Hi from Australia - S3 8L coming my way

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Hi everyone,

Name's Ian and from Australia (i understand this is mostly a UK based forum - love your country! However, not enough sun! LOL). I've just put a deposit on an S3 8L - got it for a really good price - needs some TLC but hey - it's a great way of getting to know the car and will be rewarding once i get him back up to scratch. Mostly interior stuff that needs a fix as the engine drives well and has pretty low k's considering it's an '02 model. Body looked great to me bar one itty ding on the driver's side as you can see in the last pic...

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So far this place looks like the best resource for Audi's. Sourcing parts might be a little hard down this way but i guess i'll just play the waiting game for 2nd had quality parts (as i'm guessing calling Audi will cost an arm and a leg).
Thank god i found this place as it's answered some questions that i had before jumping on board to commit to my little black beauty.
 
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Hi Ian, welcome to audi-sport.net. Lovely tidy car you got there. Lots of info on the 8L in the faqs thread in 8L section. Check out our classifieds section for spares. Enjoy the forum. :) x
 
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Hi Ian
Yes deffo not enough sun here lol in my next life I need to be an Aussie :D
That looks like it will push out won't it ?
We have plenty of info on fixing stuff or modifying your S3 in the 8L section also the stickies (threads which have great info so are permanantly at the top of the section)

:welcome!:
 
hey guys thanks for the welcome messages! i noticed the sticky thread... it's actually amazing! 3 am last night and i was like, i need to sleep! LOL

if it pushes out.. that would be awesome. do i do that from the inside or something?

It's a little deceiving though... outside = super clean (aside from missing foglight surrounds which looks like are going to be rare as hen's teeth) ... inside... well look...
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biggest jobs would be the roof lining and LED display
 
so i'm on the road to the interior fixing.

removing panels and stuff has revealed that the glue hasn't been able to do it's job because the panels come off while leaving the clip and plastic clip holder stuck to the car! hahaha
so i've got sikaflex to bond these parts together again

anyway! as i was having a poke around i noticed a clear hose coming in from behind the glovebox into the cabin. then i looked under the engine cover and found where the hose is coming from. now i don't have a boost gauge so could this possibly be why when getting the car to boost it loses power at about 5k?

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