Most VAG vehicles roll off the line with lots of features pre-wired but disabled — Apple CarPlay, reversing cameras, adaptive cruise, digital cockpits, even ambient lighting. If you’ve got the hardware or can buy the factory part, we can retrofit it and code it to work exactly like factory.
We use genuine VAG parts wherever possible and code to factory specifications — no cheap aftermarket nonsense.
Popular retrofits
- Apple CarPlay / Android Auto — most MIB1 / MIB2 / MIB3 head units
- Digital cockpit / Virtual Cockpit conversion — Golf MK7, A3 8V, A4 B9, A5, Q3, Q5 and more
- Reversing cameras — factory OE retrofit with dynamic guidelines
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Adaptive cruise control (ACC) — on cars pre-wired for it
- Cruise control retrofit (where not fitted from factory)
- LED / matrix headlight upgrades — halogen to xenon, xenon to LED
- DAB radio retrofit on older head units
- Ambient lighting upgrades
- Video-in-motion enabling
- Bluetooth and phone prep
How we approach a retrofit
We always:
- Check the car’s pre-wire status — many retrofits are trivial on pre-wired cars and extensive on non-pre-wired ones.
- Source the correct genuine part — right part number for your specific VIN and equipment level.
- Fit, code and long-code — so the feature actually works the way the factory intended.
- Remove component protection where needed — see CP removal.
- Test thoroughly before handover.