Recent Purchases Picture Thread!!

[doylebros]

Just wasn't getting on with the Mercedes. Sold it this afternoon, lost more than i had hoped but thats the way it goes.

Needs:
VCDS lead (should never have sold mine)
Satnav retrofit

Evening Anthony - no hanging about there then Merc out MKVII in!
Looking forward to your build thread and pictures of the new motor - I was under the impression the MKVII's have a locked gateway so retro fitting the SatNav wasn't possible. I think they call "build protection security"?

It can be unlocked in a VW dealership, AFAIK. It needs to be connected to the VW system.

Wasn't that the idea of Odis2 - your built vehicle is cradle to grave so the cost of recycling is all what you predicted.

[Shoduchi]

Wasn't that the idea of Odis2 - your built vehicle is cradle to grave so the cost of recycling is all what you predicted.

I have no idea, now you've lost me with that.

I have a friend who retrofitted xenons to his mk7 and he needed to go to a VW dealership to have the BCM "unlocked" to accept the coding bit that came with the retrofit kit.

[doylebros]

Wasn't that the idea of Odis2 - your built vehicle is cradle to grave so the cost of recycling is all what you predicted.

I have no idea, now you've lost me with that.

I have a friend who retrofitted xenons to his mk7 and he needed to go to a VW dealership to have the BCM "unlocked" to accept the coding bit that came with the retrofit kit.

That's not how I understand this http://forums.ross-tech.com/showthread.php?2150-Component-protection-modules-2014

[Shoduchi]

Wasn't that the idea of Odis2 - your built vehicle is cradle to grave so the cost of recycling is all what you predicted.

I have no idea, now you've lost me with that.

I have a friend who retrofitted xenons to his mk7 and he needed to go to a VW dealership to have the BCM "unlocked" to accept the coding bit that came with the retrofit kit.

That's not how I understand this http://forums.ross-tech.com/showthread.php?2150-Component-protection-modules-2014

Hmm, I see what you mean.

I'll check with my friend who knows a lot about retrofits (and did most of my interior retrofits) to explain to me better how the new system works. He also retroffited the xenons to my other friend with the mk7 and told him he needed to go to a VW dealership to activate the xenons. The kit came with a bit that coded the BCM correctly with the xenons, but it only worked well after the car being connected to the VW system.

[doylebros]

Wasn't that the idea of Odis2 - your built vehicle is cradle to grave so the cost of recycling is all what you predicted.

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I have no idea, now you've lost me with that.

I have a friend who retrofitted xenons to his mk7 and he needed to go to a VW dealership to have the BCM "unlocked" to accept the coding bit that came with the retrofit kit.

That's not how I understand this http://forums.ross-tech.com/showthread.php?2150-Component-protection-modules-2014

Hmm, I see what you mean.

I'll check with my friend who knows a lot about retrofits (and did most of my interior retrofits) to explain to me better how the new system works. He also retroffited the xenons to my other friend with the mk7 and told him he needed to go to a VW dealership to activate the xenons. The kit came with a bit that coded the BCM correctly with the xenons, but it only worked well after the car being connected to the VW system.

This is worth a read http://forums.mwerks.com/showthread.php?7162969-Troubles-with-activating-Discover-Media-retrofit-at-VW-dealership&p=87629068

And wait with interest your friends answer as to how he got your equipment to work!

[Tfsi_Mike]

[AJG09]

Nice where did you find that? Also will you be doing a guide for where the mounting bracket thingybobs go? Only reason I ask is I don't get where they are meant to go 

[r5gtt]

Thought I'd pick up one of these for my tool box although never needed it may do some day 
For the less knowledgeable, it's a wiper arm puller for seized arms. 

[doylebros]

Thought I'd pick up one of these for my tool box although never needed it may do some day 

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag433/Sandy1786/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2015-12-19-21-51-13.png

A very handy tool if your doing any gateway installs through the engine bay route.

[r5gtt]

Thought I'd pick up one of these for my tool box although never needed it may do some day 

http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag433/Sandy1786/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2015-12-19-21-51-13.png

A very handy tool if your doing any gateway installs through the engine bay route.

I may start fitting in cruise control for the less fortunate but it's way too cold atm 
Some of the lads on the tt forum are crying out for cc. and I need some pocket money.

[Shoduchi]

This is worth a read http://forums.mwerks.com/showthread.php?7162969-Troubles-with-activating-Discover-Media-retrofit-at-VW-dealership&p=87629068

And wait with interest your friends answer as to how he got your equipment to work!

My friend who knows how to do retrofits installed xenon headlights in another friends Golf mk7. He told me that this generation needs to be connected to VW's database to receive the original factory definitions to make new modules installed work.

Not sure if this applies to radios...

[r5gtt]

I'll ask a friend who works for vw ^^^ 

[Tfsi_Mike]

Nice where did you find that? Also will you be doing a guide for where the mounting bracket thingybobs go? Only reason I ask is I don't get where they are meant to go 

Ill take a couple of pics when i fit it to show you where the mounts go :)

[AJG09]

Cheers that would be good 

Nice where did you find that? Also will you be doing a guide for where the mounting bracket thingybobs go? Only reason I ask is I don't get where they are meant to go 

Ill take a couple of pics when i fit it to show you where the mounts go :)

[Eccie]

At last BT have upgraded me to fibre, FTTP no less. I went for the 76mbps service, so after ditching the BT hub and going direct into my apple router's I thought I'd run a speed test over wifi on my mac sat at the kitchen table - I'm impressed