(Side Assist) / (Blind Spot Detection & Rear Cross Traffic Alert) retrofit
- Thread starter Robert
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baggsie your old kit.
Looks interesting, shame the mirror glass wont fit.This link works for me and the kit looks good.
For €228.23 I wouldn't hesitate
RTA or RCTA (rear cross traffic alert) gives 2 types of warring to the driver while reversing out of parking spot.
Acoustic and visual via infotainment unit & IC.
Should the driver fail to react to the warning, the system may apply the brakes to prevent collision with the crossing vehicle.
Acoustic and visual via infotainment unit & IC.
Should the driver fail to react to the warning, the system may apply the brakes to prevent collision with the crossing vehicle.
We know that....
tell us more how it's done on your T6?
Mate, it is still not 100% finished.
As I said already I will share with all of my experience and "knowledge"
My intension is to give everybody comprehensive guide that would cover all aspects of this additional system.
And again this system was designed for MQB platform so I am still not sure if all features are going to be available on PQ25 platform.
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Phil_G
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The concept is good but I really dont like this idea of the flashing warning signals being mounted in the side mirrors where they're visible to overtaking vehicles.
Turn-indicators on mirrors are quite common now so if you see a flashing mirror you assume the car is about to pull out.
Imagine if every time you began to pass a car, it indicated that it was about to pull out into your path. Why not have an internal warning instead?
For bikers with our heightened awareness when overtaking its even worse, with the flash prompting emergency braking...
Cheers
Phil
Turn-indicators on mirrors are quite common now so if you see a flashing mirror you assume the car is about to pull out.
Imagine if every time you began to pass a car, it indicated that it was about to pull out into your path. Why not have an internal warning instead?
For bikers with our heightened awareness when overtaking its even worse, with the flash prompting emergency braking...
Cheers
Phil
The warning light is on the inside edge of the mirror casing. It's only really visible from inside the van. Unlike other makes that are in the mirror glass.
The upgrade from 7E0 radars
to 5Q0 radars
adds extra RTA system onboard, obvious!
SIDE ASSIST system on MQB (5Q0 radars) produces 12V DC output to mirror indication LEDs
but on PQ25 (7E0 radars) the voltage output for LEDs is only 5.5V DC.
So in order to use original T6(7E1/7E2) mirror indication LEDs with 5Q0 radars
some modification/addition is required.
Initially I was going to add simple power resistors (47Ω) in series but quickly realised that we are in the 21th century
and nowadays electronics can be much more sophisticated
.
The voltage needs to be reduced from 12V DC to 5.5V DC so why not use a DC voltage converter
I am experimenting with "buck converter", "linear voltage regulator" and few other similar "converters"
to see which one is going to replicate the voltage in the best way.
Basically I would like to keep that slow fade in and slow fade out effect on my existing LEDs with new 5Q0 radars
to 5Q0 radars
adds extra RTA system onboard, obvious!
SIDE ASSIST system on MQB (5Q0 radars) produces 12V DC output to mirror indication LEDs
but on PQ25 (7E0 radars) the voltage output for LEDs is only 5.5V DC.
So in order to use original T6(7E1/7E2) mirror indication LEDs with 5Q0 radars
some modification/addition is required.
Initially I was going to add simple power resistors (47Ω) in series but quickly realised that we are in the 21th century
and nowadays electronics can be much more sophisticated
.The voltage needs to be reduced from 12V DC to 5.5V DC so why not use a DC voltage converter
I am experimenting with "buck converter", "linear voltage regulator" and few other similar "converters"
to see which one is going to replicate the voltage in the best way.
Basically I would like to keep that slow fade in and slow fade out effect on my existing LEDs with new 5Q0 radars
Perhaps just using a zener-diode to create a constant voltage drop would do the trick.The voltage needs to be reduced from 12V DC to 5.5V DC so why not use a DC voltage converter
I am experimenting with "buck converter", "linear voltage regulator" and few other similar converters
to see which one is going to replicate the voltage in the best way.
Basically I would like to keep that slow fade in and slow fade out effect on my new 5Q0 radars
I think e.g. a 8.2V/1Watt zener might suffice as the light is not continuosly lit. Is the current draw of T6 LED 0.10A - as on your picture? That would cause 0.8W momentary load on diode. Possibly a resistor in series to limit the current just in case...
The ingenuity at overcoming hurdles that vw have (maybe.. not..) inserted to cause a headache so they can segregate their prooducts, i commend.
I remember looking at stuff from the mk4 golf and thinking how lucky i was to have pretty much everything already there and some of the hurdles people had to jump through to get the same result where the option box at factory was so much cheaper than a retrofit(and no time consumed)...
Keep at it. nearly there it seems.
I remember looking at stuff from the mk4 golf and thinking how lucky i was to have pretty much everything already there and some of the hurdles people had to jump through to get the same result where the option box at factory was so much cheaper than a retrofit(and no time consumed)...
Keep at it. nearly there it seems.
Wouldn't it be easier to install them externally - would work also for barn doorsShould I show here my new radars(5Q0) adopted and attached to my OEM T6 brackets(7E0)?
?
