Originally Posted by Heck Family

So, I don't even have an A4 yet and I'm looking at mods. I've spent several hours on the coding thread and am still not sure I fully understand a couple of key points. First, it's not clear to me what hardware requirements exist for each recode.

For example, I'd love to enable blind spot and lane assist. The lane assist recode thread speaks of it being possible if your car has presense and somewhere there is a reference to all US cars having presense. Therefore, everyone in the US should be able to recode this, correct?

- You cannot code blind spot in, you need the hardware (radar, mirror housing with indicator).
All USDM cars have Pre Sense Basic, note the camera top dead center of windscreen.


Second, many of the references to recoding have pictures of the Virtual Cockpit. Is the Tech pkg or a Premium + car a requirement for all of these recodes?

- You can code a lot without having Tech Pkg or VC (use best judgement on hardware)

In the A5 section, there is a google doc that shows the default settings and then the enabled settings in a table format. That was easier to understand for a noob like me.

Lastly, some of the recent posts regarding OBDeleven reference apps for turning things on and off. Has OBDeleven automated the process, making the earlier posts of coding bits and bytes obsolete?

- From what I know, it’s very easy to tweak the car with OBD11

Thanks in advance,
HF