jmattley

I might have to do a bit of Photoshop work!

Cheers mate, I've gave them an email about prices and weights etc. What car was that for?

Afternoon all, has anyone every tried banded steelies on their MK2? Has a bit of a google and I can't find anything really. I'm toying with the idea of some 17" ones, possibly painted grey like my LE, or grey outer with black inner. What are peoples general opinions on this?

Nice, love bandied steelies! What size you gone for? 16"? I'd love 17 or 18" steelies on my mk2, but they don't seem to exist!

What kind of wheels have you gone for? Hard to tell in the side on pics!

Nice car mate, good choice!

Land rover series 3 88" 2.3 petrol from 1983. Ex military. It was spot on and I wish I'd never sold it. The insurance was also £420 for a 19 year old!

Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers chaps, I plan on keeping it for many years now and always keep receipts and write in the book etc, plus its nice working on a car that's not had chance to rust yet!

Hi all, I've had my 2009 LE CR VRS for 2.5 years now and I've used up my 2 years free servicing (bought from Skoda dealer). Now my question is, is it too soon to start home servicing my car? I'm a reasonably competent home mechanic and have always done everything on mine and GFs car (and some mates too). My only concern is ruining the service history and loosing value? Just to clarify, when I say home service, I mean oil and filters etc. Timing belt was done by a local VAG specialist. What does everyone think?

Hi all! The cruise control on my LE has decided to stop working altogether. Absolutely none of it functions, press the buttons, nothing! The brake lights come on, so it can't be the brake light switch can it? I've got the torque pro app and bluetooth OBD dongle, but it's not giving any errors. I'd like to think that it couldn't be the stalk as I changed it last year and all worked fine. I changed it because the indicators were doing odd things. Anyone ever seen this before? Cheers!! Joe.

I went there on a uni trip (product design masters) back in 2008. What an amazing place it is too. Good pics!

Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 also look good. And they're forged. I'd love a set, but I'm poor at the minute!

Are they from super skoda?

Extraction sockets are pretty good. They have teeth on the inside.

I was also originally joking about slamming it by the way! Too subtle? You should come to Sheffield, I think there's more potholes than actual surfaced road.

You should slam your scout now you have the chance.

The original multi spoke le wheels are team dynamics monza R. They're cast and soft as poo. I've lost one to a pothole already. The team dynamics pro race 1.2 is a forged motor sport wheel. Worlds apart from the monza r.

What wheels do you have at the minute? I ask because the monza R s are the standard le wheels. Did the last owner change them?

What about team dynamics pro race 1.2? They're very similar in appearance to the monzas, but much stronger as they're forged. Don't cost too much more than the monzas.

What about gold? Looks good on a white imprezza, would probably suit an octy. You can get pro race 1.2s in gold

Meant to add R32 brakes to that.

I'd go for full polybushing, DTUK tuning, air ride (Sheffield roads are made of craters!), better RARB, set of team dynamics pro race 1.2s, Bluetooth, MFSW, polar fis+ maxidot upgrade, one of those cool LCD liquid OBD2 gauges, darkest legal tints possible and finally HIDs.

Just pick a suspension point that looks strong and use it. There's a picture knocking about on the internet of Octavia 2 jacking points. To be fair, looking underneath and using common sense should serve you well.

Just remembered, when I was unsure about this, I called servicing at my local skoda dealership (bickertons in Sheffield who are lovely) and asked them. They confirmed the rears at 282mm. Matched up to what all the forums said. Guess skoda know what they're doing!