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    Paint questions

    heat resistant paint is self explanatory really for your block and manifold, as long as you give it a key it will be fine, i dont believe in rust removers, i much prefer digging it out and putting etch primer and a high build primer before paint, i think the black plastic type paint you are...
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    gear surround

    how much did you buy??? im going to do the badges on my r26 and could do with a few pointers, big flat panels are easy but i think im going to struggle with these badges
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    gear surround

    right try again as the other pictures were HUGE bought some 3m di noc and decided to do the gear surround due to it flaking, only took 20 min and im useless at vinyl wrapping, but this stuff is really forgiving, as long as you warm it up, using a hairdryer could of done with it being a bit...
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    rear door - corner window trim

    you will find they are part of the full interior window housing frame, there is no way of removing them, the frame comes out if you dont want to mask the weather seal
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    b5 tqs

    been a while since ive been on here, but since buying another car and the tqs has had so little use i thought id put it for sale, if anyone is on the look out for one heres the link http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1740254.htm
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    removing service light

    yeah id like to know this too, i found some instructions on the net to remove the service reminder but never worked, pull and hold speedo reset and turn key push this and that, what a load of tosh
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    Gearbox humped?

    mines a bit difficult going from 1st down to 2nd, then when its warmed up it frees off a little but is still a bit hard to engage, i think its down to the age of the car
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    Still have Water Temp Problem(After Changing Stat)

    took mine a good while to get up to temp when i changed my thermostat, heaters were blowing cold for a good 15min and temp gauge was still stuck at 60degrees, next min i looked its was on 90 and blowing hot air, not sure why it did that but mine took a while to get through the system
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    bet no one can beat this mot failure sheet!

    it was on a b5 but the plates were the german look ones that were made of tin, took them off and they bent like a banana,so had to go in the bin
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    bet no one can beat this mot failure sheet!

    mine failed on 5 things 1- number plate non reflective 2- number plate had no bs number 3- number plate was the wrong font 4- number plate had no makers name 5-number plate had no postcode as you can tell i changed my number plate and it passed but what a **** take i thought
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    Pre-facelift 2.4 for £3k...?

    agree with you but i put it at 3k as there is room to move on it, as i said id take 2600 for it, its worth that imo as even though its a ten year old car, they are very well built and it shows, as it drives very well, you put a comparison 10 year old car and it be fit for the knackers yard,
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    Pre-facelift 2.4 for £3k...?

    been getting offers of £1900-2k for it, id say id probably take around the 2600 mark
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    Pre-facelift 2.4 for £3k...?

    i have my tqs on there for 3k, id say mine is a bit more desirable but have had nothing but stupid offers on piston heads
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    Anyone ever bent a rear tie rod on a quattro?

    jcb,did you manage to sort your cars suspension ???
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    Damn. Bent something

    very true but the quattro system is a big bonus in this weather, but all cars have the same contact points on the road and will still slide ,4wd or not, mine has got me out of the s**t a few times when other 2wd vehicles have got stuck,think i might start charging people for toeing them out, we...
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    Right 2010 here, what's the plans?

    just before new years got all the front end done including wings for chip and rust to bonnet, all 4 wheels got refurbed in hyper silver and 4 new tyres which has totally transformed the handling, need to get a mot at the end of the month and tax too, boot lid goes in for warrenty ,then its going...
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    What oil for A4 B5 1.8 manual?

    when i got mine it had a tappetty noise on start up, flushed the system and done a oil and filter and plugs,i used castrol magnatec semi synthetic and the next day i started it up from cold the tapping noise has gone, this was october time and its never come back so imho id highly recommend this...
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    BOSE

    id have to disagree with aragorn post, for a out of the box setup its a good all round sound, the bass is good so is the mid, top end it needs a bit more to cope with the bass some times but overall im impressed with the sound quality, i play house and hard trance and it copes very well, i cant...
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    S4 Goodyear Excellence

    i read loads of reviews before picking my tyres and the goodyears seemed to get a lot of mixed reviews, one that kept creeping up was poor grip, one person said they were dangerous when they are half worn, and that was some one owning a a4, but it depends on what you can afford,and the purpose...
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    I take back what I said

    HERE YOU GO this list are all snow tyres http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m11b0s637p0