I am adapting one to fit from an Octavia 2, plentifull and cheap and using 2 of the 3 sections gives an exact fit.

 

I have not however seen an OE one so have a few questions for anyone who has one who will be kind enough to respond.

 

Does it sit flush with the rear loading lip or at a lower height? I am aiming for 180mm from the top of the side moulding lower flange to line up with the radius on the rear panel cover making it just below flush.

 

Does it fit tight against the rear seats to stop stuff from falling down the gap and if so what provision if any is there for when the seats are moved forward?

 

As an aside from that question I see that only the outer seats can be moved forward for slightly longer loads, do you have to tip the middle seat up and have only 2 rear seat passengers in those circumstances or have I missed something.

 

Is there a forward transverse vertical partition under the variofloor to prevent any toot that you store under there from sliding forwards under the rear seats?

 

Anything else that I may not have considered?

 

If the variofloor fits tight against the seats then the only way to access the tipping forward release lever would be to slide the seats forward on their rails, no problem there but what about the middle seat?

Edited 12 January, 20206 yr by J.R.

I've got the variable boot floor and very useful it is.

Dark outside now but I will have a look tomorrow and try and answer your questions.

Thanks Expatman, I have it in place as a trial fit and can see already what great possibilities it opens up, spare wheel and much wider than I thought, a flat load space with the rear seats laid down, 6' sleeping length for 2 people with the addition of a small folding platform and of course space to store all the tools & spares that I carry although with a spare wheel the remaining volume will be severely limited compared to the Octavia, more height though.

 

Mine is a 4x4 so no spare wheel well and without a variofloor no spare wheel.

2 hours ago, J.R. said:

As an aside from that question I see that only the outer seats can be moved forward for slightly longer loads, do you have to tip the middle seat up and have only 2 rear seat passengers in those circumstances or have I missed something.

 

You can slide either of the outer rear seats independently, with or without the centre seat being present. 
You can also remove the centre rear seat and slide the outer one more to the middle of the car, and still slide them back and forth.
I presume that your used car does not have a Handbook? 

4x4's could be supplied with spare wheels. There is no wheel well on either model.
Both of mine had spares.

Edited 12 January, 20206 yr by Llanigraham

Thanks for that!

 

I had noticed when removing the rear seats that there was sideways movement, I will try it with just 2 seats to see what it looks like and if it opens any possibilities, now I have a centre armrest glovebox and the variofloor long length will sit on top anyway but otherwise it would have been a usefull feature.

 

As mine was bought as salvage I assume that everything including the handbook was removed, they usually are, there was no jack, tools, warning traingle etc.

 

The other reason I dont know is that i am a, "if all else fails RTFM" type and all else has yet to fail so I havn't looked for it, its all pretty familiar after 15 years of Octavias, even the lofted curves of the centre console and the rear panel are identical and the boot width which is why I have been able to use an Octavia ashtray lid and boot variofloor.

 

I knew that the centre diff would preclude a wheel well but unless the IRS precludes it as well then its a bad bit of cost saving because the space under the variofloor is nearly all eaten up by a spare wheel, its a massive useabme space on the Octavia.

 

Maybe its simply because they stopped supplying spare wheels with new cars for cost saving measures so why spend money tooling up for a wheel well.

Edited 12 January, 20206 yr by J.R.

Warning triangles have never been supplied with UK Yeti's.

 

Thanks, I saw the indentation in the rear panel and the fixing strap and assumed it had gone walkabout.

 

What about the first aid kit whose location would be on the right rear of the boot, there is a white & red label and securing strap for that.

 

Also there is a location in the front of the drivers seat for a gilet jaune, were they supplied?

 

What else will have been nicked? there is lots of space in the jack compartment that looks like a battery tray, have replaced the jack, wheelbrace, towing eye etc, found a bottle (not aerosol a screw top bottle) of Skoda tyre gunge, I assume there should be an electric pump. I really miss the little black wheelbolt cap remover, were they supplied with the Yeti as there is a metal finger loop tool which would work but is a poor substitute.

Edited 12 January, 20206 yr by J.R.

No triangle
No First Aid kit
No gilet.

Should be a tyre pump
Should be a nut cover remover, small star driver, locking wheel nut key and probably some other bits I can't think of.

2 minutes ago, Llanigraham said:

No triangle
No First Aid kit
No gilet

Aren't these mandatory in France @J.R. ?

If your Yeti was not supplied with a spare wheel then there would have been a bottle of sealant gunk and an electric pump, there would also have been the metal finger loop - used to remove plastic hub caps - a towing eye, star driver, locking wheel nut tool and a plastic wheel bolt cap remover. The really valuable items are the locking nut key and plastic bolt cap remover so you might want to get one from a Skoda dealer or on-line somewhere. The electric pump is nothing special and you can buy one on-line for a relatively small sum, check AutoExpress reviews to find the one you like or buy one of the many sealant kits available. The problem with the spare wheel is that it reduced boot space by a huge amount, I had a spare with my first Yeti, never used the spare but sorely missed the boot space so on my second Yeti I ordered the variable floor instead and it is amazing how much bigger the boot is and how many more suitcases you can load, or rubbish to take to the tip etc. 

Just noticed you are in France so no idea if the contents of the boot would be the same there so suggest you check an on-line Yeti manual or ask a main dealer.

I am actually stuck in the UK until the eye operationn on Wednesday and for an as yet unknown recovery period afterwards.

 

Car is/was UK supplied, I am pondering the spare wheel or not choice, I have the whole underfloor of the Octavia packed with "essential" tools & get yourself home parts/bodging kit, the spare wheel being the most important but taking the most space up in the Yeti underfloor space, to be debated................

 

Ken, some maybe all are mandatory in France but nobody is ever going to stop you and check them, most are only brought in to provide business opportunities for someones beau frère who is too incompetent to rise to the occasion so the Chinese make hay like the gilet jaune and alcotester debacles, the fine for the latter has now been dropped to zero!!!

 

Alcotester aside (I am teetotal for a decade) all the others I have always carried, needed no-one to tell me to do so and will simply transfer them from the Octavia 

But if you get out of the drivers seat after breaking down without first putting on the reflective waistcoat and are seen you will get fined, as you will also be fined if you don’t put out the warning triangle first.

I have a triangle from a Superb, and a waistcoat from work is in the holder under the seat even though I will never take my Yeti out of the country.

^  But, are they your kit or part of the car's kit?  With the CT(MOT equiv..) here in France no one checks they are present when undergoing an examination!

3 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

But if you get out of the drivers seat after breaking down without first putting on the reflective waistcoat and are seen you will get fined, as you will also be fined if you don’t put out the warning triangle first.

 

 

Must be true, I read it on the internet, you dont need to live in France to know that it will happen Frenchtone 😁 You will be arrested and fined if you are seen peeing in public as well 🤣

 

I must be wearing the wrong Virtual Reality glasses.

Edited 13 January, 20206 yr by J.R.

Actaully I have to hold my hands up and admit that I did once get fined for getting out of the drivers seat without putting out the warning triangle first, I now have a drone in the car to carry and place the warning triangle before I dismount.

Photos of factory fitted variable boot floor.

The first is the floor in top position.

Second shows the side piece on which floor fits. The variable floor can be completely removed by unclipping the black clip you can see at the end of the floor (one each side).

Third shows floor folded back and you can see the wall at back of floor to prevent things falling into gap. The whole floor can be folded up to gain max space.

If you slide the seats forward there will be a gap between seats and false floor but generally if you are doing that you would have removed the floor anyway.

Hope this helps.

 

Edited 13 January, 20206 yr by Expatman

Thanks a lot for that Expatman, have been working on it this afternoon and had come to the eventual conclusion that I would need a flap like you have.

 

In the absence of any other knowledge mine has turned out higher than yours, flush with the top of the rear panel trim, those 2 vertical ventilation slots you can see on your side panels are all but obscured on mine, I have exactly 160mm height or more if the boot carpet and the foam in the wheel recess are removed, I could get a wider than normal space saver in there but have convinced myself to only take a spare wheel on long self sufficient journeys, will start a seperate thread.

 

I had decided that I could push the forward bulkhead and front of the false floor right up against the seats to avoid the gap and had a cunning plan for accessing the seat tilt levers that your flap gives access to. I fitted the bulkhead right against the levers and decided that if the outer seats were slid forward to access the tilt levers and lifted up then I could sneak my hand in round the side rear of the centre seat to release it as it does not slide forward.

 

You can probably see the problem with that which I couldnt until it was too late and everything was locked into place 🙁 luckily I had left the centre seat tipped forward.

 

Iteration number 4 has left me with a scheme looking pretty much like yours I need to fabricate a flap tomorrow to close off the gap and a hinge mechanism, I may use a stiff rubber for the flap.

 

Because the Octavia has a 3 section lid (only 2 being used) it concertinas in a different way so I will not be able to lay the rear section flat on top of the front one, the beveles are underneath and thats the only way it will hinge, it will slot into a recess in an upright position though giving the same access.

 

I want to fit a bright LED light to the top of the rear tailgate trim shining upward, if its connected into the rear compartment courtesy light circuit then when the boot is open it will shine down over your head illuminating the whole boot, thats the plan, maybe a battery headtorch with a mercury switch to operate it if anyone knows of anything that fits the bill.

Is that a lift out basket where your gloves and torch are?

 

Fitting the variofloor gives a nice little compartment each side like the Octavia has, mine is full of ratchet straps and twoing stuff, I think I will fit a cross piece like you have or even make some lift out door panels to make use of all the height like in the Octavia, I will see if those ones could be cannibalised, even butchered OE bits look better than DIY ones most of the time.

Edited 13 January, 20206 yr by J.R.

4 hours ago, J.R. said:

Is that a lift out basket where your gloves and torch are?

 

Fitting the variofloor gives a nice little compartment each side like the Octavia has, mine is full of ratchet straps and twoing stuff, I think I will fit a cross piece like you have or even make some lift out door panels to make use of all the height like in the Octavia, I will see if those ones could be cannibalised, even butchered OE bits look better than DIY ones most of the time.

No not a lift out basket, there are two shelves each side - one where gloves and torch is plus another above it empty. Useful for bits and pieces. Incidentally the sealant gunge and electric tyre pump fit in a recess under the bottom of the boot floor that you can see in photos 2 & 3. I generally have the boot floor folded  as in photo 3, that gives me max depth to hang shopping bags etc. from the hooks so preventing things moving around and I keep empty bags etc. under the folded floor (green bags in photo) and parcels/papers etc go on the top of the folded floor. Beauty of the variable floor is that with the variable floor folded up three roll-on luggage bags will stand upright one behind the other on the bottom of the boot. Without the variable floor you have to lie the cases down and so dramatically reduce available luggage space. I worked it out that by not having a spare wheel it increases luggage space by 33%. Calculation based on Skoda’s figures for available boot space with/without spare wheel.

Edited 13 January, 20206 yr by Expatman

Dont quite understand how by not having a variofloor you could not get the cases in unless you mean compared to a spare wheel with the floormat above.

 

Can you fold your floor into half and clip it in the upright position without removing it for tall luggage like your suitcases?

 

Everyones needs are different, I carried suitcases for the first time ever in probably 25, maybe 35 years in the Octavia recently and found that as cavernous as it was carrying 3 passengers and their long haul luggage was not as easy as I thought it would be.

 

My underfloor space is always chock full of tools, spares & survival gear, luggage never carried but tons & tons of building materials, tools & scuba diving gear, the latter not for a decade.

 

The smaller depth of the Yeti will take some getting used to but I have several trailers & will buy a van for the next house renovation, its time to drive something more compact, am really impressed with the flexibility of the Yeti, it will be good for sleeping in with a tent on the rear.

13 hours ago, J.R. said:

Dont quite understand how by not having a variofloor you could not get the cases in unless you mean compared to a spare wheel with the floormat above.

 

Yes, previously had Yeti with spare wheel

 

Can you fold your floor into half and clip it in the upright position without removing it for tall luggage like your suitcases?

 

Yes, folds in half then clips up out of the way.

 

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Everyones needs are different, I carried suitcases for the first time ever in probably 25, maybe 35 years in the Octavia recently and found that as cavernous as it was carrying 3 passengers and their long haul luggage was not as easy as I thought it would be.

 

My underfloor space is always chock full of tools, spares & survival gear, luggage never carried but tons & tons of building materials, tools & scuba diving gear, the latter not for a decade.

 

That will reduce the storage space!!

 

The smaller depth of the Yeti will take some getting used to but I have several trailers & will buy a van for the next house renovation, its time to drive something more compact, am really impressed with the flexibility of the Yeti, it will be good for sleeping in with a tent on the rear.

 

Edited 14 January, 20206 yr by Expatman

Its pretty much done and dusted now but the rain & gale force winds forced me to close the workshop door & the Yeti tailgate, stuff was getting too wet.

 

Its all in and hinged, there is just enough room to access the seat tilt levers with a vertical rear bulkhead for the variofloor, I would say that I have ended up with exactly the same front to rear depth as you, I had to cut a sliver off the 2nd section of the Octavia false floor which I did not want to do but it removed the bevelled edge and allowed the space to get a straight hand in to release the seat tilt, it was only 15mm so I can see that the whole packaging of the Yeti was very well thought out.

 

I have made 2 gap closing flaps, one 45mm and one 65mm both from UPVC cloaking fillets used to cover damage around window replacements, the smaller one might be just too small but if not it will look just perfect, only a trial fit in better weather will decide, then I have to trim the flap and bulkhead to look OE.

 

A satisfying job which cost peanuts and was sorely needed for how I use my vehicles, in fact it is the variofloor that means I cannot wander from Skoda or perhaps other VAG cars have them.

 

It hinging the other way is not a problem as it can be propped up in the half open position, there are cut outs for this.

 

Photos to follow.

8 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Its pretty much done and dusted now but the rain & gale force winds forced me to close the workshop door & the Yeti tailgate, stuff was getting too wet.

 

Its all in and hinged, there is just enough room to access the seat tilt levers with a vertical rear bulkhead for the variofloor, I would say that I have ended up with exactly the same front to rear depth as you, I had to cut a sliver off the 2nd section of the Octavia false floor which I did not want to do but it removed the bevelled edge and allowed the space to get a straight hand in to release the seat tilt, it was only 15mm so I can see that the whole packaging of the Yeti was very well thought out.

 

I have made 2 gap closing flaps, one 45mm and one 65mm both from UPVC cloaking fillets used to cover damage around window replacements, the smaller one might be just too small but if not it will look just perfect, only a trial fit in better weather will decide, then I have to trim the flap and bulkhead to look OE.

 

A satisfying job which cost peanuts and was sorely needed for how I use my vehicles, in fact it is the variofloor that means I cannot wander from Skoda or perhaps other VAG cars have them.

 

It hinging the other way is not a problem as it can be propped up in the half open position, there are cut outs for this.

 

Photos to follow.

Looking forward to those photos!!

Eye operation tomorrow so might be a delay.

7 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Eye operation tomorrow so might be a delay.

 

Hope all goes well J.R.