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    Rear wheels locking when turning?

    Hi guys, just got my car all ready for its mot this week as the car has sat in the garage since december. Only now when you turn out of juctions its almost as if the rear wheels are locked and you are almost dragging the wheels. this only happens when your turning left or right never in a...
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    lcr brembos and braided hoses

    goodgride hoses came in the post today, bought leon ones to fit on to my brembos i bought recently, thing is i noticed the brake hose connection on the capiler is a female and so is the connections on the hoses. Am i missing something here!
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    Really loud clicking/clonking under hard acceleration?

    Morning guys, recently replaced my gearbox in my s3, took it for a little test drive last night as its been sitting in the garage ever since ( about a month) was all fine but when i put the foot down and the turbo kicked in there was an almighty clicking/clonking sound! would this poss be a cv...
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    facelift headlights on a pre facelift

    hi there, fitted some facelift headlights today, only thing is one of the plugs dont match up, is it poss to buy an adaptor for this, noticed adaptors for a4s on the german ebay but cant find any for the s3?
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    is ambient lighting poss in a pre-facelift

    had a quick look behind my interior light tonight and cant see a space for the ambient lighting unit, was wondering if anyone had fitted it to a pre facelift?
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    replacement gearbox, which codes?

    hi there was just wondering what the codes mean on the s3/tt gearboxes. my knackered gearbox from my 99 apy is DQB, but have noticed ones that are coded FHB. do they all fit or are there differances that are gonna make fitting a ******? thanks in advance!
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    I dont think my s3 wanted to go

    Sold my s3 last night, guy came down to night with money and the head gasket blew! i cant believe it! was just sitting in the garage ticking over when we were having a chat next thing it running rough and coughing water and oil outta the back, whats the chances!:crying:
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    Classifieds? does anyone actually look at them?

    Was thinking about putting my car in the classified on here but does anyone ever look at them? every time ive had a look it full of really old adverts and is a bit confusing!
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    Old style rear badge

    Anyone got an old s3 badge knocking about spare, have a 99 s3 and want to put on the orignal badge on. Or am i being a bit anal:laugh:
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    What are rstt's worth these days?

    Selling my s3 soon so im putting everything back to standard, have a mint set of genuine 18" rstt's with brand new (stickers still on) falken 452's on. was just wondering how much these would be worth? would i make more money sellin the wheels and tyres seperate?
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    What would you do!

    Right, what would you guys do, ive got an 99 s3 with a knackered diff, its sat in the garage so long the mot and tax has ran out. its got brand new billys on and h&r springs, new clutch and four new falken tyres. the thing is.... im sick of it. im facing a driving ban in febuary and wondering...
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    Anyone used brembo pads on there s3 stock setup? rate or slate?

    looking for new pads, have a twinkle in my eye for brembo stuff, anyone ever used the pads?
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    Rear brake knocking? anyone had this before?

    im getting a knock from my rear wheel, like a knock on each rotation, but if i apply the brakes it stops! after a good run it will stop, also if i apply the handbrake one click as i drive along it also stops! confused.com!:huh:
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    winter grips?

    drove my parnters corsa vxr in the snow today.... and its bad! it just looks at snow and grinds to a halt! the s3 is good in the snow as you know but can be a bit sideway most of the time (which i like!) anyway was thinking about putting winter grips on the s3 for her daily comm to work. will...
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    Fiat coupe brembos? Anyone fitted these?

    have noticed heaps of fiat 20v brembos knocking about on ebay cheap, has anyone ever fitted these to the audi? are the any good?
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    lumpy tickover - sounds like an impreza! help!

    recently took my engine out, as was changing the clutch so dropped the engine to give it a good clean because it was covered in old oil from over the years. Now it runs like a bag of nails, sounds like an impreza if you listen to it from the rear! anybody have any ideas, im kinda stumped!
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    HELP! s3 gearbox refitting!

    Hi all, took out my gearbox this weekend to put in a new clutch, but have spend most of my sunday trying to get the bloodly thing back in! am i missing a trick? has anyone had experance put one of these back in?
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    Were RSTT's an optional extra?

    just a quick, prob a dumb question, were the rstt alloys and optional extra on the s3? :think:
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    Red s3 with bbs lm's. has anyone got a pic?

    have an red s3 have been thinking about lms, hunted through all the pic and cant find one:sadlike:. worried it might look poop. red ones seem to be harder to look nice with rim choice! has anyone got a picture of their red s3 with silver lms? thanks:eyebrows:
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    offsets on s3

    Hi all, was looking at a set of genuine audi alloys but they are 5x112 so would need adaptors. the thing is the wheels are et43 so what kinda spacing do i need to make them fit in the arch maybe just slightly wider than standard?:think: