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    Help!....horrible Whine After Installing Active Sub To A3 Sprtbck

    Hi yer Gaffer I have now exactly the same problem as you I laid in 3 x 25mm positive power cables down the drivers side with 2 switch on wires but the 3 power cables were routed slightly differently with the 2 switch on wires loomed near the seat loom one red and one blue I...
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    after market speaker upgrade b8

    Hi yer Johnny My advise is to get rid of that Audi rubbish in your car especially the speakers they are 2 ohmn Chinese rubbish no matter what they say on the front mine where supposed to be Bose when I took them out they were actually Blaupunkt and made in china was printed...
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    Audi Handy Adapter

    Hi yer Chew From what I can see that could be an old Nokia or other company phone or scanning dock when I was driving trucks for a living and satellite tracking had just come in, the mounting for the tracker was similar to the one in the photo but its only a guess was the car...
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    ICE Upgrade in 8L S3

    Hi yer I went for Hertz HCX 165 full range in both back and front thought about components but the crossover will waste around 35% of the amps output, did the install go well and did you enjoy the final sound quality
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    Stereo help needed

    Hi yer Dave Just seen this post I can only presume you have had the unit repaired or replaced the rubbish Audi stereo
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    Shell V Power vs Tesco Momentum 99

    Sorry to wade in but go to Youtube have a look at AutoExpert.com.au yes he is Australian but he seems to talk a lot of sense or type in ( Should I use hi octane premium petrol, and what is octane rating? ) or CBC news Canadian ( Premium gas vs. regular: What's really better for your car? (CBC...
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    Help!....horrible Whine After Installing Active Sub To A3 Sprtbck

    Hi yer Phil Negative electrons are the things that do the work Voltage is a positive force the pushes electrons along a cable Ampage is a measure of how many electron's are being used to do a certain amount of work, Silver ( number 1) and Copper (number 2) are fantastic conductor's but...
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    Possible A3 Bose speaker upgrade options with RNSE

    Hi yer Mate You could look at these speakers below Tweeters Hertz ML280 (£260) with custom metal mounting brackets Front Hetrz HCX 165 (£200) really crisp lovely sound Rear's Hertz HCX 165 (£200) cones made buy Bowes and...
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    Adding a sub to the standard system - HELP!

    Hi yer Zak Your suggestion of tapping the front speakers wires may not be so successful as you think, when you tap a speaker wire you are taping a AC current/electricity you are then using the same signal to drive a high to low converter this will induce it's own resistance...
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    Rewiring sub from 1ohm to 4ohm

    Hi yer Zod remember when you increase the resistance you also increase current flow (ampage) what is the power rating of the sub at 1 ohm catch up soon Simon
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    Audi A4- B7 Cab - Best engine choice and reliability question

    Hi yer CKL just been reading your posts with interest I have an 05 3.0 litre petrol cab I brought the car 3 years old and had 24900 on the clock and 1 service in the book I have owned the car since and mine has only 59,900 on the clock in 06/07 Audi changed the engine to the 3.2 which the went...
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    Help!....horrible Whine After Installing Active Sub To A3 Sprtbck

    hi yer Phil is there still a problem with the sound, did you take the earth from the rear light cluster earth ??? Alternator whine is being generated by the alternator the quickest solution to this is to fit a suppressor to the alternator check the negative wire from the battery post to the...
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    Hi yer Breezy do you do scanning of the iobd port I have a problem with communication with the...

    Hi yer Breezy do you do scanning of the iobd port I have a problem with communication with the k-line wire thanks Simon
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    A4 B7 List of Affordable Modifications/Upgrades/Retrofits

    to the comments above Lads you think that cost me a lot lol the stereo in mine cost not much sort of £5,000 and I did most of the labour myself power flow 3 box exhaust £800 with two RS5 look tail pipes and Riger RS4 look wrap around front grill around £450 Pablo when you buy gauges you...
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    Help With Headunit installation (Pictures)

    Matt sorry to disappoint you but the speakers you refer to are not Bose when I removed my so called Bose speakers they turned out to be cheap 2 ohm Blaupunkt rubbish get your self some decent 4 ohm speakers to replace them the only part of my speakers that where Bose was the label on the back...