travs

It’s not overly surprising about the steering wheel. Some stock items will run out before others. I managed to deactivate my heated steering wheel by a VCDS option so best case scenario with changing it is changing the option. Worst case (and more likely) is changing other parts but it probably depends on which parts have been used. Panoramic roof is meant to be worst than the normal sunroof and not had problems (so someone else will have to comment on that). What engine does it have?

That was a 2021 Mk3. Just dropped the tape measure from the fixed part of the parcel shelf and dropped it down to the boot floor. The hatchback does have a large boot volume so should definitely suit bulky packages

Exactly 56cm too

That's a great link @leolito wish I'd seen that sort of thing ages ago. Although looked at DNFE exhaust and its showing a middle resonator. Mine hasn't got one - they got rid of them from about 2019 onwards but it still shows on 2021 and 2022. However, my car is a real changeover mongrel in some respects. Have already found the Haldex controller is different (and can't be tuned unfortunately).

Looking at the pricing - they seem to be about £370 a corner for B6 DTC. So that’s 1550 for shocks, another 250 for springs so looking at 1800 for parts. Bilstein B16 DTC are on sale for £2k at the moment; not much more of a stretch to get fully integrated coilovers with adjustable ride height. Edit - have found these on sale for £1,750. Same price to get Bilsteins full coilover setup as just uprated shocks and lowering springs 🤯

Agreed on the liberal interpretation of that lifespan. Front right on mine has been pointed out as showing a leak and that’s at 28k/4.5 years.

340mm front discs, 310mm rear. Not sure whether 17s fit over them but doubt it. Michelin Cross Climates get raved about as all seasons.

Having upgraded the intercooler and boost pipes/hoses I’m left with a surplus set of intercooler inlet and outlet pipes. These are 70mm diameter so won’t fit the standard intercooler. These come with new hose clamps. Location is SW London/Surrey and price is £75 including postage.

Alongside my intercooler upgrade was all the pipes from the turbo outlet to intercooler and then from intercooler to throttle body. Purely surplus to requirements following upgrade and no intention to replace the parts now upgraded. Come with all clips and mounts. Location is SW London/Surrey. Price is £50. Postage/courier to be arranged with buyer. They are in the original Wagner Tuning packaging for the replacement items and so are well packaged and the box is pretty big.

Hi All, Having upgraded my intercooler, my standard one is for sale. It’s EA888 gen4 which, from what I can see, is the same for both the high (280-330bhp depending on application) and low power engine codes (mostly 245 such as Octavia Mk4 vRS). Car has done just shy of 28,000 miles. Nothing wrong with it, is just surplus to requirement. Given the work involved to switch, I’m not planning on ever switching it back. It doesn’t come with any pipe work but I have a couple of options in other items for sale. Location is SW London/Surrey. Postage/courier to be worked out. It’s in the original Wagner Tuning box that the updated one came in so it’s in all that packaging in a pretty big box. Price £60 - delivery tbc (I have no idea what to estimate).

Reflash done. The car feels transformed. Much keener throttle, more induction noise from lower down. For such a small output gain, this has been as transformative as to Stage 1

Replaced the intercooler and boost pipes/hoses yesterday at thephirm - the guy working on my car, Simon, was seriously pedantic about doing a perfect job. Says he likes to work on it as if its his own car. Was there for ages and I helped out for the last couple of hours where I could and could see the lengths he would go to to get everything right; builds a lot of trust to see that first hand so if you're in the area it gets the absolute thumbs up from me. Now to plug in the RacingLine PDM and reflash to Stage 1+...

Wagner Tuning intercooler and boost pipes are in. Went to thephirm in Camberley. While I was a bit anxious about the admin as they seemed to be happy with a hell of a lot of work in a day (new discs and pads and braided brake hoses were booked in too but there was definitely no time for all that without another mechanic working on it) the work that was done was absolutely brilliant. Arrived at the end of the day to find the front still in bits so stuck around for a couple of hours and was an extra pair of hands and just chatting to the guy working on the car about all sorts. Turns out he had previously worked at Wheelbase where the car is regularly serviced so that was a nice link. Also had the front trim panel cut out so airflow was better into the car (although looks like I’ve taken a pic of the wrong side 🤦🏻‍♂️). But both sides are now completely open. Again, the guy wanted to do a proper job rather than drill some large holes so he got a saw out and cut it completely open. He was really finicky about doing everything absolutely right. Now to reflash to Stage 1+ RL quoted figures are 433bhp and 550NM of torque. I don’t have a rolling road session so will have to go with theirs (with a pinch of salt). Main thing for me is the better flow through the pipework and intercooler.

My first thought too. Any entirely unexplained electronics = check battery first.

Check out his project thread here - he uses E10‑85‑042‑02‑22 according to that