Retrofit of RVC to MK6 Golf

[Pepe]

Update for today:

Camera/loom all done now, haven't put it in because I need to get a bit of 5mm tubing for the drainage, but will give it a crack tomorrow and hopefully running the cable from front to back won't be too painful.

BTW, Camera/loom really is a lot simpler than the Mk5 retrofit ones.

[Ryan_R]

Great - hope you've been taking pictures of it to show the rest of us how to do it

Good to hear that it's easy, but have you tested it yet

[rs73]

Update for today:

Camera/loom all done now, haven't put it in because I need to get a bit of 5mm tubing for the drainage, but will give it a crack tomorrow and hopefully running the cable from front to back won't be too painful.

BTW, Camera/loom really is a lot simpler than the Mk5 retrofit ones.

did you use this diagram for the loom?

[rs73]

or this?

[Pepe]

or this?

You 2nd image isn't valid? But I know the site you're referring to and the one in your previous post, both have been helpful, but both only go about half way to helping fit a Mk6, especially if you have LED tails.

Anyway, the new "loom" is much simpler than either the one on my-gti or camel.cc given the differences in the Mk6 vs Mk5 and also with the new version of the camera that seems to be shipping. The parts list is a lot shorter than it used to be, but you will need to know how to work a soldering iron to make it happen.

[rs73]

2nd image maybe had the MK5 connector part numbers, but in terms of connection pins/wiring diagram are they spot on?
I think maybe i should use this? as i don't have LED tail lights

[Pepe]

No, it's not the same as the Mk5, even if you have normal lights... but the lights bit will actually be the same as the Mk5 one (in theory, I can't test that).

And bloody hell, everything is different to what the guides say it should be... popped out the RNS today and even the wiring at the back of that is different, ugh! If you were in 2 minds about whether to get BT or RVC when ordering, just tick the box, you'll save some poor bastard the hassle of doing it later!

[Maverick]

No, it's not the same as the Mk5, even if you have normal lights... but the lights bit will actually be the same as the Mk5 one (in theory, I can't test that).

And bloody hell, everything is different to what the guides say it should be... popped out the RNS today and even the wiring at the back of that is different, ugh! If you were in 2 minds about whether to get BT or RVC when ordering, just tick the box, you'll save some poor bastard the hassle of doing it later!

The RNS 510 has not changed connector positions or assignments since it was introduced. The RVC, bluetooth and MDI all plug into the same places they always have.

The same goes with the wiring in the hatch, it hasn't changed since the cars were introduced (with regards to the wiring of the lights) so I'm not sure why there would be any confusion there.