what did you and your mk3 leon do today

[TripleBob]

New toys have started arriving! It’s like Christmas has come early (and just like Christmas I’ve bloody paid for everything )

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Thats fast!

 

[TripleBob]

Thats fast!

I know right! Ordered the shocks from AutoDoc, as they were a full £200 cheaper than anywhere else and I figured I’d risk it (as they’ve got mixed reviews). They’ve arrived super fast considering they’ve come directly from Bilstein in Germany! As far as I can see they’ve not even been via a warehouse - the dispatcher details for customs was Bilstein!

 

[nd-photo.nl]

I usually also order from Autodoc, I need to take into account 2 weeks for delivery (Germany > Netherlands)

 

[Craig.]

Nothing. I've done nothing with the car for a while.

Not even cleaned it.

Been busy sinking time and money into 1 of 2 new PCs and I am now sad as I released the car has been forgotten!!

With trips away and Birthdays/Christmas looming, I doubt I'll have the chance to do much, if anything, with the car until the new year except maybe clean it.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[queen]

Part number for the audi brake ducts mentioned a few posts back?

 

[TripleBob]

Part number for the audi brake ducts mentioned a few posts back?

Genuine RS3 Brake Ducts Pair - 8V RS3/S3/Mk7 Golf R - 8V0407811/8V0407812 | Progressive Parts

These air ducts are a quick and simple solution that fit to the wish bones via the supplied genuine cable ties to replicate the 2018 Audi RS3 8V's cooling

progressiveparts.com

 

[Tester01]

Is it a tdi?

Petrol mate.

Weirdly I tried to replicate it again this week and it blowed hot air a lot quicker.

This is the problem I had last time by time I got it to dealer the weather warmed up. They couldn’t fit my car until months later

If weathers decent it’s fine. It’s when the temps plunge everything falls apart.

Got a video I took on a cold morning last year where I was sat in the car for 40 mins plus and still not hot air.

Might need to move appointment to next month…Need more wintery weather to demonstrate annoyingly.

Don’t want to convince myself it’s not an issue anymore then come December I’m struggling

Annoying

 

[Tester01]

Looked into getting injectors cleaned ultrasonically today but I’d have to send them in

How easy are they to access and remove on these cars?

Sound like a parrot but just don’t understand how even on a long run my 1.5 returns sub 35mpg.
No matter the season.

I’d honestly love to just get to bottom of it, as just in the back in my mind it gives me back of my mind that somethings gonna go completely wrong

 

[tracktoy]

New roll cage has arrived so hopefully getting fitted in next week.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

New roll cage has arrived so hopefully getting fitted in next week.

Without proper pictures we don't believe you

 

[nd-photo.nl]

Looked into getting injectors cleaned ultrasonically today but I’d have to send them in

How easy are they to access and remove on these cars?

Sound like a parrot but just don’t understand how even on a long run my 1.5 returns sub 35mpg.
No matter the season.

I’d honestly love to just get to bottom of it, as just in the back in my mind it gives me back of my mind that somethings gonna go completely wrong

What engine?

 

[tracktoy]

Without proper pictures we don't believe you

Well that's not very nice is it

There will be better pictures of the cage and the fitting in due course.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

We all love pictures, thats what makes this topic all the better

 

[grabania]

Few days have passed and I can confirm that I am happy owner of ACC my friend and I did this retrofit for the first time so activating it in my car took around 5 hours (flashing different softs, removing component protection, generating SWaP, coding it correctly to the car, calibration...) but we managed to do this.

I have never drove a car with ACC and manual so I am slowly adopting it quirks. Overall I am pretty happy with this mod, as motorway driving is much much better now! It is still limited though as I don't have the camera (front windshields are expensive!), but I hope that in the future I will install it too.

Here are main sources of information that I've used for this mod:
- https://mqb.pl/en/adaptive-cruise-control-retrofit-acc-on-mqb/
- https://vwcoding.ru/MQB/pACC/

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[cairus]

Good Job

 

[Tell]

Few days have passed and I can confirm that I am happy owner of ACC my friend and I did this retrofit for the first time so activating it in my car took around 5 hours (flashing different softs, removing component protection, generating SWaP, coding it correctly to the car, calibration...) but we managed to do this.

I have never drove a car with ACC and manual so I am slowly adopting it quirks. Overall I am pretty happy with this mod, as motorway driving is much much better now! It is still limited though as I don't have the camera (front windshields are expensive!), but I hope that in the future I will install it too.

Here are main sources of information that I've used for this mod:
- https://mqb.pl/en/adaptive-cruise-control-retrofit-acc-on-mqb/
- https://vwcoding.ru/MQB/pACC/

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I have mine turned off in the Ateca. They were sold as optional extras in assorted pack levels. Prefer to drive the car rather than being driven. Ditto lane assist. Use to think the car drives itself... turned it off two weeks after I got it realising it was driving itself. Old school here. I got tired of the car taking me through pot holes. British roads. ACC is fun with traffic assist where you need the DSG to give you the full experience. I did try that a few times but in pre face lifted Atecas, you can turn off the stuff easily and go for a non tech drive. Enjoy whilst you. These new cars you got to turn the stuff off on each journey like a pre flight check list, that you dont want I reckon. Least you can toggle on and off and remember last settings in the pre 2020 cars.

Congratulations on your technical feat of increasing your pack level via DIY.

 

[tracktoy]

I am with you on the turning stuff off that does the driving for you but I do use the ACC on motoway driving and its much better than simple Cruise control which we have on the other motors.

 

[cairus]

Leaving the assistants disabled after MY 19 is a simple change in the data set unit 19 with the right tool

 

[Tell]

Yes it was after 2020 they upped the anti but may be just prior. It was turning lane assist off for good until you required it in 2018 Ateca. By 2020 Tarraco it was always put back on at each ignition, but there is that coding toggle of remember last setting. So those cars between 2020 to 2024 models you can toggle to remember last, so it stays off. Post 2025 SFD2 and all of that you are stuck with all safety features on.

If I did more motorway driving I'd use ACC. London and Essex wasnt long motorway journeys. Rural life you have to drive 40 miles to a motorway and 30 miles for a 70mph road.

The ACC worked well with traffic assist in Germany when it brought the car nicely to a stop with the DSG. In London the traffic is too fraught although I did see processions of cars glued together with ACC.... with a bend ahead why bother.