Added some vinyl stripes on the side and fitted front splitter

Gandalf has gone up a notch today - up to Stage 3.

297 kw 550 Nm at the wheels power.

Not bad for a FWD Superb 220.

Not flex fuel....yet.

More info here.

24 minutes ago, JR RS said:

Gandalf has gone up a notch today - up to Stage 3.

297 kw 550 Nm at the wheels power.

Not bad for a FWD Superb 220.

Not flex fuel....yet.

More info here.

Do you have a LSD at all? Wondering how the power does going through the Front wheels

18 minutes ago, tombee said:

Do you have a LSD at all? Wondering how the power does going through the Front wheels

No LSD.

Galano has "Boost-by-gear" for FWD - very effective in putting the power down.

2 hours ago, JR RS said:

Gandalf has gone up a notch today - up to Stage 3.

297 kw 550 Nm at the wheels power.

Oof - lovely!

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2 hours ago, Kosin said:

Added some vinyl stripes on the side and fitted front splitter

Why do people post pictures like this! Now my bank account is going to take a hit trying to replicate this!

Would love a full list of mods. It looks awesome!

@JR RS I fear Gandalf doesn't still suit anymore. IMHO, Hulk would be more appropriate, now. 😁

~400BHP. Wooo... I assume you don't need hair comb in the morning anymore. Just sit in the car, press right pedal: Hair dress fixed! 🤣

What a roller coaster. Locking wheel bolts have been removed. But the replacement supposedly OEM second hand standard bolts I got from eBay are not correct. So new being sourced. £10 to lost to idiot tax.

Just had a call to say that now they have the strut out the shock has some evidence of leaks and did I want it changed. Well while they’ve got it out I might as well. And all this with a full service next week. It’s going to be an expensive month.

Curiously, new sachs shocks and strut tops were supposedly fitted 20,000 miles ago. Is it likely they would fail that quickly? Or am I now back to the original theory that the car has been clocked and is actually 30,000 miles more than the dash says due to the odometer on the DSG being more. In which case the suspension may have 50,000 miles on it which feels more realistic as to the wear and tear on it.

Its understandable about wheel bolts. I've got wheels from another make and they are almost the same but they're not. Same width, length, thread pitch, same seat design....ever so slightly different size seat size.

M14mm x 1.5 (width x pitch depth), 27mm thread length, Radius seat (sometimes called Ball seat). Great. But Radius Seats come in R12, R13 and R14. Slightly different size. Skoda are R13, new wheels are R14.

5 minutes ago, travs said:

Its understandable about wheel bolts. I've got wheels from another make and they are almost the same but they're not. Same width, length, thread pitch, same seat design....ever so slightly different size seat size.

M14mm x 1.5 (width x pitch depth), 27mm thread length, Radius seat (sometimes called Ball seat). Great. But Radius Seats come in R12, R13 and R14. Slightly different size. Skoda are R13, new wheels are R14.

Yes they said the ones I got were "tapered" but they needed to be "coned".

I said while its on the ramp they might as well change the rear brakes that I was going to do this weekend myself too. They want to do a road test to confirm my diagnosis that thats whats reqired. Will see what they say and what the final bill is.

1 hour ago, Binx1310 said:

Or am I now back to the original theory that the car has been clocked and is actually 30,000 miles more than the dash says due to the odometer on the DSG being more. In which case the suspension may have 50,000 miles on it which feels more realistic as to the wear and tear on it.

You have a VAS Dongle? Then i can check it

10 minutes ago, Cairus said:

You have a VAS Dongle? Then i can check it

I don’t. But according to carscanner app the dsg odometer is showing about 30,000 more miles than dash which matches all other components with odometer readings.

At the end of the day the car is mine now. Out of warranty and I suspect there’s no comeback on the independent trader that sold it to me really. It is what it is. I’m going to keep it until it dies is the plan so service it well and keep things fixed as they crop up.

Edited 19 March19 Mar by Binx1310

The online MOT history could give you a good indication of the true mileage. There maybe one year that stands out about 30k less than the norm.

5 minutes ago, Gammyleg said:

The online MOT history could give you a good indication of the true mileage. There maybe one year that stands out about 30k less than the norm.

I checked all that before I bought and looks ok. Service history mileages seem to match up to mot history. There’s a couple of years where it only did 2000 miles or so but from what I can make out it was sat on a forecourt waiting to be sold. I just find it curious the dsg and ecu have different ignition cycles and odometer readings. Unless it indicates something on the dsg has been changed at some point

hi, how do i find out if mine is a FL model and where do i find out what dataset mine is? thanks Al

35 minutes ago, AL2772 said:

hi, how do i find out if mine is a FL model and where do i find out what dataset mine is? thanks Al

Hi. Yours will not be facelift model. That’s from 2019 onwards. With regards to dataset I only know how to see this in carscanner I don’t use vcds

23 minutes ago, Binx1310 said:

Hi. Yours will not be facelift model. That’s from 2019 onwards. With regards to dataset I only know how to see this in carscanner I don’t use vcds

thanks for all of your help,. ill do more investigating :)

Collected her from the garage today.

New shock, spring and top mount. One locking wheel bolt replaced for standard. And I’m now £600 lighter.

Got three more standard bolts and ordered a new locking bolt key based on eyeballing the bolt and hopefully picking a match! I shall remove the other lockers and throw them in the bin!

Full service including DSG next week so that will be pleasant on the wallet!

Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to put new wheels on when they came up. Given the temps are settling out of winter then it was time to get them on.

(Yes the car needs a wash!)

2 hours ago, travs said:

Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to put new wheels on when they came up. Given the temps are settling out of winter then it was time to get them on.

(Yes the car needs a wash!)

I like those on the car, nice one

Repaired torn ribbon cable in the clock spring - well torn off connector at one end at least

I thought I would get away with pulling the ribbon cable and connectors out of the clock spring module and googling for a replacement. But felt like the ‘car side’ plug was soldered onto the board… so did it in situ, bit of a pain, but got there in the end

Next up is to try and change rear bearing (abs sensor issue) - though not quite sure what XZN spline is needed… believe it’s an M18.. (?)

Removed the rest of the locking wheel bolts and replaced with standard. Managed to source the key from Amazon by matching the shape of the bold head with the pictures. Shows how pointless they really are for OEM locking bolts with OEM wheels!

Also ordered an actuator to try to repair the AC diverter issue.

47 minutes ago, Binx1310 said:

Removed the rest of the locking wheel bolts and replaced with standard. Managed to source the key from Amazon by matching the shape of the bold head with the pictures. Shows how pointless they really are for OEM locking bolts with OEM wheels!

Also ordered an actuator to try to repair the AC diverter issue.

Hope this is the last and the service goes well next week for you!

1 minute ago, tombee said:

Hope this is the last and the service goes well next week for you!

Thanks! Taking it to the VAG specialist to give it a good once over and hopefully catch up on the bits that have been missed in the past. Plan is to do all the servicing and work myself from then on.

2 minutes ago, Binx1310 said:

Thanks! Taking it to the VAG specialist to give it a good once over and hopefully catch up on the bits that have been missed in the past. Plan is to do all the servicing and work myself from then on.

Fingers crossed then

Where is the VAG specialist?