Hello guys I am a proud owner of 2015 Skoda Octavia VRS220 Hatch. The drive is pure joy, but something is missing for me, and I have figured it out! It's the pumped engine sound into the cabin and the exhaust, I've started looking into exhaust options, a lot of threads on the forum and I have a few questions:

 

1. Has anyone gone the route of just upgrading their resonator/mufflers instead of buying those crazy expensive prebuilt exhaust systems? Non-brand and some lesser brand components cost 50-100 Euro each here (resonator, sport muffler), so we are looking into upto 200-300 Euros all in for upgrading the exhaust note all in (not doing the downpipe right now). All my cars I've driven have had exhausts and this is the approach I used for all of them and they have been excellent without spending more than a hundred or few hundred euro.

 

Currently looking into a Vibrant or Simons resonator and non-brand or lesser brand sport mufflers (two of them).

 

Has anyone had any luck with this approach? Any video examples? All I can find are full systems that cost 700+ Euros.

 

2. How do you get rid of the pumped in sound into the cabin, I've come to realise you can't just reprogram it and have to physically remove it, am I correct? 

 

Cheers guys, have a good drive.

I'd Try just removing the centre resonator first and see if it's enough sound for you. . 

 

The soundaktor just needs the plug disconnecting. . .its under the scuttle panel where the wiper motor is.

13 hours ago, Edvinac said:

 

2. How do you get rid of the pumped in sound into the cabin, I've come to realise you can't just reprogram it and have to physically remove it, am I correct? 

 

Cheers guys, have a good drive.

You can adjust output to 0% with a coding tool which effectively turns it off. You could also unplug, but it will more than likely throw a fault code on a full scan. 

4 minutes ago, TheClient said:

You can adjust output to 0% with a coding tool which effectively turns it off. You could also unplug, but it will more than likely throw a fault code on a full scan. 

I have not found the adjustment in the infotainment screen, under what menu does this option exist?

 

7 hours ago, vrs'burks said:

I'd Try just removing the centre resonator first and see if it's enough sound for you. . 

 

The soundaktor just needs the plug disconnecting. . .its under the scuttle panel where the wiper motor is.

 

I am currently not considering a res delete, since I do fair bit of cruise driving out of the city, how about changing out the resonator for an aftermarket one for starters, I’ve seen you can immediatly start gearing the dsg “farts”, but not really sure about the overall sound if it’s even audible.

 I use the individual drive mode and set the sound to 'eco' which is quiet enough for me

  

1 hour ago, Edvinac said:

I have not found the adjustment in the infotainment screen, under what menu does this option exist?

 

It doesn't - you'll need a diagnostic tool like VCDS or OBDeleven to change the setting to zero.

4 minutes ago, langers2k said:

 I use the individual drive mode and set the sound to 'eco' which is quiet enough for me

  

 

It doesn't - you'll need a diagnostic tool like VCDS or OBDeleven to change the setting to zero.

Weirdly enough my car is not equipt with driving modes (no vrs button on the centre console), nor any modes in the infotainment. All I can do is set the DSG box to sport via the shifter. Is this normal for VRS because I was really surprised that I am missing this button and only noticed after buying it.

I think the UK models do...

 

As you mention Euros I expect you're based somewhere else so there might be differences in spec.