Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Looks good! I'm terrified to go near any wires, I'd love a camera in mine though

Black_Knight wrote: »

I did a write up over here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=90031594

It was actually easier than expected. Chasing wires was pretty handy. The only set backs were:
1. It was all wired up, but didnt work for some still unknown reason
2. My reversing lights didnt work, turns out they dont work when the boot is open.
3. I uninstalled it, took it apart, phase tested it all, and reinstalled it again after 1 happened.

If I were to do it on another VW, id say it'd take me 3 hours. Less if its not my car! :pac:


For the Saab, I guess you'd need to upgrade the radio, or get a stand alone screen. The rest would just be chasing wires and installing a camera where the number plate lights are.

Yeah I've dabbled with the though of a touchscreen sorta set up, but the trouble you have to go to rewire it though just isnt worth it

I got bored

So here's a post of how to fix dodgy windows! Common enough problem in 9-5's it seems and I'm sure it's similar to other cars so here we go

So get a little flathead screw driver, pry out the coinholder

After this you can simply pop the module out of place, this is a fairly delicate thing so when you're detaching/unclipping plastic from plastic, just mind it incase they break



And we're out!





So I took things inside for the rest, let the module warm up a tad, if you're impatient like me, use a hair dryer on a medium setting

Right, start undoing the clips, on the top cover, the black piece, get a small flathead screwdriver and pry them apart, do one on one side, then the same on the otherside



You should be left with this



After this comes another delicate part, take off the buttons, again with your screwdriver you need to pop them off so lift them up, wedge in the screwdriver and gently but persuasively lift them off, if there's bits damaged on them it's ok once the main housing underneath is intact

And here's what lays beneath



Now more unclipping, unclip the white piece from the lower black piece using the same method as the first time around, then push the clear block bits out of the housing, you should be left with this



I stuck the black lower part back on, it slides back up , as you can work with it on a table then

After this unclip the little clear peices, one side clips out easily enough, you can move it around then until it comes out, i found that by turning them upside down they came out pretty handy

Here's what you should get



Now onto business, these are the things your after, you can clean them with cotton buds or something, but as long as they're clean that's all that matters, and the terminals too obviously

Again with the screwdriver, just lift them out



They'l be probably caked in dirt and grime so get a cotton bud, clean it up, and clean the terminal its in, do one at a time and replace them before starting the next one



And one of the terminals



After all this put the clean pieces back in, they clip back into place, then the white plastic piece, then the buttons, make sure they're on properly, and last but not least the top black piece, after all this go back out to the car, reconnect it up and test it to see if it works, if it does, you've saved yourself about 100 quid! slot it back in place, put back the coin holder and call it a day