Well even with that pic i couldnt get it into place :| The good news is everything else seemed to work properly without that part!
@neo 's on the left and mine on the right, there was just no space to put this little piece the same way as in your pic!
I might as well turn this into an update, i replaced the drivers door open/close sensor with one from aliexpress, had to grind the metal clip a bit so it would fit the new (a bit taller) part. thats 2 out of 4 doors that can recognize as open now! had to remove the window frame to get to it which was a pain.
I also put a new drivers side window switch with the help of this great youtuber:
, and gave the plastic finish a good scrubbing with a bunch of degreasers to remove the old paint. Also replaced the fuel flap button with one i got locally for cheap.
In another thread i posted this, but i removed the engine side driveshaft (and hub) in order to replace the inner cv boot, which itself was another major pain in the butt. (and i kinda have to the the transmission side, the boot is worn down, maybe after the winter lol).
transmission side:
I did a pretty big order from autodoc with quite a few things to replace next.. g263 AC sensor, drum brake kit, parking brake cables and some other things i dont remember.. Oh and i cut up the tip of a water bottle to do the same as this bonnet funnel lol:
I also fixed the lighter with an ebay generic (albeit with some cutting and wiring), and together with a used xiaomi lighter/FM emissor i can have bluetooth with my music running on the radio for cheap!
Oh and i almost forgot, i bought the 3 "alternative" polo mounts, replaced the rubbers and put em in
Well even with that pic i couldnt get it into place :| The good news is everything else seemed to work properly without that part!
@neo 's on the left and mine on the right, there was just no space to put this little piece the same way as in your pic!
I might as well turn this into an update, i replaced the drivers door open/close sensor with one from aliexpress, had to grind the metal clip a bit so it would fit the new (a bit taller) part. thats 2 out of 4 doors that can recognize as open now! had to remove the window frame to get to it which was a pain.
I also put a new drivers side window switch with the help of this great youtuber:
, and gave the plastic finish a good scrubbing with a bunch of degreasers to remove the old paint. Also replaced the fuel flap button with one i got locally for cheap.
In another thread i posted this, but i removed the engine side driveshaft (and hub) in order to replace the inner cv boot, which itself was another major pain in the butt. (and i kinda have to the the transmission side, the boot is worn down, maybe after the winter lol).
transmission side:
I did a pretty big order from autodoc with quite a few things to replace next.. g923(?) AC sensor, drum brake kit, parking brake cables and some other things i dont remember.. Oh and i cut up the tip of a water bottle to do the same as this bonnet funnel lol:
I also fixed the lighter with an ebay generic (albeit with some cutting and wiring), and together with a used xiaomi lighter/FM emissor i can have bluetooth with my music running on the radio for cheap!
Oh and i almost forgot, i bought the 3 "alternative" polo mounts, replaced the rubbers and put em in a while back too:
Just filled her up and it did 4.5L/100km, which is pretty good for some traffic intensive driving with a thermostat (not original) that takes a while to reach and stay at 90! My "main" car, and my familys car has gone for some repairs and my familys car has broken down for a bit, so the little A2 has been quite busy
Next steps are to replace all the new parts i mentioned before from autodoc, respraying a bunch of worn buttons and fixing the sagging headliner! Also if possible trying to fix the EGR oil leak issue that seems to be common and ive read some people pointing at a bad turbo.. one thing at a time i guess.
Dunno if i shouldve made a "build" thread, but using this for it now
