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@JR RS also has a brilliant guide to removing the front bumper! Used it many times.

I personally use carscanner app and the recommended icarpro dongle from Amazon. £35 plus £8 for the pro app. Does nearly everything I need with no subscription

No such issues with mine. All seems to work fine

These ones. Had no issues. The black trim needed a tiny fettle for them to install perfectly but otherwise have been perfect. I just found this on AliExpress: https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJBESM6

Ah ok thanks. OBD11 no longer do lifetime pro and have monthly subscriptions only. Wireless vcds is double the price of standard. £600 vs £300.

I have ones like these. They are brilliant.

I reckon it could be retrofitted. The holder is available on Ali express. https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvrOk82 It’s 3 wires. Permanent live, permanent earth and a live which comes on with the boot opening which is probably there for your existing light. I can’t imagine the trim is much different so should be achievable.

For anyone wanting this VW have answered our prayers. Part number 3T0947417F is from a new Tiguan, multivan or T6 caravelle and is a straight replacement but with cool white LED. Thanks @Danoid for the discovery. There’s some on eBay in the uk for around £30 and I think direct from vw would be around £60-80. Just ordered mine from eBay so will post. A pic when it arrives.

You’ll be ok, they’re fitted to VW so you won’t have to worry your dealer

So with obd eleven you don’t have to get credits? What’s the advantage over vcds, that it can be done from your phone rather than laptop? I found most of the coding items on the vcds thread on the forum are one click things on carscanner. I’ve had to use long coding very little. The list would be handy to have though thanks.

I use carscanner app and this dongle https://amzn.eu/d/02erD0i9 It’s £36 for the dongle and £8 for the pro version of the app. No subscriptions. It does all the basic reading and clearing of codes, live data etc. It has the majority of the “tweaks” you would want to make pre programmed as selections. This includes service things like opening the rear brake calipers and coding battery etc. As per this list: https://www.carscanner.info/coding-mqb/ You can also do long coding but it doesn’t have the same helpers such as a tool like VCDS but most of the time I need to do it I’ve asked people on the forum and found what I’ve needed to do. There are a few things it can’t do like some adaptations and dataset coding but often you would need VCP or ODIS for that sort of thing anyway. It also has a CarPlay app where you can make dashboards from any data source so you can monitor things like transmission temperature etc. I have found that for the price it’s unbeatable and does nearly everything that a mid level DIYer would want to. The ultimate tool would be VCDS but that is around £225 but can do everything you need except dealer level online coding things like component protection. https://m.gendan.co.uk/product_VCV23.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=2009361245&gclid=CjwKCAjwo5bXBhAEEiwAkgpgXDjr7VRHYIiufMXCWsIb8mS_SSSj7lprJkcTEbAkCM7cPZszbZEBnBoC96kQAvD_BwE

Thanks for that. Found one on eBay for £30 which is slightly more tolerable than new at £80 odd but now know what vehicles they’re from so I’ll keep my eye out…

Mine is 3T0947417B. Looks like it goes up to E. I’d be keen to know your part number @Danoid it’s on the inside under the battery cover. Mind you it’s £80 odd from Skoda so swapping might be the best way of getting one!

If this is the map update I think it means engine running. It will do it as you drive and auto continue in the background from where it left off. You don’t have to do it in one go.

You missed your opportunity when yours was in for the work!

Also another thought. If it is OEM does it have a part number on it. I wonder if they can be bought from Skoda?!

Very jealous. I came to the forums too late for @ApertureS to be doing the cool white upgrades. Was it from a newer Skoda? My father in law has a new enyaq, I wonder if I can swap it without him noticing…

I just bought a Duracell branded one as it comes with 4 year warranty. It’s a banner manufactured one relabelled. Might be a UK only brand perhaps. I went for highest Ah with longest warranty.

Only one clip I could cable tie round. The other one is solid and I didn’t fancy fixing to the broken part of the pipe! It’s not going anywhere as the engine cover sits right on top of here so should be all good.

Ah yes. Good call. Will do that now.

To give credit, this is the original instagram post that drew me to it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfFyywNtp4m/?cplk=MWwxMWh1cWJsNGxydw== When looking at it it’s the hard plastic joiners that have cracked rather than the rubber pipe. All three had gone and almost right through. So ran the self amalgamating tape right along the section. The clips don’t quite do up but I don’t want to force them as I’ll probably replace the pipe at some point in the future. For now, the noise has gone and it seems to be sealed. Thanks @imart143 for the tips.

Some arrived from Amazon this morning and the job this afternoon is to fit it! Thanks for the tips.

Reiger diffuser looks good.

I have this issue on my superb. Going to give it a go tomorrow to try and fix it.

I assume the Octavia vrs one will fit unless pipe is different diameter overall. But they make them in house so I’m sure they could make one at a price.