I've always been curious as to what kind of retrofits you guys have done to your A3/S3 and why. And most importantly how you stumbled onto retrofitting in the first place!
I'll start with what i have done to my A3 hatchback since i bought it almost 4 years ago second hand, and how i started installing retrofits.
My A3 was as good as standard with the exception being the rear parking sensors, climate control and the s-line exterior pack so natureally i wanted more options to fit the look of the car!
The very first thing i wanted to change were the rear tail lights because i really hated the look of those standard ones. I started looking on the internet to see if anyone had done it before, and that was when i stumbled onto this forum and discovered this nice and wholesome community of passionate retrofitters and VAG car enthusiasts in general.
Some of you guys proffesionally retrofitters, others DIY enthusiasts like me.
I bought a pair of second hand LED tail lights from ebay together with an adapter loom (which needed rewiring anyway because of some problems i had with the blinkers not working properly )
After that, i wanted to see how far i could go with DIY retrofits so i bought an OBDeleven OBDII diagnostic tool and started messing around with it.
Before i knew it i had added:
It's always an awesome and challenging learning expierence figuring out how stuff works on your car, and i really think it creates some sort of weird bond with your car... how weird this may sound it is most definitely true!
YOUR TURN!
I'll start with what i have done to my A3 hatchback since i bought it almost 4 years ago second hand, and how i started installing retrofits.
My A3 was as good as standard with the exception being the rear parking sensors, climate control and the s-line exterior pack so natureally i wanted more options to fit the look of the car!
The very first thing i wanted to change were the rear tail lights because i really hated the look of those standard ones. I started looking on the internet to see if anyone had done it before, and that was when i stumbled onto this forum and discovered this nice and wholesome community of passionate retrofitters and VAG car enthusiasts in general.
Some of you guys proffesionally retrofitters, others DIY enthusiasts like me.
I bought a pair of second hand LED tail lights from ebay together with an adapter loom (which needed rewiring anyway because of some problems i had with the blinkers not working properly )
After that, i wanted to see how far i could go with DIY retrofits so i bought an OBDeleven OBDII diagnostic tool and started messing around with it.
Before i knew it i had added:
- Cruise control
- 18" RS3 Rotor look rims
- Blacked out badges front and rear
- cloth -> alcantara interior with heated seats, lumbar support and massage function.
- LED fog lights with cornering function
- Heated mirrors with mirror dip function
- standard -> bi-xenon headlight with automatic headlight adjustment (because you can't have LED tail lights and NOT have the waaaay better looking headlights as well!)
- Automatic headlight sensor/rain sensor (lights go on when dark and wipers work automatically when rain is detected by the sensor)
- quicker throttle response time
- Scandinavian DRL function (which basically means drl for your tail lights)
It's always an awesome and challenging learning expierence figuring out how stuff works on your car, and i really think it creates some sort of weird bond with your car... how weird this may sound it is most definitely true!
YOUR TURN!