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Yeah it was like a day or two that it got back to life but then stopped again. According to another owner the sensor is actually a strip inside the bumper, like in this photos: If that's really the case there is not much to clean since the strips are not visible/accessible? Or you mean some other part? I pressure wash the car regularly and I wonder whether this has affected the sensors...

Cheers. I put Eibach pro-kit springs on my Sportline DCC this summer and while it's still not perfect there's noticeable improvement compared to stock, for the price it costs I would definitely recommend them as a first step especially if you can fit them yourself. You can read about in the links I have below under my signature. However, when I did this there were no DCC compatible shocks and I would like to retain the ride adjustability so I didn't even consider anything more radical. Recently Bilstein released their renown B6 DampTronic series as Superb-compatible and given that I come from cars I was tracking I am very very tempted to have a go at them, given that they cost little over 1000EUR and all other DCC compatible coilovers are closer to 1800+EUR. That been said, I reckon on a Sportline DCC like yours Eibachs are going to provide all the improvement the average driver is after.

I like information collected in one place so I'll paste the links to the threads for the Eibach Pro-Kit springs and H&R rear ARB. The findings are on my Sportline DCC obviously so different variants might see a different impact with the same upgrades. Especially the springs, I very much doubt will work just as good on the non-DCC cars. For the time and cost involved in taking the suspension out I would most certainly replace shocks with Koni FSD or Bilstein B6 on a non-DCC car if looking for a serious improvement:

Sportline or L&K?

Hello, Decided to post this in the Kodiaq forum too as there's not really many Superb owners with the virtual pedal option fitted so hoping for a broader target group in the Kodiaq?! So, my virtual pedal seems to have stopped detecting my foot movement since a couple of months. And I have to politely say "No!", I didn't suddenly forget how to operate it so please don't suggest I try again in a different way , I had mastered the right way to swing my foot within the first week and NEVER failed to activate it at first try ever after for a whole year and a half. Then suddenly this summer it just gave up on me. One day it did a weird thing were it opened on its own (luckily I was close to the garage and realized it) so i thought it became alive again but nothing. In the current conditions I'm a bit hesitant allowing random people be in my car, let alone drive it so I was wondering whether this has happened to others and whether they found a "dealer-less" solution to it....

Sorry to hear that. I guess the car inspection places should have a weight bridge as they are in general supposed to be able to certify non-registered model like one-off imports etc so they should able to measure weight. Otherwise follow some construction lorry where it goes to load its cargo, there's definitely going to be a scale there!

The Superb is just a slightly longer MQB car meaning the potential is there to tailor it to the exact level of sportiness you're after with affordable, off-the self solutions. Also, at 1650kg and 4.86m it's hardly inhibited to improve due to its dimensions, especially with today's technology. I can think of several both bigger and heavier cars that handle far better from factory because the suspension and chassis were designed with driver involvement in mind (but they also cost 2x-3x the money) so it's not as you're trying to turn physics around with this one. Also, people still forget that not every upgrade or conclusion applies universally. Non-DCC standard Superb is admittedly the worst of the pack. L&K (DCC) handles better and Sportline DCC even slightly better than the L&K. You then have the springs upgrade option which might just be enough for most drivers on DCC cars exploiting the firmer adaptive mode, but as has been seen won't be able to save the game on non-DCC cars that most definitely should be looking into Koni FSD or Bilstein B6 to transform the ride for the (much) better, at a cost which compares to a new set of tires. The rest on why/what for it was designed are more philosophising than an actual effort to get to a solution (not that I mind that). On mine, after the Eibachs and rear arb went on on my Sportine DCC they have clearly taken it up a level and brought it close but not exactly to the level of my previous Golf GTI but at least I have fully de-crypted the weaknesses of stock suspension and where I should go next If I really long for further handling improvement and if I keep the car longer.

It's hard to guess like that because those loads mentioned on Eibach's catalog are the maximum allowed per axle, not the actual axle weight on the car, and that's why they are all quite close. You would need the exact spring rates and axle weights to calculate the drop precisely, assuming the springs are linear of-course. We could do the following though: Mine was weighed at 690kg (rear axle) with 1/4 of fuel in. If you can measure yours and there is say, X kg of difference, I can apply those same X kg on mine by adding people and cargo and then measure the drop in mm that those extra kg brought. Assuming a linear spring behavior (they appear to be) you would get an idea of how much less yours would drop on the same springs and if it's enough. Overall though, with the rear springs from a 280 on a 220, plus the Audi pads, I estimate you should have little drop in general (maybe half than advertised) even your with extra insulation so you would be good to go. Question is what would happen with the front...

Not true. There's clear difference between the non-DCC and DCC cars, especially in Sport mode and on the Sportline variants it is even more pronounced to the point most people would find Sportline DCC in Sport a fine setup (some even find it firm, not me but I could still live with it). Since you don't have DCC though, if you're happy with the car otherwise, broken suspension or not, it is something easily treatable with aftermarket shocks that cost around 600-700EUR max, rather little money to fix an issue with an overall great car I'd imagine.

I'd gladly pay you to do mine rest assured but I am just a bit... far from you I'm afraid Am I allowed to bug you about details via PM?

There's a download option and there it basically shows what he wrote it does: the ambient lighting changing automatically without manually selecting the Back-ground lighting option.

Sashaaa! How did you enable RGB lighting for the footwell??? I have a MY19 MIB2.5 and I have added extra ambient colours all-right but the footwell remains white. Making it follow the ambient light colours would take the cabin feel to the next level! Or you need aftermarket H/W for this?? Sorry, I need to know about this like... within the next 30min please! (No, but seriously...)

I think he's just a bit jealous cos he'd like to have all of those little thingies of-course but he can't do computers and coding is my guess...?!

Mine does this occasionally but ONLY when streaming music from my phone via Bluetooth. So when I have it connected, then disconnected and connected again (like when you switch off and on quickly) there is a small chance to develop this. I can scroll up and down but no sound comes from my phone even though I have started playback. I resolve this by switching sources a couple of times or turning off and on BT on my phone. However what I describe is more of a "Bluetooth brainfart" though, happens for example between my phone and the BT speaker at home occasionally. If for example you have no sound from Radio or the SD then it's something else.

Ok that explains the lower rear end because springs are not typically wearing out even after 5 (or more years). I see what you're after but with a quick check, the difference in the load rating of the rear springs between the FWD 220 and AWD 280/272 seems to be only 3kg according to Eibach's catalog, which begs the question why even bother with a different part number to begin with, but after my story with the wrong part in their PDF catalog better to double check with them directly. I will definitely go B6 Damptronic if/when my DCC shocks die (or even earlier... I am a sucker for good handling) PS. Do you want my Sportline springs maybe?! I have them sitting at my garage and they are definitely never going back on... I doubt that they are any firmer than L&K springs though although I haven't cross-checked part numbers. If you do and find out they are firmer let me know.

Yeah the Audi pads seem to work well, especially when lowered. It's weird for the rear to be lower on a stock car though, mine was around 5mm higher than the front when I was stock but if it works for you then great! For "stiffer but not lower" I would suggest you consider upgrading dampers, not springs. The B6 Damptronic that recently became available for the Superb are the cheapest DCC compatible dampers I am aware of that would also work with stock springs while seriously upgrading the ride. Plus there are no aftermarket springs that are stiffer but not lower.

Out of curiosity, how often are you using Launch Control? This doesn't look too bad but I have a feeling it also relates to the amount of AWD engagement apart from mileage and if there's any truth to that, with Dragy showing over 20 launches already I should be taking a look at mine soon...

Yeap, seems to be the right items for the 280/272

Sounds about right. Personally it's not a price I'd be interested in paying especially for this car/engine, meaning they can only sound as good no matter the mods but I understand that not everyone shares the same ideas and priorities. Something else to consider: your car has the new GPFs on which are only making matters worse (in terms of muting the exhaust noise and dsg farts) and even with an upgraded cat-back like the one you're looking at they will remain on the car... An easier way to get more noise AND bhp at the same time would be an upgraded downpipe with DPF delete, that will open up the exhaust noise let alone it would be a whole new car power wise, if coupled with a stage 2 map of-course. My first oil change was a bit before I hit 10K, I did it myself as I also had this silly schedule which makes absolutely no sense, especially for tuned cars.

Hmm, I'm not quite sure how you mounted the straps there tbh! I just went out and measured the distance from the rail bolt to the end of the guide rail on the Superb and it's 9-10cm so one should get the extra long version in order to install it as it's foreseen, with the metal tether clearing fully the guide rail.

I can vouch for the EIbach springs & H&R arb combo working wonders on the car. Currently in Sport mode it's quite good actually and I would imagine it's only a small percentage of drivers looking after yet more improvement than the springs and arb bring, especially on a Sportline DCC which i believe has a slightly firmer setting than the L&K. However as I come from cars with tight handling that I was dailying and tracking at the same time I sometimes crave even further improvement without ruining the drive-ability of-course and this is exactly where the B6 would come in based on what I've read about them. I'm thinking Normal mode would become the ideal one, slightly on the firm side but not uncomfortable similar to current Sport mode but better. If next spring-summer find me still with this car then it will most probably be a mod that I will realize. Well yes but It's still 900EUR for which I have tons of better uses than just to be able to adjust the ride height (how often would I need to do that anyway? I'm not tracking this car to worry about going ultra low).Plus for me having got the springs already the difference is closer to 1100EUR in reality. But even mort important, everything I've read suggests the B6's damping is more than up to the job so I don't feel as If I would be doing any compromise if going with them and the extra cost of the KW does not provide any obvious benefit for me. As @MartiniBwrote, the rear shock's part number for the 272 4x4 is different to the one you posted so beware when placing the order, cross-check with Bilstein's online catalog here: BILSTEIN online catalog

For the length question I guess measuring the distance from bolt's hole to the end of the front seat's guide rail should provide the answer as to which version is better (just haven't been able to get to the car yet). If the bracket is shorter than that distance then the metal tether is going out while still inside/over the guide rail correct? Regarding the bolt, it's all about how much thread engagement is there in the first place. My understanding is that it is much longer than the 2-3mm of the tether's thickness so it's fine to re-use the OEM bolts.

Reviving this topic as I'm installing a rear facing seat again for our youngest one and the idea of not having to limit the front seat's adjustment this time sounds appealing. Just two questions for @short1uk or others that have used them, there is the "long" and "extra long" version of those, which one fits the Superb better? I can of-course go and measure where the seat screw is exactly but just would like to confirm my finding. https://www.carseat.se/product/tether-loops-long/ https://www.carseat.se/product/tether-loops-extra-long/ My second question is, from what I see in the picture, these brackets are either squeezed between the seat rail and the floor or go over the seat rail (can't really tell from the photo) In any case, if the OEM bolts have been selected in an optimum performance-cost fashion there would be a reduction in thread engagement. Surely it does not seem to be that thick (looks like 2mm??) and I'm guessing by the typical over-engineering applied there should be enough thread left, just my engineering back-ground kicks in when I look at such stuff and I was wondering if there could be a possibility for any compromise of the connection's strength...

Well hope never hurts but I'd say it's impossible for the KW DCC setup to ever become even remotely competitive price-wise to those B6 Damptronic. KW DDC is on sale for around 2200-2500EUR and they are not items that get discounted much (or even at all). It partly makes sense as they are a complete coilover set not just shocks, with the extra feature of height adjustability (for whoever needs that). The B6 Damptronic could even be combined with stock springs but even with a pair of Eibachs (which i think would be the ideal setup), they turn out to cost half the price of the KW: 1200-1300EUR. And if GTI and M3 owners are praising them so much in their reviews as I've been reading, they will most certainly be more than perfect for the Superb. I have no doubt about them bringing all the handling improvement I'm after and then some more. If I hadn't done springs just a couple months ago I'd be so tempted to try them already but it's hard to find two full days free time to do this again in a relaxed fashion, plus I've used up all my mods budget for this year All 4 of-course. That's just from a quick internet search though.

Almost 5 years after the MKIII Superb came out, there is finally a rather affordable upgrade option for DCC cars, when looking to seriously improve handling and road feed-back without sacrificing comfort as much as with a typical coilover set: The Bilstein B6 DampTronic with confirmed fitment for the MKIII Superb with DCC, meaning all suspension modes (Comfort, Normal, Sport) are retained B6 are not a new product and the fixed damping variant has already been available for a while for non-DCC Superbs but for DCC cars the options so far had been to either: a) Give up on your DCC adjustability and install any fixed damping coilover/shock & springs combo BUT with an additional cost of 300-400EUR for a DCC delete kit bringing the total cost to over 1600EUR OR... b) Go with the high end DCC compatible coilovers from Bilstein and KW (B16 Damptronic , KW DDC) around 2200EUR. Personally, as a Sportline DCC owner that is after as much sharp handling as realistically possible I have so far gone with Eibach Pro-Kit springs on mine and despite the fact they brought an improvement especially in Sport mode which is far from too firm or uncomfortable (more like a Normal mode in a Golf R), I have realized that I am after yet more control. Plus the fact that MY19 and onwards do not store the drive setting and I have to manually switch to Sport mode every time I start the car in order to drive something that does not seem as it wants to start bouncing up n down at the first chance it gets, is becoming frustrating. As some may remember, a while ago there was a discussion as to how the B6 with DampTronic (DCC compatibility) was available for the Golf R but not for the Superb, many of us had assumed Bilstein just hadn't bothered due to low demand from Superb owners and that the Golf items would be compatible with the Superb too despite Bilstein not confirming it. Well it turns out that was only half true. Now that Bilstein has officially given the B6 DampTronic to the Superb too, the front shocks are the same as in the Golf, but the rear ones are different, it certainly took them a while. These new entries (circled in red) are what DCC owners should be after, they were not showing up a couple of months ago Quick internet search shows they can had for ~1000-1100EUR which i find a reasonable price when considering it's a variable damping, adjustable system that is fully compatible with the DCC OEM system. Reviews of them on the Golf GTI were very positive already so I can only imagine what transformation they will offer on the Superb. Very tempted to have a go at them next spring when the new "modding" season begins...