Kamold's R36

[Jakeys]

The speaker housings on the second hand Dynaudio speakers I got were kind of butchered when they were removed from the previous car.
On the left is the stock speaker and housing. You can see the horrible butchered holes on the right-hand speaker.

The drill bit was obviously allowed to get hot and melted the plastic whilst removing the rivets.

Luckily the housings are removable, which has the added advantage of being able to use the 4-pin connector and crossover from the stock speakers.

I'll have to live with one rear stock speaker for now as a single rear woofer will be hard to come by. The one which is faulty has a big crack across the rear housing which explains why it doesn't work. Must have taken a really good hit because these things would be hard to kill..

Probably wouldn't be cheap but you could order the part new from VW? Probably cheaper than buying a whole set again just for the one, could be cost effective to just order the part?

Good to know about the housing but sucks yours is broken. Not having seen the damage, no chance someone could repair it for you? Certain types of speaker damage can sometimes be fixed.

[kamold]

Yeah I dunno about repair, it could be possible.
I've dismantled it as far as I can without unglueing the cone from the housing and there isn't anything that I can see in terms of a loose connection or anything.

Will just leave it alone for now. I think with just one stock woofer in the back I'll still be happy.
I'll keep an eye out and a lone speaker may pop up on fleabay one day.

[benny82]

Hey kamold how did you turn off humidity sensor in vcds for the climatronic? And why does it need turning off anyway?

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[kamold]

Hey kamold how did you turn off humidity sensor in vcds for the climatronic? And why does it need turning off anyway?

To be honest I'm not 100% sure the humidity sensor not installed setting needs to be set....was just what I read in other upgrade threads. I could try and enable and see if I get an error. Byte 4 in climatronic set to 2 from memory...

[kamold]

Realised I wasn't looking very closely at the Blaupunkt speakers...the cones aren't removable from the mount like the Dynaudio ones so I can't swap them over.

Need to work on the crossovers in the rear as the tweeters aren't performing as well as they should, frequency cutoff is too low I think. Never done crossover design before so need to do some research. I don't sit in the back so doesn't make much difference to me..but needs to be done.

[kamold]

Steering wheel upgrade done this morning.

I had the older 3C0953549AC controller so needed to upgrade that also. Newer R36s with the 5K0953569T module only need to change coding to swap the protocal from LIN 1.3 to LIN 2.0. Note that this not documented in the VCDS long coding helper. You need to tick LIN 2.0 but ALSO at the same time, you need to turn off LIN 1.3 at Byte 0, Bit 7. Then apply the coding.

It a nice upgrade and I think it lifts the cabin a fair bit and better matches the colour cluster and newer climatronics.

[Passat R36]

Very nice！
How much did the steering wheel and airbag cost you if you don't mind？
I've been thinking of this upgrade and Alcantara wrapping the R36 steering wheel.

[kamold]

I got the airbag and wheel for about $700 landed from Lithuania.
Plus $220 for the steering wheel controller.

Note that it doesn't have shift paddles, hence it's cheaper. Its in perfect condition cosmetically.
For completeness I should have gotten one with paddles but I rarely use them and can still use the shift lever in tiptronic mode, plus it was cheaper

[Jakeys]

Nice, got a great price for it. I couldn't do this, I love my shift paddles, use them constantly, and that wrong R logo really trips my OCD! Still, the shape of it is very modern indeed, it does refresh the look a bit.

[kamold]

If I come across another one with paddles down the track I'll probably swap it over and sell this one. But happy with it for now.

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[kamold]

So I am trying a slightly more involved upgrade.

I have replaced the 3C0 CCM module behind the glovebox with a newer 3AA (B7) module in order to support some other mods. It has also brought the convenience menu back in my upgraded colour MFD...



Replacing the CCM involves dismantling the module and reading the EEPROM which contains the encrypted immobilizer code. I read this to a file using my trusty $50 minipro programmer (after much tooing and froing trying to get the pins to line up with the connector) and then wrote the file to the new CCM's EEPROM.





Installed the new CCM and the car started! I was concerned I would end up with a car that was permanently locked...
But this is not the end of the journey...turns out the ABS/ESP module is not compatible with the new CCM, so it gets grumpy and throws a fault which in turns causes the immobilizer to not want to lock the car. And my TPMS module is not contactable.

So I upgraded the software on my ABS controller to version 17 (was 11) which wipes out the coding, and the G85/G200/G201 sensor calibrations.
Reset the calibrations, but the coding is still not correct as the original coding is no longer accepted

So have some work to do in order to get the car into a healthy state again...

[xR360]

Smart and brave move kamold, look forward to seeing the resolve. However, this is well beyond me so I won't be giving it a go anytime soon


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[Throbbinhood]

Will do a full write up later, as I am going to be doing this in fits and starts.
Have the bumper off and leds installed.
Next step is to run wires through the firewall to the fuse box, mount the control box and secure the cabling.

Bit of a gravedig, but where did you get these? I can't find them anywhere online, only the ones that go in the fog light housings. Mine doesn't have foglights and I'm not fussed on having them, would rather just replace the blinkers.

[kamold]

Here you go:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/eOsuns-for-VW-Passat-B6-R36-led-drl-daytime-running-light-with-auto-dim-OFF-control/32747630524.html

[kamold]

Smart and brave move kamold, look forward to seeing the resolve. However, this is well beyond me so I won't be giving it a go anytime soon


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Replace smart with foolhardy perhaps