MikeCapon
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 12:01 PM |
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Vagcom OBD Cable Where to buy?
I need to get my hands on an OBD Hex + Can cable. There are what seem to be OE ones at £300+ and lots of dodgy looking ones at £50ish.
Does anyone have a recommended address to buy one of these at sensible money?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Mike
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bassett
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 12:57 PM |
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Hi, Not sure if they are reasonably priced but gendan.co.uk are very good for cables/software for most cars.
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 01:02 PM |
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Thanks bassett. I've just been and had a look. £268
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tegwin
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 01:50 PM |
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Your kinda stuck with "official" cables because the software license key is held within the dongle... hence the price...
IMHO, worth paying for if you have a modern VAG... much cheaper than going to the dealers...
I am lucky with my 2001 polo that it is just before CAN-BUS so a £4 cable off ebay works pretty well with a slightly "fiddled with"
version of their "demo" software :p
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 02:01 PM |
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What are these all about then? Counterfeit copies???
Are they possibly worth a try?
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tegwin
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 02:29 PM |
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hmm.... from their description it looks like it "should" work..... but I dont think it comes with the actual software.....
Not sure, something looks a little odd.... might be worth trying though?
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nick205
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 02:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Your kinda stuck with "official" cables because the software license key is held within the dongle... hence the price...
IMHO, worth paying for if you have a modern VAG... much cheaper than going to the dealers...
I am lucky with my 2001 polo that it is just before CAN-BUS so a £4 cable off ebay works pretty well with a slightly "fiddled with"
version of their "demo" software :p
Apologies for the hijack...
Tegwin, what kit do you need to read older cars? Can you do it from a laptop with softare an appropriate USB cable?
(never even looked at this before so assume I know nothing)
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tegwin
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 03:03 PM |
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Yes.... if you buy the USB OBD2 cable from ebay (mine is a blueish transparent thing)
You need to install a USB to serial driver first, and then the OBD2 port driver...
After that you simply download the vag-com software from somewhere and start using it.... it needs to be a registered version to be able to make
changes.... you dont have to pay for that though
Its been a massive help over the last year dealing with friends vehicles including a Transported T4, Audi TT and my polo... 
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nick205
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 03:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Yes.... if you buy the USB OBD2 cable from ebay (mine is a blueish transparent thing)
You need to install a USB to serial driver first, and then the OBD2 port driver...
After that you simply download the vag-com software from somewhere and start using it.... it needs to be a registered version to be able to make
changes.... you dont have to pay for that though
Its been a massive help over the last year dealing with friends vehicles including a Transported T4, Audi TT and my polo...
Thanks for that - worth a rummage me thinks!
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 04:33 PM |
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Is this dodgy? Seeing where it comes from I imagine that's a yes?
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pgtips
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| posted on 31/1/11 at 05:55 PM |
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I got mine from this guys. Not sure if you can get just the cable but worth a phonecall.
Very good tool.
[Edited on 31-1-11 by pgtips]
[Edited on 31-1-11 by pgtips]
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