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Can anyone confirm if I take the siren unit off, to replace the batteries etc, is the car still driveable?

Also, can you get the CR2 batteries with the correct solder tabs anywhere else than the folk on ebay charging £20?
I dare say you could wire tab-less ones up somehow - has anyone done that? They only £1.50 each elsewhere.

The batteries shall be CR17355  (NOT CR17355SE) and they can be found on ebay

And usually when replacing the batteries it's a good idea to the replace the electrolyte caps since they dry over time.
1pc 220uF 10V, 1pc 330uF 25V, 1pc 10uF 16V and also check the soldering points for cracks, especially the larger points, re-solder if needed.
From 2001 the units is glued instead of screws so it needs to be gently cut i two halves.

Hi

I got a nasty scratch at the tyre workshop in April 2012 and made a lot of investigations to find a matching colour code and I was i contact with Hirsch to get the code but they where very secret about it. The rim is made by BBS and they are also know for keeping their secrets.
If I remember correct the answer from Hirsch was that it is a VW colour (maybe I have the e-mails in my laptop at work, I'll try to check).
However my story ended with a new colour made by the local paint workshop but it's now exactly the same.

I was also in contact with a company in Stockholm who specializes in repairing expensive wheels and that could measure the colour with an analyser that is normally used when re-painting cars since the colour changes over time by wear and tear so even with the correct  colour code it wouldn't match.



I use Pirelli P Zero 235/40 18 95Y XL at the moment and I have no issues with clearance even it it's really tight.
The suspension is MapTun Performace lowering springs with Bilstein B8 shocks.
On the picture it had Eibach springs and Yellow Koni shocks and the handling was horrible and I had some clearance problems.
The tires then was Conti SportContact 5 235/40 18 Y XL

Now I use those wheels on my -05 Aero instead since I consider it to be a better match with the 340mm brake disks.


Edit> This the answer I got from Hirsch

Dear David

The colour code is VW L QQ9 (titanium silver)

Best regards

Manfred Lenherr
Sales & Marketing Director
Hirsch Performance AG

www.hirsch-performance.ch