Kamold's R36

[Jakeys]

The speaker housings on the second hand Dynaudio speakers I got were kind of butchered when they were removed from the previous car.
On the left is the stock speaker and housing. You can see the horrible butchered holes on the right-hand speaker.

The drill bit was obviously allowed to get hot and melted the plastic whilst removing the rivets.

Luckily the housings are removable, which has the added advantage of being able to use the 4-pin connector and crossover from the stock speakers.

I'll have to live with one rear stock speaker for now as a single rear woofer will be hard to come by. The one which is faulty has a big crack across the rear housing which explains why it doesn't work. Must have taken a really good hit because these things would be hard to kill..

Probably wouldn't be cheap but you could order the part new from VW? Probably cheaper than buying a whole set again just for the one, could be cost effective to just order the part?

Good to know about the housing but sucks yours is broken. Not having seen the damage, no chance someone could repair it for you? Certain types of speaker damage can sometimes be fixed.

[kamold]

Yeah I dunno about repair, it could be possible.
I've dismantled it as far as I can without unglueing the cone from the housing and there isn't anything that I can see in terms of a loose connection or anything.

Will just leave it alone for now. I think with just one stock woofer in the back I'll still be happy.
I'll keep an eye out and a lone speaker may pop up on fleabay one day.

[benny82]

Hey kamold how did you turn off humidity sensor in vcds for the climatronic? And why does it need turning off anyway?

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[kamold]

Hey kamold how did you turn off humidity sensor in vcds for the climatronic? And why does it need turning off anyway?

To be honest I'm not 100% sure the humidity sensor not installed setting needs to be set....was just what I read in other upgrade threads. I could try and enable and see if I get an error. Byte 4 in climatronic set to 2 from memory...

[kamold]

Realised I wasn't looking very closely at the Blaupunkt speakers...the cones aren't removable from the mount like the Dynaudio ones so I can't swap them over.

Need to work on the crossovers in the rear as the tweeters aren't performing as well as they should, frequency cutoff is too low I think. Never done crossover design before so need to do some research. I don't sit in the back so doesn't make much difference to me..but needs to be done.

[kamold]

Steering wheel upgrade done this morning.

I had the older 3C0953549AC controller so needed to upgrade that also. Newer R36s with the 5K0953569T module only need to change coding to swap the protocal from LIN 1.3 to LIN 2.0. Note that this not documented in the VCDS long coding helper. You need to tick LIN 2.0 but ALSO at the same time, you need to turn off LIN 1.3 at Byte 0, Bit 7. Then apply the coding.

It a nice upgrade and I think it lifts the cabin a fair bit and better matches the colour cluster and newer climatronics.

[Passat R36]

Very nice！
How much did the steering wheel and airbag cost you if you don't mind？
I've been thinking of this upgrade and Alcantara wrapping the R36 steering wheel.

[kamold]

I got the airbag and wheel for about $700 landed from Lithuania.
Plus $220 for the steering wheel controller.

Note that it doesn't have shift paddles, hence it's cheaper. Its in perfect condition cosmetically.
For completeness I should have gotten one with paddles but I rarely use them and can still use the shift lever in tiptronic mode, plus it was cheaper

[Jakeys]

Nice, got a great price for it. I couldn't do this, I love my shift paddles, use them constantly, and that wrong R logo really trips my OCD! Still, the shape of it is very modern indeed, it does refresh the look a bit.

[kamold]

If I come across another one with paddles down the track I'll probably swap it over and sell this one. But happy with it for now.

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