Poyta's GT

[benough]

I just did the exact same thing. You make it sound so hard!

FYI, you need a 10 Amp in line fuse. 20 is too high.

[poyta]

I just did the exact same thing. You make it sound so hard!

FYI, you need a 10 Amp in line fuse. 20 is too high.

Wasn't hard, it just took a while and like I said its not plug and play.

I got the 20Amp rating from the installation instructions on the ECS Tuning Link I posted however I think you're right 20A is too high.
Not sure if 10Amp is too high either - this link seems to indicate its a 5Amp fuse required

Installing a Golf Mark VI Rear View Camera (RVC) into a Golf Mark V | my-gti.com

[benough]

My bad, it is a 5 amp fuse.

What fuse did you piggy back it off? I went off the drivers door central locking.

[poyta]

My bad, it is a 5 amp fuse.

What fuse did you piggy back it off? I went off the drivers door central locking.

I didn't piggyback, I actually added an additional circuit to the Fusebox - refer to this link to see how its done

Addition of extra circuits to the Volkswagen Golf / Jetta / Passat / EOS / Scirocco / Rabbit fuse box | my-gti.com

[benough]

I've since seen that. Will definitely be doing that very soon.

[poyta]

Came across an interesting Site - CarStyle4you

They sell custom made switches for a number of cars including VWs. I was particularly interested in getting a custom switch to add to my centre console here -



Ended up buying one of these -



Cost me about $78 delivered which isn't too bad considering a standard button from VW is $65.

I thought it would be cool to incorporate this in the car and function so it opens up my garage door rather than have a loose Garage remote sitting in the cupholder or dangling off my keys . Here's a bit of DIY for anyone interested.

This is my original remote -



Opened up you can see that its just a simple push button switch soldered into the circuit. Just a matter of unsoldering the switch...



...and soldering in a new lead.



At the end of the lead I connected some plugs that I bought from Jaycar.



Reason is that I want to be able to remove the remote in future in case I need to change the battery. I also decided that I would place the remote in a convenient easy to get to area so chose this -



First things first. You need to get at the centre console switches. Just pull on the gearstick surround where it contacts the switch surround and it should just pop off. You can also slide a small screwdriver down to bend the small tabs that hold it but generally a good pull and it should easily pop off. Then you can see two Torx screws holding the switch/ashtray trim



Unscrew these and the whole switch/ashtray trim should lift revealing some looms and plugs beneath. You need to unplug them all.



There should be a white plug for the Traction Control, a blue plug for the Winter Mode, a plug for the 12V cigarette lighter and one small tab holding the whole loom to the tray. Once these are unplugged the whole tray slides out.

Then it just a simple case of popping out the blank switches and popping in the new switch.





The new switch has a piggyback plug that you need to insert into either the original traction control switch or the Winter Mode switch. Doesn't matter which really as all its doing is stealing a power source to run the red LED light in the new switch. In my case I chose the Traction Control Switch.





Then you can connect the last wires from the new switch to the leads that run to the remote. As you can see I passed them through the centre console into the small opening tray under the dash where its now ready to connect to my remote.




Then its just a matter of putting it all back. Essentially reverse procedure of what I've shown. The only issue you'll come across is that the original traction control plug no longer clicks into place as the piggy back is in the way. It simply slides on. its still pretty secure and shouldn't fall off but to avoid any chance I just taped them together.



Once its all back in place it should look factory finish and it even illuminates red like the original switches.

[vk]

Came across an interesting Site - CarStyle4you

They sell custom made switches for a number of cars including VWs. I was particularly interested in getting a custom switch to add to my centre console here -



Ended up buying one of these -



Cost me about $78 delivered which isn't too bad considering a standard button from VW is $65.

I thought it would be cool to incorporate this in the car and function so it opens up my garage door rather than have a loose Garage remote sitting in the cupholder or dangling off my keys . Here's a bit of DIY for anyone interested.

This is my original remote -



Opened up you can see that its just a simple push button switch soldered into the circuit. Just a matter of unsoldering the switch...



...and soldering in a new lead.



At the end of the lead I connected some plugs that I bought from Jaycar.



Reason is that I want to be able to remove the remote in future in case I need to change the battery. I also decided that I would place the remote in a convenient easy to get to area so chose this -



First things first. You need to get at the centre console switches. Just pull on the gearstick surround where it contacts the switch surround and it should just pop off. You can also slide a small screwdriver down to bend the small tabs that hold it but generally a good pull and it should easily pop off. Then you can see two Torx screws holding the switch/ashtray trim



Unscrew these and the whole switch/ashtray trim should lift revealing some looms and plugs beneath. You need to unplug them all.



There should be a white plug for the Traction Control, a blue plug for the Winter Mode, a plug for the 12V cigarette lighter and one small tab holding the whole loom to the tray. Once these are unplugged the whole tray slides out.

Then it just a simple case of popping out the blank switches and popping in the new switch.





The new switch has a piggyback plug that you need to insert into either the original traction control switch or the Winter Mode switch. Doesn't matter which really as all its doing is stealing a power source to run the red LED light in the new switch. In my case I chose the Traction Control Switch.





Then you can connect the last wires from the new switch to the leads that run to the remote. As you can see I passed them through the centre console into the small opening tray under the dash where its now ready to connect to my remote.




Then its just a matter of putting it all back. Essentially reverse procedure of what I've shown. The only issue you'll come across is that the original traction control plug no longer clicks into place as the piggy back is in the way. It simply slides on. its still pretty secure and shouldn't fall off but to avoid any chance I just taped them together.



Once its all back in place it should look factory finish and it even illuminates red like the original switches.

Nice on Poyta,
I did a similar thing with the carstyle4u buttons and added a switch to turn my Subwoofer on and off