valver16

Reawakening an old thread, are there any plans to do one of these again? The Lake District is handy for me and it would be great to meet some Brisky members.

There aren't any options I'm aware of which will fit straight into the Stream sized hole. I believe you can get adapter plates though which will adapt that to a normal double-DIN slot in which you could put an aftermarket Android unit. I have the same dilemma with my car currently and I'm probably going to find a new fascia with the slot for a Columbus/Nexus/Amundsen etc and fit an RCD330 unit since these come with CarPlay and Android Auto (if you buy the right one). I'm struggling to find a silver fascia for my car as it has Climatronic but I think this should fit yours - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294324371224?hash=item4487197f18:g:nlwAAOSwZHdhEN~n

Some very interesting information on the Darkside website about this for anyone who's looking at this issue - https://www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/Blog/killer-swirl-flaps/, I'll definitely be doing that I think. I'm not a fan of smoky cars either, just shouts of a bad tune to me... not that fussed about the extra power from a DPF removal really, more interested in stopping it giving me bother in the future, but if you've had 210bhp and 330lbsft without removing then that's plenty for me.

Very good to know, I hadn't heard that anywhere until now. I'll have a look at doing that mod, are they a straight swap without changing any other parts? I've thought about a remap like you say to take the performance up a bit, as it's not blowing my socks off at the moment compared to my old PD130 Fabia... but I need to decide whether to go down the DPF delete route first.

Just an aside for anyone else with an Octavia estate - the variable boot floor is brilliant. I managed to find one on eBay the other week, paid £40 and collected it the same night. Fitted in under two minutes and its excellent. All of the usual crap I like to keep in the boot (tools, rags etc.) can be thrown under there tidy and out of the way to leave it looking tidy and have a clear load area for the rest of your junk. Another plus is that I now have serious camping capability - the seats folded down are level with the raised floor and as I am pretty small at 5'8" I can lie completely flat and fairly comfortably. Might have to try this out properly at a later date! Final note - the car and I will be at Caffeine and Machine this Saturday evening (23rd April), if any fellow Brisky members are there come and say hi!

Glad to hear you're enjoying the car, welcome to Brisky!

Welcome mate, I love a proper shed runabout/daily project! Get her tidy and you'll hopefully have a good few years of comfy miles out of her 🙃

Car also got a polish yesterday so I took some sexy shots...

Tackled the offside brake caliper this weekend and thought I'd do a little write up... Everything came apart no bother until it came to removing the solid piece of brake pipe between the caliper and the flexi hose. The nut on the caliper end was seized to the pipe, and thanks to the folly of youth it ended up looking like this: Lesson learned I suppose... I booked train tickets for my weekend's movements and took to eBay to find a new one. £9.74 delivered did me nicely. Once the pipe dropped through my letterbox I got to putting everything back together. Pads installed with new shims too: Copper grease applied to the offending pipe area for the 1% chance I ever have to take it apart again - be nice to the next guy just in case the next guy is you! Shiny red caliper ready for service: I got that bolted on and bled up and job's a good un! I don't think this side was dragging nearly as much as the other, I haven't noticed any difference in mpg so far. I'll be booking wheel alignment the second I next get paid!