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Very nice rims indeed. Havent seen rubber stretched like that since I used to have MK2 escorts. 175 / 50's 13 on 7J rims

Sorry, I should have been less blunt in my response . I completley understand why you did it, just im a complete tight arse when it comes to these sort of things unless its absolutley necessary, like spending 200 quidf or main dealer to break my back door open and replace the lock recentley. That "insurance policy" did pay off, as from what I gather, more things ended up being replaced that what I was originally billed for

£200 Notes! What was the labour charge on that?

Hmm, think ill check my fuses, sound like ive got a similair issue to you

There is also the Comfort trim which slots inbetween Classic and Elegance

Is it not cheaper to buy a cheap set of Audi A4 or Passat b5.5 alloys? I was also under the impression that standard Superb wheels where ET37? Some one on here managed ot fit 15" Mercedes wheels onto his Superb as well, although the centre bore is a different size if memory serves correctly. There is certainly room for slightly different offset wheels, mine are ET45 from an Audi A4.

Mines started doing this since I spilled a bottle of water in the passenger footwell, which has now also killed my interior lights again :( . Self induced water ingress, typical.

Probably not the cause in this instance, but my car was stinking of fumes when sat idle whilst deforsting the car in the mornings, bit of smoke on fire up if the engine did not fire on first crank. I got the fuel filter replaced at local dealer, problem has sorted its self out, no more stink. I had done 30k on the previous fuel filter.

Good to know, out of interest, did the puddle light in the mirror go first before you had further problems?

Sorry, been off here a couple of days, ive found the post in question for you. http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/176217-life-before-and-after-solids/page__p__2125188__fromsearch__1entry2125188 Guy called p1tud mentioned he had 3 wheels

There was some one on here recently who said they had 3 Solids I seem to recall, It was a thread about a guys superb on these wheels. May be worth trecking back a few pages and trying to find out who it was. Thread was a white Superb, they guy had bought my 3 alloys and sourced a 4th.

Lights issue usually seems to be corrosion in the wiring loom under the front and rear passenger side, however the CCM (convenience contol module?) could be knackered which is also under the passenger side carpet. There is a sticky thread on here detailing how to fix the issue, also has been well documented in numerous threadss. My lights have just packed up for a second time, but this is because I managed to spill a botter of water in the passenger side foot well :/ 2.5 also has the bigger front brake discs, when I changed all pads and discs my self think the cost came to about £180 - £200 for the parts. Superb also likes to chew through tyres pretty quickly, I got 10K out of a really nast cheap set of tyres, had better results with better brand tyres. Make sure CV joints arent clicking on full lock as well, also another common problem. I think road tax costs cut off to newer prices for march 06 onwards cars, so you will be looking at 235 ish for a year, and sligtly more than half for 6 months. Worth checking as well, only because ive had such a ballache with it, is that all the door locks function correctly. Ive got mine in the garage at the moment as a rear door seized shut, not cheap to fix :'( Other than that, its a nice car to drive, just need to keep on top of the common issues.

Damn it, I hate it when I see pictures like that....... if only I had the cash to do that

They aint cheap new mind, same thing happened to me last year, same rims. I ended up buying a second hand set of Audi rims, worked out cheaper. You be looking at over £300 from stealer for 1 rim. I have on occasion seen the odd "Solid" wheel listed on ebay for reasonable money, often listed as elegance wheels .

Im gonnah try and run mine until it blows up tbh. Had belt changed at 56k, now on 85k it shoukd in theory last until 140k. I suspect the rest of the car will fail before I hit that mileage though

Just to build on what dohertjy said, I had a similair issue with one of myh rear doors. Under neath the rubber hose protecting the wiring is 2 eletrical plugs, one of these had simply disconnected itself. Plugged it back in and everything started working again.

Mate at work had them on his A4 cab. He couldnt make the car lose traction in the snow, wouldnt shut up about how good they were

Hmm that may explain a few things then. My car does seem to take ages to warm up. Although ive never had engine under tray fitted TBH.

Refurbed winter wheels! Man your winter rims will look better than my normal ones

Bummer :/ Now is the only time im loving the superbs standard ride height

Lesser specced cars did come with 16's with that profile tyre. I myself have the same setup. 17" rims with 16" spare. Not sure if rolling radius is exactly the same, seems close enough to me though.

Its an ESP button on UK spec cars for sure. I read somewhere its supposedto disable ABS, but it still kics in on mine even with ESP turned off. It does however allow you to spin the wheels all through the rev range with it turned off rather than it kicking in trying to correct a skid. Useful to turn it off in some situations when stuck in snow.

Nice Tip :p It is a ball ache to fit car seats as well with the stupid locking the belt does. Have to fully let it retract and start again if enough seatbelt has not been let out.

Ditto. Has happened to me about 3 times in the 22 months ive had the car.

Ill tell you now it aint mine . I might win the most kerbed alloys competition though!