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The scout is the model with black wheel arches and lifted ride. . Its the equivalent of audi's all road models. . . This is the scout. As far as I'm aware the 4x4 is no different in ride height.

Wouldn't the suspension off of an octavia scout be the easiest option? But although these are higher in ride height, would the spring rates be enough to still support the loads you are carrying? . .it might droop the same as standard once loaded up?. . . .probably Wouldn't but probably worth exploring. What about something like air spring supporters? https://air-lift.co.uk/load-support/universal-air-helper-kits These go down the center on the spring and can be pumped up when really loaded up in the rear, then deflated to give back standard ride when not needed.

Do you have any idea what the TPI number is? I would have thought tdi or tsi won't make a difference . . They are still MQB chassis. . Unless the weight of the diesel engine can make the difference. I went to look at an octy at the donny skoda dealer, the sales man opened the car from inside the dealership and stayed there. . Didn't seem arsed at all. . Along with the car having a massive scrape down the rear quarter and bumper I soon left (that was a 19plate car and up at over 20k. . I couldn't believe they had the cheek to display it in the state the body work was in, to be honest) Darkside is very close to Me, but if it was just to have top mounts replaced I have a mechanic that is more than capable, I've been looking and there is quite a few aftermarket mounts out there, most boasting how crap the oem ones are. 🙄

I had a rattle in my drivers door(mk3fl) that was driving me insane on uneven Road surfaces. . But I think I pin pointed it at the weekend. . It's was the button to lock out the rear window switches (so kids can't activate the rear windows). . .it was rattling back and fourth inside the hole its recessed into. . So for now I've just jammed a piece of card into the gap between the button and trim around it, until I can find a way to fix it that looks neater than a bit of card shoved in it. . .which at the moment I'm stumped with. . . I can live with a bit of card stuck up more than I could the rattle.

Hey everyone. My car is developing what I'm 99% sure is topmount bearing noise when slow manoeuvring, not so much a creaking but more of a bearing moving kind of noise (people who have had it I'm sure will know what I mean). . I've has it on other cars too. . My car only has 27k on and is a 68 plate facelift vrs. What are my chances of getting it sorted under warranty? . . I've only owned the car just over 4 months and it's already had the water pump replaced and had issues on the drive home from the dealer 🙄. . I've seen some tuning company's have made "upgraded" versions of the topmounts/bearings. . If I have to do them myself, are these worth the extra or am I better sticking with a OEM style topmount? Thanks. Luke.

I'm pretty sure the pump noise is an electric coolant pump to keep it circulating for a bit after the engines stopped. . . With ambient temperatures on the way down at this time of year, maby its not needed? I'm sure mine has not made the pump noise a few times when I've switched off, I've just never really thought anymore about it.

Thanks for this! Really helpful, all be it disappointing 😪 Having a TPI it's a well known issue with skoda then?. . Hopefully it won't worsen, I'm guessing by the time it could become bad (big droplets) it would be outside warranty period and skoda will stick up the middle finger if asked for replacement under warranty...

Hi all I've done a search and found a couple of threads about headlights misting across the bottom where the DRL's are located. . . It also seems to be an issue on the superbs too. . But I've only had the car a few months, now the temperature outside is dropping, I've come out to my car tonight and all 4 light clusters look like this. . From what I've read this is considered "normal" . . But it is going to drive my ocd mad, it genuinely devalues the look of the car for me. . I also have a 56 plate fabia that I have owned 10+ years and never had anything like this. . So . . It is normal? Or should I run it past the dealer i bought it from? Thanks.

Hi Damien. Flush would be nice, aslong as there's no chance of arch scraping (my car is on standard suspension,but could it be an issue loaded up with 4 adults?)

Hi all. I know the usual go to on the 220/230vrs is to go with 15mm spacers up front and 20mm on the rear. . But with the 245 having a wider rear track as standard, what's the "go to" spacing on the back? Do the geminis' and xtremes have different offsets?. . Mines on geminis' so would need to account for that too If the offsets are different. Any pics and examples welcome 😁

Out of the list you have I'd put borbet and rh at the top. . Pretty sure borbet make OEM wheels for some manufacturers aswell, or they did in the 90s.

I've always presumed they share the same platform so would fit. . But I just found this thread. . I was looking at some aluminium replacements yesterday on amazon. . Now I'm in 2 minds whether they will actually fit. Do you have a link to the carbon ones? Cheers

Thanks @ahenners for the parts guide. Just fitted to my mk3 fl with ease. Took 10mins max. 👍👍👍👍

In what colour? When I was looking meteor grey ones always seemed to command more of a premium. . But I had my heart set on that colour. . Had mine 3 months to the day now. . Paid 20k -68 plate tsi 245 dsg 24k miles on the clock. I would say what you have paid in the current climate of second hand cars is very reasonable.

Repair wise, multi stage machine polish to bring the finish back . . Protection wise a ceramic coating or ppf would be the best way to go. 👍 As said somewhere above, it's most likely from the local hand carwash. . Looking at the first picture it looks like chemical etching. . The tfr they spray on the car when you initially drive in is no doubt far too strong (makes there lives easier getting muck off the car easy). . If your cars been stood in the sun the black trim will be HOT no doubt. . Spraying at tfr onto hot paint will just cause it to flash off and leave behind the etching from the chemical.

If you add a 5mm spacer you are effectively dropping the offset. . So you can still use the wheel calculator, et45+5mm spacer= et40 So it would give you the poke with the spacer on. As far as I'm aware here in the UK you can have upto an Inch of wheel poking out of the arch, aslong as the tyre is INSIDE the arch. As I say tyre choice will play a roll in what is possible too. 👍

Am i right in thinking even though they are 40mm springs the actual lowering is 25mm . . As the vrs is 15mm lower already from factory?.

If you know your current wheels widths and offsets use this to calculate the difference in "poke" and "inset" https://www.willtheyfit.com 9.5j et45 I would have thought you will struggle for room in the inner arch, even more so up front than the back. . If your not on coilovers I think you will probably foul the strut up front. How they fit would also rely on tire sizing aswell.

I'm not concerned, i used to run such a set up on a daily car with no problems at all. . I was replying to @GordoGTwho thought the ones in the pictures was quite severe. 👍

It's not too severe, but also as you say not for everyone. I remember many an argument on here years ago when I was running 195/40/17 on an 8.5j rim and 185/35/17 on a 7.5j rim on my mk1 fab vrs . . Never had any problems at all. . Once did a 500 mile round trip in a day on them too.

If you open the doors you will see locating holes for roof bars. They have a foot that physically sits on the edge of the roof and the strap goes under the door seal and holds them on. Thule will be the easiest most available option.

Hi all. Heres my 2018 octy vrs 245 in meteor grey. Had it 6/7 weeks now, been back into skoda twice already, one with an intake problem that turned out to be a vac line had come off (which happened on my drive home!)and earlier this week to have the waterpump/housing replaced 🙈 Hopefully that's the last of the problems for a while.

If your stood infront of the car. . .looking at the air ducting that goes across the front slam panel,on the left there is an opening that allows air to flow INTO the engine bay aswell as down the ducting. . You can fit a part that blocks that opening, thus forcing all of the incoming air towards the airbox . That's on the tsi cars, don't know if yours is a tdi? 👍

As above its a snow grate. Common to remove them, over here we get a day or 2 of snow at best (unless you live on high ground) Blocking off the left hand side of the air ducting into the engine bay can be done with a genuine vw part. . 5Q0 129 849 Taking the snow grate out and blocking the ducting is known as "pikey intake mod" I believe.

Haha! I still have my fabia. . .and one of the door shuts is still sticker bombed 😁 Around the reg and the filler cap came off along time ago though. My car between the fabia and octy didn't succumb to any sticker bombing so I think the octy will be OK 😉