Weekend of tinkering...

[brad]

Couldn't find a "what have you done to your Octy today" thread so here's what I've done this weekend:

• changed oil (last of the stockpile).
• x-rotated tyres
• washed wheels
• fitted cheap ebay mudspats
• fitted half a dogbone insert & made a retainer for it.
• Fitted Koni Sport Dampers F&R (already had Eibach springs)

I've set the Konis to half a turn off soft rebound damping. Compression is fixed I believe.
The ride is fantastic. It's like having a new car (old dampers had 112,000km). No more pogoing at the front; no more sqishy oil nois driving out of my driveway. I'm in love again.
David & Margaret give it 4 out of 5 stars.

[vdubmotorworx]

cool, that's a fair bit of work for a weekend mate.........

[brad]

3-4hrs Thursday arvo after Dawn service & city marching for Anzac Day doing rear dampers, wheel clean & rotate & oil change. Being on a slope cost me some time.
About 45 mins Friday arvo for the engine mount insert (mainly fabricating a retainer).
3 hours for the front dampers & mudapats. A mate was going to come & help but I started early & was finished when he arrived, so we drank beer to celebrate & then rotated the tyres on his Koni equipped Polo 77tsi.

Notes:
Despite what a lot of guides say, there is no need to remove the rear springs when changing rear dampers.

Despite what a lot of guides say, there is no need to remove the drive axles on the front. The trick is to disconnect both sway bar links & disconnect the lower control arm from the lower ball joint.
If you have stock springs then you need 2 people to slide the strut out of the hub knuckle. Lowered springs can be done with 1 person. Spring compressors are kind- of helpful but not really (ie: you compress the spring but the strut stays at full length because of the gas damper).

[BottomScratcher]

David & Margaret give it 4 out of 5 stars.

How come no one's ever seen Margaret and Brian Mannix in the same place at the same time?

[Mysticality]

Stuck on my Mk3 Octavia badges today.

Bit too shiny for my liking but whatever - Vive la Revolution!

[Martin]

You should have plastic dipped those badges (same as Lex)

I've removed my dog bone and finished my interia carbon wrapping
Being in the car no longer feels like a teenager with full set of braces is smiling at me