Hi everyone,
As the title says, I have recently bought a 1.2 TDI and decided to turn it into a high spec and modern little hyper miler. I have owned a couple of 1.4 TDI's over the last few years, both of them in very high spec with almost all factory options, but after moving to Copenhagen I started to miss having an A2 with auto gearbox. I also feel that the 1.2 3L version is a future classic, both for its outstanding fuel economy and also because its the A2 model that was produced in the least numbers. So I started to look for a nice example with not to many kilometers on it.
There are actually quite a few A2 3L cars here in Denmark because they received a big tax discount when new due to exceptional fuel economy, but they are almost all the true 3L versions without aircon, split rear seats and other nice options, so I started looking in Germany for a better optioned car. In May this year I found a really nice one with climate control, fog lights, black interior, beautiful light blue color, full Audi service history, only 143K kms AND a tow hook, which I ended up buying.
After a service, new brakes and new front wheel bearings she was ready for the road, and I started thinking about upgrades. First one was a trip to a well renowned specialist in the Lupo/A2 3L cars who fitted cruise control and performed a remap with focus on torque, driveability and fuel economy. So now she has 90bhp and feels very nippy while still able to cruise at 110 km/h while only using 3 liters per km..
Next up was swapping the heated leather/alcantara sport seats from my silver 1.4 TDI into the new car before selling the silver one, so now I had both power and comfort in my 1.2.
Time to wind back time about 18 month, when I initially contacted Tom (Timmus) to ask him if he would do some upgrades to my A2 in the form of adding RNS-E and a MFSW if I came over to visit him at some stage. Tom agreed to help out and I started collecting parts for the upgrades and had them sent over to Tom so he could ensure they would fit in my car. Time went as we both struggled to find a date where I could come to UK and in the mean time I also added a few more upgrades I would like him to do. This went on all the way up till now and my silver A2 1.4 TDI had now been replaced by the new light blue 1.2 TDI 3L.
So I asked Tom if he could do these planned upgrades to the 1.2 instead which he was happy to do after getting confirmation that my new car did have full DIS, fog lights and canbus. So now my upgrade plans really took off and I decided to try and make my car the highest spec 1.2 3L, as well as give it a more modern feel. So by July my list of upgrades for Tom to perform had grown to:
- RNS-E
- MFSW
- Fully integrated Bluetooth
- SDS (speech dialogue System)
- New color DIS (if he could have one ready in time)
- Komfort blinker.
I also managed to convince Tom to fly to Copenhagen instead of me driving to UK, so this past Tuesday evening he arrived with a big suitcase packed full of goodies. But before he got here, he had spent many many hours over the last year to develop solutions to make a modern MFSW work in a 15 year old A2, to make it communicate with the RNS-E AND to make both work with the new color DIS, all in a seamless and perfectly integrated way as if it was in a new Audi car. So we were both a bit excited about how it would go and if all his hard work would pay off by the time he got here.
After a good nights sleep Tom was ready to work his magic on my little A2. He was happy to perform his work under the carport, but the weather forecast said pissing rain and windy conditions, so I cleared my little garage of bikes and put the A2 in there instead so he could work in dry and warm conditions which we later would be very thankful for.
Car inside ready for a big face lift.
Tom setting up on the work bench and getting ready.
Tom's home made magic box aka "The Gizmo" which allows him to test all components on the bench top.
Starting to unpack all the goodies. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of everything spread out, but there was a lot, all 20 kgs of it.
The RNS-E in as new condition.
More to follow..
As the title says, I have recently bought a 1.2 TDI and decided to turn it into a high spec and modern little hyper miler. I have owned a couple of 1.4 TDI's over the last few years, both of them in very high spec with almost all factory options, but after moving to Copenhagen I started to miss having an A2 with auto gearbox. I also feel that the 1.2 3L version is a future classic, both for its outstanding fuel economy and also because its the A2 model that was produced in the least numbers. So I started to look for a nice example with not to many kilometers on it.
There are actually quite a few A2 3L cars here in Denmark because they received a big tax discount when new due to exceptional fuel economy, but they are almost all the true 3L versions without aircon, split rear seats and other nice options, so I started looking in Germany for a better optioned car. In May this year I found a really nice one with climate control, fog lights, black interior, beautiful light blue color, full Audi service history, only 143K kms AND a tow hook, which I ended up buying.
After a service, new brakes and new front wheel bearings she was ready for the road, and I started thinking about upgrades. First one was a trip to a well renowned specialist in the Lupo/A2 3L cars who fitted cruise control and performed a remap with focus on torque, driveability and fuel economy. So now she has 90bhp and feels very nippy while still able to cruise at 110 km/h while only using 3 liters per km..
Next up was swapping the heated leather/alcantara sport seats from my silver 1.4 TDI into the new car before selling the silver one, so now I had both power and comfort in my 1.2.
Time to wind back time about 18 month, when I initially contacted Tom (Timmus) to ask him if he would do some upgrades to my A2 in the form of adding RNS-E and a MFSW if I came over to visit him at some stage. Tom agreed to help out and I started collecting parts for the upgrades and had them sent over to Tom so he could ensure they would fit in my car. Time went as we both struggled to find a date where I could come to UK and in the mean time I also added a few more upgrades I would like him to do. This went on all the way up till now and my silver A2 1.4 TDI had now been replaced by the new light blue 1.2 TDI 3L.
So I asked Tom if he could do these planned upgrades to the 1.2 instead which he was happy to do after getting confirmation that my new car did have full DIS, fog lights and canbus. So now my upgrade plans really took off and I decided to try and make my car the highest spec 1.2 3L, as well as give it a more modern feel. So by July my list of upgrades for Tom to perform had grown to:
- RNS-E
- MFSW
- Fully integrated Bluetooth
- SDS (speech dialogue System)
- New color DIS (if he could have one ready in time)
- Komfort blinker.
I also managed to convince Tom to fly to Copenhagen instead of me driving to UK, so this past Tuesday evening he arrived with a big suitcase packed full of goodies. But before he got here, he had spent many many hours over the last year to develop solutions to make a modern MFSW work in a 15 year old A2, to make it communicate with the RNS-E AND to make both work with the new color DIS, all in a seamless and perfectly integrated way as if it was in a new Audi car. So we were both a bit excited about how it would go and if all his hard work would pay off by the time he got here.
After a good nights sleep Tom was ready to work his magic on my little A2. He was happy to perform his work under the carport, but the weather forecast said pissing rain and windy conditions, so I cleared my little garage of bikes and put the A2 in there instead so he could work in dry and warm conditions which we later would be very thankful for.
Car inside ready for a big face lift.
Tom setting up on the work bench and getting ready.
Tom's home made magic box aka "The Gizmo" which allows him to test all components on the bench top.
Starting to unpack all the goodies. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of everything spread out, but there was a lot, all 20 kgs of it.
The RNS-E in as new condition.
More to follow..