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    For Sale S1 17" OE Alloys + Conties, A1 Matts & int dipping mirror & htd side mirrors

    Hi Alas i sold my S1 in december, which is sorely missed, but i was running 4 cars and he Audi had done about 300 miles since the summer. I have left in the stash: A car set of orignal S1 Alloys, the 17" standard in silver, good condition apart from one has a few mini-chip on a face (tyre...
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    Anyone retrofitted auto dimmmin mirror to facelfit (with windscreen rain sensor)

    hi i have a 2016 s1 and the kit to fit an auto dimming mirror - incliding a k-tec loom. it seems as if later cars with the windscreen sensor don't have the plug and play cabling as the sticky in the how to's. anyone done this to a later car?
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    On the way to Vegas tomorrow...

    Hi all. been away from the fold for a while (this is my 2nd return, no actually the 3rd).... after a couple of A4 quattro's and ever sold my S3 a year ago and regretted it ever so much. So i'm having a 2nd, no 3rd mid-life crisis, and a lickle yellow beast is being picked up tomorrow just in...
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    Back in the fold - my new to me S3

    Morning all. Been about these parts for a few years, with an A4 B6 quattro and then a B7 S-line but after a brief volvo shaped flirtation this is about to land on my driveway. Almost ashamed to post up such a stock car given what some on here do, but as this will be my DD the mods will...
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    The classic which colour is fastest re-thread.

    Just a bit of daft 'banter' (is that word legal?).... but ok think this better not turn into a poll or i'm history (with one vote!) But which colour is fastest on a b6? I used to have a scooby-legacy and the perceived wisdom was that silver was fastest. It is universally held that red...
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    RNS-E 2011 Mk2 LED in my 2.5tdi QS

    Hello Just a quick update following my DIS Cruise posts to flash my double din and rns update. Managed to find a 2011 seat RNS media E unit (the A3 mk2 unit but with the a4 faceplate) on t'bay for a very good price bought the 805c dble din cage from lincoln audi, an ebay PNP lead and gps, a...
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    Antenna wire in n/side fornt footwell trim pane?????

    Hi I fitted RNS E over the weekend and in the process found some left over wiring abnove the glovebox and what looks like an antenna co-ax coming up into that area from the passenger front footwell? My car had the tape deck (chorus II) and single aerial lead present behind the din cage...
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    Is it me,or are the door mirrors different on each side???

    Anyone know if the door mirrors are supposed to be asymetrical? - the caps and base not the mirror glass - i feel a right rodney even raising this!!! I've just fitted S ally mirrors to my QTdi and in the process (it's a long bimetalic story) replaced the drivers mirror base with one form a b7...
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    MY New Old Alloys - decisions decisions

    Hi All Just acquired a full car set of these original and perfect NOS Zender Monza Alloys - absolutely unused and unmarked, made in germany and TUV appd.:yahoo: 18 x 8.5 et 35 and 112 x 5 pcd. I loved these BITD (before Halfrauds et al copied them relentlessly) and they always remind me of...
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    DIS and Cruise - Done

    I fitted DIS and Cruise over the weekend using the various guides (QJ's sticky, etc) but I noticed that there's a few gaps to catch one out. One of the things that is rarely explained properly is the Pin 1 'earthing' or washer bottle problem. Pin I is on the dash multi-plug (the Blue one)...
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    Ally from placky - new interior trim

    My biz partner has an B7 S-Line with the fish-scale trim which I like, so I've collected a fair range of it via t'bay and fitted over the weekend with my DIS and Cruise:thumbsup: being an S-line his is all Soul Black but mine being Swing Grey (LB) thought i'd try it out... Before: Afters...
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    A little heads up on aero wipers

    Just a little post as i've upgraded to aero wipers - both of mine had lost their "black" around the spindle (ally corrosion) and the passenger arm to blade pivot finally collapsed last week. Got the two new B7 arms (part no's as QJ's thread) for £67 and the blades for £21 all from Lincoln Audi...
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    Useful Tool(s)

    just a little Heads Up for some dead handy long-reach bits for our favourite Torx fasteners 1/4" INCH HEX TITANIUM NITRIDE TX - STAR E TORX SHANK LONG INSERT BITS | eBay the T8 is great for getting to the tiny weenie little bl**dy screw on the steering column lower cowl!!! (company is nothing...
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    Hi from a middle-aged newbie 2.5tdi Q Sport Avant

    Hello. I'm And from Lincolnshire (via Wales) and i'm in love with three things. 2nd equal are by Ferdinand of Stuttgart and Auto Union of Ingoldstat and (excuse the cr*p photo) I've had the Quattro for a week and it's fab:thumbsup: Done 575 miles on 11.3 gallons! (by gps / brim to brim)...
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    Newbie with his new (old) quattro sport avant b6

    Hi I'm an aged (mid-40's) long time VW Audi fan (i also have something from Ferdinand of Stuttgart - but aren't we're all in the same family now:happy:) Just returned to the fold with a nice 2.5tdi quattro sport... a car i've long aspired to (being a practical all weather GT sort of)...