Recent content by William Theron

Hi Anton, I fitted the Gen4 diff and controller and surprise surprise...it worked. Been driving now for almost a year and no issues. Apparently on the last models of the 2008 preface they used the same ABS unit as in the Facelift and that allows you to have Gen2 or Gen4 differential and...

Hi guys just a quick update. My S3 is an October 2008 model and after speaking to a local guy we decided to test the gen4 haldex controller just to see what comes up on VCDS. Well no error codes or faults was found. So I'm going to bite the bullet and install the gen4 complete differential and...

So I contacted a Haldex specialist and below is their response. "Although yes you could physically bolt in the Gen 4 Diff to a Gen 2 car, or vice versa. The problem will come with the Haldex ECU. The Gen 2 and Gen 4 systems require a different ABS, engine ecu and instrument cluster. Then the...

Thanks for the reply, I will speak to the guy selling and hopefully in the name of science he will allow me to test the unit before purchase. I am also in the process of contacting some Haldex repair specialist and hopefully get more info. If anyone has tried this with success you can update as...

Hi S3Alex, I spoke to Darryl from HPA yesterday and they cant guarantee that it will work but advised that it is likely to do so. My main issue is that I'm not sure if the Gen4 uses different signals from ECU to operate as I know the unit is different in the way it operates.

Anyone have some info here? I would really appreciate the help.

Hi guys i have searched up and down on every forum available but found alot of questions but no real answer. I want to know whether it is possible to swop out my preface 2008 S3's entire diff with gen2 haldex for gen4 haldex with diff from a facelift 2010? Im from South Africa and info is not...

Hi Chilly, Just to follow up did u manage to fit the complete gen4 setup? I have a late 2008 preface S3 with diff issues thats a gen2 and i want to replace the entire unit with a gen4 haldex and diff. So i just want to know if it will work on my car or not as i can get the complete diff for...

My '08 S3 8P all the way from Cape Town-South Africa

My '08 S3 8P from bone stock to where it is now. Suspension-Vmaxx Xtreme Damper Wheels-OEM Helios Semi smoke tail lights, blacked out headlights with amber corners, smoked indicators, gloss black diffuser and front insert, gloss black grill, cupra splitter.