Still makes me smile!

[Bayford Skoda]

I run an Arrow chassis and I race in Rotax Heavy. How about yourself?

Just sold a Tecno Kart with a Leopard 125... Now have a Kosmic

[RSOK]

did it make a good deal of difference and can you give me details of where you bought the stuff from initially?

Thanks

Can't say, because I put the insulation in on the day I picked up the car, coz I'd read about the fact that there were 'road noise' issues on the Octavia wagons owing to Skoda's lack of sound insulation... so I never had a chance to get used to the standard car's road noise properties.

I bought the insulation off an e-bay seller in Victoria.

[K1W1]

I bought the insulation off an e-bay seller in Victoria.

There are several brands available one of the more well known is Dynamat. If you Google it you will find pages of info.

[pwcar]

I have approx 20,000 km on mine now after 5 months and the thrumming sound from what I think is the rear tyres is getting ridiculous.
At the 15,000 km service the service dept said no to rotating the tyres because of feathering on the rears, they said I'd complain about noise if they put them on the front. I don't think I've ever had a car with so much tyre/road noise, especially with such low km and moderate wear on the tyres.

[PassatB6]

I have approx 20,000 km on mine now after 5 months and the thrumming sound from what I think is the rear tyres is getting ridiculous.
At the 15,000 km service the service dept said no to rotating the tyres because of feathering on the rears, they said I'd complain about noise if they put them on the front. I don't think I've ever had a car with so much tyre/road noise, especially with such low km and moderate wear on the tyres.

Happens to the Passat too!

[dazag]

I had a bulk pack of Dynamat ( in my opinion some of the best stuff around for sound deadening) left over from when I was sound deadening my Merc Vito van. So I've used some of it to do the spare wheel area in the back of the RS wagon, and i plan on doing all the doors, the remainder of the rear area and possibly a little of the roof ( for when i fit roof racks to hopefully keep some of the wind noise out ). This should make the thing fairly damn quiet and give the stereo even more bass.
I will take some pics of the rear dynamat fit this week and post em up.

[brad]

I have approx 20,000 km on mine now after 5 months and the thrumming sound from what I think is the rear tyres is getting ridiculous.
At the 15,000 km service the service dept said no to rotating the tyres because of feathering on the rears, they said I'd complain about noise if they put them on the front. I don't think I've ever had a car with so much tyre/road noise, especially with such low km and moderate wear on the tyres.

If they aren't directional tyres then do a cross rotation - reverse the rotation of the feathered tyres. Put the most feathered units on the drive axle. The noise will reduce as the high points wear off.

What tyre pressures are you running?

IMO, for good, uniform tyre life on a torquey FWD with premium tyres, the tyres should be X-rotated every 5,000-10,000km. 15,000km is stretching it a bit.

[TuNeS]

Ok, nearly one year on from this post, I thought I would update it.

My vRS now has 37000km on the clock and we went for another trip up to Mt Tamborine on the weekend. This car is every bit as good......if not better than the day I bought it. I really let it rip on some of the windy mountain roads and just kept smiling.

The fuel economy has gotten better since the day I bought it as more km's goes down. The tyre noise I was complaining about went away when I rotated the tyres a few months back from front to rear along with alignment and balancing. I am still on the original tyres too.

The only thing that has changed in a year is the amount of other vRS's (and skoda's in general) that I am now seeing on the road. My octy isnt as head turning as it once was because every man and his dog now has one! I don't know how many times I have said 'I told you so' to the people who said I was stupid for buying it in the first place

I just hope the new model is out when this current one turns 3 as I will stay with it!