Well only 20 mins worth because i had the worst migrane of the year :(

Anyway i managed to hit 120kph on the straights and the mini cooper s wasnt much faster on the straights.... but was poo-off-the-shovel faster on the bends.

Which brings me to a complaint, the Yeti i test drove had much better handling than this thing, my Yeti just rolls and understeers EVERYWHERE, its actually one of the worst cars i have had for handling :(

I think Skoda Taiwan have made some changes to the suspension settings as this cannot be the car EVO raves about :(

Still i had a laugh, heres some pics.

My wife brought the wideangle lens which meant no good close shots and a slow response time, sad because i had 2 wheels in the air a few times but no picture to show off my 'tom cruise' skills!.

Edited 31 December, 201015 yr by smellybumlove

Looks like good fun but seriously; no slower than a cooper s on the straights??

Looks like good fun but seriously; no slower than a cooper s on the straights??

Not MUCH slower, it still overtook me, it just took longer than i expected it to.

A 20 year old civic was way faster......

On the corners that Cooper S flew, it had some trick continental tyres that costs a fair bit of coin.

Im looking at installing an anti-roll bar on the rear of the Yeti, there is WAY too much bodyroll as stock, the otherday i was coming off the highway and everything in the boot just toupled over despite my best attempts at being smooth.

I think the TT version will fit..... not sure as i think it uses the passat suspension on the 2wd yeti?.

I think the Yeti handles pretty well for what it is, but its never going to live with a Mini on a track.

So thats what a clean white Yeti looks like.... (like the alloys too.)

So thats what a clean white Yeti looks like.... (like the alloys too.)

Its a rare sight, my car is filthy almost daily, i just had it detailed yesterday... its now dirty again :(

The alloys have me split, originally i was planning on installing some nice OEM 18's from an Audi but then i think these 16's look nice and also make it look kind of butch as the tyres look very chunky.

It's well known that the Asian car market prefers their suspension far softer than their European counterparts. Hence a firm riding, taut handling, European 'Evo' test car will be anything but when it comes to driving a 'made for Asian market' Yeti.

I'm not so sure that just replacing the anti-roll bar will resolve the soft riding issues all by itself but I guess it will help. A change of dampers would almost certainly provide a marked difference, if you feel the need to change something.

It's well known that the Asian car market prefers their suspension far softer than their European counterparts. Hence a firm riding, taut handling, European 'Evo' test car will be anything but when it comes to driving a 'made for Asian market' Yeti.

I'm not so sure that just replacing the anti-roll bar will resolve the soft riding issues all by itself but I guess it will help. A change of dampers would almost certainly provide a marked difference, if you feel the need to change something.

Its important to me coming from a sportscar background to have a taught feeling car.

Since the suspension has much longer travel, i dont think a cheap set of KW dampers for a GTI will fit :S

i dont think a cheap set of KW dampers for a GTI will fit :S

No, but how about a pair of expensive KW dampers

Well only 20 mins worth because i had the worst migrane of the year :(

Anyway i managed to hit 120kph on the straights and the mini cooper s wasnt much faster on the straights.... but was poo-off-the-shovel faster on the bends.

Which brings me to a complaint, the Yeti i test drove had much better handling than this thing, my Yeti just rolls and understeers EVERYWHERE, its actually one of the worst cars i have had for handling :(

I think Skoda Taiwan have made some changes to the suspension settings as this cannot be the car EVO raves about :(

Still i had a laugh, heres some pics.

My wife brought the wideangle lens which meant no good close shots and a slow response time, sad because i had 2 wheels in the air a few times but no picture to show off my 'tom cruise' skills!.

The Yeti is a 4x4 and not designed to beat Cooper S around the track, on the plus side your Yeti will fair MUCH better than the Mini or that 20 year old Civic in a muddy field!!!!!!!!!

That's where a Yeti is in his element, that and the ice and snow :giggle"

Its a rare sight, my car is filthy almost daily, i just had it detailed yesterday... its now dirty again :(

The alloys have me split, originally i was planning on installing some nice OEM 18's from an Audi but then i think these 16's look nice and also make it look kind of butch as the tyres look very chunky.

if you are running 16" wheels with, presumably, 215/60 tyres, this will be a contributory factor to the amount of roll you have.

Your idea of 18s with, I'd recommend, 225/45 tyres will improve the situation.

The other easy modification will be be to fit lowered/stiffer springs; Eibach do a set that lowers by 30-35mm.

If my current Tiguan is anything to go by putting on 18" wheels will improve the looks and destroy the ride.

If my current Tiguan is anything to go by putting on 18" wheels will improve the looks and destroy the ride.

I hate to think what a Tiguan is like on the R spec 19s then!

I take your point but then 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and I won't be fitting 18s for looks.

1/2 an inch less sidewall height should tighten the handling a smidgeon and a couple of kg less unsprung weight (the 18s I have in my garage are only 10kg per wheel) will help as well. My vRS Octavia 'rode' better on light(ish) 18s than it did on OE type 17s with the same make of tyres. I think that anyone fitting ultra-low profile tyres (45 or less) will be doing so for performance and will accept the consequence of the affect on ride.

For the OP; I've now found Eibach's springs for Yeti as here;- http://performance-suspension.eibach.de/cms/products_products_performance_springs_pro_kit You will have to go through the 'Product Search' to get Skoda; Yeti; 1.2TSI etc.

Thanks for the link.

Im a little confused by the tyre profile thing, my dads old 911 turbo had 55's all around back in the 80s and that thing handled like a train.

I always thought the compound of the tyre not the height of the sidewall was more important???.

If that is true then i would rather get some super light 17's installed.

Im not so keen on dropping the rideheight, i do venture across some crappy terrain and some rather insanely steep slopes in car parks (seriously they are insane angles!) and having the full ride height gives me confidence to chuck the car around without it bottoming out.

The anti-roll bar front and rear should solve most of the body roll problems, i just need to know which ones fit.

I don't get it really- if you want a Yeti to handle better buy a Golf.I have only ordered one because I need 4x4 ability and ground clearance. Making a Yeti go better on a track day seems like getting my Caterham to handle mud and snow better..Still, each to their own.

Thanks for the link.

Im a little confused by the tyre profile thing, my dads old 911 turbo had 55's all around back in the 80s and that thing handled like a train.

I always thought the compound of the tyre not the height of the sidewall was more important???.

If that is true then i would rather get some super light 17's installed.

Im not so keen on dropping the rideheight, i do venture across some crappy terrain and some rather insanely steep slopes in car parks (seriously they are insane angles!) and having the full ride height gives me confidence to chuck the car around without it bottoming out.

The anti-roll bar front and rear should solve most of the body roll problems, i just need to know which ones fit.

Tyre profile and its affect on handling is all relative.

Back in the '80s a 55 profile was low as the typical profile on a family saloon/hatch would have been not much less than 70. I remember thinking it was the biz to put 185/70 14s on my Cavalier instead of OE 165/85 14s in the early '80s.

These days a 195/60 15 is a pretty typical tyre and even hot hatches are wearing 235/35 19s!!!

There is of course a point of diminishing return where the improvement in handling by having a shorter/stiffer sidewall is outweighed by the negative aspects of hard ride; horses for courses.

Appreciate you point on not wishing to lower the ride height.

Changing the anti-roll bar/s, rear on particular, is clearly a route to investigate but other have IIRC done this already and not found anything suitable.

Tyre profile and its affect on handling is all relative.

Back in the '80s a 55 profile was low as the typical profile on a family saloon/hatch would have been not much less than 70. I remember thinking it was the biz to put 185/70 14s on my Cavalier instead of OE 165/85 14s in the early '80s.

These days a 195/60 15 is a pretty typical tyre and even hot hatches are wearing 235/35 19s!!!

There is of course a point of diminishing return where the improvement in handling by having a shorter/stiffer sidewall is outweighed by the negative aspects of hard ride; horses for courses.

Appreciate you point on not wishing to lower the ride height.

Changing the anti-roll bar/s, rear on particular, is clearly a route to investigate but other have IIRC done this already and not found anything suitable.

Some people have found anti-roll bars already?.

I just need to know what model car shares the design, once i know im just going to get the thickest diameter possible to make up for the softness of the stock suspenders.

For my little road car i think thats all it needs, im not a track hound, i just did it for a laugh, once i get an Audi RS3 i will send that down the track to get revenge on the pesky cooper s!.

Thanks for the help.

Changing the anti-roll bar/s, rear on particular, is clearly a route to investigate but other have IIRC done this already and not found anything suitable.

Some people have found anti-roll bars already?.

I just need to know what model car shares the design, once i know im just going to get the thickest diameter possible to make up for the softness of the stock suspenders.

Sorry to say but, as far as I know, a suitable rear anti-roll bar has not been found for the Yeti.

It was thought that there might be a suitable one from a 4WD Golf, Audi TT Quattro or other Audi Quattro but none has been found. :'(

Back in the sixties with my 105E Anglia you just bought a second anti-roll bar cut the ends off and piggy backed it on the original.

Modern cars are just so complicated!!

tom

Back in the sixties with my 105E Anglia you just bought a second anti-roll bar cut the ends off and piggy backed it on the original.

Modern cars are just so complicated!!

tom

Thats what my wife said, just buy one that kind of fits then take it to a welder............. but i dunno, might snap or something right?.

If i remember correctly they make those things one piece end to end.

Edited 3 January, 201115 yr by smellybumlove