Removed some H7 aftermarket HID bulbs (yuk plastic end ones *cheap and nasty - previous owner), rerouted cable and B/pack *not 100% sure I'm happy still (so fussy) replaced bulbs for H7R and checked alignment *big thumbs up and then noticed slight flicker (so ordering some Warning Cancellers) hopefully that should do the trick. Noticed that my front indicator's stay on (European look) so need to find someone with a VAG to do a simple change of code *WAVES HANDS (ANYBODY) local in Surrey? ?? And finally took of front lip / splitter *keeps dragging on slight bumps as still so low (must get round to doing coil over height adjustment) and to be honest I don't like the look ha ha it looks better standard bumper look. So not a lot done just a little bit this evening before dark (I'm so boring) ha ha oh and remove stupid yellow film (again previous owner) off front fogs.
What have you done to your Audi A4 B7 today?
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Looks good and reminded me I need to order some audi 60mm centre caps or covers for my aftermarket wolfrace alloys...
it's the map showing where members are located that have VCDS diags....you will see a tab on the menu bars saying VCDS map....or just look at other members avatars and it will say VCDS map user...
Tom.S92
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Love the wheels! Was thinking of getting 19s for mine but after seeing these I'm tempted to stick to 18s and lower it on them.
Is your front Audi emblem painted black? If so would you be able to post a pick? Got the same colour A4 as you and have been considering changing the emblem to black but not sure what it would look like.
Thanks.
It is painted black but will be changing soon to debadge version possibly.
And matching black on rear
Well min turned up today and it doesn't fit. The locating tabs are too big and in the wrong place.
Emailed the seller.
looks like the one I had in my 09 polo tfsi....with those big old lugs, what did he state it was for Dani.
jay1601
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There are 2 different types why it usual states to measure the gap between the fixing brackets, made the mistake with my first one just assumed it was the right one.
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The one in the link was no good for mine either, I've given up looking to be honest.
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It's annoying as the seller never stated to check and that there's 2 types.
I've emaile them so we'll see. If not I'll just open a dispute and send it back.
Fed up with eBay at the minute tbh.
I've emaile them so we'll see. If not I'll just open a dispute and send it back.
Fed up with eBay at the minute tbh.
jay1601
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Yeah yours is the one with 5.3cm gap compared to the 3.2cm gap have another look on eBay your find the right one.
Assuming you want leather looks like you need this one (same one I bought)
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/16175147342...e1115c0ac8034e236a9fff48ebf|iid:4&_mwBanner=1
jay1601
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More good news then Jon, allways good to get by another year without any dreaded MOT nasty's...
Done nothing at work all day so thought id get round to fitting rear coilovers been sat in garage for a while....... found both rear springs snapped explaining the uneven stance across rear axle. Since hhad to remove arch liner got the waxoyl out and coated all inner panel to save her for a few more years.
Just need to let dry overnight and reinstall liners and wheels. Will leave to settle a few weeks before making adjustments to rideheight. Hopefully wheels will stop scrubbing now under load
Just need to let dry overnight and reinstall liners and wheels. Will leave to settle a few weeks before making adjustments to rideheight. Hopefully wheels will stop scrubbing now under load
An undersealer to protect from rusting etc....used to use it to spray onto gritting vehicles during summer overhaul. And if protects them from the salt and **** it'll do for me
Tackled this mess, and it was a mess.
1 wire broken clean in half and 3 more with multiple cracks and breaks.
Wasn't fun but took the door card off anyway to finish my partial interior swap and took the drivers speaker out and just fed the loom through.
Hopefully it'll hold for a few more years as I've soldered it then than crimped it, also heat wrapped the wires and put plenty of KY on for easy lubrication so the wires can move more freely.
All in all took about 2 hours but I must say I have never soldered before so for someone who's ofay with soldering should be about an hour.
Anyway I now have a working drivers speaker and hopefully no potential wiring gremlins for a long time.
1 wire broken clean in half and 3 more with multiple cracks and breaks.
Wasn't fun but took the door card off anyway to finish my partial interior swap and took the drivers speaker out and just fed the loom through.
Hopefully it'll hold for a few more years as I've soldered it then than crimped it, also heat wrapped the wires and put plenty of KY on for easy lubrication so the wires can move more freely.
All in all took about 2 hours but I must say I have never soldered before so for someone who's ofay with soldering should be about an hour.
Anyway I now have a working drivers speaker and hopefully no potential wiring gremlins for a long time.
Glad to see you've gotten it sorted out Dani......it must be an Audi thing on some cars seem to have brittle wiring. Aas can you not remember how bad the wires were in my Bi-Xenons?
Anyway finally got the shutters of my Bi-Xenons wired up the other day as it was the dreaded MOT today and thought I'd best get them done for it.
And as per last year it flew through with no advisories even with my temperamental DPF
Anyway finally got the shutters of my Bi-Xenons wired up the other day as it was the dreaded MOT today and thought I'd best get them done for it.
And as per last year it flew through with no advisories even with my temperamental DPF
The B6/b7 do seem to suffer quite badly tbh Carl. You remember when my boot locked itself shut due to the Earth wiring going.
Yeah I remember. They were shocking pal. Fingers crossed mine don't play up the same. Checked the wiring regular on them and so far not seen a broken wire.
It was the blue and yellow that got me, clean break and half way down the sleeveing.
Yeah I remember. They were shocking pal. Fingers crossed mine don't play up the same. Checked the wiring regular on them and so far not seen a broken wire.
It was the blue and yellow that got me, clean break and half way down the sleeveing.
Glad to hear pal. Least it fits.
Yeah that's what I didn't want to happen again, that brown wire is a Earth and after the boot saga I didn't fancy a whole car lock down haha.
Yeah that's what I didn't want to happen again, that brown wire is a Earth and after the boot saga I didn't fancy a whole car lock down haha.
Sean_
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should be doing mine this weekend how long did it take you so i leave myself enough time and any thing to watch for ?
Just doing the springs??
Mine was all done and changed within 2 hours. Depends what type of coil spring compressor you have? I also didnt remove the suspension arms as didnt want to play with tracking/camber setup. So i dropped the archliner out, removed the damper then lowered subframe nearly 100% off. This gave me enough room to get the spring compressor in and give me enough wiggle room to remove the spring with a long bar locked under the anti roll bar and pushing the hub down to release the spring. Wouldnt use a haynes manual, etc. For me it removes more than needed
Doing noth spring and damper watched a vid just a little worried how much to lower sub frame to release the springs?
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Well I had to eventually as I couldn't justify £700'ish for an exhaust I don't really like the manufacturer of.
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Got my car serviced at Audi on weekend and got a list of things that need sorting....
The technician that was working on my car called me and said there's no point in really changing the discs at the moment because still got plenty of wear in the pads and the oil leak could be from the last oil filer not being sealed properly.
The things that I do need to get sorted though are the rear bump stops and the exhaust clamp.
I'm not really sure about the bump stops is that something that can be done as a diy?
And for the exhaust clamp does anyone have a part number for what I need? They had one on the receipt but I googled t and nothing came up.
If anyone could give me some insight on this I'd appreciate it thanks.
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The technician that was working on my car called me and said there's no point in really changing the discs at the moment because still got plenty of wear in the pads and the oil leak could be from the last oil filer not being sealed properly.
The things that I do need to get sorted though are the rear bump stops and the exhaust clamp.
I'm not really sure about the bump stops is that something that can be done as a diy?
And for the exhaust clamp does anyone have a part number for what I need? They had one on the receipt but I googled t and nothing came up.
If anyone could give me some insight on this I'd appreciate it thanks.
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Take one subframe bolt out at a time then can wind it back in a couple of threads.
If you lower the subframe you will need to get a tracking done after, all of your alignment will be out. Probably worth it with the new springs anyway, the car will sit in a different place. I would let them settle before you get it done though maybe 50 miles
