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DIY: Upgraded Skoda Slavia's stock rear camera to a highline camera

That said, my car has completed 26k kms already in 26 months of use Overall its pretty much a good experience and the car loves to be driven.

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Completed the rear camera upgrade to a highline camera after the parking sensor upgrade and here is the detailed write up: A guide to retrofits on VW/Skoda MQB Cars in India.

Here's a Youtube video I shot. 

That said, my car has completed 26k kms already in 26 months of use  Overall its pretty much a good experience and the car loves to be driven. Since I started experimenting with these upgrades, I am curious to see the reaction when the car when taking it in for service. But I believe its only an issue when there will be a warranty claim on the car. The DSG clutch seems to be holding on with all the traffic abuse of Bangalore but I feel there is a slight runout in the clutch pack which turns up to be very slightly juddery when the clutch gets hot and I accelerate hard in first gear. Need to check the ASC what can be done with this. But with my AMT experience of driving in heavy traffic, this is bound to happen when there is repeated stop go situation. Apart from this judder, there is no other issue with shifts or performance. 

For those who are interested, there is a head unit software update that fixes a few bugs, and most visibly the exit warning in the car which earlier had a funny message which spoke about not forgetting kids and engaging valet mode. Now thats replaced with a rather decent message:

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