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Currently retrofitting the £600 oem flat-bottom sport heated steering wheel which I found a great ebay bargain on, looks good, feels GREAT to drive with, and importantly contains the 'view' multifunction wheel button that I need to do the 'virtual cockpit' retrofit in future
but.. the existing clock spring only has the main connector which allows for airbag and multifunction buttons, it doesn't have the secondary connector needed to power the heated wheel
luckily I've found the required version at a german breakers, and it should be here soon..
So I sit scratching my head looking at the wiring diagrams to figure out how to rewire the car to accept this replacement clock spring (annoyingly, the heated wheel version clockspring has 14 pins instead of 16, and it's a different connector, pins moved around etc. Typical!)
Meanwhile making a start on the tv tuner retrofit, well at least the easy bits of it, and taking some photos as I go to help guide any future retrofitters
but.. the existing clock spring only has the main connector which allows for airbag and multifunction buttons, it doesn't have the secondary connector needed to power the heated wheel
luckily I've found the required version at a german breakers, and it should be here soon..
So I sit scratching my head looking at the wiring diagrams to figure out how to rewire the car to accept this replacement clock spring (annoyingly, the heated wheel version clockspring has 14 pins instead of 16, and it's a different connector, pins moved around etc. Typical!)
Meanwhile making a start on the tv tuner retrofit, well at least the easy bits of it, and taking some photos as I go to help guide any future retrofitters
bought a dragy
didnt have time to set anything up properly, but wanted to give it a go, semi-wet conditions, I spose I can do better with some practice etc, right tyre pressure, right tyres , right road conditions, right temps etc. It showed quarter mile time as 12.5
didnt have time to set anything up properly, but wanted to give it a go, semi-wet conditions, I spose I can do better with some practice etc, right tyre pressure, right tyres , right road conditions, right temps etc. It showed quarter mile time as 12.5
Edited by AlVal on Wednesday 5th May 22:47
Mercury00 said:
Nothing to add other than I love these and have always fancied one, but I've just had an uber ride and the ride comfort was shocking I thought the whole point was for them to be comfortable? I can't complain about the rear legroom, mind.
They are very comfortable, your Uber was perhaps high mileage and in need of a suspension refurb4.5 to 60 in a comfortable under the radar car is epic OP
AlVal said:
I went with superchips, even though I know these days brands like Revo and APR are in vogue
Interesting, pretty cheap too.I was looking at Celtic Tuning as they give you a two-week money-back guarantee so I thought I would try it (and take it to my favourite Surrey-based rolling road!) before deciding to keep it or not.
Removed the "mib2 columbus" headunit in glove box and screen in order to update it to the latest "mib2.5" columbus/high version with the bigger 9.2 screen
£600 for a used screen and headunit.
I'm mostly doing this as a prerequisite to show maps on the virtual cockpit when I retrofit that in future.
Used vcds hardware/software kit to take a scan ("admap") of all the settings from the old MIB2 so I could do a scan of the new unit after fitting and compare to get it set up the same, since there are hundreds of settings.
Updated maps to 2021, updated firmware, hacked it with mib toolbox and removed component protection and enabled video in motion
£600 for a used screen and headunit.
I'm mostly doing this as a prerequisite to show maps on the virtual cockpit when I retrofit that in future.
Used vcds hardware/software kit to take a scan ("admap") of all the settings from the old MIB2 so I could do a scan of the new unit after fitting and compare to get it set up the same, since there are hundreds of settings.
Updated maps to 2021, updated firmware, hacked it with mib toolbox and removed component protection and enabled video in motion
MrBig said:
Enjoying this thread, car looks good!
I didn't realise you could code start/stop out! Is this in long coding? Can you still switch it back on with the button? I find it useful sometimes, but mostly have it switched off.
The trick is to change the voltage its set to kick in atI didn't realise you could code start/stop out! Is this in long coding? Can you still switch it back on with the button? I find it useful sometimes, but mostly have it switched off.
Module 19, there's an adaptation called start/stop start value limit which is set by default to 7.6, so if battery below 7.6 volts it won't kick in. I set it to 12 volts and it never kicks in (max setting is 12.1)
Today fitted rear boot lip spoiler and rear windscreen spoiler
Edited by AlVal on Tuesday 11th May 23:14
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