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PASSAT B6 MIRROR DOWN-

četvrtak, 24. ožujka 2016.

Passat B6 climtatronic retrofit

I've made a  lot of retrofits on my Passat B6.
One thing that I wanted to do, was replacing old climatronic panel.
I bought new style climatronic from Passat B7.
It fits perfectly, same number of screws, only problem was I had to switch some pin wires according to new pin layout that is present on Passat B7.
You need to remove trim around climatronic (you will need new climatronic plastic trim), and unscrew 4 screws that are holding your climatronic panel.
Behind panel there are 3 connectors and they are all different so don't worry about them you can't mix them at all. :)

Then you have to relocate some pins to others wires.
On A Connector (black) extract both; Pin 16 and Pin 20 and put Pin 16 on the place were Pin 20 was, leave the wire on Pin 20 loose (not connected to the harrnes) for later connect the Air Quality Sensor if needed.
On C Connector (brown): Pin 7 connected to Pin 10 and Pin 8 connected to Pin 9
On B Connector (black): Pin 6 to Pin 7

YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS STEPS (My compressor did not work until I performed the 2 step):

First StepBasic settings: hold button AC + button straight blowing (third button from left). You will see both buttons leds blinking one after another..let them run till they come to the normal status. 

Second Step :Compresor Settings: Starting the engine and hold LONG-AC + heating rear window.Let it run till it comes to the normal status.

And you are ready to use your new climatronic panel from Passat B7 :) 

Passat B6 new cluster retrofit

I had old cluster with small display and it was ugly so I decided to change it  :) 
I found cluster that was in a good shape without scratches. Costed me about 150 euros. 
You also need adapter from China that costs 35$. (only vehicles before 2008) because your connector won't fit into new cluster. 
When you have adapter its basically just plug and play. Altough you have to code it with VCDS (real VCDS not chinese fake). Sometimes you don't have to do nothing if there are no lights (such as airbag, engine or something else). But if you want to change mileage than you have to code it. 
I've done mine, and it looks awesome.