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On 15/01/2019 at 16:25, NikTheGeek said:
You'd have to change the housing, you can't just (legally) change the bulbs. Even changing your number plate bulbs from filament to LED is illegal if the housing isn't type-approved for LED. It's not an MOT failure unless the colour temp is wrong, but it's illegal and potentially invalidates your insurance. You need to find units that are type approved for LED use. No idea if they are available.
HTH
I know you are unlikely to get type approved LED fog lights. Front Fog lights as far as I know are not tested on the MOT as they are not fitted on every vehicle on the road.
I’ll have a look around online.
I’m not sure the MOT testers would know whether the car was fitted LED’s anyway, the FL MK 3 has LED dogs as far as I know?
Cheers.
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Another vote for OBD11 here, very easy to use, just make sure you have an Android device.
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Looking at changing the last no led bulbs on the car. What have people used to change the fog lights to LED??
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6 minutes ago, Tycow said:
Brilliant Maverick, thanks for that. Certainly food for thought, however Mrs Tycow might brain me if I try to justify spending £500+ on the ICE after buying the car itself!
What she doesn’t know can’t hurt her!! I would definately recommend OBDEleven to do some of the changes like High Beam assist.
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2 minutes ago, Tycow said:
Maybe, if it's an option. Basically it boils down to cost and practicality.
Like Sasha (with her help) changed from Amundsen MIB 1 to MIB 2. Effectively it’s very easy to do, you need to buy a Glovebox unit, new Screen and upgrade the USB port. Software wise is a little more complex. When you plug the new unit into your car you will need to remove component protection, most dealers are funny (I can recommend someone in Swindon) and then send the unit of to Poland to be recoded.
cost wise -
Glovebox unit - £100
Screen - £150 ish
USB - £35
CP Removal - £50
Coding work - £200 ish including posting to Poland
I managed to resell my old bits to make some of the money back.
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3 minutes ago, Tycow said:
Woohoo, I am now officially part of the club! Drove it home from Caldicot and wow - it's certainly a step up from my 10 year old Civic. Onto the Sasha inspired projects...!
If it's ok, can I ask a couple of questions? Am I right in thinking I have a Bolero unit (see attachment 3)? What are my options to upgrade it - both official and non-official?
Are you looking to add Apple CarPlay/ Android auto?
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@SashaGrace boot LED lights have just arrived, very impressed, only taken 10 days over Xmas from China. Much brighter than stock!
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12 minutes ago, Cakemonster said:
I've just plucked up the courage to do this as my first mod (I've had OBDeleven for months!!
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Cheers @SashaGrace & @Maverick567
What do you think of the improvement?
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After using it for a few days I can’t understand why it is not enabled on every car. I can’t see any negatives for having it enabled, it makes the very average stereo sound noticeably better.
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29 minutes ago, Bertiethebear said:
Hi all
I just tried to enable the two functions as above and managed to make the changes to byte 11 ok and,
after resetting the radio, (MIB2 Amundsen) both the new options appeared in the settings menu, but they are ghosted and obviously unselectable.
Using OBDEleven by the way..
Anything I am not doing or idea why they would be ghosted out?
Cheers
Mate are you accessing the menu from the main sound menu? For some reason if you access the sound menu from a source you can’t change it. To change it scroll through all the tiles on the horizontal menu until you find the sound setting tile, they shouldn’t be greyed out in there.
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3 hours ago, Stoofa said:
I wasn't aware of the soft reset on the Columbus - holding down the power button you get to about 4 seconds and it switches off. Hadn't realised you should continue holding down until it comes back up.
Completed that and the new features are now available. Both enabled, we'll see what kind of difference that makes.
Excellent news!!
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12 minutes ago, Stoofa said:
I'm not somebody who seems to think the world has ended with my standard audio fittings - however any opportunity to enhance would be a bonus.
Is this likely to work on all factory fitted setup? I have the Columbus in my car. I did plug in VCDS, however am the first to admit my skills and knowledge of product isn't great - I couldn't see how to "Byte 11 change to Hex04" for example - if that could be explained in more simple terms?
I did go to the said Byte 11 in 5F Infotainment, Long Coding - however simply saw the following options:
I did try selecting the 04 byte-11.....from the drop down and coding back, however after completing a factory reset on "Audio" from the main settings nothing new appeared.
You are doing it correctly so I wonder if it isn’t compatible with Colombus models.
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1 hour ago, ScoutCJB said:
Ooh .... will have to give this a go. The one think I dislike about my Oct 3 (other than the regents) is the very poor sound system. The stereo in my Oct 2 was far far better
Dont get me wrong it’s not like replacing the stereo but it’s a noticeable improvement!
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2 minutes ago, ScoutCJB said:
Is that for Canton only?
No mate, not sure it will work with Canton. Mine is not Canton.
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11 minutes ago, BGB said:
I’m interested.
What kind of difference do you get?
It’s quite hard to describe but the sound is generally just more full. The bass is more impactive with the virtual sub.
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3 minutes ago, AndGibs1486 said:
Good Afternoon And Merry Christmas,
ive had an offer to buy
Columbus MIB2 Unit and Screen 3V0035020A
Unlocked and CP Removal and all Futures activitated For £750
only problem is missing the bottom trim.
That seems quite a lot if I’m honest but I may be wrong.
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9 hours ago, SashaGrace said:
The guy who’s doing my cluster quotes £200 plus what you can get a cluster for. Hint, I have a cheap one coming up soon
Haha!! Does that include fitting???
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9 hours ago, SashaGrace said:
I’m not doing the VC coding myself, it’s going to someone who knows what they are doing. If swapping a cluster you have to code the immobiliser and the ABS so that’s up to a pro! You can still see the flash through the little peep hole but it’s a bit dimmer, looks good because of the tint though. They look perfectly orange in real life. No yellow tinge to them
What the above means is that someone who wants to upgrade to a colour Maxidot can make me a good offer for my cluster and it’ll work with a bit of specialist coding. Not too many £££ either
Id hate to think what it would cost to change to the Colour Maxidot as a retrofit!!
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On 22/12/2018 at 14:44, SaintMac said:
My son has just bought a new vRS 245 DSG, in Corrida Red with the space saver tyre. Needed something quick, so couldn't wait for a factory build. Picks it up next Thursday/Friday so all in all pretty quick given Christmas. Got a great end of year deal so looking forward to it. Mind you got Bridgestone tyres fitted....
Coming from a Seat Leon FR 1.4 TSI will certainly notice the difference in power! Did look at a Cupra, but couldn't get any really great deals and he actually seemed to prefer the Octavia!
Might want to get some coding done - high beam assist and maybe one or two others, so wondered if there was anyone close to SO32 postcode who might be willing to do some for some beer money?
Thanks.
Hey mate, hope your son loves the new car! If you want some coding done let me know, I’m across in Wiltshire but I come to Southampton fairly regularly.
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36 minutes ago, EdHru said:
Havent received mine yet, whats dilution ratios for winter/summer use on the label, or you just add 2L of the stuff + 2L of watter?
Winter I would do 1 litre of SW to 1 litre of water. In Summer probably 500ml of SW to 1 litre of water.
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Does anyone know the colour code for the VRS 18 inch wheels in Anthracite? Want to get some paint mixed up to hide a small scuff.
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20 minutes ago, EdHru said:
I hope you are not making cocktails for the Xmas/New years party at your house with this amount
I have just ordered one to have a try (in the screen washer). Have you used this one before, just out of interest?
I had some Halfords concentrate (Berry) OMG its was leaving like some sort of greassy film all over the glass. I cleansed the wipers really well, used Bar Keepers Friend to degrease the windscreen as well, but as soon as i would spray Halfords stuff like misty/foggy film again, grrrrrr. Diluted that Comma Xstream in the spray bottle to try first on the clean windscreen, wow what a difference, clean as anything. Siphoned out the Halfords stuff, rinsed the bottle with the water and added fresh Comma stuff. Really not sure why that Halfords stuff would be leaving some sort of residue, it was frankly dangerous in the dark when raining.
I use it and find it good, I mix 50/50 with water because it’s so cheap.
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6 hours ago, JohnnyType2 said:
if you have an MIB 2 6.5" screen its a straight swap to the flat 8" screen. I have one if you want it, much cheaper than ebay.
i went for the MIB2 replacement and 8" FL18 screen, its totally transformed the cabin
Out of interest what does the App button do?
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Sasha’s Octavia vRS
in Skoda Octavia Mk III (2013 - 2020)
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How did you sort it?? Maybe no need for the MIB 2.5 stereo?