25th June 2007 9:00 - SHIPMENT HAS ARRIVED FROM SUPERSKODA.COM AND WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED BY ROYAL MAIL TODAY - ETA WED 27TH JUNE

20th June 2007 11:30 - DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ADDED FOR MILOTEC INSTALL

17th June 2007 18:10 - TEN BUYERS CONFIRMED - please send payment ASAP - Thanks

15th June 2007 23:45 - UPDATED WITH CONTACT EMAIL FOR GB

15th June 2007 11:20 - UPDATED WITH FULL COSTINGS FOR NINE (9) ORDERS

6th June 2007 14:50 - UPDATED WITH P&P COSTS - 90g heavier than expected once packing added to weight

5th June 2007 18:45 - UPDATED WITH NEW END DATE DETAILS

5th June 2007 18:40 - UPDATED WITH P&P COSTS

1st June 2007 16:15 - UPDATED TO COMPLY WITH BRISKODA GROUP BUY RULES

The small print:

*This Group Buy is not in any way linked to Briskoda and is not affiliated with them in any way, so Briskoda may not be held legally responsible for any agreement or goods or services exchanged between members.

*VRS195 (Paul Dixon) will be acting as intermediary for this group-buy if it goes ahead.

*The units carry any warranty as defined by MILOTEC themselves.

*This group-buy will only proceed with the full 40 orders at the approximate £46.00 price

(only if a lower minimum order size matches or betters the quoted price this will supercede the above details)

*The time limit for this group-buy to be completed or voided is 30 days from the date of first post.

Any interest MUST be expressed by Friday 15th June to allow price confirmation before activating GB.

Now the details:

MILOTEC manufacture lifts with full fitting kits and easy to follow instructions specifically designed for the Octavia II

NO DRILLING required - and minimal DIY ability as the kit is fitted to the fixing points already in the engine bay/bonnet.

Just need 10mm and 13mm spanners and about 5-10 mins

FULL FITTING INSTRUCTIONS here http://www.milotec.de/pdf/octaviaII/62405.pdf

These kits cost £88 EACH :eek: from MILOTEC's UK dealer RSD Cars (Road and Sport Developments)

Group buy deal - includes all taxes/duty and shipping to the UK

£46.00 each (40+ units)

These prices are to the nearest pound and may change slightly as they are converted from EUROs - but shouldn't be more than a +/- £1.00 difference.

Obviously if we get more orders we may be able to drop the price even further

The kit weigh 0.78 KG per unit. P&P costs to send these kits out once they reach the UK are therefore:

£2.30 SECOND CLASS Royal Mail

£2.92 FIRST CLASS Royal Mail

£4.88 AIRMAIL

the postage will be AT COST - so whatever the stamp says - alternatively FREE to collect or swap at meet

FINAL UPDATE - 15th JUNE:

Due to only NINE (9) orders the price has slipped slightly:

Shipped to the UK the units cost 72.42 EUR - as of this morning that is £48.93

PLUS onward UK postage means:

UK orders: £51.23 TOTAL to your door

EURO (Ireland orders): £53.81 TOTAL to your door

In case the EURO strengthens I would like to suggest adding 1% (50p) and I will send back change or refund if no movement or if the EURO weakens. Thanks

Ok if you want to contact me direct my email is:

[email protected]

Please note: this email will only exist for the duration of this GB.

Outside this period please contact me via site PM.

INSTRUCTIONS - 5 pages:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj/skoda/milotecpage1.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj/skoda/milotecpage2.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj/skoda/milotecpage3.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj/skoda/milotecpage4.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj/skoda/milotecpage5.JPG

What is with the mounting mechanism to the octy?

Does fitting require any fitting of parts or drilling of holes?

Ta

Bonnet lifter group buys run so smoothly on here :D

Steve

What is with the mounting mechanism to the octy?

Does fitting require any fitting of parts or drilling of holes?

Ta

With respect Mr Monkhai READ THE POST :eyecrazy:

NO drilling required - and minimal DIY ability as the kit is fitted to the fixing points already in the engine bay/bonnet.

Just need 10mm and 13mm spanners and about 5-10 mins

Sorry to be a pain, did you price get those prices from RSD? Or Milotec themselves?

As Milotec only sells them for 75 euros exc delivery.

Cheers

Sorry to be a pain, did you price get those prices from RSD? Or Milotec themselves?

As Milotec only sells them for 75 euros exc delivery.

Cheers

Neither (well the £88 is from RSD) - the prices include shipping to the UK from Mainland Europe, but are from an independent.

Milotec Germany refused to sell to me and referred me to the UK distributor (RSD!)

To be honest the prices for anything less than 40 units is too high for my liking (and as you point out, not necessarily competitive) - but I posted them anyway for information.

Perhaps I should just aim to sign up at least 40 people and only run the GB once that level of interest is reached?

First post edited to HIGHLIGHT 40+ deal

I know...Personally I think 40 is pretty steep, but I've been looking around and don't think it will get much cheaper.

So put my name down for one! (as long as we get the required 40+ people)

I know...Personally I think 40 is pretty steep, but I've been looking around and don't think it will get much cheaper.

So put my name down for one! (as long as we get the required 40+ people)

Thanks to my FIRST* official supporter (*no additional discount just for being first, mind )

Obviously until we get a consensus (ie everyone is happy with price vs how many of us there are) I wont be ordering any.

BUT ... there are hundreds of Octy owners here - if we signed up just the vRS lot that would be about 130+ - an order like that would shock the supplier :eek: (it would probably be worth COLLECTING in a van from europe for that many PLUS you could do the whole "Booze cruise" thing aswell

1) VRS195 (me!)

2) Vimto2000

I'd be interested assuming we can get the 40 unit price otherwise it's a bit steep.

Please read this before going any further with this group buy.

Thanks.

With respect Mr Monkhai READ THE POST :eyecrazy:

That will be a no I'm not interested then thanks!

That will be a no I'm not interested then thanks!

oh don't be like that - it was only meant in jest.

Steve vRS had already come in with

...group buys run so smoothly on here :D

I laughed at first as I had tried to put as much info (too much?) in the first post as possible.

1) VRS195 (me!)

2) Vimto2000

3) Jonno VRs

UPDATE: - I am still receiving some more quotes back from other dealers, if they better the above prices then obviously they will supercede those already advised, also if minimum order is smaller it will supercede above.

I already have it (retail price in Russia is about 50 GBP) and want to make two comments.

First. With this part, bonnet opening lower, than with factory stack. It is not a big problem, but think about it

Second. They recommend to paint a part, that forced a bonnet. I did it, see below my pic. It is not very difficult, you dont need to find exact color like your car, but looks better

They recommend to paint a part, that forced a [REINFORCES THE] bonnet.

As per instructions (see pdf file in first post) - it is recommended for "aesthetics" that the metal mounting rail is painted body colour:

If you have a silver car - NO EXTRA WORK!!

UPDATE: - I am still receiving some more quotes back from other dealers, if they better the above prices then obviously they will supercede those already advised, also if minimum order is smaller it will supercede above.

Have you tried superskoda.com - WORLD OF SKODA TUNING There was a thread a few days ago saying someone had got something from there a lot cheaper than the UK price, and I notice they have recently added these lifters. Might be worth seeing what sort of deal they will offer?

Have you tried superskoda.com - WORLD OF SKODA TUNING There was a thread a few days ago saying someone had got something from there a lot cheaper than the UK price, and I notice they have recently added these lifters. Might be worth seeing what sort of deal they will offer?

Yep - one of the companies I have approached.

Still waiting for all the offers to come back - if the price or order size is improved I will update thread.

Thanks for the lead though - any more gladly received.

Whats the cut off time for the GB? I'm here this month, and away next month!

As if its not sorted by the time I'm back....might just go out and buy one anyway

Whats the cut off time for the GB? I'm here this month, and away next month!

As if its not sorted by the time I'm back....might just go out and buy one anyway

Get me one while you're there:(

At this rate we will only have a handful of respondents by the middle of June (I want the GB sorted by month end with orders in, payment sent and hopefully lifters despatched)

If we only have 5-10 orders the dealer said we can have them for about 81 EUR each including delivery (exact value depends how many people we actually divide the shipping costs between) - which is about £56.

Still worth doing if the alternative is RDS's £88 !!

Go forth and drum up interest.

What colour car have you ordered Paul?

They look rather posh and they will kill the "ooh, doesn't your car have bonnet lifters?" carp that i've had in the past.

Put me down for TWO please, one for my L&K and one for SWMBO's vRS.

Ta.

One small question though, does the lifter push the bonnet as high as the standard rest? I read somewhere that the lifter stops a little short, do we know by how much?

They look rather posh and they will kill the "ooh, doesn't your car have bonnet lifters?" carp that i've had in the past.

Put me down for TWO please, one for my L&K and one for SWMBO's vRS.

Ta.

One small question though, does the lifter push the bonnet as high as the standard rest? I read somewhere that the lifter stops a little short, do we know by how much?

The bonnet is bl88dy heavy as well !

Thanks for your interest Dan, here is TallioN's Race Blue vRS with MILOTEC bonnet lifter in place.

Looks big enough to get your head in, but perhaps too small to get the engine block out

I have PM'd TallioN for the reduction in opening height and will update when he replies.

1) VRS195 (me!)

2) Vimto2000

3) Jonno VRs

4) dstev2000

5) dstev2000 SWMBO

What colour car have you ordered Paul?

Arrr! - that be the Black Pearl, Cap'n Jack

With four pieces of 18s

Had to drop my full spec so that MILOTEC GB would fit in my signature:

Black Pearl - 18" Zeniths - Rear Park - Htd Sts - Cruise - S/R - Maxidot - Sunset - Xenons - Curtains (!) - VarBoot - 2Zone - Dim - Rain - Tunnel - Rear E/W - Jumbo

Potentially interested, but also would like to know the difference in bonnet height.

OK I don't have an Octavia at the moment, and until TallioN returns (with a tape measure)

All we have to do is some simple trigonometry, I am however relying on you lot to supply me with the car based dimensions and I will do the calculations.

PS: - this is a joke and a PM has been sent to TallioN