Sorry to dig up an old thread , but I am shortly going to be retrofitting an Amundsen+ into my 06 pre f/l Octavia vrs, it has the stream stereo, so I understand I need to get a new silver fascia trim . Rainbow fire posted a pic of the one I need further back in this thread, it was mentioned that it cost about £6? I went into TPS today and gave them part no 1z0858069r2au, they said that it was £55 and if ordered it and it was wrong I couldn't return as its not something they want on the shelf. Can anyone confirm if this is the correct part and price before I shell out? thanks

The variation in price is extreme but it is present and generally due to the different heating control options as well as the colours. You need to make sure yours is for the pre FL controls (unless you gave upgraded them too?) and it may then be the cheaper one.

Unhelpfully the part number doesn't properly distinguish between heating controls. Have a look on skodaparts.com using the first nine characters of your part number and you will see several variants. Hopefully one is right for you

Thanks for that Adam, just checked and it certainly looks like the correct part and also unfortunately the £55 is correct!

The only difference between the vRS navigation trim and the standard is the colour.

 

You can get the same trim in black for £15. http://www.skodaparts.com/product/octavia-navigation-trim-2004-2008-31876

 

That's assuming you have climatronic air conditioning, rather than just manual?

 

If you have manual AC, it's even cheaper.

http://www.skodaparts.com/product/octavia-radio-trim-for-sat-nav-2004-2008-50284

I paid just over £8 for the black trim for climate control from a main dealer.

 

Might be worth giving them a try as they will be able to confirm it's the correct part and show you a diagram to confirm.

Thanks guys, I definitely want it to be the silver version so it matches everything , my ocd couldn't cope knowing that it isn't the correct colour ! Yes I have climatronic as well, which is awesome .

What a pi$$ take that they charge £40 more for a

Different colour!

It is a joke. 25 quid seems more than fair for all trims.

Count yourself lucky, I had to pay 70 quid for a Piano Black L&K trim piece when I upgraded to FL climatronic. That was almost more than the bloody new switch panel!!

Edited 26 May, 201610 yr by adamal

Quick question. Well a amundsen fit strait in to my 2011 octavia fl vrs. Non maxidot and no mfsw and currently has bolero unit. Any extra wiring needed or coding. What are they like as a unit and how easy are updates to get hold of. Thanks

Edited 15 July, 20169 yr by tonyuk74

Will physically fit but will need different facia trim as bolero and Amundsen are different shape. I don't think you'll need any wiring - not sure about coding. Personally, if you're looking to upgrade I would go for the Columbus unit. Lots of info on here about the different units. IIRC map updates for the Amundsen are only available from dealers and are pricey.

Cheers sarge

Sorry for the thread resurrection, but I have a 2007 pre-FL Octavia Estate. It's only an Ambiente model with the basic non-MP3 Stream stereo, which is now getting rather fussy about playing CDs.

 

Am I right in thinking that the Bolero can be a straight swap, (without any extra trim needed) so long as the gateway is the later version (to avoid the battery drain)?

 

I don't have VCDS to connect up either, so is there any other way to check and upgrade the gateway besides going to a dealer?

Correct. You won't need to change the trim but may need to update gateway.