Hi people and Happy New Year! I just signed up on this community and I'm very proud of it! So happy to be around Audi fans discussing all things about our beautiful cars!
On short, I'm a A3 8P 1.6 FSI 2007 owner since last year and few months ago I decided to make the head unit facelift. Disclaimer; I know there are similar posts to this and I did my homework, although I would very much appreciate if you gave me your advice to my problems. I think we can make a creative discussion that can help several other members too! Thanks in advance!!!
So, without further hesitation, although I knew there might be compatibility issues, I bought the items and I got them delivered few days ago. In the link attached, you can see my unit now and how I want it to be like
(imgur.com/a/iRmeZ5m) Lets get to each one separately;
a)2din cage; I bought the part number 8P0858005 C and not the 8P0858005 D. Now I realise the climate control cant fit in, because the C rev is for manual climate. Is there any way a smart technician can make this fit, or I have to go straight up for the D rev? You can see in the picture where the problem lies in ( imgur.com/a/vRyt49r )
b)middle trim with Hazard, ESP buttons etc; I bought the part number 8P0927137BT and it fits in the cage but the problem is behind where maybe the Hazard scart may fit it but what about ESP,AIRBAG,NULL. Now I have separate scarts for these, although in the facelift version there is only one red strip that fits them altogether. Is there any way I can still make this work, maybe with an adapter or something? See what I'm talking about the in pic (imgur.com/a/PkjsvKg)
c)Climate Control; I bought the part number 8P0820043BG and it seems to fit right. But after a huge research I made about this, I found out that it doesn't work properly. Prefacelift cc works with 2 motors, while facelift works with 1 motor and a cam system (specifically I drew that info from @NHN that seems like a guy who knows whats hes saying) Additionally, he's stated that pre-May 07' A3 models don't work with facelift cc, though newer models do. I guess I have to know my car's month production (from the b-pillar??)
Other members tho, said they didn't have any problems...so what's the truth? (imgur.com/a/7keKXjx)
So, that's all folks, hope I didn't totally screw up and you can help me find a solution even the hard way, to finally have the beautiful facelift head unit I so badly want!!
P.S; Prefacelift pics aren't from my car. I got them in web but they are almost identical. That's why I'm not 100% sure if they match or not. I want to be sure they fit, before my technician starts digging. Tho, Facelift pics are from the parts I ordered and got delivered.
On short, I'm a A3 8P 1.6 FSI 2007 owner since last year and few months ago I decided to make the head unit facelift. Disclaimer; I know there are similar posts to this and I did my homework, although I would very much appreciate if you gave me your advice to my problems. I think we can make a creative discussion that can help several other members too! Thanks in advance!!!
So, without further hesitation, although I knew there might be compatibility issues, I bought the items and I got them delivered few days ago. In the link attached, you can see my unit now and how I want it to be like
a)2din cage; I bought the part number 8P0858005 C and not the 8P0858005 D. Now I realise the climate control cant fit in, because the C rev is for manual climate. Is there any way a smart technician can make this fit, or I have to go straight up for the D rev? You can see in the picture where the problem lies in ( imgur.com/a/vRyt49r )
b)middle trim with Hazard, ESP buttons etc; I bought the part number 8P0927137BT and it fits in the cage but the problem is behind where maybe the Hazard scart may fit it but what about ESP,AIRBAG,NULL. Now I have separate scarts for these, although in the facelift version there is only one red strip that fits them altogether. Is there any way I can still make this work, maybe with an adapter or something? See what I'm talking about the in pic (imgur.com/a/PkjsvKg)
c)Climate Control; I bought the part number 8P0820043BG and it seems to fit right. But after a huge research I made about this, I found out that it doesn't work properly. Prefacelift cc works with 2 motors, while facelift works with 1 motor and a cam system (specifically I drew that info from @NHN that seems like a guy who knows whats hes saying) Additionally, he's stated that pre-May 07' A3 models don't work with facelift cc, though newer models do. I guess I have to know my car's month production (from the b-pillar??)
Other members tho, said they didn't have any problems...so what's the truth? (imgur.com/a/7keKXjx)
So, that's all folks, hope I didn't totally screw up and you can help me find a solution even the hard way, to finally have the beautiful facelift head unit I so badly want!!
P.S; Prefacelift pics aren't from my car. I got them in web but they are almost identical. That's why I'm not 100% sure if they match or not. I want to be sure they fit, before my technician starts digging. Tho, Facelift pics are from the parts I ordered and got delivered.
