Got Koni FSDs fitted to my Octavia vRS on Friday and, to coin a phrase, they do it exactly as it says on the tin!!

I had Koni Sports on my Fabia with standard springs and they made the ride quite firm and pretty jittery on broken/corrugated surfaces but with the expected tightening of the handling.

The Octavia vRS as standard is really nice and taught with great high speed handling BUT at the expense of the ride which is more jittery than my Fabia was; to the point of being uncomfortable.

Having now fitted Koni FSDs to the Octavia vRS there is no change to the taut handling, if anything it is a shade more taught BUT (and this is the best bit) the ride is now softer and definitely more comfortable.

Certain bits of local roads that would jar the Fabia/koni sports and buck the standard Octavia vRS are now suitably soft. I am not talking of Rolls Royce ride levels, you certainly know that you still have a sporty handling setup and can feel the wheels riding the bumps/broken tarmac, BUT the ride is now more than tolerably comfortable.

The best of both worlds? Definitely - for the spirited brisk driver for normal road. OK; if you want a track biased setup then other shocks/springs will probably do the job better; but for typical road use they are absolutely excellent.

I most certainly recommend them for any Octavia vRS to get a smoother ride. Other Octavias on normal suspension will get the benefit of improved/taughter handling without ruining the ride.

Recommendation - they should be OE spec on the vRS!!

For full technical details check out Koni's specific website here;- Koni: FSD It has all the details of their FSDs and details of cars they fit (got to 'Product' and then 'Program'), which are most of the Skoda range.

Finally; my grateful thanks to Jim and Kate of JKM in Portsmouth for their excellent service and fitting my FSDs in quick time; but also to mention that for those elsewhere in the country Jabba Sport near Peterborough or Awesome GTI in Manchester will be able to supply and fit them for you.

Is the damping of the FSD's constantly the same regardless of their oil temperature?I mean,does damping deteriorate as their operating temperature rises?After all ,they're not gas-pressurised so that 'foaming' of the oil can be avoided.

Is the damping of the FSD's constantly the same regardless of their oil temperature?I mean,does damping deteriorate as their operating temperature rises?After all ,they're not gas-pressurised so that 'foaming' of the oil can be avoided.

I don't really know about that but surely the oil would only 'foam' if there is air available to mix with it, which I doubt there is as the damper will be sealed.