Octavia Mk3 FL orders placed

[p5stokes]

Anyone fitted rear mudflaps to a fl by any chance ?im sweating cobs here....

[pist0nbr0ke]

I will take a gamble and suggest the 'mini rear mudflaps' is bull. There are, and always have been, little plastic 'deflectors' for want of a better description, in FRONT of both the front and rear wheels...

 

Can't see any reason why yours won't fit your new car, here's a pic from a FL in a showroom:

 

[p5stokes]

8 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

I will take a gamble and suggest the 'mini rear mudflaps' is bull. There are, and always have been, little plastic 'deflectors' for want of a better description, in FRONT of both the front and rear wheels...

 

Can't see any reason why yours won't fit your new car, here's a pic from a FL in a showroom:

 

 

8 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

I will take a gamble and suggest the 'mini rear mudflaps' is bull. There are, and always have been, little plastic 'deflectors' for want of a better description, in FRONT of both the front and rear wheels...

 

Can't see any reason why yours won't fit your new car, here's a pic from a FL in a showroom:

 

So your saying your car had these plastic thingymajiggys on the rear then  pistonbroke? Yours look as if they mount lower than this anyway?Where did your mudflaps come from?

[pist0nbr0ke]

50 minutes ago, p5stokes said:

 

So your saying your car had these plastic thingymajiggys on the rear then  pistonbroke? Yours look as if they mount lower than this anyway?Where did your mudflaps come from?

 

I'm saying all Mk3 Octavias, FL or not, have the deflector thingys on the front and the rear. As said, they are located in front of the wheels, not behind. I'll try and find a photo of what I mean.

 

My vRS is not a face lift, but I fitted mudflaps from Superskoda, yes, no problems.

[p5stokes]

Thankyou mate your a star....

[pist0nbr0ke]

 

Not very clear but best I could find in the time I had. Still don't know the technical term for the thingys 

[Gumby]

16 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

I will take a gamble and suggest the 'mini rear mudflaps' is bull. There are, and always have been, little plastic 'deflectors' for want of a better description, in FRONT of both the front and rear wheels...

 

Can't see any reason why yours won't fit your new car, here's a pic from a FL in a showroom:

 

Not saying its correct, but when we searched on the parts system it only came up with fronts for the octavia. Either way its down as "mud flaps" on the order form so I'll see what actually turns up. I hope I do get rears as well!

[Gumby]

17 hours ago, themanwithnoaim said:

Seriously, without a robbery you are not going to get a spare wheel, brand new tyre & tool kit for £100.

 

Thanks for the info on the mud flaps

i know, but I'd negotiated a lot off already so didn't want to push too hard to either get one included or to add on as an extra. I have some bits from my Fabia to sell which should cover the cost later.

[pist0nbr0ke]

4 hours ago, Gumby said:

Not saying its correct, but when we searched on the parts system it only came up with fronts for the octavia. Either way its down as "mud flaps" on the order form so I'll see what actually turns up. I hope I do get rears as well!

 

Skoda have never officially sold rear mudflaps for the Mk3 vRS, they've always maintained that they won't fit.

 

They do...

 

[paddy wagon]

Noticed on my new scout there is a little lip on the rear bumper / arch.

 

Definitely not on my old one.

 

I'll photo it when I pick it up

[Skodasparky]

Collect mine next Friday!

 

[Keith64]

Well, was told today deal done on my new car, 1.4TSI DSG Estate in black, Delivery probably mid Sept. Cracking price as well. 

[themanwithnoaim]

6 hours ago, Keith64 said:

Well, was told today deal done on my new car, 1.4TSI DSG Estate in black, Delivery probably mid Sept. Cracking price as well. 

How much discount did you get Keith?

[Keith64]

2 hours ago, themanwithnoaim said:

How much discount did you get Keith?

Well, according to my boss,, £5000 if ordered from factory, no discount if from stock...factory order it is then ! The figure I saw was around £18000! Got the options I wanted as well to boot.

[paddy wagon]

Well these are the little fins that have appeared of the rear edge of each wheel .

[pist0nbr0ke]

Maybe due to the wider track? Even though the Scout has the plastic wheelarch extensions 

 

Sorry, it seems I've caused confusion here, I hadn't even noticed these new 'spats'(?) on the black vRS pictured above 

 

Don't see that they will cause issues with fitting mudflaps though.

Edited 25 June, 2017 by pist0nbr0ke
Stop causing confusion lol

[Rsrob]

I've got front and rear mud flaps fitted to my new FL octy vRS there no problem with fitting them but skoda say you can't fit them to a vRS but as you can see they do fit the pics of the rear mud flaps 

[p5stokes]

9 hours ago, Rsrob said:

I've got front and rear mud flaps fitted to my new FL octy vRS there no problem with fitting them but skoda say you can't fit them to a vRS but as you can see they do fit the pics of the rear mud flaps 

Where did you get your mudflaps rsrob? Thanks....

[Rsrob]

10 minutes ago, p5stokes said:

Where did you get your mudflaps rsrob? Thanks....

The dealer fitted them for me 

You can get them for superskoda 

[Juniperz]

On mudflaps from superskoda (sorry for off topic), can they be fitted without removing the wheels?  I guess it is easier at the front, where the wheels can be put on full lock, but it could be harder at the rear.
Do the mudflaps come with bolts that fit into existing threaded holes in the wheel arches?

(I have never fitted mudflaps or bought from superskoda).

[pist0nbr0ke]

On 27/06/2017 at 08:01, Juniperz said:

On mudflaps from superskoda (sorry for off topic), can they be fitted without removing the wheels?  I guess it is easier at the front, where the wheels can be put on full lock, but it could be harder at the rear.
Do the mudflaps come with bolts that fit into existing threaded holes in the wheel arches?

(I have never fitted mudflaps or bought from superskoda).

 

Rears use existing screws that hold the wheelarch liner in place. Access is tight with the wheel on, so a ratchet with Torx bits may be best, or a flexi screwdriver. As I have wheel spacers, I ended up using  a Torx bit and turning it with an adjustable spanner 

 

Fronts use existing, plus one extra fixing through the plastic wheelarch liner on the lower inside of the mudflap. This needs a 6/7mm hole drilled through, but it's only plastic so can be drilled at a slight angle with the wheels still on. I know some haven't bothered with these and survived...

[Juniperz]

4 hours ago, pist0nbr0ke said:

 

Rears use existing screws that hold the wheelarch liner in place. Access is tight with the wheel on, so a ratchet with Torx bits may be best, or a flexi screwdriver. As I have wheel spacers, I ended up using  a Torx bit and turning it with an adjustable spanner 

 

Fronts use existing, plus one extra fixing through the plastic wheelarch liner on the lower inside of the mudflap. This needs a 6/7mm hole drilled through, but it's only plastic so can be drilled at a slight angle with the wheels still on. I know some haven't bothered with these and survived...

Thanks for the detailed answer pist0nbr0ke.  It looks as though I was asking the right questions

This is a company car order through a lease company - before I order the mud flaps, I might try it on with the supplying dealer, and see if they can throw them in for free, or at cost...

[crazy88]

My FL octy arrives this Thursday! 

 

I only ordered it a few weeks ago, but they had one in stock which was exactly the right colour and spec, so the 15 week wait dropped to 3.

 

Its a meteor grey vrs Estate, with the only optional extra being a space saver wheel. It's a company car so didn't want to overdo it on the upgrades. 

 

I'm like a giddy kipper waiting for it to arrive. Never had a new car before! 

[SC03OTT]

2 minutes ago, crazy88 said:

My FL octy arrives this Thursday! 

 

I only ordered it a few weeks ago, but they had one in stock which was exactly the right colour and spec, so the 15 week wait dropped to 3.

 

Its a meteor grey vrs Estate, with the only optional extra being a space saver wheel. It's a company car so didn't want to overdo it on the upgrades. 

 

I'm like a giddy kipper waiting for it to arrive. Never had a new car before! 

 

Snap. I'm also collecting on Thursday. 

[crazy88]

12 minutes ago, SC03OTT said:

 

Snap. I'm also collecting on Thursday. 

 

What colour/ spec you getting? 

 

Mine was due to be delivered on Wednesday, but I'm away with work until Thursday so had to postpone it a day. I was gutted, ha! 

 

Oh, mines also a tdi, and a manual. Forgot to state that in the first post.