JonBRapid

Sadly went to kwikfit when it needed replacing last time as they were the only place open at the time. So I’m not convinced I have the right one in there… it’s an AGM but 027?

Different wheels… old chamalot’s for sale!

What battery should I get to replace my current one? Can I upgrade it? 2013 Rapid 1.2 tsi (105) elegance green tech (stop/start)

You can say, “I told you so….” I test + for covid and so my wife goes away with the kids and parks the car next to the caravan they’re staying in for a couple of day and then I get a phone call saying the car won’t open! 🫣oops… so I guess I’ll be finding the switched fuse tomorrow and putting the battery on charge!

im told that an apple AirTag is better alternative 😜

Can you access it remotely? I’ve been more aware of the car when I’ve been parked and heard noises and thought that to access it remotely would be a nice touch. Then I was offered the blackvue which does that thinking I might be paranoid!

That looks good. I didn’t want to spend a load of money on it as not sure we need one really but now see the benefit. I guess it’s like cctv at home, you hope you don’t need to use it.

the one I got was the co-pilot cpdvr3 for £20 plus the p&p, plus the hardwire kit at £10 and £8 memory card.

So the story continues… my wife went out in the car today and doesn’t like the blue tint to the mirror or the fact it vibrates. the solution comes in the form of a second hand blackvue system that I should get in a few weeks time. I’ll put the first camera down as a dry run and use it for any vehicles we borrow. watch this space.

So I’m happy with the outside look of our black rapid and have played with the audio system but one area I’ve been disappointed with is the seats in the rapid elegance. I’ve heard some people have done seat covers. Has anyone done a seat swap? Secondly, I’m wondering about a steering wheel swap/upgrade, again does anyone have any experience in doing this?

I checked with a test probe/light that that fuse was permanent live. Ground to a big nut behind the dash. My current issue is that the handbook had a discrepancy in regards to maximum micro sd size, stating 32 gb but the bigger the better, so I went and bought a 128gb and of course it doesn’t work. Now waiting for Jeff B to deliver a 32gb max endurance one that I’d cancelled after reading the hand book! indidnt get round to running the rear view camera this afternoon. Gonna wait for a warmer day.

So, relatively straight forward to install. The kit came with a little orange but of plastic. I put a couple of zip ties on the cable in the headliner to help keep them up there (read it on the internet that they help). I just need to run the rear view camera now. Same, same but different

ah, that makes sense now. Sorry I’d miss read the 12v accessory socket bit. The kit I’m getting has parking recording and a box that monitors the draw. So, I’ll go for the 12v accessory one. Thanks again.

Thanks Chris, you are alway a great source of knowledge. Without a multi meter how do I know which ones are permanent live?

Hello, So, like buses working on my rapid seems to come in pairs! This week has seem the purchase of some Savio 17” wheels in black, which needed a good clean, polish, gtecniq c5 wheel armour, swapping some tyres and getting them balanced. I’ve also been thinking of getting a dash camera and rather than spend lots of money, I opted for the co-pilot CPDVR3 Mirror cover camera and I’ve bought a hardwire kit so it’ll work when the car is parked. my question is has anyone fitted one and can anyone advise which fuse to piggyback for constant 12v live. if not I’ll take some photos and pop it up on here.

So I need new disks and pads... Advice please... Willing to upgrade but not sure where to start... Is it worth is?

Hi, is a custom job as there is nit enough demand. There used to be a company called I. C. E and they hand your car for a few days and made the mould. It cost a bit more than I wanted to pay so stuck with an alpine 8" box https://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/SingleView/SBG-844BR I then bought a jl audio 12" https://www.jlaudio.com/collections/car-audio-subwoofer-systems-basswedge/products/cp112-w0v3-car-audio-basswedge-subwoofer-systems-93281 There is still loads of room with the jl box - which is big!

Carista throws up a fault code but nothing visually.

So Oxford car audio did an awesome job. They took the high-level signal from the headunit (rns315) to the audison bit 10d (dsp), which then de-eqs the factory signal sends the time corrected/eq'd signal to the amps, using rca cable running each speaker active :)