What did you do to your Octavia today?

[Skoda Soda]

Used Plasti Dip on my bonnet Skoda badge the other day. Did it twice to get the effect I wanted. Got it wrong the first time but I just peeled it off and started again.

Love the look of the badge! How did you manage to pry it out to plasti dip it?

[egene]

Love the look of the badge! How did you manage to pry it out to plasti dip it?

I didn't have to pry the badge off. You actually spray the Plasti Dip directly on the badge and peel the excess bits off. Google it and you'll understand what I mean.

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[MickeyB]

Fitted Whiteline rear sway bar, H&R 50mm lowering springs, hex lower front grille, and front splitter.

Handling difference is significant, visual difference is immense!

[Martin]

My wonderful HPA brakes had developed a noticeable vibration.



I took the rotors into the workshop for a skim, this took them close to the wear limit, will have to replace them next time.
I did 25k and a few track days using Ferodo DS2500 pads - these are truly wonderful pads but they took their toll on the rotors
The following 25k I used a street pad from HPA - much less dust and rotor friendly (also less bite)

The pads were well used, about 85%, I replaced them to get the pistons well back into caliper

I'm running the supaloy control arms - I had the camber/caster adjustment set to max out the neg camber
This provided incredible confidence turning in - it was happy to carry a lot of trail braking into the corner
But it reduced the car's ability to get off the mark and put the power down
The negative camber did not adversely wear the tyre tread during the ~50k,
while the tread wear is flat across the face of the tyre there is excessive inner edge wear (a little confusing)
So now I'm going to change the caster/camber on the supaloy control arms to max out caster
This will get the wheel more upright and help put power down in the straight line
the caster will give more negative camber when turning the steering wheel
Probably not as much camber as my current static setup but that's ok - you don't really need it for the street

I got 53k out of the Goodyear F1A2 tyres - fantastic tyre which is now cost effective - love them
I'm now fitting a pair of Michelin PSS tyres that I got from a Tire Rack sale when the exchange rate was 1:1

[MickeyB]

Had my first scrape since fitting the front splitter! Fortunately it was only light, and not visible- I've been so careful so far, but with lowered springs, I guess it was bound to happen.
Also carried 4 people in the car for the first time: happy to say that there was no scrubbing/bottoming out since fitting the H&R springs, which was a prior concern given that I retained the factory shocks.


No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy

[backdoc]

I cracked my drivers side rear tail light. Should've been more careful with rubbish bin! Anyone got one to sell????

[GTR27]

Got it's 15k service today.... At 9,400.....
Had to do it on time rather than distance. Oh well! Asked them to look at the random rough running (which others like Gerry have noticed). No fault found. They asked if they could take the car overnight to test further if I want (they suspect it's a cold start issue) - I have said it occurs randomly got it cold.

If it gets more frequent I'll try the drop off, it doesn't really worry me that much.

[Gerrycan]

Got it's 15k service today.... At 9,400.....
Had to do it on time rather than distance. Oh well! Asked them to look at the random rough running (which others like Gerry have noticed). No fault found. They asked if they could take the car overnight to test further if I want (they suspect it's a cold start issue) - I have said it occurs randomly got it cold.

If it gets more frequent I'll try the drop off, it doesn't really worry me that much.

On that point of the jerky running after the first cold start of the day, it virtually disappeared during the authentically cold winter we experienced in Adelaide and then came back in the spring.
That made sense as we first purchased it in the 2013 winter and I only became aware of it some months after purchase (spring).
Could be it is pumping too much fuel for the warmer temperatures? The issues clear after less than a kilometre.
Coincidentally the overrun buzz from somewhere above my right ear went away during the cold weather and came back with the heat.

[gadget007a]

First service, wheel alignment was all over the place , now sorted.
rear fog lights don't work, wiring, globes, switches etc all checked out ok, they thought the coding to be off, sent off a download from the car, no issue found, appears to be gateway controller problem.

[nickd]

Did the poor alignment have any impact on the tyre wear? Just wondering because after about 8000k my tyres are looking surprisingly worn and I wonder if it will be covered by warranty if it turns out it's poor wheel alignment from delivery.

[gadget007a]

Did the poor alignment have any impact on the tyre wear? Just wondering because after about 8000k my tyres are looking surprisingly worn and I wonder if it will be covered by warranty if it turns out it's poor wheel alignment from delivery.

My tyres are ok, no sign of feathering or uneven wear, steering response feels better, but they mucked up the alignment of the steering wheel, need to have it offset to the right in order to steer straight. And when I mentioned it the reply was "it was straight when I road tested it". Just another thing for them to fix.

[GTR27]

I fully detailed the car today. Wash, clay bar, machine polish, apply sealant, buff off, also cleaned seats. Took about 5 hrs. I'm wrecked but the car is looking spiffy.

[Lucki]

I fully detailed the car today. Wash, clay bar, machine polish, apply sealant, buff off, also cleaned seats. Took about 5 hrs. I'm wrecked but the car is looking spiffy.

I can't believe that took you only 5 hours mate. Well done!

For me, it takes twice as much time... reckon I must be too slow.

[GTR27]

No breaks at all, a double garage to use, all equipment laid out ready to go and having to be finished by a certain time.

Admittedly though, my paint was in excellent condition beforehand so only very minor corrections required.

I also do all the hard parts first, and finish with the big/easy areas like bonnet, doors etc. Having a pano roof helps too, as there isn't much roof to polish.

[Martin]

New right front guard, wheel liner, new door skin, other cosmetic repairs
AAMI and Capital Smart repairs were both fantastic