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Title: Vag-com help
Post by: r32tev on 09 June 2014, 17:13
Evening all !

Can someone point me in the right direction for the cable i need to make changes to my car ?

Looking on Rosstechs website they are mighty expensive and im not sure which version is needed !
Also, is there any cheaper alternatives to rosstech to make changes to the car ?

If anyone is in the dorset area with the equipment and wouldn't mind doing a few changes for me, i would supply with beer tokens and my appreciation :)
 
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: golfhappy on 09 June 2014, 19:18
I did have a cable off Amazon. It did work version 12.12 JayGTD is the proud owner. I'll pm him and see if he had success with it.
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: JayGTD on 09 June 2014, 19:46
It worked!
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: r32tev on 10 June 2014, 11:06
May have to take a look on Amazon then ! I only want to do dial staging and change the display to show MPH in large instead of KMH. :)
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: Peter W on 10 June 2014, 12:11
The large MPH and staging was all I required. I contacted a local VW AUDI specialist who said bring it along and they would have a look. They were able to get the large MPH, but no staging available. It took a matter of minutes and was completed at no charge.
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: mikegti77 on 10 June 2014, 12:15
sorry to hijack, but I was also wanting to change only basic things like the kph display to mph, would something like this cable with software combo actually be worth buying, it has mixed reviews:

 http://www.amazon.co.uk/VCDS-12-12-0-VAGCOM-VAG-COM/dp/B00IT66BAK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1402398271&sr=8-4&keywords=vag+com+cable

any words of wisdom welcome as I've never tried the VAG-com side of things

thanks
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: golfhappy on 10 June 2014, 17:50
Think that was the cable i purchased. Worked some of the time. I think it was me plugging it into the OBD socket. The software did install. When connected to the net it actually upgraded to the latest software. You do get a dialogue box up to say that the cable checks out ok. The one i had didn't but worked sometimes.
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: mikegti77 on 10 June 2014, 19:33
Think that was the cable i purchased. Worked some of the time. I think it was me plugging it into the OBD socket. The software did install. When connected to the net it actually upgraded to the latest software. You do get a dialogue box up to say that the cable checks out ok. The one i had didn't but worked sometimes.

thanks, it might worth a punt for £20.

cheers
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: Stevie35 on 10 June 2014, 23:34
Check through some of the other VW forums you might find someone local that has the software and could borrow it, that how I did mine only cost me some alcohol to do it and the big MPH and dial staging are easy to do.
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: Exonian on 11 June 2014, 04:45
Evening all !

Can someone point me in the right direction for the cable i need to make changes to my car ?

Looking on Rosstechs website they are mighty expensive and im not sure which version is needed !
Also, is there any cheaper alternatives to rosstech to make changes to the car ?

If anyone is in the dorset area with the equipment and wouldn't mind doing a few changes for me, i would supply with beer tokens and my appreciation :)
East Dorset or West?
I'm in Devon and have full VCDS but I work silly long hours and am mid way through getting ready to move house so don't have a lot of travel time.
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: r32tev on 11 June 2014, 11:18
Evening all !

Can someone point me in the right direction for the cable i need to make changes to my car ?

Looking on Rosstechs website they are mighty expensive and im not sure which version is needed !
Also, is there any cheaper alternatives to rosstech to make changes to the car ?

If anyone is in the dorset area with the equipment and wouldn't mind doing a few changes for me, i would supply with beer tokens and my appreciation :)
East Dorset or West?
I'm in Devon and have full VCDS but I work silly long hours and am mid way through getting ready to move house so don't have a lot of travel time.

Im in west dorset. Where abouts in devon are you ?
Title: Re: Vag-com help
Post by: Exonian on 11 June 2014, 13:27
Exeter-ish  :smiley: