**118TSI Owners** what have you done to your car??

[muggo05]

Hey guys,

After having just bought my 118 tsi, I am wondering what I can do to it modification wise.

Anyone out there done any mods to the 118 and are you happy with them??

Josh.

[Brendan_A]

Had mine lowered recently on Eibach pro kit springs. Car handles and looks so much better now! Dialed a lot of the under steer out. In the process of getting the Carbonio intake and also looking at oem 18" detroits. Would love to get R tails and GTI steering wheel but the Wife won't let me!

[rageR]

Hey guys,

After having just bought my 118 tsi, I am wondering what I can do to it modification wise.

Anyone out there done any mods to the 118 and are you happy with them??

Josh.

Get a ecu flash.
I'm sure you'll be more then happy with the outcome.

[muggo05]

Get a ecu flash.
I'm sure you'll be more then happy with the outcome.

That's the plan!!

[jbviajero]

Hmmm can't wait to get mine flashed... Just got to recover from wedding debt blues...

[brad]

Had mine lowered recently on Eibach pro kit springs. Car handles and looks so much better now! Dialed a lot of the under steer out. In the process of getting the Carbonio intake and also looking at oem 18" detroits. Would love to get R tails and GTI steering wheel but the Wife won't let me!

Umm..... I'm assuming that if this is in the Octavia Forum that we are discussing the original 118TSI being the 1.8 litre EA888 block.

I love Detroits but think they would look a bit try-hard on an Octavia. R tailights might need some bodywork done ;-p

to the OP:
tint windows
Bluefin
mudflaps
16x7.5 Audi A4 (generic looking) rims with 225/55x16 & Skoda badges on the wheel centres
Octavia & TSI badges removed off the hatch
heavy duty rubber boot mat

All fairly run of the mill except the bluefin

[Brendan_A]

Umm..... I'm assuming that if this is in the Octavia Forum that we are discussing the original 118TSI being the 1.8 litre EA888 block.

I love Detroits but think they would look a bit try-hard on an Octavia. R tailights might need some bodywork done ;-p

to the OP:
tint windows
Bluefin
mudflaps
16x7.5 Audi A4 (generic looking) rims with 225/55x16 & Skoda badges on the wheel centres
Octavia & TSI badges removed off the hatch
heavy duty rubber boot mat

All fairly run of the mill except the bluefin

hehe, pays to read the forum section hey. lol. My bad.

[muggo05]

Umm..... I'm assuming that if this is in the Octavia Forum that we are discussing the original 118TSI being the 1.8 litre EA888 block.

I love Detroits but think they would look a bit try-hard on an Octavia. R tailights might need some bodywork done ;-p

to the OP:
tint windows
Bluefin
mudflaps
16x7.5 Audi A4 (generic looking) rims with 225/55x16 & Skoda badges on the wheel centres
Octavia & TSI badges removed off the hatch
heavy duty rubber boot mat

All fairly run of the mill except the bluefin

Yeah i am thinking along those lines also.

tint
ECU Flash
RS wing
and wheels.

Did the bluefin make much of a difference Brad? Also, where did you get it from? in Aus?

[brad]

Well, RS wing doesn't float my boat but strangely, I'd consider a Seat Leone front splitter - go figure.

Yes, Bluefin made the car everything i wanted. There's a thread in my home forum.

excerpt:

40-120 in 3rd gear. 40kmh is just off boost at just on 1500rpm (didn't really look).
Before: 10.99 / 10.92 / 10.96 - call it 10.95?
After : 8.82 / 8.80(det)/ 9.02 - call it 8.95?
~2 seconds/ 18% reduction

40-140 in 4th gear. 40kmh is way off boost at about 1000rpm
Before: 14.99 / 14.74
After : 13.79 / 13.48 / 13.72
Call it 1 second better? 6% improvement?

Then as an afterthought (and because the pull was so bloody addictive) we did an 80-120 run in 3rd. Sweet Jesus, Mary & Joseph!!!
4.83/4.32/4.26

According to Steve, that's pretty good. It certainly felt quick & that wasn't going to redline so 3rd would be a great overtaking gear on many of our secondary country roads.
/searches - dumb comparison but an M5 does 80-120 in 4th in 4.8seconds
Wheels 3rd gear times - Porsche Boxter S = 4.7s; Mazda RX8 = 4.6s; 350Z = 4.1s; Mazda 6 MPS = 3.6s
So around 4.5s seems quite respectable for a near 1.5tonne, 1.8L shopping trolley

It cost me ~$665 delivered from JKM in the UK.

[onyertod]

118TSI Owners. - Suggestions re wheels please. Stick with 16 or go to 17?

118TSI Owners. - Suggestions re wheels please. Stick with 16 or go to 17?

Having scraped 2 of them, I am considering what would be a suitable set of replacements for the original 16" mag wheels.

I have a white wagon with dark tints so am thinking dark grey or black mags (Golf?) would look good.

But is there any benefit in going to 17" apart from the look?

[brad]

I have 4 of the OEM 16"x6.5 rims I want to sell....... Would even split them. 3 are unmarked, one has a 10c piece size scuff in the clearcoat.

Having said that, Here's my rundown on what I have tried & what I think:

16x6.5 OEM with 205/55x16. Reasonable weight -17.3kg inc tyre (8.7 + 8.6). Good ride. Good handling, possibly a touch too compliant in the sidewall but that might be the CSC2. Cheap but good quality tyres available. Doesn't fill the guards quite enough. Speedo & odo read too far under (9%) for my liking.

17x8 BBS, ET35: Loved the weight - 18kg (7.4 + 10.6). Thought the 225/45x17 a fraction lacking in sidewall cushion but made the speedo better & the odo acceptable. Hated the offset (stuck out too far on the front) and would prefer somewhere between ET45-52. Would like to try 17x8 with 235/45x17 - at least they'd be cheap.

16x7.5 ET52 Audi A4 rims with 225/55x16. A bit heavy - 20kg (11+9). Perfect offset, almost perfect width (would still like 8"). Diameter has made the speedo perfect (reads 3% out now) and the odo a fraction wrong. 225/50x16 would be ideal.

When I get bored with the Audi wheels, I'd like to try a 17x8 ~ET48 with a max weight of 8kg & 235/45x17 with a max weight of 10kg.

[muggo05]

Thanks for the info on your tune mate. do you have a link to that thread so i can have more of a read?

Ok, you lost me with all the wheel stuff. I understand the tyre sizes and weights. but when you talk about ET35 etc. you lost me!

Also, what is wrong with the factory speedo/odometer? I know cars are manufactured to be out a touch, but 9% sounds a bit steep!!

[brad]

not sure if you can get into this part of the forum

At its simplest, if you have 2 identical wheels, ET35 will stick out 15mm more than ET50.

There are many threads (most of them locked) about the difference between your actual speed & the speed shown on the speedometer. In my case, when my speedo was reading 110kmh, I was only doing 100kmh (verified with 2 different GPS). Apparently this is within specification. The odometer wasn't as bad but still about 4% wrong - so I was arriving at my 15,000km service having only done ~14,400km. The speedo thing is supposedly an ADR to protect you from your own stupidity but neither of our other cars are so far "wrong". I equate it to setting your watch 15 minutes fast so you aren't late for work.
My speedo is now 3kmh under (speedo reads 110/actual is 107) but the odo is now 15,000km = 15150km so I need a slightly smaller diameter tyre than my current 225/55x16.

[muggo05]

Thanks mate, well explained!

check these out and see what you think, i did a bit of a paint mockup to see what they could look like and not too bad!

VOLKSWAGEN ALLOY WHEELS ,17 INCH, GOLF JETTA, PASSAT | eBay

[brad]

They would suit the car but I think he's a bit optimistic about the price (eg: add decent tyres & they aren't that cheap all of a sudden)

What width are they? Try and get the weight too. More weight means more inertia to overcome when accelerating, therefore more fuel usage & not as quick.

I don't notice it too much as most of my driving is on the motorway, but if you just drive around the suburbs all the time then you'll take a hit.