Sasha’s Octavia vRS

[jaygemson]

On 08/10/2018 at 12:04, shyVRS245 said:

Own 3 sets of alloys for my car.The aftermarket 7.5J 18"rims with P Zero 225/40R18 weigh 21.9KG so not much of a weight saving. This must make me sound really anal/sad, choose your own option.

 

I recently swapped from Xtremes to Racingline R360s and there was a significant weight difference - we can be wheel nerds together!

 

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/449908-jays-octavia-vrs-estate/?do=findComment&comment=5110308

 

Data:

19" Xtreme 19x8 with Pirelli PZero 225/35/19 = 21.6kg

19" R360 19x8.5 with Goodyear Eagle F1 235/35/19 = 20.4kg

Edited 11 October, 2018 by jaygemson

[SashaGrace]

I have always hated the stupid stick that originally held the bonnet up and a set of gas struts have been on the cards for a while now but I could never justify £40 for them from SuperSkoda. I was recommended this set from eBay for £7.50 that do the job just as well. They are a little longer than the ones from SuperSkoda but they work really well as you can see.

 

 

They lift the bonnet well too

 

They take only minutes to fit once you have a 10mm socket to remove the ring bolts and an M10 spline tool to remove the bolt that holds the bonnet hinge on. Much better than the stupid stick!!

 

Link here https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F192589481940

 

Price is now £8.58 but still worth it

 

 

[Liam0205]

A nice bang for your buck mod, was wondering recently why these didn’t come as standard on the vrs and didn’t realise it could be done so cheaply 

[SashaGrace]

It’s a right PITA that they aren’t standard, such blatant penny pinching. Easy to correct though which is handy

[O3SouthWales]

Pricing is now £8.99!

 

Top tip though. I've ordered, should arrive for the weekend!

[Cakemonster]

Nice one Sasha . Just ordered a set

[SashaGrace]

Even at £8.99 they are still good! I know of so many orders for these that it’s no wonder the price is going up. I can’t take credit for finding them though, they were recommended to me.

[Liam0205]

Ordered some too, shame you’re not on commission 

[wg100]

15 sold in 24 hours and now £9.59!

Luckily another seller has them for £7.24 and given the listings are nearly identical, I reckon it’s the same person with different user ID’s!

[SashaGrace]

Lol, all to Octavia owners presumably  You can get them from a Chinese listing for £6 but you’ll have to wait. Honestly they do the job great for the money. They won’t be as good as the SuperSkoda or Febi Bilstein struts used by other members but they are only holding a bonnet (a very heavy one admittedly) which will only be opened occasionally unlike a bootlid which is opened far more often.

[Ozzy25]

Just bought some, £7.28 same seller. Did you spray/grease them or anything else???

[jordy_wd]

5 hours ago, SashaGrace said:

Link here https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F192589481940

 

Price is now £8.58 but still worth it

 

 

Ordered 

[SashaGrace]

Showing up out of stock now where I got them from haha, I didn’t grease them or anything, just bolted them straight in. The ball joints come ready made up so I left them as was

[uchuff]

Doubly stupid having the prop given it's location right next to the screenwash fill location.

 

Got the SuperSkoda set in a box here still to fit, as I was waiting for the spline tool to turn up, at least didn't pay full price as I picked them up when they had 20% off code recently. 

[SashaGrace]

I know, it’s the only thing that ever needs topping up under the bonnet on this car and the prop was right in the way! I took great pleasure in removing the prop yesterday haha. I have kept it, just in case and all that.

Edited 1 November, 2018 by SashaGrace

[PetrolDave]

4 minutes ago, SashaGrace said:

I know, it’s the only thing that ever needs topping up under the bonnet on this car and the prop was right in the way! I took great pleasure in removing the prop yesterday haha. I have kept it, just in case and all that.

I left the prop fitted but just never use it.

 

Permanently fitted belt & braces

[SashaGrace]

I hated it so it had to go. It’s in the garage though, so it’s not far

[shyVRS245]

Just now, SashaGrace said:

I hated it so it had to go. It’s in the garage though, so it’s not far

Keeping the Wizard number plate company perhaps!

[SashaGrace]

Haha, one day. When the insurance runs out after Christmas I’ll get it sorted. Cba paying admin fees on this policy when it’s not got long to go. Will have to pay admin on the Merc policy to get that plate off as I want to use that one, not the one I had on the Volvo. It’ll be a slightly sad day when the original plate comes off. I don’t usually keep them on this long, it’s usually one of the first things I do so it seems strange to do it now, but I probably still will.

[shyVRS245]

16 minutes ago, SashaGrace said:

Haha, one day. When the insurance runs out after Christmas I’ll get it sorted. Cba paying admin fees on this policy when it’s not got long to go. Will have to pay admin on the Merc policy to get that plate off as I want to use that one, not the one I had on the Volvo. It’ll be a slightly sad day when the original plate comes off. I don’t usually keep them on this long, it’s usually one of the first things I do so it seems strange to do it now, but I probably still will.

Did you manage to sell the AMG Merc?

[SashaGrace]

No, I still have it. It’s still busy being broken at my friends indoor storage unit. Tbh I haven’t looked at it in a while, but I still have it for now

[shyVRS245]

2 minutes ago, SashaGrace said:

No, I still have it. It’s still busy being broken at my friends indoor storage unit. Tbh I haven’t looked at it in a while, but I still have it for now

So selling the bits as spares.

[J.R.]

13 hours ago, SashaGrace said:

Showing up out of stock now where I got them from haha, I didn’t grease them or anything, just bolted them straight in. The ball joints come ready made up so I left them as was

 

They were at £9.59 with that seller when I looked, then I copied the listing title into the search box and a new identical listing came up from the same seller for £7.28 a pair with free delivery so I ordered a pair, in fact as I am writing this I decided that I am going to order another pair to use to support my cellar trap doors!

 

Editted.

 

HA-ha! They are up to £9.59 again and no new listing yet at £7.28, will keep trying, one thing to note is that this sellers overseas delivery charge is very reasonable at £3.99, others want £25!

Edited 1 November, 2018 by J.R.

[ahenners]

Wow those bonnet struts are so cheap! I paid about £40 for all the bits including the Febi struts. Great mod!

[SashaGrace]

37 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

So selling the bits as spares.

No it’s not a massive fault, just one I haven’t had the time to look at. It’ll be repaired and used a little in the new year, then sold in the summer I hope. I’ll get to the bottom of it one day when I’m not swamped with a million things to do