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if the false floor can by fitted as a DIY Job?

Cheers,

Dan

Yep, think it can mate.

There are 2 plastic clips that hold the side sections of the boot floor down, they push down and twist to lock via 2 metal loops that protrude from the boot floor near the cubby holes. That's about the most technical part of it.

so deffinatly not worthing paying the main stealers for 100 mins to fit it then?

oh any my car being a vRS doesn't make any diffrence does it?

thanks again

No problem with VRS.

I fitted one in my ex MKII VRS estate.

Five minute job

You will get a bag with 2 metal plates and pop rivets to be fitted at the end of the side supports.

I put them away in a drawer indoors (not really needed)

Plus the bonus is that unlike the factory fit vbf on my mk2 vrs estate, you will have all your carpet, with no slits cut in it to make way for the vbf sides!!!

that'll do for me nicely, cheers

thats a point, so if you dont have to cut the carpet I imagine its fairly easy to whip it back out if you so wished?

If these are the parts required to fit the VBF youself, does anyone know the cost of buying them from the dealers rather than specifying it as an option on a new car?

DAA620001

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Does any one know if by purchasing;

DAA620001

DAA620002

DAA620003

found here ?koda Accessories

if the false floor can by fitted as a DIY Job?

Cheers,

Dan

I got one as standard in my L&K and if you see it from the flip-side, there's no option to have the dealer take it out, so bearing in mind, as has been said, you don't actually have to cut or do anything tricky to the existing car to put it in, I can't see why people would want to pay 100 wing-wangs to get it fitted? Hope that makes sense?

Easy peasy to install and get out, and in my estate the top part will pretty much lie flat in the boot so I don't even need to store it. Just adds sound proofing over the wheel well.

Can anybody tell me if the bottom panel is just flimsy thin material like the standard mat that comes with the car? Or is it a bit stronger? I want to use the bottom panel for the dog and keep the upper folding panel clean and hair free. But the dog collapses the standard mat into the wheel well... So will the bottom mat with the false floor kit be any stronger?

My Scout has the VBF and I do exactly that - dogs on the flat, VBF in when they're in the wife's car. I have two pointers of about 22kgs each - no issues on the flat floor.

The VBF is quite sturdy. Skoda do give a weight limit for it, 75 kg rings a bell but worth checking that; mines stood up fine to logs and bricks!

Can anybody tell me if the bottom panel is just flimsy thin material like the standard mat that comes with the car? Or is it a bit stronger? I want to use the bottom panel for the dog and keep the upper folding panel clean and hair free. But the dog collapses the standard mat into the wheel well... So will the bottom mat with the false floor kit be any stronger?

 

FYI, the standard Skoda VBF is well made.

I have sat and lounged in the back many a time on the VBF with no issues regarding weight and I am slightly over 75 kg.

I have also taken 3 suitcases each of 22 KG's for hours at a time which has also been fine. It is pretty sturdy!

 

Just read your question properly!! Mine is a pretty thin material on the bottom which is effectively the floor of the VBF. It would be a bit stronger than just a mat. I've put plenty of items in there and they have never deformed and ended up in the spare wheel well.  I wouldn't want to put too much weight on mine although, certainly not 75 kgs.

 

Fitting time 1 hour... LOL!  If you did it with both hands tied behind your back perhaps!

 

"Product Details: The raised boot floor comprises three parts which when fitted to the vehicle provide a 100 litre storage space underneath a new, raised, boot floor.

Ideal for storing small and valuable items away from prying eyes, this is the same as the production option."

 

I've never actually looked at what that material is, but will take a picture later unless someone beats me to it

Thanks guys... I have just the standard mat right now (grey carpet with some sort of plastic lines running along the length).

It has a thin fibre-board panel on the bottom but only in the shape of a circle where the wheel well is.

The entire mat isn't so strong. The problem with it is it isn't supported well along the rear edge. It's fine towards the rear seats and the rear corners of the car. As the dog moves around she seems to be shifting the mat to the point where the fibre-board circle part isn't sitting right and the whole thing collapses into the hole. (there's no wheel in there).

 

I often carry some P.A speakers and amplifiers around so I have planned to do 'something' with the boot since before buying the car.

I was weighing up the cost of the real deal with the cheapness of slapping a bit of plyboard in the back until i spotted a false floor kit on ebay the other night and bought it. It's from a seller based in the Czech republic who seems to sell nothing but Skoda parts.

£130 including delivery to the UK!

 

I was hoping the bottom panel was pretty strong but if it turns out to be pretty much the same as the standard one then i will just put a piece of thin board underneath it.

 

Whist on the subject of the variable / false boot floor... how about this for a little bit of audio enhancement!?

My boy racer 'huge sub' days are over... but I still like my music to sound good. This thing seems ideal : )

 

The bottom is pretty thin (1st pic) especially when you compare it to the VBF 'lid' (second pic).  Less than half the width perhaps.  Saying that, is is stronger than I remembered when you press down on it. 

 

You could always whack another bit of wood under the whole thing to reinforce worst case scenario.

 

 

 

Thanks for the photos... It looks reasonably strong. Stronger than the one that is fitted with the car anyway. Can't wait to get it. I'm keeping an eye out for any deals on that slimline pioneer sub.

Not really used the VBF much, pretty much took it out straight away cos it didn't work with the waterproof fabric liner I bought from new with the car for my dog, and in the last 7 years of ownership I've regularly had the 37 kilo boxer lump in my avatar straight onto the floor above the tyre with no problem, as well as a LOT of block paving, slates, polycarbonate, etc. with absolutely no concerns.

Has anyone tried this on a hatchback?

Should work exact same whether estate or hatch. They use same part numbers.

Any thoughts where I might find the part numbers for the variable floor for an Octy 3 estate?

 

TIA,  DC