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30-05-2008, 22:03
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| Briskodian  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harrogate
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| What to buy Hi All I want to buy a VAG Com setup for my 54 Fabia VRS, what do I need to buy and where from. I have had a brief look and just ended up getting confussed  . I have seen the ones on ebay but do hey work???Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many Thanks Simon
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30-05-2008, 23:46
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kilmarnock
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|  Re: What to buy Hi Simon, I have an 04 Fabia VRS. I purchased a cable from eBay which cost approx £13. Its from a company called Alpha-Bid. I then downloaded VAG-COM shareware version 409.1 and installed it on my XP notebook. There are limits to what you can do using this version. You cannot for instance do an auto scan (scans all controllers for faults) but the way around this is to do a scan for controllers in the vehicle then scan the individual controllers. It will show up all faults codes (providing there are some!). Unfortunately if you want to enable alarm chirp, auto lock, auto unlock etc. you will have to upgrade to the registered version. This is what i have done in the end and it allows you to do more with the car. The upgrade cost is very reasonable at $99 and if you ever decide to get a proper Ross-Tech package they will discount by $99. Check out these sites for more info: http://www.ross-tech.com/ , ilexa onboard diagnostics - VAG-COM Audi, VW, Seat, Skoda tools :: Gendan Automotive Products USB Vag-Com Cable/Interface/Scanner VW Audi VagCom^OBD2 on eBay, also, Diagnostic Tools Equipment, Garage Equipment Tools, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 31-May-08 09:27:57 BST) Hope this info helps. Regards Last edited by LG'S VRS; 30-05-2008 at 23:53. |
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31-05-2008, 08:51
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| Re: What to buy Very sensible and informative post, Thanks.
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