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If the meguirs one works as it says that might just do it. Thanks I tried wd40 as I was cleaning off some superglue residue elsewhere and wondered if it was the same thing here.

As I’m coming to the end of little tarting up jobs this one is now starting to annoy me. There’s a cloudy mark on the clear plastic covering the dials. Generally it’s just out of line of sight but I know it’s there and that’s enough to annoy me! I think is scratches in the surface and I guess someone had used something a bit abrasive on it at some point. I tried wiping over with wd40 and it disappears until the wd40 dries off, so it’s definitely on the surface. Any magic tricks to remove this type of thing or is it something I’ll have to put up with? Not worth changing the dash for.

Rain held off for a bit so managed to check the front too. Clearance is tight around the calliper but clearance is clearance. Drives fine. Very happy with that. Also filled up the screenwash for what feels like the 1000th time in the four months I’ve owned it!

Looks good. I found with mine i got a bit of whitening of the gloss black around the gaiter from the superglue fumes. I think I was a bit impatient putting it all back together! WD40 on a cotton bud cleans it off though so all good now.

Test fit the spare on the rear today. Went on well and no issues. Went for a drive for a few miles and no tpms either. Was going to swap it to the front but it started to rain so that will have to wait for another day. At least I know for sure now if I do have an issue the spare can go on the rear.

Only when they’re muddy! That’s a good tip. Got some off aliexpress for £3!

Looks pretty straight forward. Lights off, 12 screws and 4 catches. Just another pair of hands needed to remve bumper

It’s not going to make it any worse so long as you clean it up well and get a good seal. So might as well Give it a go. I haven’t looked at the manual but I don’t think removing the bumper will be a massive task.

Put in a boot liner. Nothing fancy, but will contain the mud when picking up the kids from football! Just a cheap one from Amazon. https://amzn.eu/d/0ekCj4qT

Fingers crossed it solves it!

I have ordered this one. Will let you know how it goes get on.

I have MIB 2 and download music to the internal HDD via the SD slot. Adding album, artist and track no allowed better searching of and playing of the tracks.

yes thats what i was looking on. looks like it will be very minimal issue, and as others have said (and the manual says actually, now that I have RTFM) you should reset the TPMS after fitting the spare.

Finally got a chance to get the car clean and take some photos. 2016 Moon White SE L Executive. 2.0TDi 190PS DSG - Now just tipped 125,000 miles.

Thanks. In that situation I suppose it’s annoying but understandable to have the warnings but easy to ignore. I’m hoping the rolling diameter is not too different from current wheels that I don’t get the issue but if I do then so be it. On another note, did the sound deadening of the boot floor make a big difference?

Yes this is what I would do. Other than if emergency situation at the side of a motorway etc. Plan is to fit it to rear and test drive. Then do the same to front. Just to be sure of no major mechanical clashes in case it’s needed in emergency.

The size JR RS mentioned above is nearly 6% smaller in circumference.

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Yes. Will find the page.

Does it make a difference if you fill in the album, artist etc in the file data on your pc? Should then at least list by artist and album etc?

Yes. Went for as close a size to my alloys as I could get for that reason How do they get over this with the official spare as it’s quite a bit different?

Yea was looking at getting a kerb damaged version of the 18s I have but it would lift the floor by quite a bit and it’s a tight squeeze in the well. Happy with what I have. Will do a test fit Friday and make sure.

At that tyre width and sidewall of the standard spare, it’s 6% smaller circumference. On the tyre size I have it’s less than 0.5%. Granted the rim is 0.5” narrower but the tyre is wider and taller and more similar to the alloys and tyres I have. For the rare occasion it will be used for relatively short duration I’m sure it will be fine.

My purchase was based on the info in this post. Hopefully will be ok. There are posts of people putting karoq alloys on Superbs too. Will do some careful test fitting on Friday.

Just ordered the final bits White led vanity mirror lights Parking brake switch (chrome chipped on my one) Rubber boot liner windscreen mount DAB aerial Final for now anyway. I keep browsing the forum and seeing ideas for things that take my fancy! Next up will be full service, dsg service and rear brakes in about 3000 miles or so.