Serves me right for buying a car with all the toys missing, but I'm now addicted to retro-fitting.

Have just about sorted the maxidot issue, and hope to be ordering a display from Skodateile.cz in the near future.

www.skodateile.cz

I've now got a couple of other queries.

Skodateile also do a flappy-paddle multifunction steering wheel, airbag, and multifunction cable :-

www.skodateile.cz

www.skodateile.cz

www.skodateile.cz

Question :- If I bought all three of the above, would it be possible to replace my existing non-multifunction wheel, and would the dsg paddles work, or would they require extra connections etc ?

I've also spotted a climatronic panel on the following site :-

Octavia II | Interiér | ALPA-Auto - Úpravy seda?ek & prodej originálních dopl?k? voz? ?koda

Question :- is the wiring to the climatronic panel the same as the wiring to the climatic panel, and, if so, is it just a question of swapping the panels over, and getting the appropriate trim surround ? I am aware that the heated seat buttons will be inoperative in a VRS.

How did you manage to get a CR vRS without the climatronic already installed? was this before the upgrade pack was made standard (seeing as you dont have 18''s either?)

Sorry cant help just interested

I thought all the CR vRS cars had all the free upgrades as standard (cruise, jumbob box, 18s, dual climate, rear electrics)

How did you manage to get a CR vRS without the climatronic already installed? was this before the upgrade pack was made standard (seeing as you dont have 18''s either?)

Sorry cant help just interested

I thought all the CR vRS cars had all the free upgrades as standard (cruise, jumbob box, 18s, dual climate, rear electrics)

I'm not sure to be honest, unless it was a very early model which for some reason didn't have them. It's definitely a CR though - it's got the DSG box, and I've been filling it with diesel since I got it and it hasn't stopped yet !

As Leslie Crowther used to say - "The Price Is Right" - got it a knockdown price probably because of the missing goodies.

Didn't think I'd miss most of them, but when you read some of the comments on here you start thinking - if only ! :(

BTW - did you get your rattle sorted

I don't think you can do the Climatronic so easily, much more to it than the panel.

I'm not sure to be honest, unless it was a very early model which for some reason didn't have them. It's definitely a CR though - it's got the DSG box, and I've been filling it with diesel since I got it and it hasn't stopped yet !

As Leslie Crowther used to say - "The Price Is Right" - got it a knockdown price probably because of the missing goodies.

Didn't think I'd miss most of them, but when you read some of the comments on here you start thinking - if only ! :(

BTW - did you get your rattle sorted

Its been in and they "cant replicate the fault" though in fairness it isnt all the time.

I noticed it only really when its been severely cold here (snow etc) so perhaps its something resonating when its cold.

And doubly in fairness, in the 30 mile run out to the dealers the car didnt make any rattles really, and no noises on the way back.

guess ill keep an eye on it.

sorry for threadjack

Sending order off for maxidot shortly (part no 1Z0 920 942E) from Skodateile, and awaiting response from Autohaus at Northampton re other questions.

Looks like climatronic will be out of the equation, but getting quite keen on multifunction wheel, especially if DSG paddles work.

Edited 14 February, 200917 yr by thebrymar

TheBrymar - Have you sent off for your Maxidot yet?

I've just this moment received email confirmation from my local main dealer (Vindis, Cambridge) that they will be willing to attempt to fit the pod for me.

It will cost me an hours labour at £79+vat - but I'd much rather they were doing it than me.

So it just means I need to order the pod now.

www.skodateile.cz quoted me the same price for the MPH Petrol version.

Looking at the www.skodateile.cz website they show prices in Euro and also Czech Koruny.

If you take the price of the pod directly from the website (I'm assuming that is the KMPH version, hence cheaper) and do the conversion it's almost £20 less in Czech Koruny than it is in Euro.

Wonder if it's worth asking them if we can pay in Czech as at £20 less that's like getting free delivery.

Have you found anyone to do your fitting yet?

I may be wrong but swapping the dash pod is relatively simple, remove the surrounding trim and theres a few screws holding it in

I'd be really interested to see if the flappy paddles work as my next car with either be a L&K DSG or a vRS DSG

Paddles depends on your steering wheel control module which you would need to change but it shouldn't be a problem to get them all talking to each other.

Skodateile also do a flappy-paddle multifunction steering wheel, airbag, and multifunction cable :-

www.skodateile.cz

www.skodateile.cz

www.skodateile.cz

Question :- If I bought all three of the above, would it be possible to replace my existing non-multifunction wheel, and would the dsg paddles work, or would they require extra connections etc ?

Hi, have you looked at this link http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/retrofitted-multifunctional-steering-vrs-lot-pics/83624/?highlight=steering+wheel. It might give you a few pointers about changing your steering wheel.

Looking at the www.skodateile.cz website they show prices in Euro and also Czech Koruny.

If you take the price of the pod directly from the website (I'm assuming that is the KMPH version, hence cheaper) and do the conversion it's almost £20 less in Czech Koruny than it is in Euro.

Wonder if it's worth asking them if we can pay in Czech as at £20 less that's like getting free delivery.

Have you found anyone to do your fitting yet?

Tried that - he'll only accept payment in Euros, unfortunately. I'd worked out that the conversion from Czech crowns is cheaper, but he won't have it.

I'm considering Autohaus at Northampton at the moment for fitting (I think someone quoted about £59 for an hour fitting), unless I can convince my local dealer that it CAN be done - they seem to be of the view that it can't (probably more to the point, they don't want to !)

Hi, have you looked at this link http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/retrofitted-multifunctional-steering-vrs-lot-pics/83624/?highlight=steering+wheel. It might give you a few pointers about changing your steering wheel.

Thanks for pointing out the thread.

Autohaus say there's no way the DSG paddles can work in a car not set up for them :(:(

I also don't fancy the idea of fitting the 4-spoke wheel in a VRS - looks too plain (no disrespect to non-VRS owners), so do't think I'd change to that just to get multifunction control - I'll do without.

Might save my pennies now and restrict modding to getting tints (been quoted £140 all in from a local respected fitter), maxidot, with the possibility of cruise control (not too bothered either way as don't lots of motorway miles), and am considering whether to get the P-Torque remap, although would be a big risk to my 3-year warranty if it goes wrong.

doheth :( to the paddles

Thanks for pointing out the thread.

Autohaus say there's no way the DSG paddles can work in a car not set up for them :(:(

I also don't fancy the idea of fitting the 4-spoke wheel in a VRS - looks too plain (no disrespect to non-VRS owners), so do't think I'd change to that just to get multifunction control - I'll do without.

Might save my pennies now and restrict modding to getting tints (been quoted £140 all in from a local respected fitter), maxidot, with the possibility of cruise control (not too bothered either way as don't lots of motorway miles), and am considering whether to get the P-Torque remap, although would be a big risk to my 3-year warranty if it goes wrong.

I actually pointed my main dealer to this very site with reference to the Maxidot retro-fit.

The guy emailed me back earlier today to say that after reading through the various threads here they would be happy to do the work on the understanding that:

1. I supplied a brand new Maxidot that had no mileage on and hadn't been attempted to be coded.

2. That once fitted and tested any subsequent problems were not their responsibility.

3. I rememebr to take both sets of keys with me

See if you can point your main dealer over to this site....you never know.

Shame about not accepting payment in "local currency" as it would have saved around £20.

Oh well, not to worry - think I'll get mine ordered over the weekend.

Thanks for pointing out the thread.

Autohaus say there's no way the DSG paddles can work in a car not set up for them :(:(

Most dealers automatically have a "can't do" attitude because it's not in their repair manual. If all the modules have the correct capabilities (and in this case it's the steering wheel control module that you'll have to change for the multi function wheel anyway, so make sure you buy a DSG paddle compatible version) then the rest is done over CAN-Bus which means your DSG box (with the correct coding) should work perfectly OK. I only keep saying should because a) I don't have a DSG box and I haven't fitted a MFSW yet so I can't be 100% qualified in my comments.

But it's safe to say if a model of car can have a particular feature, then it is certainly possible to retrofit that feature. Simple.

most dealers automatically have a "can't do" attitude because it's not in their repair manual. If all the modules have the correct capabilities (and in this case it's the steering wheel control module that you'll have to change for the multi function wheel anyway, so make sure you buy a dsg paddle compatible version) then the rest is done over can-bus which means your dsg box (with the correct coding) should work perfectly ok. I only keep saying should because a) i don't have a dsg box and i haven't fitted a mfsw yet so i can't be 100% qualified in my comments.

But it's safe to say if a model of car can have a particular feature, then it is certainly possible to retrofit that feature. Simple.

:D :D :D

any one else interested in trying the dsg flappy paddle upgrade?

any one else interested in trying the dsg flappy paddle upgrade?

It's already been done. Malfean and pas-pas here changed the Golf MK5 steering wheel with DSG paddles to his 2.0TDI DSG Octavia. Works just fine so I don't see why it wouldn't work in RS DSG too.

As someone pointed out that the functioning part depends on the steering wheel controller. If your steering wheel controller supports MFSW it WILL support DSG paddles.

Look here :

http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/paddles-dsg/81524/

A little use of search function wouldn't be too bad as there's already atleast 10 different threads about this same subject.

Edited 15 February, 200917 yr by downtime
added both brave souls

It's already been done. Malfean here changed the Golf MK5 steering wheel with DSG paddles to his 2.0TDI DSG Octavia. Works just fine so I don't see why it wouldn't work in RS DSG too.

As someone pointed out that the functioning part depends on the steering wheel controller. If your steering wheel controller supports MFSW it WILL support DSG paddles.

Look here :

http://briskoda.net/octavia-ii/paddles-dsg/81524/

A little use of search function wouldn't be too bad as there's already atleast 10 different threads about this same subject.

Interesting - I'll have to delve a bit further !

So the L&K PD140 that comes with MFSW as standard should be a straight forward steering wheel swap then?

So the L&K PD140 that comes with MFSW as standard should be a straight forward steering wheel swap then?

Pretty much yes.

www.skodateile.cz

Looking at this steering wheel, i notice its got two buttons and a roller on each side rather than 4 buttons, does that mean its the wheel from the new octavia.

So which airbag would i need;

4 Spoke Airbag

3 Spoke vRS Airbag

or the new Octavia 4 Spoke Airbag?

You'd need the new 3 spoke airbag, it's the wheel from the new Octavia which appears to be on the new Seat Exeo as well.

www.skodateile.cz

Looking at this steering wheel, i notice its got two buttons and a roller on each side rather than 4 buttons, does that mean its the wheel from the new octavia.

So which airbag would i need;

4 Spoke Airbag

3 Spoke vRS Airbag

or the new Octavia 4 Spoke Airbag?

Shark already answered the airbag question. But there's more than the airbag.The new MFS wheel probably won't work in an pre-facelift Octy.

The new MFSW has also controls for changing maxidot views, computer views etc. which previously were done by right stalk buttons.

In facelift Octavia when you buy the MFSW as an extra, the right stalk will be different, it doesn't have any buttons. All the controls are on the steering wheel.

Also the new Maxidot is different, so I have my doubts that the new style steering wheel wouldn't be compatible with the old style car straight on.