Hi all,

My name is Jonathan and I'm in my mid 60's, I've wanted a Skoda Octavia for some time now and finally saved enough to buy a really nice low milage 2018 Skoda Octavia estate in white and now the Taxi jokes have died down I have decided to do a few mods to my car. I have just brought gas struts for the bonnet and have been looking at a gloss black badge kit for my gorgeous white Octavia. I brought wind deflectors for £16 and bumped the glass off the mechanism, which cost £156 to put right. So not an inexpensive mod. I don't want to go to mad with the mods so I thought I might join your numbers to check out what's hot and what's not. 

I'm looking forward to being part of this community and chatting with like minded people 

Hello Jonathan, welcome to the forum.

Were the problematic wind deflectors from Team Heko? Were they new or pre-owned?

1 hour ago, Warrior193 said:

Hello Jonathan, welcome to the forum.

Were the problematic wind deflectors from Team Heko? Were they new or pre-owned?

Hello Sir, thank you for your welcome. 

The wind deflectors were from a company called edge visors. My friend has them on his Ford Kuga and had no issues with them.  However, he did say he didn't fit the clips, so I'm wondering if that gave his slightly more flexibility.  I called a Taxi back to Group 1 Skoda in Norwich and he was telling me VW window Actuators were a bit temperamental. He went on to say he worked in car glass replacement for 15 years and had quite a bit of experience with them as the whole unit has to be replaced.  Group 1 Skoda said much the same at £285.00 so the deflectors are destin for the bin I'm afraid  lol. 

When you say the visors 'bumped the glass off the mechanism' did the glass drop down completely inside the door - or did it just back off approx. 4 to 6 inches? If the latter, it could have simply been the Anti crush protection kicking in. 

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4 minutes ago, Warrior193 said:

When you say the visors 'bumped the glass off the mechanism' did the glass drop down completely inside the door - or did it just back off approx. 4 to 6 inches? If the latter, it could have simply been the Anti crush protection kicking in. 

The glass dropped right down inside the door off the runners. I duct taped the window closed until I could get it to the dealership yesterday.  The technician said in his report that some of the clips had broken and should it happen again I would need a complete new unit.  £285.00 which prompted me to do some research and Google brought me to your door step figuratively speaking. 

 

Broken clips are not uncommon - repair kits and replacement clips are available on ebay for less than £10 if you're handy at DIY.

54 minutes ago, skomaz said:

Broken clips are not uncommon - repair kits and replacement clips are available on ebay for less than £10 if you're handy at DIY.

That is extremely helpful information thank you Sir. I will take a look.