DHL brought me the required wiring from AliExpress. Bought the package and it took 6 days only to arrive.
The first impression is simply excellent. All items seem to be of very good quality. If I didn't know I would swear that this package came from Germany.
All cables have a small white label with the correct point where they should be attached. This is very helpful as it minimizes the possibility of a human error.
As we all know that devil is hidden in the details. Therefore I was afraid that something maybe wrongly manufactured.
I proceeded to check the continuity of cables and connections with a multimeter. I felt relief to find that connectors snap nicely and and electricity flows without problem.
Suddenly, I realized that there is a blue shell for the black connector that goes into the AFS module. As far as I could remember from my endless internet research about this retrofit, this part should be white and have a slightly different shape. So I tried to connect it to the AFS module. There I found a suprise…
The blue shell needed to have the locking mechanism and some thin plastic parts cut off or otherwise it couldn't go into the AFS module. So I carefully perform the surgery and I was glad to see that the blue shell fits nicely to the AFS module
Then came the second surprise…The way the blue shell fits into the AFS leaves some wires without corresponding pins…
Very soon I found out that the black connector was manufactured correctly and that if I reverse it (so the wires look on the left) every wire has a pin.
But…(there is always a "but") if I reversed the black connector then there was no way that the blue shell fitted into the AFS module…Ahhhh these chinese…
I exchanged numerous messages with the AliExress seller who she was very very helpful. She admitted that the blue shell is not the perfect matching to the AFS module and that if I cut off 2 more plastic pieces then everything would be OK.
I did a second surgery and…yes! Now it fits and the wires go to the correct pins of the AFS module!
Trying to be as close to factory standards (obsessive compulsive disorder?) I decided to spend a small amount of € and bought the correct shell. A well known polish website had what I was looking for:
In addition I also bought two CANBUS Gateway adapter cables because I wanted to make things easier for me during installation.
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The difference between blue and white connector is the letter in the end of part number. In order to easy find the difference vw produce it in different colors. Black connector will be the same for both connectors. So you no need to order new connector and just correctly place the pins
Very good. Do you have the link to gateway adapter?
Long adapter (5m):
www.aliexpress.com/item/V…=2114.13010608.0.0.cqWl6A
Short adapter (1m):
www.aliexpress.com/item/R…=2114.13010608.0.0.cqWl6A
Some remarks:
* Both adapters need soldering at the end of the long cables
* The long adapter is good for FLA installation
* I will use the short adapter for AFS
* The good thing is that you do not destroy the existing factory CanBus cables
kayle I hope this is useful to you too
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