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  1. mrfaststu

    What grit is good grit?

    when i do the wifes focus as the headlights yellow, and the once when i done my s3 lights i use g3 rubbing compound and machine polisher and does a xlnt job
  2. mrfaststu

    Opinions please

    got a place near me that does it £25 per window and they excellent ive taken my last 5 cars to him, he charged me £175 to come and collect my range rover do all the windows except front screen and deliver it back to me which i thought was ****** brilliant
  3. mrfaststu

    Reasons to love your S3 - S3 owners only please! :-)

    I like my S3 because alot of people round my way dont know about S3/A3 differences I like how its got a fat rear end and how it can drift if you want it to and can pull its self straight and put a big smile on my face (although not as big a grin as my turbo ka)
  4. mrfaststu

    difference between s3 and a3 front bumpers

    I put a A3 turbo rad pack and slam panel on with no problems at all, put the facelift headlights in had to mod the wings a tad to get them in but they all work ok and looks a lot different, the front bumper has just been pushed into place for know as got to change the ns intercooler as its split...
  5. mrfaststu

    difference between s3 and a3 front bumpers

    not 100% sure yet was told its a A3 facelift ive only got it sitting on the car loose at mo as got to put a ns intercooler on so will know if it fits on at all on sunday thats why im asking now lol
  6. mrfaststu

    difference between s3 and a3 front bumpers

    been repairing the front end of my s3 (pre face lift) as had a coming together with a wall and ive got hold of a A3 front bumper(face lift) and want to know what the diffrence is between the 2 other than the later hasnt got head light washers in, thanks
  7. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    hi guys i got the front end of my car sttripped down during the start of the week and when i was at my mates scrap yard yesterday he had a A3 come in with rear end damage and with him being a nice kind guy said take what i want of if so i helped myself to the complete slam panel with rad pack...
  8. mrfaststu

    5 door bonnet and bumper on a 3 door?

    they bonnet and tailgate no problem bumper should fit as well as its sthe same width etc
  9. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    Thanks for all the messages guys its great and keeps the moral up and helping me decide to keep the car and bring it back to life. just seems like a lot of us guys have had a bit of bad luck with crashes and smashes over the past month or so lol. just before i got the car i had 3 people say to...
  10. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    his came off worse than mine i could drive away and was only a few miles from home so wasnt to bad going to get a bonnet this afternoon hopefully
  11. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    I wasnt injured nor was my boy just the car and dont want to make a claim if i can help it as got a wonderful insurance for me,wife,anybody to do with me or my family etc for any car and was sensible money so dont want to put the price of that up, Ive just been offered a complete front panel...
  12. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    would have done but had one of my young boys with me on the side he was going to hit and didnt want that but his car came of worse
  13. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    dont think so as there was no contact between either of us
  14. mrfaststu

    damaged my s3 today

    went out today in the s3 was fine then had a youngish lad lost it on a corner coming towards me i swerved to avoid being hit in the side and ended up going head on into wall and got this damage to it so as you can guess im pretty peed of at the mo and not sure weather to repair it break it or...
  15. mrfaststu

    Rear end

    have you checked the et of the wheels as they could be different offsets
  16. mrfaststu

    s3 power steering

    @s3welshy im afraid to say that on the a3 turbos and the golf turbos i checked not 1 of them had the same pipes as what is on my s3 mine had a 2 pipe set up and all the other 1s i looked at at 1 pipe and when it came up in front of the gearbox it was shaped like a elongated series of Ss, 1...
  17. mrfaststu

    s3 power steering

    cheers if i can get it back on the road using a 2nd hand one at least i can order a new one to fit the following weekend and at least i will know how it goes lol
  18. mrfaststu

    s3 power steering

    hi guys coming home tonight in my s3 was giving it a bit come on to this nice sweeping bend and all of a sudden the steering went heavy anyway i had to fight the steering to get it home and it turns out a power steering pipe as split what di like to know is are they the same as a a3 turbo power...
  19. mrfaststu

    boost gauge /pillar mount query

    hi guys I have had a search on a fair few posts about this with nothing that answers what i need, I want to fit a boost gauge in my s3 quattro on the a post/front pillar ive got a mount that fits it nicely but on the pillar trim itself its got "airbag" written on it and was wondering is it save...
  20. mrfaststu

    Locking Wheel Bolts

    they will do unless you are running spacers then you would need longer ones to accomodate the width of the spacers