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Light output is most important for me aswell, but i still haven't solved the ballast placement. Anyone know if there is possible to open the lamp? It should be possible to replace eg. a reflector? If i got to open it i think there should be enough space inside. Think i have to look more into it in the weekend. Have also bought a Defa 1204 charger kit, need to find a sensible location for this charger.

That is one drawback and i just have to test if it works good enough, as you say the bulbs need a few seconds to reach maximum, but it's not completely dark while that happens, there will be some light in the high beam and the low beam is on all the time so i am not sure it will be that big of a problem. When the high beam is on you can turn them off for a short period and on again without the delay, i am not sure what the time period is though.

Yes, i will replace the halogen bulb in the same reflector, i know the professionals say that this a no go and that xenons shall be only in lens projector or in xenon projectors. I have a H4 hi/low kit installed on my other car ('09 Berlingo) and this kit have been working flawlessly for over 3 years and 35000km now, with same bulbs and ballasts. I am happy with the light an it does not dazzle other drivers, in 3 years i have never gotten any reactions from other drivers. There might be room for the ballast inside the lamp itself, the problem is getting it in there, maybe it is possible to demount the lamp, haven't looked into that yet but will do.

The cover behind the high beam bulb is in fact a control module, or some kind of a junction box, at least there is a lot of wires going in to that cover. I'm pretty sure this is the original setup, so i can't just drill a hole in it. Probably the same at your car? I did start the engine with the xenon kit connected, no problem that i could notice, but i only connected the right side tough, if it should make any differense with both sides connected i am in for a surprise:)

Yes, i have factoryfitted xenon on low beam (no shutters) and halogen on high beam, wich i think is the case for all octavias with factory xenon, at least in Norway.

I did read through the whole web regarding xenon upgrade for octavia, i have noticed people have struggled get them to work, with or without vcds, blown wiper motors, flickering, alarms etc. But i have not seen one single thread saying that it is hard to get wires through. Maybe there is most common to retrofit xenon on low beam, i believe it is different on the lamps without original xenon. When you say it is not going to happen, are you meaning installation or function? Regarding function i have tested the kit and it seems to be working fine. Just need to sort out the installation.

Hi all, In an attempt to improve my full beam i got a Xenon kit to replace the halogen bulbs, anyone here done such an upgrade? I can't find a proper way to get the wires to and from the ballast inside the lamp housing. The kit is delivered with a kind of rubber gland supposed to be mounted in the plastic cap directly behind the bulb, the issue is that there is no such cap on my lamp, behind the high beam there is some kind of a control module with a bunch of wires in it and behind the low beam there is the ballast for the original xenon. Anyone solved this? I tried to connect for a function test and it seemed to be working fine with no flickering neither in the original xenon or the new one and no fault warnings in the dash. The kit is a 55W Canbus kit for the H1 high beam.

A small update, the climatronic do see the webasto, the fan starts with the webasto but it somehow stops after a while. But i do not disagree with the conclusion, i hope a re-coding can fix this and that no hardware is broken.

I have noticed there is a few norwegians on the forum so i thought i'll might be lucky:) Pretty sure there is something wrong, tested it last night, started a 45min heating cycle, ckecked on it after 30minutes and the fan wasn't running at all and the car was cold. But the webasto was running and the coolant was warm, i don't know anybody with a VCDS tool so i will take it to Skoda, time for a service now anyway. If anyone has a clue about what to check in particular feel free to post. My local Skoda pusher has been coding on this webasto earlier, to code the remote for it. The result was that the remote was ok, but the Aux. Heater was gone from the MFD, so i had to take it back, maybe there still is something odd in the codes.

Well, it's heating but the interior fan is not running or is running on step one, the car barely get warm at all after 30-45 minutes, anyone here with a octy and webasto heater that can confirm somthings wrong with mine? Do your car get warm and comfy? I have retrofitted a remote control for the heater, this was coded at Skoda so you should believe it to be ok, but still something can have gone wrong with the coding. Today there was -22°C so i rather like this to be working.

It is the one that came with the kit that get's feedback, it's with Skoda badge. I think i have tried everything mentioned in the manual, but i will give it another shot, i might have missed something.

I had a look behind the battery, all three remotes are T91R, i have two with Skoda logo and one with VW logo.

No i don't, maybe a small blink but not like the "main" one. I have programmed them as the manual says, fuse out 5sec, insert and press off button within 5 sec. And they do start the heater.

Thanks MStar, I have now sucessfully programmed three remotes, but it's only if i start it with the one that came with the kit i get a feedback on the LED every 2 seconds or so. I can start the heater with the two additional remotes, but i get no feedback. Anyone know a solution to this issue? Can't change mode or duration with two extras either.

Now installed the kit, so far i can only stop the heater from the remote, i guess the programming will fix that. As i don't know anyone with a vcds tool i have to do that at my local Skoda dealer. I have tough a cheap ELM 327 USB device from dealextreme but i assume that won't do it, have not bothered trying. But i read something interesting in the manual for the remote, each time you learn a remote it will forget the old one, is that true? Can you only have one remote configured? That is really a drawback as me and my girlfriend have our separate set of keys.

Hi franek. Thank you for clarifying this, now at least i know that there's nothing wrong with my fathers car. Regarding the remote control you mention this is not standard on all FL models, in Norway this became standard on the Winter and Alldrive models on the 2011 model, i myself have a 2011 L&K, this has no remote control fitted from factory but i am going to retrofit it as kit, i have bought this kit wich should fit all Octavia II, seen an installation manual that states it can be fitted on 2005 and upwards. http://www.carsystems.pl/skoda-webasto-telestart-t91r-kit-digital,id109.html Regarding the only heating air issue, this heater is still heating the cooling water? Am i right? But it somehow bypasses the engine, there's got be a valve or something that closes when the engine is not running to isolate only the water for the cabin heating together with webasto? Or is this webasto only blowing hot air into the cabin directly from the webasto?

I'm not sure about this car, but normally webasto in relation to car heats the cooling water for the whole system, but there is right as you say, you also get the webasto as air heater. Air heaters are often used in boats.

Hi simon, Attach the emails with the Norwegian importer of Skoda, Harald A Møller, translated to english with google translate so may not be 100% but i guess you get the essence. I was also told by the local Skoda dealer that the Superb wouldn't get any big upgrades of model replacement before 2015, the Octavia a year or two sooner i believe. Hello, What is Skoda's plans regarding DAB radio? Considering purchasing Superb but see it as of today only Amundsen who have DAB, this is to small screen for my taste. What about Columbus? Will this be upgraded to DAB later? Feels silly to buy a top model today in 5 years do not have the radio. Is it perhaps new systems in the works that combine large screen, navi and DAB? Hey Cato! Regarding your Internet Inquiry. From our Marketing department, we get feedback that it will surely adapters for retrofitting. Update of Columbus is probably not likely. We believe that it lacks both software and hardware (including DAB antenna). Columbus comes with DAB in the 2013 model from week 22 We thank you for your inquiry and welcome you back on our website.

Norway is defenitely cold enough, he has the switch where you say it is. My question was more regarding why this webasto only heats the cabin and somewhat bypasses the cooling water for the engine, my 2011 heats both cabin and engine. I have seen in the installation manual that you can set it either with or without a 3/2 valve, whatever that is? Could this has something to with it. I think it's stupid to heat the water only for cabin and not the engine aswell and can't see any reason why it should be like that.

My father has an Octavia II pre-facelift with factory mounted webasto, this heater does only heat the interior of the car, not engine. Anyone knows if this is correct and if it's anything to do with it?

I'm impressed. Will try to install the kit in the weekend, thanks again for all help:)

In the servicemanual the engine code is CFHC, does the extra C alter anything?

I also got this confirmed by Skoda in Norway, the Colombus will be available with DAB on the 2013 model available from week 22 (i checked for Superb). Hopefulle there will be an easy fix to replace the old Columbus with the new one. I really want DAB in my car, mainly to get several other radio stations that on FM only is available in the big citys.

That looked real nice, anyone know what is needed to have that hooked up against the Columbus? With the columbus showing both camera and the parking sensors automatically when backing up?

Thank you very much for helping me out with this, much appreciated Thanks for the tip about the chassisnumber, removed now.