It is still a little over a week before the car is ready for pickup, but that has not stopped me from looking into the possible modifications I can do. There are plenty of sources to find small coding-related changes. But some sources go one step further.

I want to do these mods simply because I can. I enjoy the research — finding out what is possible, which parts I need, and eventually installing them. The car is already seven years old. Some might ask: is it worth it? I plan to keep this car for quite some time, so doing the upgrades now makes more sense than waiting a few more years.

I got a lot of inspiration from the following posts:

So here is the list of mods I want to do:

  • Retrofitting Active Info Display (AID) (part 1), part 2)
  • Enabling predictive-ACC (pACC)
  • Installing tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) (part 1, part 2, part 3)
  • Replace pedals with R-style pedals (here)
  • Install exterior temperature AND humidity sensor (here)
  • Add ambient footwell lighting
  • Upgrade trunk lighting (here)
  • Upgrade camera from low-line (KA1) to high-line (KA2) (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4)
  • Door exit lights
  • Retrofit ESC button (part 1)
  • Dynamic tail lights (part 1, part 2)
  • USB-C instead of USB-A

Of course, there will also be the necessary coding and adaptions. You can find the full autoscan and adaption channel mappings referred to in the posts here and here.