Keeping pushing those boundaries Tom. Looks great! ??
Afternoon Erling,

Thank you for the encouragement and kind words Sir.

I’m absolutely over the moon the way this is looking to turn out. Just got to find my packet of brave pills before I proceed, think they’re in the Dremel satchel!

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Keeping pushing those boundaries Tom. Looks great! ??
Afternoon Erling,

Thank you for the encouragement and kind words Sir.

I’m absolutely over the moon the way this is looking to turn out. Just got to find my packet of brave pills before I proceed, think they’re in the Dremel satchel!

Kind regards,

Tom
Very encouraging Tom, wish you good luck with this one as always
 
Afternoon Erling,

Thank you for the encouragement and kind words Sir.

I’m absolutely over the moon the way this is looking to turn out. Just got to find my packet of brave pills before I proceed, think they’re in the Dremel satchel!

Kind regards,

Tom
The old rule of thumb. Measure at least twice & cut once, best of luck, looks spot on.
Stan
 
The old rule of thumb. Measure at least twice & cut once, best of luck, looks spot on.
Stan
Thank you Stan,

This is exactly the flow I’ll follow. Pictures hopefully at the weekend once I’ve had time to complete the work. I still need to do the front bumper swap also.

There is always something on the list of things to do here.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Afternoon Erling,

Thank you for the encouragement and kind words Sir.

I’m absolutely over the moon the way this is looking to turn out. Just got to find my packet of brave pills before I proceed, think they’re in the Dremel satchel!

Kind regards,

Tom
Yep, that’s the worst bit but at least you’ve now got a spare on route!
 
Evening all,

Working from home again today so in between meetings I managed to have time to get the Torx Bits out.

Most of you may have noticed the passenger centre tunnel panels had holes in from a bracket that a previous owner fitted:

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I’ve been waiting to replace them since last March. Luckily @A2Steve finally had a breaker in with Twist interior. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to swap over the above panels for something a little better (thank you Steve):

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Much better I’m sure you’ll agree.

Whilst I was in the A2 I thought I’d fit the Centre Stowage Tray after attacking it with the Dremel over the weekend. Before I could fit said tray I have to remove some of the transmission tunnel trim below the handbrake:

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After removing the Twist trim inside the red rectangular shape above; the tray with the integrated QI Charger dropped in and fitted perfectly, plenty of clearance above the Airbag Control Module:

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The charging module sits flush and works perfectly. Very happy with the resolute.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Tom, does the phone fit in the tray whilst allowing the handbrake to release?

Ian
Evening Ian,

Yes it does Sir, the charger is flush with the original bottom of the handbrake tray; which has been removed.

Specifics: I have an iPhone XR with a (rubber/soft plastic bumper with clear plastic rear) case along with a glass screen protector and there is no interference of the handbrake lever being lowered.

I couldn't get a picture of it to show this earlier as its my iPhone that i use as the camera. I'll get the wife's phone in the morning to show the clearance with the iPhone on the tray and handbrake lever lowered.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Thanks for the info. Adams Pixel 3 XL interferes with the handbrake, so the base of the tray would need to be lowered to make this work. I believe the iPhone XR is a fair bit smaller.
 
Hi Ian,

Lowering the QI Module should be easy enough.

There is quite a bit of room below the trim that I cut away. Some 68mm when I measured it (as shown in an earlier picture), then there is the height of the tray above that tunnel trim which is roughly 15mm making a void of 83mm above the Airbag Module. The QI Module is only 28mm deep so you have a 'spare' 55mm to play with for a phone of larger dimensions to that of my iPhone.

Its a fairly quick thing to install and I really am happy with the results.

I no longer have any cables for Handsfree calling, streaming to the AMI and now charging!
Kind regards,

Tom
 
Well done for having the bravery to persevere with this one Tom :) I did wonder if it was going to work, but there was more room under the tunnel than I gave it credit for. That's a really good looking modification that integrates the A2 interior even more nicely with the modern age ?
 
Well done for persevering with this one Tom :) I did wonder if this one was going to work, but there was more room under the tunnel than I gave it credit for. That's a really good looking modification that integrates the A2 interior even more nicely with the modern age ?
Evening Ian,

When both you and Tom said there could be issues with Airbag Module clearance I was nervous and did wander if this would actually work out. You know me though, a stubborn meddler who will just keep trying.

Before I got the measurements involved, I did consider raising the height of the trays floor but noticed this would cause the issue that Ian @Kleynie mentions above.

All has worked out very nicely and I really am thrilled the way it fits, looks and most importantly - functions.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Hey Tom! First of all what a great project! I also love to modify my car ( Seat Exeo ) but only with retrofits mostly of the items that were available in the higher specs A4's. Recently I have retrofitted latest Seat RNS-E in my car and I was able to get pretty much everything going including SDS, Bluetooth, USB interface ( not AMI ) and I accidentally bumped to your image with the OPC being displayed on the RNSE. I really like the idea and I would want to implement this in my car as I have rear parking sensors. I have seen the page with the custom firmware, however I am a bit lost when to comes to gathering the bits and pieces to have this installed.

Following this https://rnse.pcbbc.co.uk/arduino.php I believe I will be going with RFSL/V-Signal Injector with Rear OPS Support (8Z0) which I believe was in your case.

I have currently got:
- Exeo RNSE ( like you )
- I have parking
module that is currently installed 3r0-919-475 however I have seen that the recommended is 8P0-919-475 which I believe is the same but I am not 100% sure
- I have Arduino UNO

I can see that the only thing I am missing is STMicroelectronics E-L9637D IC

Now I am wondering how did you connect this lot. Would you happen to have a picture of your Arduino board ?

Do I also require MCP2515 EF02037 shield?

Any help greatly appreciated!

On a side note I have also bumped into the R8 RNSE retrofit can be fitted with a reversing cam and also OPC

They do not say what module is going to be needed but I know the guiding lines would require the CAN to work but I would not be interested in that, just the OPC and the Camera would be just the world.
 
Hey Tom! First of all what a great project! I also love to modify my car ( Seat Exeo ) but only with retrofits mostly of the items that were available in the higher specs A4's. Recently I have retrofitted latest Seat RNS-E in my car and I was able to get pretty much everything going including SDS, Bluetooth, USB interface ( not AMI ) and I accidentally bumped to your image with the OPC being displayed on the RNSE. I really like the idea and I would want to implement this in my car as I have rear parking sensors. I have seen the page with the custom firmware, however I am a bit lost when to comes to gathering the bits and pieces to have this installed.

Following this https://rnse.pcbbc.co.uk/arduino.php I believe I will be going with RFSL/V-Signal Injector with Rear OPS Support (8Z0) which I believe was in your case.

I have currently got:
- Exeo RNSE ( like you )
- I have parking
module that is currently installed 3r0-919-475 however I have seen that the recommended is 8P0-919-475 which I believe is the same but I am not 100% sure
- I have Arduino UNO

I can see that the only thing I am missing is STMicroelectronics E-L9637D IC

Now I am wondering how did you connect this lot. Would you happen to have a picture of your Arduino board ?

Do I also require MCP2515 EF02037 shield?

Any help greatly appreciated!

On a side note I have also bumped into the R8 RNSE retrofit can be fitted with a reversing cam and also OPC

They do not say what module is going to be needed but I know the guiding lines would require the CAN to work but I would not be interested in that, just the OPC and the Camera would be just the world.
Afternoon and welcome to the A2OC,

Thank you for your kind words regards Project OEM. It is my daily commuter, come obsession to retrofit as much OEM+ items as possible whilst on a budget.

I can answer all your questions and can go into more detail later on as I’m busy right now with Top Dad duties.

The Arduino UNO, CANBUS Shield and K-Line injector are required even if you only require the K-Lone Diagnostics for the OPS display on your RNS-E PU. I’ll get pictures of it added later on. If you have the 3R0 035 192 RNE-E then you won’t require RVSL and V-Signal injects from the Arduino UNO as your head unit already does this, there may be a need to play with the coding though but more than happy to work with you on this.

I’ll have to do some investigation regards you PDC Control Module to see what’s possible, Stuart on the PCBBC RNSE website will be the person I get these answers from as this really is his area of expertise. Can I ask though, are you wanting both front and rear sensors or just rear. I might already have an Arduino Sketch that will work.

From the top of my head there is a requirement for a a separate module to get the Rear View Camera display on the RNS-E and I haven’t dont any research on this so far. What I do known is that you’ll only be able to get 1 feed on the RNS-E when you select reverse, you’ll have either the OPS Sensor page or the Rev Camera displayed.

It might be worth starting your own thread about your on going RNS-E project as I’m sure it will be of use to us ‘A2ers’. If that’s not something you’d like to do I’m more than holy to assist over PM.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Afternoon and welcome to the A2OC,

Thank you for your kind words regards Project OEM. It is my daily commuter, come obsession to retrofit as much OEM+ items as possible whilst on a budget.

I can answer all your questions and can go into more detail later on as I’m busy right now with Top Dad duties.

The Arduino UNO, CANBUS Shield and K-Line injector are required even if you only require the K-Lone Diagnostics for the OPS display on your RNS-E PU. I’ll get pictures of it added later on. If you have the 3R0 035 192 RNE-E then you won’t require RVSL and V-Signal injects from the Arduino UNO as your head unit already does this, there may be a need to play with the coding though but more than happy to work with you on this.

I’ll have to do some investigation regards you PDC Control Module to see what’s possible, Stuart on the PCBBC RNSE website will be the person I get these answers from as this really is his area of expertise. Can I ask though, are you wanting both front and rear sensors or just rear. I might already have an Arduino Sketch that will work.

From the top of my head there is a requirement for a a separate module to get the Rear View Camera display on the RNS-E and I haven’t dont any research on this so far. What I do known is that you’ll only be able to get 1 feed on the RNS-E when you select reverse, you’ll have either the OPS Sensor page or the Rev Camera displayed.

It might be worth starting your own thread about your on going RNS-E project as I’m sure it will be of use to us ‘A2ers’. If that’s not something you’d like to do I’m more than holy to assist over PM.

Kind regards,

Tom
Hi Tom and hello A2OC thank you for the warm welcome.

Thank you for your help so far, you seem like a top bloke!

I am happy to share any knowledge I will acquire while modding my RNSE. So far I did not really take any pictures or shared any information as in what I am modding in my car, but this I think needs to change as I have added quite a bit to my car already over past 2 years I have it, and like you this is a daily so its all on a budget so it will be in reach for most of the people out there who are looking to do the same, well except this bumper thats nowhere to be found that I plan on installing soon.

I am not by any means good at coding or electronics but I am quick to figuring out how to do anything so I am sure I will be sending you a pm with a questions, so I thank you in advance for this.

Coming back to the OPC retrofit as the Camera with OPC is out of the question for the minute as its out of my budget range, but what interested me actually was the OPC and the Camera view simultaneously on the screen form the link I have shared.

I have the 3R0 035 192 and I have currently got just the rear sensors, however as I mentioned will be upgrading the front bumper to the rare one I was thinking maybe retrofitting the front sensors and upgrading the PDC module would be wiser. However for now the rear one will do.

I just went to purchase the Adruino Uno CAN BUS shield with MCP2515 EF2037 with a DB9 connection and also the STMicroelectronics E-L9637D IC, so for now I will probably change over to the RNSE to the custom firmware and wait for the other parts to arrive which will take eternity I am sure. I will keep in touch and as soon as I will have all the required ingredients I will most likely check in with you!

Regards
Bart
 
Hi Tom and hello A2OC thank you for the warm welcome.

Thank you for your help so far, you seem like a top bloke!

I am happy to share any knowledge I will acquire while modding my RNSE. So far I did not really take any pictures or shared any information as in what I am modding in my car, but this I think needs to change as I have added quite a bit to my car already over past 2 years I have it, and like you this is a daily so its all on a budget so it will be in reach for most of the people out there who are looking to do the same, well except this bumper thats nowhere to be found that I plan on installing soon.

I am not by any means good at coding or electronics but I am quick to figuring out how to do anything so I am sure I will be sending you a pm with a questions, so I thank you in advance for this.

Coming back to the OPC retrofit as the Camera with OPC is out of the question for the minute as its out of my budget range, but what interested me actually was the OPC and the Camera view simultaneously on the screen form the link I have shared.

I have the 3R0 035 192 and I have currently got just the rear sensors, however as I mentioned will be upgrading the front bumper to the rare one I was thinking maybe retrofitting the front sensors and upgrading the PDC module would be wiser. However for now the rear one will do.

I just went to purchase the Adruino Uno CAN BUS shield with MCP2515 EF2037 with a DB9 connection and also the STMicroelectronics E-L9637D IC, so for now I will probably change over to the RNSE to the custom firmware and wait for the other parts to arrive which will take eternity I am sure. I will keep in touch and as soon as I will have all the required ingredients I will most likely check in with you!

Regards
Bart
Evening Bart,

Please do get in touch once you have everything ready to go. It’s certainly worth also getting in touch with Stuart who runs the rnse.pcbbc website. He may be able to adjust the Arduino Sketch to suite your PDC/OPS Control Module.

The faded OPS Display within the Rear View Camera Display does look rather nice. If this was achievable in the A2 then I wouldn’t be bothered about cost of the Video Control Module, I love it. I’m not sure our generation of Audi Navigation Plus is actually capable of this though. I’d be very happy to be proved wrong though as I see this as something that I MUST have.

I’ll have a chat with some contacts I’ve made regards this later style display when reverse is selected.

Good luck with all that you’re trying to achieve, more than happy to help out where I can.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Afternoon all,

I have been in touch with Stuart again to see if I can take, yet again, the RNS-E to the next level. Some of you will have see the links that Bart @bartoo123 has added to this thread recently about his own RNS-E ventures. Amazing what people can retrofit these days.

After a few messages it looks like the set up (Arduino UNO) I already have might just be possible to display the faded OPS image (look at the RHS of the below picture) at the same time as a reverse camera display when reverse is selected. Something like this:
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The real test will be to see if the A2 communicates the turning o the wheels over CAN to have something like this:
F366AEAF-42DE-4DE6-BF36-1D9E1D6D8164.jpg

Not convinced that the above curved lines will be something the A2 is capable of but it’s worth seeing what information is sent around the A2s CAN during there type of manoeuvres. This won’t be a cheap feature as the OEM video modules are quite expensive, the things we do (and spend) in the name of innovation!

Heated MFSW?

I’ve also had a breakthrough this morning on getting an additional 12v feed through the slip ring to power a heat pad:
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Earth is already present in the steering wheel. It shouldn’t be too long before I attack a spare MFSW and fit a heating pad either side of it. Then of course test my sewing skills trying to get the leather back on just as nicely as Audi intended. I am yet to get an OEM heated wheel element as this is what I’ll end up fitting. Currently only used a cheap carbon heat pad. Just need to figure out which feed to take the power from in the drivers heated seat switch as Ive been using the 12v handbrake socket as the power supply.

I’ll not be installing a separate heated steering wheel button on the MFSW, too difficult for me as it involves playing with PCBs. I’m hoping that the steering wheel can be heated when the drivers seat heating in switched on. It might not work out as I intend and could be a waste of time; but worth a try!

Sorry no pictures as had to pack up tools earlier but all fairly straightforward so far. Hopefully I’ll get time over the weekend to test what signals/voltages are sent from the heated seat switch to the heated seats elements.

From initial (quick) investigation I have found that there is power to the seat at all times (constant live) and that a signal is sent from the heated seat switch to trigger the element to heat up, this might mean that an OEM heating element has 3 feeds:

1. Trigger from heated seat switch
2. Earth

If this is the case then I may not be able to go any further with an OEM heat pad or the factory heated seat switch as there just isn’t the capacity within the A2s slip ring when a MFSW is fitted.

More to follow in the coming weeks as this isn’t a necessity, thus will take my time over this retrofit. There has to be a way, worst case could be the heated steering wheel element is always on with a switched live feed, not my preferred option though. A bit more testing but I’m close!

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Tom, I have a heated steering wheel in my Macan, so I have some experience of this. I can tell you that having the steering wheel connected to the heated seats is not a good idea. I often turn the wheel heating off after a short time as it gets too hot and makes your hands sweaty, but I would be pretty fed up if I had to turn the seat heating off to do so. Sometimes the wheel heating will only be on for the first 5 minutes on a cold morning, but the seat heating may stay on all day.
On the Macan there is a button on the steering wheel to control the heating, is this not possible in your case?

Ian
 
I would agree owl heartedly
It’s a bad idea having the wheel and seat heating on a single control
In the winter on the tdi I tend to have the seat on no2 all the time but would not want the wheel on all the time
Either a physical switch the panel next the the asr switch being an obvious choice or a times set to around 5 to 8 mins for the wheel

Paul


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Could you link the heated wheel into the rear window heater timer? That switches off after several minutes and would be independent of seat heating. You could manually override the timer by switching it off if too hot to handle.
 
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