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....thought i would leave a few thoughts about my manual vRS 220 (~300) estate after 7 years and 75k miles tweaks in no particular order.... H&R lowering springs Eibach Bilstein B12 Suspension for SKODA OCTAVIA E90-79-010-06-22 30-40/30mm - tunershop on ebay Revo stage 1 from 10k miles great from 3rd gear onwards new CHHB sachs clutch from 20k miles - if you remap its only a matter of time before upgraded clutch needed H&R 26MM FRONT & 24MM REAR ANTI ROLL BARS - huge improvement in cornering - dpmperformance strut brace - subtle improvement on cornering when surface wasnt smooth - less chatter michelin ps4 then ps5 tyres - great performance dry and in wet hunter 4 wheel alignment every 2 years or so - brilliant improvement in handling powerflex engine mount - some increased NVH but really cut down on wheel hop/axle tramp turbotechnics turbo inlet hose boomba racing - 2015 + Volkswagen GTI Blow Off Valve Adapter [BOV], 2015 + Volkswagen GTI Short Shift Transmission Adapter, boomba racing - MK7 GTI Short Throw Weighted Shift Knob - 440 Grams obdeleven - fantastic bit of kit - programmed lots of stuff including free cornering foglights and high beam assist turboback scorpion exhaust, well a prototype one via their ebay shop. sounded good but needed to add some acoustic matting on bootfloor..... 40" O2 Oxygen Lambda Sensor 4 Wire Extension Harness for VW Audi Golf MK7 Passat - from ebay usa for the above exhaust to stop it throwing codes.... enabled smartlink for android auto use via dealer upgraded LED bulbs all around front, rear and inside boot - the foglight ones looked the best! honeycomb front grill black skoda logo badges front and rear - expensive to have them colour coded but they looked really good! upgraded front discs/pads from mtech brakes really enjoyed tweaking the car, sorry to see it go but have moved on to another estate, with dsg/4motion and a few more toys - arteon shooting brake R

lolol, the purpose of foglamps is to increase visibility in fog, so i'm not hugely worried about 'disturbing' oncoming road users. In the fog. At low speed the cornering foglight function with LEDs is better than with the standard bulbs

make sure you take the opportunity to upgrade to LED bulbs when you do this - looks much better

replace with an uprated clutch rather than the same again, book a remap and wonder why you waited so long

i have the same car (2016) as you and upgraded with bilstein b12 kit (i think it was b12 rather than b8 - search some of my earlier posts as i took photos of the part numbers) bigger difference in handling is upgraded front and rear arbs but factor in cost of new droplinks as well as the stock ones didn't handle the increased work through them after my ARBs were upgraded 5E5 - seached my gmail to find the ebay link - bought from germany ( tunershop-worldwide on ebay) . one of the shocks was faulty from the factory - it delayed fitting by a few days but getting a replacement and returning the faulty one was straightforward

in my case going under the car and tapping the cat you could hear/feel rattling consistent with the matrix being in bits.

not up to speed on diesels but could the catalytic convertor matrix have broken/be blocking causing exhaust back pressure issues? happened on my petrol alfa many years ago which felt utterly asthmatic when trying to accelerate

i would upgrade front and rear antiroll bars and the engine mount thingie to reduce wheelhop along with a hunter alignment for my 900 quid. a massive massive difference in handling (for the better!) which you will notice miles more than an uprated intercooler

so it's an intermittant fault and it shouldn't be the rear as I already changed them to LED bulbs a while back. This fitting guide thread has given me the courage to go ahead and order some more LED bulbs and the replacement indicator cap pack plus a few odds n ends to tackle this upgrade that will hopefully sort the error code!

I am a bit stumped - this error popped up but all the bulbs appear to be working ok - anyone know which bulb specifically this error refers to? (cleared it with obdeleven but it pops up again) Thanks Trouble codes: B12D115 - Right turn signal light bulb Open circuit/short circuit to B+ static Date: 2022-03-16 07:00:39 Mileage: 92276 km Priority: 2 Malfunction frequency counter: 1 Unlearning counter: 61 Terminal 15 status: On Terminal 50 status: Off Voltage: 11.6 V Outside air temperature: 3.5 °C Status Bremslichtschalter (HW): Off Status Bremslichtschalter (CAN): Off Off: not activated Parking light: not activated Automatic high beam assist: operated Low beam: not activated Parking light left: not activated Parking light right: not activated Letzte Weckursache/ Werte [00;2E]: keine Störschutzursache CAN-Bus_aktiv: On

i coded this in and do like it - i did however upgrade the fog light bulbs to LED ones and this made a decent difference compared with the stock ones

my dab doesnt work since i wired in a multiport charger to run the front and rear cameras off - even adding a couple of ferrite cores didnt help. tbh i don't miss it as use music off the sd card mainly

look in the forum sticky threads

only change one thing at a time then check things work before trying the next tweak. i write down what i have changed. don't ask me how i know this..........

one of mine is fractured - looks like something has collided with it. a replacement bit is only 25 quid but i havent got round to replacing it as not sure how how to remove the original.....