offered bor non - vRS models but not vRs). Is that damper unavailable for our car or I simply could not look at the right site?

To wrap things up, we basically want to go lighter for two reasons: To reduce the rotational inertia of the wheel + tyre combo and to reduce the unsprung mass. The former is not a really big deal, in my opinion. For fuel consumption, in constant - speed cruise, rotational inertia does not have any effect because the car is not accelerating. In variable speed driving, yes, the car would accelerate easier but also decelerate easier when you coast the car, two effects to cancel each other, in terms of fuel consumption. The main effect of reducing the rotational inertia is related to performance. In this respect, I don't really think that, it will matter for a car that is that powerful. If we were talking about a supermini with a 1.0 liter naturally aspirated engine, even a small reduction in rotational inertia would definitely be felt, but, this is hardly the case for a 2.0 TSI vRs. But the latter, unsprung mass...I think this is a completely different story and I guess my positive experience about downsizing the wheels is mainly related to this.

Hello all, I've got my 2015 vRs 2.0 TSI 220 PS remapped and for long term reliability, I want to improve its heat - handling capability. The tuner made me a couple of advices to achieve this (please note that the tuner himself is not selling those products nor he directed me towards a place that sells them, he just told me to find them somewhere and install, that's it). He advised to get a larger intercooler, which makes sense. But he also stated that, the upcoming air first passes through the aircon radiator, then the intercooler and then the coolant radiator. He advised to me to get a new OEM aircon radiator because he observed that it's somewhat clogged over the years in addition to getting some deformations. So, getting a new one could help a better airflow to the intercooler to keep the IAT down. Then, a (maybe not too bright!) idea came to my mind: Is it possible to get an upgraded aircon radiator, to achieve even better airflow than the OEM one? Also, for the same purpose, is it possible to replace the front grill(s) with upgraded one(s) to get an even better airflow? If the answer is yes to one of these, will this or these disturb the high speed stability of the vehicle? Thank you very much in advance.

I've just gone from 19'' to 18'' and the car behaves much, much, much better now. But my new rims are Oz Racing Omnia, which are some 3.5 kg's lighter than the geniune vRs 19'''s. Also, ContiSportContact 5's helped, too. Nevertheless, my general thought about this subject is: When a car is sold with more than one wheeling option, I presume that the chassis and suspension tunings are optimized for one of them. In the case of vRs, I reckon that this is 18''. In this regard, you would not be downsizing the wheels of, say, a Peugeot 308 GTI or a FK8 Civic Type - R, because they are sold with only one wheeling option and should have been optimized for that option.

With those wet-clutch DSG's, you are not likely to suffer any problems, unless you're quite unfortunate. Dry-clutch ones are more problematic, especially when fitted to such heavy cars. I heard a mechanic in an authorized VW dealer say that most of the DSG problems are on the Passat 1.6 TDI's. Supports my point. Dry - clutch, heavy car. When using it, I advice you to avoid kickdowns. Foot off the throttle, downshift using the paddle shifters and then floor it. By this means, you get a very good acceleration and save the tranny, too.

Thank you for the advice. By the way, noticing that coilovers would make the ride too hard, I started to consider a setup of H&R lowering springs + Köni FSD (Now being advertised a Special Active). But, in many shopping sites, Octavia vRS 220 was not among the vehicles for which the Special Active damper is offered. Is that damper unavailable for our car or I simply could not look at the right site? Thank you very much again.

Winter conditions are somewhat hard here and I have a separate set of winter tires. So, 4 season tires won't do good for me. Thank you.

Are these the Whiteline bars for this car? https://ukwhitelineperformance.com/collections/all/skoda-octavia-mk3--typ-5e--11-2012-on Also, can you provide a link for those strut braces? I have a feeling that strut braces can also help in straight line acceleration in 1st and 2nd, by counteracting the weight shift towards the rear. I may be mistaken, of course. Thank you very much for your past and future help.

Hello, Thank you for your interest but when I click on the picture links, I get an error message, such as "you don't have the permission to access this page". So I could not get the codes.

Wow, thank you for that. This website itself appears to be a treasure!

By the way, where can I purchase Genuine GTI Clubsport ARB's, can you help me with the source? Thank you once again.

Thank you very much for your efforts and the very valuable information you have given to me, guys. It would take me some studying first, to decide. The common opinion seems to be: 1) Tires (Because of the low quality asphalt the car experiences, I will most probably downsize to 18'') 2) Chassis tuning 3) Suspension 4) LSD (maybe years later) I still welcome and greatly appreciate alternative opinions.