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I've done ecs tuning uprated top mounts,febi bilstein bearings and meyle HD drop links in the past year on the front of mine and the knocking has still come back. . Like the OP has said it's slow moving manoeuvres that cause it. . Normal turns are fine. Mine is like a click like it's got square bearings in the top mounts, for now I'm just putting up with it as it's unnoticeable 95% of the time. As for the "Has anyone has this one before? " . . I've looked on various forums and any and every MQB chassis car seems to have crappy suspension woes

The vrs is 15mm lower from factory so the "40mm" h+r springs give a 25mm drop.

I fitted some team heko deflectors to my mk3 hatch. . .drove to work and back (10 miles) and took them straight back off. . .the wind noise they produced at 40+mph was just awful, which I never remember getting on my mk1 fabia when I fitted them to that.

I've used gummi pflege on all my door and window seals before winter. . Helps them stop drying out and also freezing shut. The one I used was in bingo style dabber pen, designed for the seals.

When I had lowering springs fitted on mine I noticed this, spent ages trying to pull it back into place and secure it. . . .then my mechanic said it was fine, I thought it was a bit weird though. But they will sit themselves back down once the suspension is under load.

Quite alot. . Don't mix them or you could end up with jelly for coolant. Just top up with distilled water for now, but the coolant contains alot of additives to prevent internal engine corrosion. . So you don't want to completely dilute it, which will eventually happen if your losing coolant quickly

Coolant pump housing is a massive weak point them. . Not just on vrs' but all the VAG platforms using the tsi engine. Mine had waterpump and housing replaced under warranty with less than 28k miles on it last year. . Had the same symptoms, coolant collecting on undertray and having to top it up almost daily. . I also noticed a very sweet smell when the engine was hot after it'd been running and the sump was covered in white streaks where the coolant had dried on. I'd get the dealer to look at it,diagnose it is the waterpump, then get a independent specialist to replace it, will work out cheaper.

Got ps5's on my 245. Love em.

Do you have the part number for the footrest?

Obviously cooler air charge will improve performance, how much performance you gain vs cost is the big question to ask. . . Naturally it will gain something, but to get the most from the new cooler would need a map tweak to suit ideally. . So even more money on top of the cost of the cooler. Once you start spending it never seems to stop does it 🤣

Cooler air into the engine 😉 the intercooler is post turbo. . I can't comment personally as I haven't done it yet,but its on my list to do. What intercooler has he suggested? If its £900 including fitting that's not bad. I've been quoted £300 just for fitting from a vag specialist. With most of the coolers around the £600-ish mark. . Check out the do88 intercooler that seems good value.

The "40mm" is based off a standard octy. . .with the vrs been 15mm lower from the factory. . . It only lowers them 25mm. . I think there is 4 different part numbers for the springs dependant on axle weights (displayed on a label inside the driver door jamb) For reference- I have a 68 plate 245 dsg hatchback and the h&r springs I have fitted are 28833-1

Are they pilot sport4 or pilot sport4S you have fitted? At £360 I'm guessing just pilot sport4 I've just had the pilot sport5 fitted to my vRS and upto now they seem awesome. As said above, alignment check might be worth doing. . Or are you "putting it into a moderate bend" a bit too quick. . The octy is certainly no up gti in terms of size or weight, you can undo traction pretty easily in every direction if not carefull.

Don't use iso neat, or you could ruin the finish you achieve. I use it 50/50 with water. If you have chance check out "White details" on YouTube. . .the guy has an insane eye for detail when it comes to sorting a car, he also shares tips etc for best practices. He even did a comparison (I think on Instagram) on a freshly polished panel vs after it's been wiped over with isopropyl. . . The panel looked amazing freshly polished, after it had been wiped revealed there was still dammage present that the oils/residues from the polish had been inadvertently hiding.

They have "E10" on the label inside the fuel filler cap. . . Although e10 is "new" here in the UK. . . Its been common place in alot of Europe for a while. .so the cars have been adapted to run the stuff long before we got it over here. . As for running "performance" fuel. . I've dropped shell vpower for tesco momentum. . About 8-10p per litre cheaper!

Autobrite direct still have there easter sale on at the moment. They have a hand held light in the sale and a few of their polishers. https://www.autobritedirect.co.uk/product-category/sale/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpImTBhCmARIsAKr58cxJAp2OxnFfvx6e7II5ppUDt1MGVl-y9BU9DXBDlKZMmP-8WHQFlRUaAvy3EALw_wcB

I don't see how. . The tune would be on the ecu and the coding will be on a convenience unit in the car. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure they shouldn't interfere with each other.

I've got mine done. . It's a very subtle almost oem looking blue/purple flip, which looks wicked against my meteor grey paintwork. I've seen very garish yellow/green/red chameleon screen tints n they look horrendous. Wipers don't affect it, the film is on the inside of the window like any other tint.

I'm pretty sure the guy behind the racingline software side is the guy who used to run shark performance, and they always had massive praise on here. When my warranty is up I think I'll be going the racingline route, they are the only ones at the minute who are showing gpf specific maps for the newer stuff on there site.

The 340mm front and 310mm rear are vrs 245 only. That only gives you 1 other option for the rear, which I think should be 272mm? The fronts on the tdi are 312mm I think, but don't quote me on that one. If you search on here there is plenty of brake size threads.

Water pump is down the front of the engine, if its leaking the coolant usually leaves white marks where its dried . . If you look under the car at the sump its obvious if it is leaking,the honeycomb plastic sump cover will have residue in it. When mine was leaking I could also smell it when I got out of the car,it's a really sweet sickly smell.

I've done loads of research on when gpf came in on them, but just found loads of conflicting info. I've seen at least one thread on here with someone with a 2018 245 confirming there's 100% had gpf fitted. Mines a 68 plate and has gpf. . And is whisper quiet because of it 😔

Your car is a 2018 model. . .so I'm guessing a 245. . So probably has GPF fitted. . So might want to consider that too. Only gpf specific software I have seen upto now is by racingline (oem+) Weather it makes tons of difference, I don't know. . But I'd avoid cheap off the shelf maps unless they are specifically for that engine/exhaust system. Also worth thing about at tcu map if it's a dsg car. . Although I don't think they are specifically need until stage2

Try and keep on top of mine with weekly washes, and one/two big details a year. . . The weekly is becoming harder to stick to with a 4 month old to look after.

I know this is a bit of a late reply but. . . https://www.jcdetailinguk.co.uk/contato-1 These are in rotherham (barbot hall ind estate- not Dinnington anymore like Google still says) If you have Instagram look them up on there too.