The list of mods

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:

• Golf 7 Everything Possible
• ciclo. Wife’s Golf MK7.5 Ready2Go

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

• Retrofitting Active Info Display (AID) (part 1), part 2)
• Enabling predictive-ACC (pACC) (here)
• Installing tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4)
• Replace pedals with R-style pedals (here)
• Install exterior temperature AND humidity sensor (here)
• Add ambient footwell lighting (part 1)
• Upgrade trunk lighting (here)
• Upgrade camera from low-line (KA1) to high-line (KA2) (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)
• Door exit lights
• Retrofit ESC button (part 1, part 2, part 3)
• Dynamic tail lights (part 1, part 2, part 3)
• USB-C instead of USB-A
• e-Sound pedestrian warning system (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)

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.