Hello all,

I am returning to the Skoda family after a long absence. Firstly, it's very good to be back and secondly I have a query ..

I'm looking at a MK3 Superb estate and I'm looking to see if any of you fine ladies and gents have any tips on making the load space flat. I'm aware the variable boot floor is a fix for this but there are next to none available on the second hand market here in Ireland. Maybe the variable floor is available as an aftermarket addition? I don't know ..

Incidentally, the car I'm coming from is a Mercedes W212 estate and for the first half of the last 8 years or so it was pretty good. The second half was awful as it had all the known faults (some very costly) .. I'd never go back to the brand and in retrospect should never have left Skoda. You live and learn, sometimes the hard way.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Very best for now and I hope to talk to you soon ...

Edited 16 March16 Mar by Robbo Cop

Hello and welcome back! Incidentally the W212 was one of the runner-up to the finals for my choice of vehicle, it lost as I was not impressed much by the M276/278 engines and their hosts of problems, and overall the car's interior did not appeal me so much. I did see a couple of E63 which did take my breath away for a while ... but the while did not last long 😁

Straight to your concern, a vario floor could be secured second-hand, but you have to dig around in breakers for a car, as it consists of a lot of parts, not just the horizontal planks, you have to get also the sides.

Now, depending on your need to move the thing around, and your manual skills, one option could be to cut to size planks of wood - can be stull like MDF, I think is called - but since you do not have where to "hang them", you need to self-support them with blocks or vertical parts. I have many years ago made such contraption for another car, to keep minor items (like tow rope, tools) from bothering in the main cargo area, and out of sight as well.

The problem with the Superb's area being so large, you should plan on 2 or three "planks", so you can remove only what is needed.

Just throwing ideas in the wind, once you get more focused we can get more refined 😄

Hi,

This thread may help :

It took me almost 3/4h to find it back 🥵, due to it's title never showing up with the search function... I've just asked a moderator to rename the thread title in a more comprehensive way...

Enjoy! 😉

Edited 17 March17 Mar by Bap33

Thank you to the moderator who renamed the thread I've looked for and posted as a link in my message yesterday. 🙂

I have the variable boot floor. It was ordered by the first owner -Skoda, and it was a cost option.

I think it is crap and would have preferred the SII boot setup.

As said before there are lots of parts to fit / change.

I retrofitted a boot light and had to remove a lot of trim including the variable floor.

On 17/03/2026 at 21:04, Bap33 said:

Hi,

This thread may help :

It took me almost 3/4h to find it back 🥵, due to it's title never showing up with the search function... I've just asked a moderator to rename the thread title in a more comprehensive way...

Enjoy! 😉

Nice to know that my build thread might still be of use to people.

It's still doing its job and looks just as good now as the day I finished it.