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No, almost all of the led bulbs you see will give you less light where you actually need it.. i.e. as far down the road as possible then even a halogen bulb. It's all down to the optics of the projector being designed around a h7 bulb.

To be fair with the projector setup on the Octavia, as long as the bulbs are installed correctly, you won't blind anyone In fact I'm fairly sure that the projector is identical for both halogen and xenon on the mk2 Octavia

Ah yes, they are the standard halogen headlights. In the UK, all mk2 octavia headlights have projector lenses. I missed your earlier post If you have load level adjusters, then you don't have xenon (also called HID) headlights. All cars with xenon headlights have auto levelling, so you don't get the manual adjustment wheel. If you give the lenses a clean, and pop in some upgraded bulbs, you should find an improvement, although the 150% light halogen units don't last anywhere near as long as standard bulb. You could upgrade to an H7 HID kit, which will simply replace the halogen bulbs, but chances are you may find it fails the MOT these days.

Wow that's very expensive these days. I shot a few rolls of slide film a good 17 years or so, it was cheap as chips, I guess it was still in production with a plentiful supply. It's definitely worth it if your interested though. There is something with slide film, knowing what you're looking at is exactly what you shot.

It's also entirely possible that the main thermostat on the radiator is also stuck open. Although the dsg thermostat is often the culprit, it's not always the case.

I'd second trying some k-seal. At this point you've not got much to loose.

I very much doubt you'll get a microfibre cloth anywhere near the lense. The only real access you have to clean it is through the bulb hole, or as golf-fiend has shown, with some seriously bent pipe cleaners.

That sounds like a really good buy, especially given the prices at the minute. Hopefully the condition checks out when you see it in the flesh.

How far out is your speedometer?

As has been said before, there is no CD player that is compatible to simply plug into the USB socket. If you really don't want to convert your CDs, your best bet is something like this CD player with an FM transmitter. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091YP389H Plug it into the USB to charge, play the disc, and then tune the radio to the station that it transmits.

Here's a copy of the 2011 brochure, to give you an idea of what's what. brochure_superb 2011.pdf

The 2011 SE didn't come with bluetooth as standard, however if you can hold out, personally I'd definitely wait until an elegance came up. None of them came with DAB at that age, but the elegance gets adaptive xenon headlights, leather heated seats and columbus satellite navigation as standard over the SE. Is there a reason you don't want an estate? They are exactly the same length car, the estate simply adds more practicality. Not that I'm biased because I own one, but I think the estate is a much better looking car

Yes it made quite a difference. Also make sure to clean the reflector, as I found that was also covered in a layer of dirt.

I found these kids sponge brushes invaluable when I cleaned the projector lenses on my old mk2 Octavia. As the headlights are so easy to remove, it was quite easy to do on the dining table. Popped the bulbs out, sprayed in some glass cleaner down the hole and then used one of these to clean the lenses. I then wrapped a piece of kitchen roll around the end to ensure they were fully clean.

Another area to check are the vents that are in the body behind the rear bumper. A friend had a mk2 Fabia where the boot and spare wheel well would fill with water. After a lot of tracing using the hose, found that one of these had been cracked from a previous graze with a gate post when she was reversing. Bumper was slightly scratched, but nothing looked broken from the outside. After stripping down the boot interior, we found that when water ran down, it would track along down by the lights, and then in through the vent, where it then found its way along down to the spare wheel well. Given that the car has been written off, it would be prudent to check they are not letting water in.

That's right, the wheel fitment is exactly the same, it's just the plastic caps that are different.

I bought some Skoda ones from eBay. The caps from the 18" wheels are 55mm where as these are 65mm.

I fitted a set of Dover 16s from a mk7 Golf onto mine. I think they quite suit the Superb.

Going from 225/40/18 to 205/55/16 is only 0.8% difference in the overall diameter. No need to change anything in vcds.

They can get really quite dirty inside

Chances are the lenses will need a clean. Take the entire headlight out (easy on the mk2 Octavia). Remove the bulb, and you can clean the inside of the lenses once the bulb is out. I found one of the below kids sponge on a stick ideal when I did mine.

Welcome to Briskoda. Doing your own repairs is always satisfying, especially when you factor in the savings you can make.

Then you definitely have a problem. It should reach and stay at 90 on the coolant temperate gauge after a few miles of driving. Although not guaranteed to be the simple DSG thermostat, it's the best first port of call, as it's a cheap part and can be done DIY in around 30-40 minutes. I had exactly the same problem with my Superb when I first bought it. Temp gauge would barely get above 70. It was under warranty at the time, so I got a garage to diagnose it. After having the car for the best part of a day, they diagnosed "faulty thermostat". As I wasn't paying for the work, I just let them get on with it. They changed the main thermostat... surprise surprise, no difference. When I went back to them afterwards, it took me going through the part diagrams and highlighting the parts to show them that there is actually another thermostat in the system. Before that I was met with "We've changed the thermostat sir, there isn't another one" The part on the parts system is described as "Coolant Regulator", so its not a surprise that most garages, even Skoda often have no idea that it exists and how it can affect the system not getting up to temp. At that point I'd had enough with them, and for the sake of £20 for the part, I changed it myself. Glad I did, and I'd suggest the same to anyone with the same issues. You only need basic tools to change it.

Got a link to the for sale advert? It should be easy to work out which engine it has even without the engine code. The PD engines have co2 output in the 140gm range, where as the CR are lower around 129. According to Parkers, the PD stopped May 2010, and the CR was available from June. https://www.parkers.co.uk/skoda/octavia/hatchback-2004/20-tdi-pd-elegance-(2009)-5d/specs/ https://www.parkers.co.uk/skoda/octavia/hatchback-2004/20-tdi-cr-elegance-5d/specs/

Only the vrs had the PD engine dropped for the common rail in 2008. The rest of the lower power engines were pd until 2010.