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Hey Sean, Welcome to SAU. Would love to see some build threads on your cars, that would be awesome. If you plan to advertise on here, give me a yell and we can sort that out.

Welcome!

What browser? Yeah, probs with our email provider. Hopefully this will stop soon.

Yeah this is still going. I have been made aware of a possible app that could do what we want it to do but just waiting for a few particular features before I try it. Good suggestion re. prob 1. Thanks.

Yeah true. Good thing I didn't buy one.

Hey Jay, welcome to the site! As this is the newbie intro's section, this topic wont get much attention from the peeps in the know. I can move it to the tech area for more exposure if you'd like. Although, @Shoota_77 seems to have you covered.

Android powered double din units Hi All, I was browsing eBay because I'd like to update my head unit soon. I was stunned by how many super cheap ($150ish) Android-powered double din units there were. They seemed pretty good with a fair bit of memory and 1080p screen. What are these units actually like? Surely you can't go wrong at $150 for a unit with as much as these have. I'd only be worried about hardware failure I think. Check this guy out; http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/6-5-Double-2DIN-Car-Radio-Stereo-DVD-Player-GPS-Quad-Core-Android-4-4-3G-WIFI-/232176282348?roken=cUgayN I'd also be worried about startup time and whether the head unit would just resume from where you left it (ie, still tuned in to the same station). I'd hate to have to select my music every time I got in the car. What's the general consensus with these?

Welcome to the site! I love the V36's.

Well done for checking though. This is the type of thing that would flip me out also.

Yep, there was a spam complaint on Jan 5, 2017 6:55 AM. Took forever to find it. If you want to get emails, don't mark them as spam. I have removed that complaint, hopefully thats all you need to get emails again.

It looks like you may have marked an email as spam. I'll need to reset the status.

That looks awesome! I hope there was nothing in that drum!!

This is going to make selling my Passat TDI interesting.

Welcome koreaturbo.

Welcome to SAU Adz! There are a lot of R31 owners on these forums, you should feel well at home.

@Ryanchit check the post above that has the pic of my car at night. It has really affected the quality of the light in a positive way.

Nice. It sounds like you need a build thread.

Hey @pauldawson you'd be better off asking in one of the Automotive forums. That definitely doesn't seem normal to me.

I've started coating my headlights weekly with the 303 protectant as it has UV protection. @warps I did this last year with my Bora, just bought the sand paper grades and did it myself. The reason I grabbed the Mothers kit this time is because of the polish and the polish ball to really get them sparkling, which it does. I will just use the sand paper directly from now on.

Thanks guys, much appreciated. Its worth noting that the static is not the engine revs type of signal noise. This is a non-alternating constant static which is why it seems to be the reception to me. I don't listen to the radio a lot, but broken things just get under my skin. I'll be trying to get the plug in the glovebox this weekend, i'll report back afterwards.

Welcome to :sau: Bob! When are you moving?

I did buy it on eBay. I'll check the plug whether it says 5v or 12v. I was going to retain the cigarette lighter plug, just have one in the glovebox. This should then still step down to 5v wouldn't it? That's an easy enough job, I can get a Narva one from Autobarn for under $10 I think. Thanks guys!

Lose reception when dash cam plugged in Hi Folks, I have a dash cam that plugs into the ciggy lighter. As soon as it plugs in, I lose any radio reception i had. (Could also just be static over the top of the radio I guess). I'm about to wire a second 12v socket into my glove box so I can have the camera plugged in a little more discreetly. What should I do to ensure I don't have the same problem when the new socket goes in? Can I add a noise filter thingo? Should I insulate the crap out of everything? Thanks in advance.

Yeah, only 2 have the proper tips. Out of 6. A bit irritated as they were $30ea only 20,000k's ago. No, I replaced these myself with the NGK platinums. 4 of the 6 are missing the little extra tip. I might get Bosch plugs next time. Theres not many options for my car, but i'm a bit bummed by the NGK's.

That looks great! Welcome to SAU!