What have you done to your Superb III today?

[dohboy78]

28 minutes ago, Esseesse200 said:

They will be ‘superb’ for the superb. Have them on mine with H&R springs. Made a huge difference to ride quality, wallowiness and crashyness 

Dare I ask how much a set is??

[amateurdad]

2 hours ago, dohboy78 said:

Dare I ask how much a set is??

 

Around £460 delivered. 

[dohboy78]

50 minutes ago, amateurdad said:

 

Around £460 delivered. 

 

That's not too bad actually... another mod to add to the wishlist!

[stever750]

2 days in, me and two mates went out into the hills on a walking trip tiday, via the back lanes in the preselis. 3 up in the car and its crashing into ruts and dips at moderate speeds, so I knew it couldn't wait any longer. 

[kentdale]

Fitted a dash cam, hard wired, followed info from Superbsport and @Royf280, 

hardest part was being careful but firm removing the windscreen A pillar trim, quite difficult to re fit but managed ok in the end.

Rear camera fitting to follow.

[JR RS]

2 hours ago, kentdale said:

hardest part was being careful but firm removing the windscreen A pillar trim, quite difficult to re fit but managed ok in the end.

 

 

I too struggled to refit the A-pillar trim back in place, especially the bottom area where the dash meets the windscreen and A-pillar.

[Bap33]

@kentdale & @JR RS For sure to late for you. But this may help:

 

 

Edited 17 January, 2022 by Bap33

[kentdale]

17 hours ago, Bap33 said:

@kentdale & @JR RS For sure to late for you. But this may help:

 

 

That would have helped no end.

Martin

20 hours ago, JR RS said:

 

I too struggled to refit the A-pillar trim back in place, especially the bottom area where the dash meets the windscreen and A-pillar.

Exactly the same issue I had.

Martin

[ApertureS]

For anyone that may of been interested. By having the canton sound system it adds around 130 meters of wiring to the interior wiring loom.

 

When the last of the parts turn up I can let you know the total weight of having a canton sound system.

[brettikivi]

i'm not sure it's going to be anywhere near as good as a decent aftermarket one. I'd be interested to hear the final numbers for the parts and compare to the system I've had put in. 

 

I do know I freaked out a couple of younger guys Sunday evening when filling - I'd been using Drake's "hotline bling" to test and there's quite a lot of bass and it wasn't quiet  the guys looked at me funny when i emerged from the car, as I figure they weren't expecting a graying forty-something rather than a young dude with that much bass  

 

Very happy with the system now I've played with the crossovers and taken some of the bass off the front doors and letting the Sub do the work. It's also cleaner sounding and drops beautifully. Ed Sheeran's NPR "Tiny home" concert sounds absolutely fantastic. 

 

On 17/01/2022 at 02:01, Bap33 said:

@kentdale & @JR RS For sure to late for you. But this may help:

 

 

^^ need to do this next, getting some spare a-pillars and then mounting & aiming the tweeters properly.  

[ApertureS]

5 minutes ago, brettikivi said:

i'm not sure it's going to be anywhere near as good as a decent aftermarket one. I'd be interested to hear the final numbers for the parts and compare to the system I've had put in. 

 

I do know I freaked out a couple of younger guys Sunday evening when filling - I'd been using Drake's "hotline bling" to test and there's quite a lot of bass and it wasn't quiet  the guys looked at me funny when i emerged from the car, as I figure they weren't expecting a graying forty-something rather than a young dude with that much bass  

 

Very happy with the system now I've played with the crossovers and taken some of the bass off the front doors and letting the Sub do the work. It's also cleaner sounding and drops beautifully. Ed Sheeran's NPR "Tiny home" concert sounds absolutely fantastic. 

 

^^ need to do this next, getting some spare a-pillars and then mounting & aiming the tweeters properly.  

Might be the case that aftermarket is better yeah, but I much prefer oem+ modifications and retrofits. Looks cleaner and is already perfectly tuned.
 

For the price I’ve got the bits for too, you ain’t gonna get Anything better

[elfensin]

Put 4 jack pads on my car.

 

How it looks on the car.

 

 

How it works. 

 

 

Also put the ball joint spacer on  the car (the blue one).  It helps the lower control arm stays at the stock position for a lowered car. Basically when lower a car, it will definitely affects the suspension geometry. If the lower control arm points to the sky on a car, the car drives like shxt when cornering. 

But as the photo can tell, the stock bolt is on short side, since I'm not able to remove the bolts from the ball joint and put some longer bolts here. I think I still need to order a set of after marketi ball joint which comes with removable bolt. 

 

 

 

Also test install my new wheels. Now waiting for new tyres arrived. 

 

 

[Danoid]

4 hours ago, elfensin said:

Put 4 jack pads on my car.

 

How it looks on the car.

 

 

How it works. 

 

 

Also put the ball joint spacer on  the car (the blue one).  It helps the lower control arm stays at the stock position for a lowered car. Basically when lower a car, it will definitely affects the suspension geometry. If the lower control arm points to the sky on a car, the car drives like shxt when cornering. 

But as the photo can tell, the stock bolt is on short side, since I'm not able to remove the bolts from the ball joint and put some longer bolts here. I think I still need to order a set of after marketi ball joint which comes with removable bolt. 

 

 

 

Also test install my new wheels. Now waiting for new tyres arrived. 

 

 

Shouldn’t the axle stand go on those rubbers and trolley jack from the sills?

 

The official lifting points is from the sills from what I’ve seen

[ApertureS]

4 hours ago, elfensin said:

Put 4 jack pads on my car.

 

How it looks on the car.

 

 

How it works. 

 

 

Also put the ball joint spacer on  the car (the blue one).  It helps the lower control arm stays at the stock position for a lowered car. Basically when lower a car, it will definitely affects the suspension geometry. If the lower control arm points to the sky on a car, the car drives like shxt when cornering. 

But as the photo can tell, the stock bolt is on short side, since I'm not able to remove the bolts from the ball joint and put some longer bolts here. I think I still need to order a set of after marketi ball joint which comes with removable bolt. 

 

 

 

Also test install my new wheels. Now waiting for new tyres arrived. 

 

 

Where did you get the jacking pads 

[elfensin]

1 hour ago, Danoid said:

Shouldn’t the axle stand go on those rubbers and trolley jack from the sills?

 

The official lifting points is from the sills from what I’ve seen

 

I think both can be fine.  I tried to put stands under the rubbers at beginning, but I felt it's not stable and secure enough. 

 

I also bought another pad designed to work with the rubber pads. It has magnet on it, and can suck under the rubber pads. However, the diameter of this pad is larger than the head of my trolley jack. So it is stand 'on' my trolley jack, not 'in' the head of my jack. It can slip when I jack up the car.  

The plug-in part of the rubber jack pad is made by metal, it is a little bit smaller than the head of my jack. As a result, I discovered that jack up the car with trolley jack, and put stand under the sills was the stablest way for my jack and stands.

 

 

[elfensin]

2 hours ago, ApertureS said:

Where did you get the jacking pads 

AutoInstruct, a Melbourne based retailer. 

 

The parts number is 8N0804583 and 8N0803855. 

 

[amateurdad]

Had the Superb into West End Skoda in Edinburgh, for its first service in my ownership. Nice easy process, got a Karoq as a courtesy car for the day. 

 

Asked if they cleaned the strainer as part of the haldex service - no, asked if they could - yes, just have to price the seals for the pump as we don't normally remove it. Price came back as £179 or thereabouts. I declined as local indy charges £112. 

 

Also was declined a fix for the squeaky wishbone bushes under warranty - £145 to drop the arms + grease + refit - no thanks. 

 

Declined a new glove box assembly under warranty as it often opens out of nowhere. £288 to have that replaced. No thanks, can live with it for that price. 

 

Will get booked into the indy in Feb for haldex, fitting the Koni Special Actives and maybe the squeaks. 

[JR RS]

12 hours ago, elfensin said:

As a result, I discovered that jack up the car with trolley jack, and put stand under the sills was the stablest way for my jack and stands.

 

 

I only ever use the jack stands on the axle points.

I use the trolley jack on the sills to lift the car, then place the jack stands.

 

 

[Steviedakota]

11 hours ago, amateurdad said:

 

 

Also was declined a fix for the squeaky wishbone bushes under warranty - £145 to drop the arms + grease + refit - no thanks. 

 Try spraying white lithium grease on to the anti-roll bar bushes, accessible from engine bay and from behind both front wheels. In my case this got rid of the squeaking.

[Timmyboy]

Fitted my 2nd hand Skoda roof bars (picking up a huge roof box tomorrow), also fitted a rear bumper guard to protect/hide some nasty chips and scratches from previous owner's dog. The 'silver' option (of 3, plus black or stainless) is a surprisingly close match to my silver car. 

[ApertureS]

2 hours ago, Timmyboy said:

Fitted my 2nd hand Skoda roof bars (picking up a huge roof box tomorrow), also fitted a rear bumper guard to protect/hide some nasty chips and scratches from previous owner's dog. The 'silver' option (of 3, plus black or stainless) is a surprisingly close match to my silver car. 

Looks almost like a clear plastic film, good match

[ApertureS]

Another update on the canton retrofit.

 

spent this evening creating all the twisted pairs ready to run the wires.

 

Yes it would of been a million times easier to just run straight wires and the difference in sound quality wouldn’t of been noticeable,

but the factory wiring came with twisted pairs for all the speakers, so that is what I’ll be doing.

 

at the same time I’ll be running looms for blind spot assist and direct tpms. May as well with the entire interior stripped out 

[ApertureS]

With all the likes above, would you lot like it if i created a rough how to guide as i went?

[elfensin]

New wheels and tyres on the car today.

[stever750]

1 hour ago, elfensin said:

New wheels and tyres on the car today.

I have to say, that's a really tasteful mod. Those wheels work really well. Just need (much!) bigger brakes to set them off.