So we will be joining the Furby 3 club. Just agreed to buy a 1.4 diesel SE-L thats 6 months old, trading our Furby 2 in. Quite a step up in technology, close to matching the Superb 2 that is our other main car. Now need to sell the F2 winter wheels and tyres and replace them with the right ones for the F3, plus a boot mat and so on. Has anyone added the reversing camera?

Are you sure that you can't use your winters in the new car? My set of winters from my mk2 are the right size for my 3. Your winters may not be the same size tyres as on the car but if they have the same circumference you are good to go.

Are you sure that you can't use your winters in the new car? My set of winters from my mk2 are the right size for my 3. Your winters may not be the same size tyres as on the car but if they have the same circumference you are good to go.

Well I checked. The wheels themselves have the wrong offset (38mm required, 43mm on old ones) and the tyre size I have is 185 55 15, which aren't an approved fitment. They'd probably turn out OK but if anything happened it could void the insurance.

Well I checked. The wheels themselves have the wrong offset (38mm required, 43mm on old ones) and the tyre size I have is 185 55 15, which aren't an approved fitment. They'd probably turn out OK but if anything happened it could void the insurance.

I can't argue with that as they probably weren't correct for the mk 2.

Forget I said anything, my mk2 wheels are almost certainly 43 offset.

I can't argue with that as they probably weren't correct for the mk 2.

For the current Polo, 185/60 X 15 is the narrower (winter) wheel/tyre that gives the correct rolling radius.  Offset for the steel 6.0" spare is 38mm, but the 15 VW alloys I use in winter have ET40 which is close enough for me.  So, maybe the wheels are okay, just need correct size of tyres?

 

Edit:- sorry I see the OP was saying that older wheels have ET43 and new have ET38.

Edited 28 September, 20169 yr by rum4mo

Yes the offset will change depending on how wide the wheel is.

So don't discount he wheels yet, but the tyres have smaller radius.

 

Thanks AG Falco.

So to OP, if the offset is causing an issue, check the wheel width and make sure that it is okay for use with narrower (typically) winter tyres - though it seems that they were correct for 185 with the last car?

 

Edit:- my wife went from 2002 Polo to 2015 Polo, so making that jump in a Polo meant selling winter wheels/tyres as they were 185/55 X14, I thought that going from a Fabia MK2 to Fabia MK3 did not normally cause problems generally unless you jumped from a basic model with small engine to a more up range model with a bigger engine - which tend to come with bigger front discs, 288mm as opposed to 256mm.

Edited 28 September, 20169 yr by rum4mo

Thanks. The old wheels and new wheels are the same 6Jx15 but with different offset. Old and new tyres are 185 width too, but different profile (old ones 55, new 60).

 

Theres also the question of being approved by Skoda. The old owners handbook didn't tell you what size was specific to each model, so I initially fitted 195/55/15 as that was standard on some roomsters but when I got to see the approved list in the workshop manual, that size wasn't approved for the roomster scout, only for other models. Luckily I hadn't paid for the 195s as they were from another car. 

 

On our Superb I was lucky to buy a full set of the same wheels as already on the car so there's no question on sizes.

Not technically the correct way to do things but, try the mytyres website and see what wheels they supply if you order a set of winter tyres and steel wheels, they do tend to get their (VAG) facts right.

 

Edit:- when I was looking into getting a set of winter stuff for my wife's new Polo, I did consider getting 195/55 X 15 but in the end just stuck with 185/60 X 15, given the time to consider that winter tyre sizing again, as I tend to use winter tyres for maybe 6 months as I tend to find them better/safer in very wet/cold wet as well as snow/ice, though my heart knows that the narrower tyres will give better performance when things get really wintery. Plus the narrower tyres are normally cheaper!

Edited 1 October, 20169 yr by rum4mo

Not technically the correct way to do things but, try the mytyres website and see what wheels they supply if you order a set of winter tyres and steel wheels, they do tend to get their (VAG) facts right.

 

Edit:- when I was looking into getting a set of winter stuff for my wife's new Polo, I did consider getting 195/55 X 15 but in the end just stuck with 185/60 X 15, given the time to consider that winter tyre sizing again, as I tend to use winter tyres for maybe 6 months as I tend to find them better/safer in very wet/cold wet as well as snow/ice, though my heart knows that the narrower tyres will give better performance when things get really wintery. Plus the narrower tyres are normally cheaper!

Mytyres-1.2TSI 185/60-15 38 offset

Rim details Rim type 5-hole steel wheel Size 6 x 15 Bolt pattern 5 x 100.00 x 57.00 Offset 38.00 185/60 R15 84T (max 190 km/h)

Edited 1 October, 20169 yr by peter3197

 

Mytyres-1.2TSI 185/60-15 38 offset

Rim details Rim type 5-hole steel wheel Size 6 x 15 Bolt pattern 5 x 100.00 x 57.00 Offset 38.00 185/60 R15 84T (max 190 km/h)

 

 

 

Yes, that's what the Skoda handbook says for the 1.4 diesel too. Ordered some from Rainworth Skoda since they weren't far off half the price our local dealer wanted and delivery was only £8. Probably get event tyres to do the tyres. Just need to get the ones for the Furby2 onto the bay.

@peter3197  Bother!!

 

@lowedb     Ah well you have found a reasonable solution!

I'm going to run with my Mk2 wheels and tyres, 5mm is nothing.

Well, picked it up today and seriously impressed. It makes the tech on my 2012 Superb seem dated. One thing I haven't figured yet, is how to enable and disable automatic locking. I found the menu for locking and changed it to unlock all dos, but no option for auto locking in that menu. The manual confirms its an option though. So anyone point me in the right direction, or do I need VCDS to add it to the menus?

Ah, Fabia currently getting delivered in the same program state was Polo, ie no "anti car jacking option"!  So, that can be sorted easily using VCDS - the menu option is enabled in the Infotainment module, then that locking option is enabled in another module(forgotten which one, though BCM rings a bell).  If you can wait for a few months, I'd reckon that Carista will have that option in customisation - when it is updated to include these cars.

Ah, Fabia currently getting delivered in the same program state was Polo, ie no "anti car jacking option"!  So, that can be sorted easily using VCDS - the menu option is enabled in the Infotainment module, then that locking option is enabled in another module(forgotten which one, though BCM rings a bell).  If you can wait for a few months, I'd reckon that Carista will have that option in customisation - when it is updated to include these cars.

 

Ah OK. I have VCDS so it looks like I need to start playing soon. Is it easy to find in the long coding helper?

Well, picked it up today and seriously impressed. It makes the tech on my 2012 Superb seem dated. One thing I haven't figured yet, is how to enable and disable automatic locking. I found the menu for locking and changed it to unlock all dos, but no option for auto locking in that menu. The manual confirms its an option though. So anyone point me in the right direction, or do I need VCDS to add it to the menus?

 

It is available on the Fab3, just not on the infotainment ... (seem to remember someone here saying it was on Menu in an early car - so prob different software versions out there!) -- the dealer should do it for you in three and a half jiffies. No charge either.

 

My dealer had originally said it was available through the radio.

 

Anyway - they switched it on while car was in for completion of the towbar instal.  I do love having the autolock when around town.

Edited 7 October, 20169 yr by Dithane

The options for programming it directly are:

Module:- 09 Cent Elect -
(3)-Access control-automatisches Verriegeln bei Geschwindigkeit - select this
(4)-Access control-automatisches Entriegeln - select this

and for enabling the menu:

Module:- 5F Information Elect
(18)-Access control-Menuesteuerung ZV Autolock-Unlock – set to adjustable ( this option will now appear in MMI menu with the ability to select “auto lock about 15KPH” and select “auto unlock ignition off or driver’s door open”

 

Edit:- copied and pasted from what I posted in the Polo forum, after doing that, this option will be visible on the locking page in the Infotainment system.

Edited 8 October, 20169 yr by rum4mo

It is available on the Fab3, just not on the infotainment ... (seem to remember someone here saying it was on Menu in an early car - so prob different software versions out there!) -- the dealer should do it for you in three and a half jiffies. No charge either.

 

My dealer had originally said it was available through the radio.

 

Anyway - they switched it on while car was in for completion of the towbar instal.  I do love having the autolock when around town.

My Fabia has the auto locking feature in the menu, it's a May 2016 build, so not only the early Fabia's. From what I've heard that Fabia's delivered to UK have the auto lock hidden, but I'm not sure about that.

Auto locking is in the Bolero menu, but it has to be enabled with VCDS first.

My Fabia has the auto locking feature in the menu, it's a May 2016 build, so not only the early Fabia's. From what I've heard that Fabia's delivered to UK have the auto lock hidden, but I'm not sure about that.

Ours was registered April 2016 so not much before yours. But the menu isn't there. Just need to find where I've hidden my VCDS laptop.

The options for programming it directly are:

Module:- 09 Cent Elect -

(3)-Access control-automatisches Verriegeln bei Geschwindigkeit - select this

(4)-Access control-automatisches Entriegeln - select this

and for enabling the menu:

Module:- 5F Information Elect

(18)-Access control-Menuesteuerung ZV Autolock-Unlock – set to adjustable ( this option will now appear in MMI menu with the ability to select “auto lock about 15KPH” and select “auto unlock ignition off or driver’s door open”

 

Edit:- copied and pasted from what I posted in the Polo forum, after doing that, this option will be visible on the locking page in the Infotainment system.

Great. I'll give it a whirl.

I can't claim to have found that out from first principles, some one else on the Polo forum originally did the donkey work, I just reworded it so that it can be done by anyone able to use VCDS as others on the Polo forum could not work out how to do it from the original cryptic notes.

Well, picked it up today and seriously impressed. It makes the tech on my 2012 Superb seem dated. One thing I haven't figured yet, is how to enable and disable automatic locking. I found the menu for locking and changed it to unlock all dos, but no option for auto locking in that menu. The manual confirms its an option though. So anyone point me in the right direction, or do I need VCDS to add it to the menus?

Hi looks like you are pleased with your car . can you tell me what the engine is like , what does it pull like . Is it noisy as I have read. I have a 1.6 tdi fabia so am wondering how it compares to that , thanks.