Coding is an issue because we need login's to code the Golf 8. All adaptions are the same as the Golf 7(,5) so when we can unlock the module's it would be possible to code again.
And of course the is needed and i'm curious iff you will do something about that?
@Antera : Hi.
I was intrigued by the bolded part of your post - I had never really considered what similarities there might be between the 2 x model Golfs
So, galvanized into action by the prospect of just being able to translate mk7/mk7.5 tweak instructions onto the mk8 platform (ignoring for the moment) - I decided to compare the adaptation-channel databases in the s from a mk8 and a mk7.5
For the purpose of my exercise, I chose the admaps as follows:
Gold mk8 - from
@Mari dropbox .ZIP file (thank you for providing this resource):
5WA-937-086-J
Golf mk7.5:
5Q0-937-084-
I used MS Excel and MS Access for the comparison.
Golf | | Total - Channel Count | Total - Unique Channel Names | Channel names common to both BCMs |
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Mk8 | 5WA-937-086-J | 2800 | 2439 | 361 |
Mk7.5 | 5Q0-937-084- | 2045 | 1684 | 361 |
As you can see, my numbers don't bode well for the prospect of being able to simply transfer previous mk7/7.5 tweaks onto the mk8 platform (at least not for the 2 x s above)!
As an example of the difference, I was particularly interested in how the mk8 handled Leuchte-Sets. In the older vehicles, these consisted of a bunch of 19 x adaptation channels. In mk8s, it appears that each Leuchte-set is now a group of 23 channels. I compare the structure of a Leuchte-set for the old and new platforms in the picture below (hope it makes sense):
This means that any attempt to apply tweak instructions relating to light function changes from a mk7/7.5 (and there are lots of these) will be problematic at best!!
Don