What have you done today?

Tony77 · May 9, 2014

Gd job mate love it

Bennys3 · May 9, 2014

Nah buddy just went for it! But when I was doing it I peeled a little of the backing off stuck it too the top first then gradually peeled off the backing whilst smoothing out the vinyl and use a sharp blade too trim and tuck

shan00ble · May 9, 2014

Plastidip ur rings easy peasy

shan00ble · May 9, 2014

Just mask around them and spray the excess on the paint will peal off and leave your rings black

Dani_B19 · May 9, 2014

My front ones are painted along with the surround but going to plastidip them soon.

too hot · May 10, 2014

Sorted one of my blocked window washer jets, five minute job and success !!!

jojo · May 10, 2014

Picked up my 4mm caliper spacers ready for my 330mm discs round two. Just need to find some dry weather. The 2piece discs are around 2kg lighter than the solid one piece discs!

vrbob · May 24, 2014

As most of my tinkering work is done now I managed to get round the car with a clay bar and a quick coat of polish before it started to rain.

As I am out of polish now I have just ordered this Poorboys Dark Kit Nattys Paste Wax Blue & Black Hole Glaze + 2 Free Cloths Pads | eBay So I can have a better go at detailing it when the sun is out.

Gops · May 24, 2014

So far, I've almost got everything I need for my double din facelift conversion! Just bought a cup holder for £13 collecting it on Wednesday! All I need is a few spade connectors to connect the amp to the Bose connector and a few bits of soldering and I'm done! Will document everything as it's possibly a guide many people will want to do in the future! Excited lots

samurai · Jun 2, 2014

Finally I began assembling my third car.I already painted them two years ago ...

... he became a sanctuary for all the cats from the village and waiting for me to take time for him ...

... until today when I installed the electrical installation inside ...

... and finished the rear part of the car ...

jojo · Jun 2, 2014

samurai said:
Finally I began assembling my third car.I already painted them two years ago ...

... he became a sanctuary for all the cats from the village and waiting for me to take time for him ...

... until today when I installed the electrical installation inside ...

... and finished the rear part of the car ...

Love Corrado's! What engine are we running?

samurai · Jun 2, 2014

jojo said:
Love Corrado's! What engine are we running?

in this moment still got flinstones type of engine

original was VR6 (ABV type of engine) but i sold that engine because i wanna put 1.8 T inside, probably some engine from audi TT 8N with 180 horse power or from golf IV GTI but maybe i will have luck and i will find some engine from S3 8L (i wish)

Lavis89 · Jun 3, 2014

I love corrados as well, always fancied a g60 or vr6, and run the engine until it dies then swap in a 20vt. One day I'll own one.

JimS3 · Jun 15, 2014

Cleaned my injectors in the ultrasonic tank, found and fixed a fuel leak and replaced a split PCV hose.

MPG has gone from 21 to 31, Win!!

lol4fun · Jun 15, 2014

JimS3 said:
Cleaned my injectors in the ultrasonic tank, found and fixed a fuel leak and replaced a split PCV hose.

MPG has gone from 21 to 31, Win!!

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I've just done exactly the same as you. chucked my injectors in a ultrasonic bath and replaced the breather bellow the inlet manifold

CMcKenzie · Jun 15, 2014

Gave the dirty old girl a clean today for the first time in a couple of weeks.

And a bit of messing about

JUS3IN · Jun 15, 2014

Very nice in red mate

JUS3IN · Jun 15, 2014

Painted my rings and surround today!-)

then threw some wheel tape on my bbs reps as im getting bored with them! Also sanded of the crome lip as its was getting corroded then laquered...

<tuffty/> · Jun 15, 2014

I replaced the condenser on my A2 as it was a little worse for wear

The bumper removal process rivals that of a TT but has a way to go thankfully to beat a Mk4 chassis Beetle...

<tuffty/>

jojo · Jun 17, 2014

Not today, but I've been too busy to post it up!

After around 2 months parked outside, I thought I'd treat her to a spring clean.

Let off my load first!

Comes out pretty good after a quick 2 bucket wash, some SRP and some tyre shine.

I was bored on Sunday, so stuck these on, as they was given to me for free from another member.

Chrome door catches from a facelift.

The matt old ones

Shiney ones on!

Lavis89 · Jul 4, 2014

I've had a busy couple of weeks! finally got my cooler fully mounted and the car back together

First problem i had was ASH sent me the wrong 8mm joiner 3 times! kept sending me steel despite the advert on ebay saying it was alloy, got annoyed with waiting so bodged it. welded a couple plates onto the pipe then drilled and tapped a hole, then ran a dye nut down the hose joiner and whacked some sealent on it

At this point i couldn't get the lower valance back on because it was fouling quite badly on the silicone elbows, i gave up and drove the car home without the valance. As soon as i got home i realized i could have flipped the cooler upside down to raise the inlets a bit. So today i drove down to Phil Millers garage in Launceston, flipped the cooler then got it smoke tested, no leaks! ideal. Then tried to fit the valance again, turned out i hadn't trimmed the center grill, so out came the grinder. 10 mins later and a bit of elbow grease and the valance was attached and car ready to go. Just got to neaten it up a bit to be perfectly happy with it. And thanks to Phil for letting me use his grinder and make a racket in his garage! and providing a extra set of hands to fit it all back together

Prawn · Jul 4, 2014

Looks great!

craigt1985 · Jul 4, 2014

Looks smart, is that just an EBay FMIC kit? Looking at one for mine atm, but want to retain the fogs/ keep it completely stealth; easier said than done with an A3 bumper i gather.

jojo · Jul 4, 2014

I have just washed my cars ready for GTI Inters, now I have work. Lol

Lavis89 · Jul 4, 2014

craigt1985 said:
Looks smart, is that just an EBay FMIC kit? Looking at one for mine atm, but want to retain the fogs/ keep it completely stealth; easier said than done with an A3 bumper i gather.

I got the core from eBay and bought all the pipes from auto silicone hoses (also on eBay) so not a kit as such.

I've managed to keep the fogs but had to lose the grills next to the fogs, with black pipes it doesn't look too obvious though. If you can find JayA3's build thread I used his pipe routing/options. It's not the best fit, at the moment, need to trim a couple pipes down and got a bit of cobra necking on the cold side which would be solved with a 135 silicone instead of a 90. Even with the cobra neck it is no where near as restrictive as the stock system.

Edit: just seen you are also in Plymouth, you're welcome to come and have a look, just drop me a pm, I can probably give a few ideas on how to improve it a bit

JimS3 · Jul 20, 2014

Stripped my AEB head down ready for new valve guides.

When your used to doing 8v engines, 20v seems to take forever!

craigt1985 · Jul 20, 2014

Lavis89 said:
I got the core from eBay and bought all the pipes from auto silicone hoses (also on eBay) so not a kit as such.

I've managed to keep the fogs but had to lose the grills next to the fogs, with black pipes it doesn't look too obvious though. If you can find JayA3's build thread I used his pipe routing/options. It's not the best fit, at the moment, need to trim a couple pipes down and got a bit of cobra necking on the cold side which would be solved with a 135 silicone instead of a 90. Even with the cobra neck it is no where near as restrictive as the stock system.

Edit: just seen you are also in Plymouth, you're welcome to come and have a look, just drop me a pm, I can probably give a few ideas on how to improve it a bit

Definitely will do, be a while until i'm at that point; but cheers

jojo · Sep 5, 2014

So in preparation for the Curborough Spring track on Sunday, I though I'd give my divertor valve a service.

I got this AmD 'Viper' DV along with my remap many years ago, I have no idea if it leaks or not, but my car makes healthy power with it on, so no point throwing it away!

There was no yellow/green/red spring back in the day, there was just a metal coloured spring! Lol, 6 Allen key bolts, I just gave it a good wipe down, regressed everything and refit, job done!

JUS3IN · Sep 7, 2014

genuine facelift time today! last week bbs lm reps swapped for rs6 reps, looks like a different car :thrashi:

<tuffty/> · Sep 7, 2014

Fitted most of this lot

The Doctor · Sep 7, 2014

Gave the car a good clean today and decided that the time has come to get these sorted out. A few nagging spots of corrosion on the rear wheel arches and some worrying bubbles starting to appear below the paint surface on the outer lip of the front wheel arch. As much as I don't want to touch the original paintwork, it needs to be done before it gets worse...

Any suggestions of a high quality bodyshop in/around Nottingham? I only want a top quality job.

JUS3IN · Sep 7, 2014

do the front arches bolt on and off, i need 1 and a dooras i have a few rogue bubbles too, i think as we have the fairly common silver it would probably be cheaper to buy some good used parts...

willh92 · Sep 8, 2014

Gave her a good clean and polish today

Did the haldex oil and filter service the other day, found that mine had the original metal mesh filter in, 15 years on she finally gets a new one!! So much for full Audi history ay.

willh92 · Sep 8, 2014

<tuffty/> said:
Fitted most of this lot

<tuffty/>

Where did you order the ARB's from and their bushes? I'm thinking of doing the rear ARB on mine when i stick the new cat back on. Don't think I'll venture down the route of dropping the subframe yet however, not without a 2 or 4 poster!!

<tuffty/> · Sep 8, 2014

willh92 said:
Where did you order the ARB's from and their bushes? I'm thinking of doing the rear ARB on mine when i stick the new cat back on. Don't think I'll venture down the route of dropping the subframe yet however, not without a 2 or 4 poster!!

ARBs I got from TPS, bushes I got from AKS Tuning

<tuffty/>

gregor571 · Sep 22, 2014

Got bored..... So painted my calipers red

jojo · Sep 23, 2014

So I had a free day to work on my S3 today, might aswell do a whole collection of things whilst the back end is up in the air. I had only intended to do a Haldex oil service, but my ECS stage 1 rears have been on the car since 2007/8 and approx 15k miles?, so I though I'd strip her down and service the brakes too!

Whilst the wheels was off, I decided to clean the insides, as I usually don't bother.

Haldex oil service is quite tricky on the drive, but after watching a guide on YouTube, it made it easy!

The old stuff was approx. 22k miles old, quite black with black bits floating around!

tjc · Sep 25, 2014

Post is from the heart (please be kind to an old dreamer!) - Not been on for a long time and saw the sad news about DaveS3.

Decided that today was the first day of the rest of my life.

So, my 2002 S3 8L in Ebony Black with body coloured mirrors having done 23k and completely standard is the love of my life and has never failed to put a smile on my face when I have driven her. (Definitely a girl car - given the backchat over the years despite or because of the low mileage!).

She has always been serviced at a Main Dealer! And I even had an Audi VW Specialist who was a friend of the family check her over pre- and post- service when I first got her!! Paranoid or what!!!

I have read Tuffy's build logs over the years and been in awe of the effort, attention to detail and determination that he has shown in realising his S3 vision - Bill obviously being pivotal in all this. My reality check is that I would never be able to walk in their footsteps.

My boss (her in doors!) has had an RS2, S2000, Golf MkV GTI and now got an 125i with M Sport extras!!! RS2 just old school turbo fun with phenominal grip, S2k open top VTEC howl, GTI too clinical and cursed, BMW easy fun ...

I still have my wonderful Audi S3 8L stock - coveted for high days and holidays - and a Mitsubishi Shogun for every day. She is a tank - (joke -> Just get out of my way!).

Realised that life is short... Had a few single malts ...

Should I leave 'Seven' (my S3) stock or tune her to 300 - 320 bhp?

Would I be able to maintain the day to day reliability or should I buy another car to be a member of the family with the intention to tune it.

Not really intended to post this but E46 M3 website, sad news and alcohol got me thinking ...

Answers on a postcard.

Cheers,

Tim

A confused, slightly inebriated, Audi S3/RS3 loving northerner!

jojo · Sep 25, 2014

Didn't get too much done today, my rear end stuff is completed, so time to tackle the front end, she's been on axle stands since Wednesday. Managed to clean my front wheels and degrease all my engine covers, next plan is to do the SAI delete and N249 bypass, replace the headlamp washer jet pump and maybe spray my induction kit heat shield black! That's like 5 years of work crammed in a week for me!

tom2001s3 · Sep 26, 2014

I fitted my welly cooler today

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