**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?

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?