9 minutes ago, freelunch said:

It's a function of the asymmetrical design.

Who cares as long as they look good and are easy to clean.

On 25/05/2020 at 20:50, freelunch said:

It's a function of the asymmetrical design.

It's mainly a question of manufcaturing costs. Only one foundry mold instead of 2 for both left and right wheels.  

Gave her a quick cleaning today... Nano Ceramic works really great!

11 hours ago, Buocius said:

Gave her a quick cleaning today... Nano Ceramic works really great!

 

That's a familiar sight for me....

6 minutes ago, JR RS said:

 

That's a familiar sight for me....

Separated at birth no doubt.

Pretorias and spacers out, Ispiri FFP2 in 19x8.5 ET37 Corsa Black in. Flowformed and coming in at 10.5kg. Wheels are sitting 13.4mm further out than stock and they're still far from being flush (which I don't want anyway), the tracks are so narrow on this car...
















Some nice contrast between the sunny blue on top left, and the menacing dark sky on the right...




Still 50-50 about whether it needs the Eibach treatment, in some photos I say "yeah it needs a bit of dropping for sure", others I think "it's probably fine as it is", arghhh....

Edited 30 May, 20206 yr by newbie69

As it's a Sportline, it won't drop that much – I'd say go for it, unless you've got prohibitively high speed bumps like here in London. Looks mean, man. 👍

6 hours ago, freelunch said:

As it's a Sportline, it won't drop that much – I'd say go for it, unless you've got prohibitively high speed bumps like here in London. Looks mean, man. 👍

Cheers, I'm collecting opinions from several people at the moment but it will probably end up being decided on a coin flip 

Yeah, I think they gave the car the look I was after, I will order some Skoda plastic stickers to go on top of the Ispiri caps as I don't like aftermarket logos etc. and I think that might just make them perfect in my eyes.

Edited 30 May, 20206 yr by newbie69

Those wheels look awesome @newbie69 🙂

 

I strongly think the Eibachs ProKit will make it perfect.

the H&R might drop it a bit too much for ur liking.

18 hours ago, JR RS said:

Those wheels look awesome @newbie69 🙂

 

I strongly think the Eibachs ProKit will make it perfect.

the H&R might drop it a bit too much for ur liking.

I will probably pull the trigger on a set. As I'll be doing it myself, what else needs recalibration afterwards apart from alignment? Lights leveling system? ACC?

Edited 31 May, 20206 yr by newbie69

5 hours ago, newbie69 said:

I will probably pull the trigger on a set. As I'll be doing it myself, what else needs recalibration afterwards apart from alignment? Lights leveling system? ACC?

 

Officially, the ACC radar, A5 camera, PDC sensors and headlight leveling - using specialist calibration equipment.

 

With drop being only 20mm, it hasn't affected the ACC or A5 at all. 

I manually adjusted the headlights done a couple of mm. 

The PDC now triggers (in the background) next to "tall" kerbs, but it's not annoying.

7 hours ago, JR RS said:

 

Officially, the ACC radar, A5 camera, PDC sensors and headlight leveling - using specialist calibration equipment.

 

With drop being only 20mm, it hasn't affected the ACC or A5 at all. 

I manually adjusted the headlights done a couple of mm. 

The PDC now triggers (in the background) next to "tall" kerbs, but it's not annoying.

Right... I think the car looks great at stock height then 

srsly all that? pfff

I've has this little beauty from new since Nov 2016, there's only 6 months left on the current contract hire lease. Looking around at a replacement at the moment and I've got to say nothing else really comes close, particularly in terms of standard specification. It will definately be the plug in version this time as most of my miles are within my hometown and I know I can eek out thousands of miles on one tank of fuel in the warmer months of the year having already had this experience with our second car - a Kia Niro PHEV. Dilemma is that the Octavia VRS plug in is due shortly and the Enyaq will be due early 2021. Having has a 2014 Octavia VRS I do know that the Superb does feel more grown up and more refined, but the new car does look a bit of a game changer and then the Enyaq, that definitely will be a game changer. Decisions, decisions??

Just traded in  (Today)  my 63 plate Vrs and bought this beauty:

 

Edited 22 June, 20205 yr by Sealslapa

3 minutes ago, nobby39 said:

Just traded in  (Today)  my 63 plate Vrs and bought this beauty from Simpsons in Preston:

Love that colour...very smart.

6 minutes ago, cronemeister said:

Love that colour...very smart.

Skoda named the colour after my wife..........Dragon.......?

lol.  Its a beatifull car loaded with goodies.  Will post how i get on.

Have my Team Dynamics 18's back on while I wait for my 19s to be refurbished - I do love my winter wheels

6 hours ago, freeglide said:

 

 

freeglide - have you got an intermittently working light in your tailgate? mines like that, only the other way round. if I give mine a tap, it comes back on.

Had to climb a ladder to take this one.

4 hours ago, Bigeater said:

 

freeglide - have you got an intermittently working light in your tailgate? mines like that, only the other way round. if I give mine a tap, it comes back on.

No it’s just the camera angle. I’ve a set of high powered superskoda leds versions. 

My 19s refurbished. Diamond cut. Got them done for £60 a wheel. Bargain. Really good job 

17 minutes ago, freeglide said:

My 19s refurbished. Diamond cut. Got them done for £60 a wheel. Bargain. Really good job 

Bet they are the original P7 tyres if you use winters.🙄

1 hour ago, shyVRS245 said:

Bet they are the original P7 tyres if you use winters.🙄

The dealer put a new set on the car when I bought it. I did not get a choice of tyre though. 

On 03/06/2020 at 20:10, nobby39 said:

lol.  Its a beatifull car loaded with goodies.  Will post how i get on.

 

Good luck keeping it clean. I had a sprint yellow Octavia vRS and it barely lasted a day before showing signs of roadgrime.