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Ok, i've done this before and it worked perfectly!

i've found a few things on my car that i can't work out what they are or do! here is one of them!

Behind my front number plate is a little black box with a wire to it. i can't follow the wire as it goes into the engine bay and into some foam and i can't find where it goes. Could it be to do with my alarm? it appears to have a hole that faces the ground...

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There. NOW TELL ME WHAT IT IS!

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I don't think i'm right, but all i can think of is it could be something to do with the front numberplate lights????

Or the alarm siren?

it looks too out of place for it to be factory and to do with number plate lights. i will set my alarm off in it's quiet mode and have a listen. that is an idea :) cheers for the reply :)

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it looks too out of place for it to be factory and to do with number plate lights. i will set my alarm off in it's quiet mode and have a listen. that is an idea :) cheers for the reply :)

ok, just set my alarm off and it's definitely not the source of the alarm noise...

keep thinking people!

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If it is hooked up to the alarm, it kind of looks like a shock sensor. No idea why you would mount it there though.

Can you take it off and take a photo of it? It also kind of looks like some sort of water intercooler sprayer.

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10 extra hp mystery box?

:( hit the nail on the head

it probably doesn't do anything, no idea why anything else would be mounted there. disconnect it and see if anything changes.

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Another vote for ambient air temp sensor. I had an R32 before and I remember a thing like that being just under my front bar as well, and some how i found it to be the temp sensor.

I guess if you wanna find out then move it to right near your engine, or put a blow dryer on it while the cars on and see if your temp display on the AC dash display goes up....(no idea what operating range it has so I take no responsibility)...... :(

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