Hey!

Has anyone here specced their new Octavia with optional sports suspension (non-DCC)? I'm wondering how does it effect ride and handling. Thinking of going with 17inch wheels. I'm going for a test drive this week, but unfortunately they don't have one with sports suspension. I test drove a mk3 Octavia earlier this year and it felt too soft and wobbly on B-roads and motorways compared with Seat Leon and my current Honda Accord.

Hey there!

 

I have the 1.5 TSI manual with optional sports suspension and 18" wheels. I ordered it simply for the looks and that's what I got. It's not really stiff and it doesn't give great handling that you could expect from a similarly priced aftermarket set of springs (e. g. Eibach).

 

To be honest, compared to the standard suspension which I tried on the demo vehicle, the difference in driving feel is not that big. It doesn't bounce, it doesn't crash when going through potholes and it's still better than the standard suspension which I had on my 2015 Octavia MK3.

 

Would I order it again? No, because a set of Eibach's would probably drop the car a little lower and it would look and handle better. 

Would I order it again if there would be no aftermarket alternatives? Definitely yes, because the standard suspension looks horrible  

 

 

This is how it looks:

DCC is lowered 10 mm and setting far to the right, after Sport, is firm. 

I'm here with a bit of an update (or downgrade) and thought this could help.

 

Just had my winter wheels fitted. This is how she looks with the sports suspension on OEM Škoda Velorum rims (powder coated gun metal) with OEM spec 205/60/R16 tires. There was a pretty big difference in steering weight (now it doesn't feel like the wheels are connected to the steering wheel at all ), though overall increase in comfort was minimum.