The Vantrue N5 comes with the front camera, rear camera, wiring, and parts/materials needed to install the cameras to the front and rear glass. The kit does come with a small trim tool (the orange trim tool in the box below), but I find that it is a tad small for what you need. You also sometimes need the help of at least two trim tools at once when getting behind trim panels. Therefore, I recommend getting a trim tool set, which gives you a number of different tools to work with.
Rough Country sells two different folding tonneau covers that costs between $650-$700, and they both seem comparable to the Bakflip MX4. I went with the one called the Tri-fold Tonneau Cover, which is similar to the Bakflip cover in that it folds out of the way for full use of the bed. I paid $700 (at time of this post) for the bed cover.
A common, but relatively minor issue on the fifth generation Honda Odyssey is the inevitable deterioration of the molding on the rear tailgate trim. This becomes evident when you see the molding either cracking, or even breaking off in pieces where the rear trim meets the tailgate glass.
If your MK1 Audi TT is experiencing a constant clicking noise, there are two reasons why it happens. The first reason is a faulty hazard light switch, which is the easier of the two to address. The second reason is due to a faulty turn signal switch, which is a slightly more involved repair.
Because it would have been difficult to refurbish the sun visors (especially with the paint damage), I simply replaced them with ones that I found at the junkyard. As an added bonus, the sun visors I picked up didn’t have those unsightly warning labels on them. This post will go through the removal of the sun visors so that you know how to safely remove/install them, whether you plan on replacing them or taking them off to do a proper cleaning.
After addressing the biggest issues on my 2002 Audi TT (MK1) that were just too difficult to ignore, I started knocking out some of the easy maintenance items on the car. Probably the easiest one to check off the list is the engine air filter, which typically takes only five minutes or so to do. Audi generally recommends the engine air filter to be replaced every 20k miles.
Replacing the cabin air filter on any vehicle is usually pretty easy to do. The location where you replace the cabin filter tends to either be behind the glove box, or near the firewall in the engine bay. The MKI Audi TT’s cabin air filter is located in the engine bay on the passenger’s side. There is a small flap that needs to be opened in order to access the cabin air filter for replacement. It is typically recommended to replace the cabin air filter approximately every 10k miles.
As I work through the issues on my new-to-me 2002 Audi TT, I discover more and more things that need to be fixed. While I was fixing the secondary air pump in the engine bay, I happened to come across a set of hoses in front of the engine that were broken. These hoses are part of the N249 system, which is related to emissions. Because of the age of the vehicle and the exposure to heat from the engine, the piping on the N249 system tends to break, which can cause a vacuum leak in the emissions system.
My Audi TT sounds like a jet engine taking off every time I start my car, and I also have a P1432 trouble code. Replacing the secondary air pump fixed both of these issues, but it is a difficult job to do due to the limited access to the air pump’s mounting bolts.
