The Superb III Picture thread

[Enriquez]

it's 60% cheaper than regular steering wheel. In Poland it cost c.a. 200 GBP at dealership.

Edited 28 December, 2017 by Enriquez

[SailorP]

Had this nearly a year, just got round to posting the image.

280 L&K Jungle Green with beige leather.

Haven't seen another Superb in Jungle Green yet, but plenty of Yetis in the same shade.

 

[SwissRob]

@SailorP very nice! I think the jungle green and beige interior make for a very classy - and rare - combination! Nice choice! Best regards, Rob

[Viljanteri]

Gosh, I ordered a Business Grey Hb Superb with 19" Acamar wheels. Now having second toughts about the combination...

 

Is there anyone with the colour+wheel combination or any pictures online? I can assure everyone that I have tried to search the net for pictures ...

[JR RS]

2 hours ago, Viljanteri said:

Gosh, I ordered a Business Grey Hb Superb with 19" Acamar wheels. Now having second toughts about the combination...

 

Is there anyone with the colour+wheel combination or any pictures online? I can assure everyone that I have tried to search the net for pictures ...

 

i have business grey, but with 19" phoenix wheels - not 19" acamar.  we don't get this choice here in aus.

 

[JR RS]

I found these

2 hours ago, Viljanteri said:

Is there anyone with the colour+wheel combination or any pictures online? I can assure everyone that I have tried to search the net for pictures ...

 

but I found this.....but I think its metal grey, not business grey.

 

 

 

 

[Viljanteri]

2 hours ago, JR RS said:

I found these

 

but I found this.....but I think its metal grey, not business grey.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the Google findings! Bit too dark for that color, for my taste at least. Great looking wheel. 

 

Lots of those new(ish) Superb brochure pictures seem to be taken/made with Acamar wheels. Not quite sure about the color of the car, for example on these photos. Of course reality of "the look" can be quite different from these shots.

 

 

[kriva]

A few from ours, after a nice cleaning and with its winter wheels on.

I just need to sort out some modifications etc. but I think that will be for after the “winter”.

[STREE]

11 hours ago, Viljanteri said:

Thanks for the Google findings! Bit too dark for that color, for my taste at least. Great looking wheel. 

 

Lots of those new(ish) Superb brochure pictures seem to be taken/made with Acamar wheels. Not quite sure about the color of the car, for example on these photos. Of course reality of "the look" can be quite different from these shots.

 

 

 

Hi,

 

Apologies if you've already seen these pictures. Ours is magnetic brown but here's a picture of the wheels in a different light. 

 

 

[Kami_]

Hello everyone,

 

I have been lurking on here for a while now, but finally decided to post here.

 

I got this lovely new Superb III MY2017 in petrol / lava blue around a month ago. It's 2.0 TDI DSG. The trim level here is called "Style" which I believe maps to "SE L Executive" (it's one under L&K).

 

Additional equipment includes:

• FOND package
• amundsden navigation system
• alcantara seat upholstery (special package here)
• canton sound system
• smartlink
• pegasus alloy wheels 18"

Other additional things I have done / installed;

• ceramic coating done by a professional detailer
• OEM dog guard by travall (I drive two large dogs in the trunk quite often, I know estate might be a slightly better fit for that, but I don't like estates so it was either Superb Limo / Hatchback or Kodiaq for me)
• Front and rear facing dashcam
• OEM rear view camera (I got a pretty good package deal where there camera was sadly not included). I ordered OEM camera for Superb from cars-equipment, but sadly I haven't gotten it installed yet because they shipped the wrong cables with the camera (their customer service seems to be really bad - I contacted them over email many times, also tried calling them and they simply don't respond - which is annoying because the cable itself is around 90 EUR).

Couple of other things I plan to do in the future:

• Install OEM heated steering wheel
• Replace OEM trunk lights and door safety lights with LEDs

So far I'm really happy with it and ACC is really a game changer - makes longer drives much more pleasant. Will see how things go down the road (reliability, etc.).

 

I've uploaded pictures with various lighting scenarios so you can see the color looks quite different depending on the light (none of them in a really direct and strong sun light though since the weather didn't cooperate yet :D)

 

Edited 6 January, 2018 by Kami_

[SwissRob]

Hi @Kami_ Nice blue! Are those are your easy to clean winter wheels?

 

I have adopted a similar 5-spoke design for winter so that I can clean the inside of the wheel rims and the backs of the spokes. My summer wheels (19" Sirius) are harder to clean thoroughly. As a result, I have polished both Winter and Summer wheels with Soft99 Fusso Coat special polish which should now repel water and dirt better. 

 

You have an ambitious upgrade plan - you have my respect. My own skills are not so developed that I would be  confident with the same plan!

 

I have fitted the Superskoda LED trunk lights and can recommend them. Tip: follow the fitting instructions exactly. 

 

I also have a front and a rear dashcam but am having problems to fix the rear one currently (another thread). I hope to fix it this weekend. 

 

I agree with your comment about ACC - it really is a game changer: I feel so much fresher after a long journey than I ever did before. 

 

And lastly, my congratulations on your delightful English (I'm assuming it's not your mother tongue).

I have lived for 41 of my 62 years in non-English-speaking countries and know what a struggle it can be to write in another language. You have mastered this very nicely!  

 

Best regards,

 

Rob in Switzerland

[Kami_]

On 1/6/2018 at 11:07, SwissRob said:

Hi @Kami_ Nice blue! Are those are your easy to clean winter wheels?

 

I have adopted a similar 5-spoke design for winter so that I can clean the inside of the wheel rims and the backs of the spokes. My summer wheels (19" Sirius) are harder to clean thoroughly. As a result, I have polished both Winter and Summer wheels with Soft99 Fusso Coat special polish which should now repel water and dirt better. 

 

Thank you.

 

Yeah, so far I didn't even need to use the wheel brush yet. Just snow foam and pressure washer did the trick.

 

I had the detailer apply ceramic coating to the wheels as well, not sure how much it actually helps though. I also need to decide / figure out what to apply to summer alloys. Is Soft99 Fusso Coat easy to apply?

 

On 1/6/2018 at 11:07, SwissRob said:

You have an ambitious upgrade plan - you have my respect. My own skills are not so developed that I would be  confident with the same plan!

 

Yeah, I would have actually ordered all of that stuff on a new car, but I was a bit impatient and didn't want to wait 3 months and I got a really good deal on a new car in stock so I decided to go with that, since it had most of the other equipment I wanted.

 

The OEM equipment is not so cheap (220-300 EUR for the rear view camera, ~300 for the heated steering wheel), but for me it's worth it.

 

On 1/6/2018 at 11:07, SwissRob said:

I have fitted the Superskoda LED trunk lights and can recommend them. Tip: follow the fitting instructions exactly. 

 

Thanks.

 

From the photo it looks like you have an estate, right? From the videos it seems you need to be careful with the light orientation in estate, but they didn't mention anything about that in the limo / sedan video.

 

On 1/6/2018 at 11:07, SwissRob said:

I also have a front and a rear dashcam but am having problems to fix the rear one currently (another thread). I hope to fix it this weekend. 

 

I have fixed the rear one directly to the windscreen, just under the rear brake light using the two sided tape (I used my own tape, because the one which was included wasn't strong enough - I used some strong 3M tape which is also used to fix mirrors to the walls in bathrooms and is moisture resistant).  I didn't want to install it on the outside and I tested various positions and this seemed to have been the best one on the inside.

 

As far as the cables go - first I did the "typical" install - behind the trim in front of the windscreen, over the A column, outside under the rubber seal, inside over B column, back over C column. After that, I did some more studying of the airbag diagrams and photos and I decided that was a bad idea.

 

I didn't want anything to hamper airbag deployment so I decided to go with a different route - instead of going above, I decided to route the cable down at the bottom on the passenger side since it won't block anything there. I was also lucky, because this second route needs a lot more cable and the included cable was long enough, just barely.

 

Another option would be to route it inside the trims, above the airbag with other cables, but I didn't want to remove the trims.

 

On 1/6/2018 at 11:07, SwissRob said:

And lastly, my congratulations on your delightful English (I'm assuming it's not your mother tongue).

I have lived for 41 of my 62 years in non-English-speaking countries and know what a struggle it can be to write in another language. You have mastered this very nicely!  

 

Best regards,

 

Rob in Switzerland

 

Thanks

[Kami_]

And here are some more professional photos took by the detailer who applied the ceramic coating, etc. sent to me yesterday.

 

They are obviously much better at taking photos than I am

 

You can also see how many swirls the car already had just when I got it (it was new and had 7 km when I got it). Probably from a poor pre-sale cleaning job at the dealer.

[Howardv]

My 2.0 tsi 4x4 in «winter-mode»  

 

roof box for the skies and 19” contivikingcontact 6 winter tires 

[SwissRob]

5 hours ago, Kami_ said:

Is Soft99 Fusso Coat easy to apply?

 

Hi @Kami_ Yes, Soft99 is easy to apply - and what you read everywhere is "less is more".

 

The reason is because if you put it on too thick, it dries to a firm consistency and is more difficult to remove. I kept finding smears of the Fusso Coat that I had put on too thickly. 

 

Here is what Soft99 says about it (emphasis is mine):

"Fluorine polymer, which has a sufficient anti-fouling ability effectively protects the car surface from rain, dirt and other unwanted residue. Its thick hard coating repels water strongly, as water smoothly runs down and off the car surface. The effects will last up to 12 months and keep the car in a good condition for a long period of time. Furthermore the hard paste wax can create clear gloss on the car body." 

So far I am impressed with Fusso Coat even though I have used it only on the wheels until now.

 

I have read that the gloss is less than waxes that focus on glossiness. The main advantage I see is that since the water/dirt repellence effect is strong, I can use non-contact cleaning to keep the paint swirl-free. My car is now 5 months old. At the beginning I had it treated by SwissVax headquarters for new car protection. And since then I have ONLY cleaned it using non-contact methods with good results. This is thanks to SwissVax. 

 

(My cleaning regime is Pre-wash "wet", pre-wash jet for removal of surface debris, shampoo soak, wash jet, rinse, warm wax, clarified water "finish" rinse.
This is available in my favourite public high-pressure car wash boxes. 

 

I am lucky enough to commute to work using public transport and save the Superb for journeys I want to drive.  

 

All the best, Rob

[Viljanteri]

2 hours ago, Howardv said:

My 2.0 tsi 4x4 in «winter-mode»  

 

roof box for the skies and 19” contivikingcontact 6 winter tires 

Wow, great looking winter-setup! Can you tell the color of the car? Brilliant Silver?

[Howardv]

4 minutes ago, Viljanteri said:

Wow, great looking winter-setup! Can you tell the color of the car? Brilliant Silver?

Business gray  

[joergenbf]

On 3.1.2018 at 15:08, JR RS said:

I found these

 

but I found this.....but I think its metal grey, not business grey.

 

 

 

 

 

I am pretty sure this is Quarts Gray as I have on mine. It tends to look quite different from different angels and lighting!

 

 

[ZacDaMan72]

 

Testing out a 280PS Sportline wagon, love it. Can't exactly afford to replace the K though...

[MartiniB]

added little bit black to Laser White
1. Roof, first two years were wrapped by 3M film
2. Mirrors
3. Spoiler, €50 unpainted from Ali
4. Lines on door's moldings

 

 

 

[U241170]

you should make black also window trims and front grille. than it would be complete.

[edwards]

 

Clip from the video the dealer has just sent me of my new Superb Combi. I am still resisting and waiting until March for it even though it turned up early. This was it straight off the transporter...

[MartiniB]

16 hours ago, U241170 said:

you should make black also window trims and front grille. than it would be complete.

have no idea why i forget about them, they definitely must be painted
because chrome became dead just in few months

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/406172-change-of-color-of-door-chrome-strips/?do=findComment&comment=4857601

 

[U241170]

Yeah, I have the same issue with chrome trims on my car. I think is because of salt, since this winter I saw they look really bad.

I am thinking to wrap them, instead of painting.

Window trims come off quite easily. Grille  ones... i don't know.

[edwards]

On 1/16/2018 at 05:28, ZacDaMan72 said:

Testing out a 280PS Sportline wagon, love it. Can't exactly afford to replace the K though...

 

Looking forward to collecting mine in March.  So far I've only test driven the 280 in an L&K and I didn't have time to really give it the beans. I have driven a 190 dieseasel and a 220 petrol Sportline so I do have some idea of what the final combo will be like:-) Your pics have made me think I should have gone with darker colour. Too late now I guess and the white is pretty nice too...