Combi_Bob

My early Christmas present this year, to end a chaotic year on a high. While this probably isn't really a project as I don't expect to be doing too much besides maintenance and maybe some small changes, I thought it'd be nice to have a thread as a sort of diary that I can look back on in future. 😊 So introducing my late 2014 (was a 64 plate car originally first registered in the UK in December '14) Octavia vRS DSG Combi in white. The car had 2 owners in the UK and came over to Ireland bone stock in 2019 with 42000 miles on the clock. It now has just shy of 70k on it and I bought it from the guy who imported it and carried out the changes. The car was originally supplied with; Black pack (grille, mirrors & roof bars) Winter pack (heated seats, mirrors & washer jets) Full leather Amundsen sat nav Cruise control Rear parking sensors All important DSG gearbox The interior photo was saved from the For Sale advert as I haven't taken any yet. Modifications so far include; Stage 1 remap to 217.2bhp Maxton V1 front splitter Maxton roof spoiler add on lip Audi-style dynamic mirror indicators SuperSkoda black badges front & rear 2020 vRS badges with red glow Exhaust trims powder coated gloss black Led front fog light bulbs Led number plate bulbs EBC Grooved front brake discs with EBC pads H&R lowering springs Flat bottom steering wheel Front & rear moulded mud flaps Various OBDEleven tweaks like oil temperature display, rear hazards on when boot is open, start/stop disabled The car came with spacers (15mm front & 20mm rear) in the boot so I'll be fitting them fairly soon. I also have a pair of led park lights on order for my last car so hopefully I might be able to fit them to this one. Other than that the immediate plans are to fit a set of wind deflectors, reversing camera and hard wire in a decent dash cam. I'm also strongly considering putting the standard springs back on for the less than forgiving roads i sometimes travel as I find the H&R springs a touch too stiff and the car can jolt over bad road surfaces. Wishlist 😁 Led interior lights Footwell lighting Auto fold mirrors with puddle lights Maxton side skirts and rear side splitters Reiger rear diffuser or Maxton rear splitter Bigger stereo screen (which probably means an MIB2 upgrade) Flappy paddle extensions Minor cosmetic changes So there we have it for now. Hope you all like. 👨‍🔧

Cheers. Was cherished by previous owner who did a nice few mods to it, which I hope to add to in time. Clicking through the project threads on here is dangerous as I've seen so many things i want to do now 😂

Just read through the thread, very tasty modifications. 😎 Possibly a strange question as most others will be interested in the more stylish mods, but what roof bars have you fitted to the factory rails? They look nice and relatively low profile unlike some of the clunkier applications.

Hello from a fellow Irish newbie 😊

I can't edit my post and see i have a typo. What i meant to say was that the wiring harness came with its own separate switch, so could be totally independent of the cars wiring system only needing a power source and ground connection. Over here I don't believe it would be an NCT fail so I cut out the switch and got a trigger from the high beam circuit for ease of use.

Thanks. I've a lot of learning to do 😁

Howdy Gaz

Maybe something like this could work for you? Got the bits from ebay for about £50 (light bar, mount & wiring harness with storage switch). I had it on my old car and it was a massive improvement. BMW on the left, Kangoo on the right has an even longer bar attached to roof bar.

Hi there folks. After spending a few days lurking about the place, and nearly 2 days alone on SashaGraces' build thread, I thought I should say my hellos and begin my participation on here. Bought a 2014 VRS Combi just before Christmas and the return of an inner-county travel ban over here. Came off a night shift, spent 4.5 hours on 2 trains to finally see my Wagon in the metal before driving 2 hours home - it was oh so worth it. It's already had some changes, and given i can never leave a vehicle alone it will no doubt see more changes in time. I hope to keep this for at least 3 years, which is a long time for me. The car is replacing an old E46 BMW 318Ci, and won out when I'd narrowed my choices down to a VRS or Mitsubishi Shogun. Anyway, enough waffle from me, here she is. Build thread to follow in time so I can keep a diary of progress. Immediate plans are reversing camera, wind deflectors and dash cam.