50 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

What has replaced the Banana Gaz if you don't mind sharing?

 

Golf GTI 230 DSG, collected with 24 miles on the clock :

 

 

 

 

Gaz

Edited 11 May, 20197 yr by V6TDI

Bonnet struts fitted 

fitted OEM LTE aerials for columbus 2.5

Proved that my newly replaced battery is still strong enough to power the Stop/Start system.😎

Fitted new brembo discs and pads at the front of ny VRS. 

 

Pleasure to work on, easy and straightforward. Gave me a chance to remove the heat shield and give the area a good clean plus wash iniside and out of the wheels.

 

cleaned calipers both sides. Looks good as new.

 

i could take it to a garage and get it done but then I know they won’t give it a clean and get rid of built up debris. So I let them do the basic maintenance (to tick the box) and I do the rest. 

 

Next stope revo remap next month, with revo air intake. Then after that, revi engine mounts. 

 

5 hours ago, briskoda1 said:

Fitted new brembo discs and pads at the front of ny VRS. 

 

Pleasure to work on, easy and straightforward. Gave me a chance to remove the heat shield and give the area a good clean plus wash iniside and out of the wheels.

 

cleaned calipers both sides. Looks good as new.

 

i could take it to a garage and get it done but then I know they won’t give it a clean and get rid of built up debris. So I let them do the basic maintenance (to tick the box) and I do the rest. 

 

Next stope revo remap next month, with revo air intake. Then after that, revi engine mounts. 

 

What mileage have you done so far? Looking at the set of 3 Revo mounts myself at the end of the year when I have the cash (as they are £412).

20 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

What mileage have you done so far? Looking at the set of 3 Revo mounts myself at the end of the year when I have the cash (as they are £412).

 

86k. The mountd are more for stage 2 preparation.

1 hour ago, briskoda1 said:

 

86k. The mountd are more for stage 2 preparation.

Stage 2 brings much enjoyment. More than 6 months since mine got the hardware and no issues even with 380lb/ft of torque going through the standard clutch.

Got rid of the chrome surround today and fitted a black one ,looks much better 

Tinted middle section of rear lights 

1 hour ago, Daz1972 said:

Tinted middle section of rear lights 

 

are the FL tail lights tinted from factory?

Just now, JohnnyType2 said:

 

are the FL tail lights tinted from factory?

They are apart from the middle section

27 minutes ago, JohnnyType2 said:

 

are the FL tail lights tinted from factory?

My 2017 Vrs245 are a lot darker than my previous 2013 and 2015 Octavia's.

3 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

My 2017 Vrs245 are a lot darker than my previous 2013 and 2015 Octavia's.

 

yeah i thought so, put a light smoke tint on mine and they look much better

18 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

My 2017 Vrs245 are a lot darker than my previous 2013 and 2015 Octavia's.

Photo from last year, haven't got many of the rear tail lights.

Fitted LED lights to the powerfold puddle light mirrors today.

 

I went for some from AliExpress, at a princely sum of about £9, considerably  cheaper than the Superskoda equivalent.

A massive difference 😀

 

 

Conducted an experiment. Sunroof closed on the commute today and got 44.7mpg. Yesterday open sunroof and 42.2mpg.

On 03/05/2019 at 17:05, MarkyG82 said:

Since updating my head unit to mib2 Amundsen and using a very second hand screen from rustynuts, I decided to cover up the damage to the surround and at the same time get rid of the fingerprint magnet. The glossy screen is the old Amundsen mib1 that I'm yet to sell.

Now the question, should I do the edging in silver to match (somewhat) the chrome trim around the vents?

 

What do people think?

 

Edit: cheap black vinyl from eBay btw.

 

 

You covered the head unit with matt vinyl??

Can you provide a few details, tips? Have been planning to do this and  Already have the vinyl but can not convince myself how to make the edges look good.  Does the faceplate come off to get behind?  Do you heat around the display (without damaging the LCD)?

First MOT for my 1.4tsi. Always a nerve wracking biggie for me but nae bother ataw'

On 24 May 2019 at 17:51, shyVRS245 said:

Conducted an experiment. Sunroof closed on the commute today and got 44.7mpg. Yesterday open sunroof and 42.2mpg.

Just to finish the 3 day experiment today being Bank Holiday traffic (Saturday) sunroof closed and amazed with this result.

went to the dealer to reove CP from the can gateway to get VC controls on the touch screen and ODIS servers were down, i removed all the errors from my virtual cockpit except for the SOS call error. Im thinking the donor car had an sos button or similar. 

 

i tidied the wiring over the dash to the phone mount. from this...



to this.....







its a magnetic charging dock as my phone is too big to fit in the tray under the radio.

 

Edited 25 May, 20197 yr by JohnnyType2

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Edited 25 May, 20197 yr by JohnnyType2

On 24/05/2019 at 17:51, shyVRS245 said:

Conducted an experiment. Sunroof closed on the commute today and got 44.7mpg. Yesterday open sunroof and 42.2mpg.

 

Open sunroof slowed you down by 5mph and it took 5 mins longer as a result?

9 minutes ago, ahenners said:

 

Open sunroof slowed you down by 5mph and it took 5 mins longer as a result?

Yeah must have got nothing to do with more traffic on my commute. It's like deploying a god damn parachute.

On 24/05/2019 at 21:15, hirez said:

 

 

You covered the head unit with matt vinyl??

Can you provide a few details, tips? Have been planning to do this and  Already have the vinyl but can not convince myself how to make the edges look good.  Does the faceplate come off to get behind?  Do you heat around the display (without damaging the LCD)?

 

Yeah matt black. Came out ok but will need to do it again as it's coming away at the corners of the screen. The black panel comes away from the unit with some little effort. Found it easiest to pop it off at the bottom corners then work up the sides, top, then bottom. A couple of the tabs broke but it went back with no issues. The reason it is peeling is due to me trimming it flush with edge. Should have pulled it tight and refitted it as is.

 

Will get some silver for the edge and do that at the same time as redoing the black.