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  1. Flynn89forever

    2008 S5 halogen to pre FL LED lights

    to close this out in case it may help someone else. If you are buying an aftermarket loom adapter ask the seller if the looms are handed. Mine were and the seller never notified, i was chasing my tail looking for a coding issue and it was the looms were on the incorrect sides. Swapped left to...
  2. Flynn89forever

    2008 S5 halogen to pre FL LED lights

    or if you've had the conversion done and everything works but you don't have VDCS but are local to Norwich and want a free scan or features turned on then i'm sure there's a mutually agreeable solution...?
  3. Flynn89forever

    2008 S5 halogen to pre FL LED lights

    Bit of a strange one and want to double check something. So, the scenario is... 2008 S5 originally fitted with the halogen lights, purchased a set of pre facelift LED's. Bought a cable conversion kit which came with the codings for module 46. Security login is 41067 if relevant? All fitted fine...
  4. Flynn89forever

    Chrome Audi Rings

    crazy thought but maybe your local Audi Dealership's Part's department....? I just did exactly this for my S5 as it came with the black rings....
  5. Flynn89forever

    B8 S5 rear ring location

    i don't think anyone is ever going to stop me in the street and say it's 4mm too high hahaha
  6. Flynn89forever

    B8 S5 rear ring location

    Keram, many many thanks for that....
  7. Flynn89forever

    B8 S5 rear ring location

    Not that many A5's around my way and i wouldn't dream of approaching someone else's car if i don't know them or be able to ask them. I'd be ****** off if i saw someone approach my car with a tape measure haha. Any way to close this thread off once i'd got the new rings from Audi and was able to...
  8. Flynn89forever

    B8 S5 rear ring location

    Looking through the workshop manual it doesn’t give the dimensions to place the rear rings correctly…. Could anyone offer the dimension as shown on “a” please? Thanks in advance
  9. Flynn89forever

    Wanted Audi S5 front grill and fog light grills

    ong shot but i want to go back to standard grills. I'm after a standard S5 front grill and foglight grills for a 2008 S5. I want to swap for my hex grills. Come to mine and i'll remove your bumper and fit. You get the main grill and 2 foglights grills as currently fitted to my S5. in an ideal...
  10. Flynn89forever

    For Sale Audi A5/S5 tinted rear lights

    putting a feeler out into the community before i attempt to refinish my rear lights. I bought my S5 with a set of tinted rear lights and i would rather a standard red set. There may be someone out there that has a standard set which fully work, as do mine and fancies a swap. What i propose is if...
  11. Flynn89forever

    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    new job, new location means less car time but plenty of time to plot and hatch plans..... the car is performing faultlessly and as originally bought for it's economy over the S5, but with a chunk of performance she is suiting her role to a tee... loving it. With Christmas last year a dim and...
  12. Flynn89forever

    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    with the weather presenting itself all sunny like i didn't mind sitting out in the car with all the doors open and wanting to start the ecu interrogation before remapping the poor thing.... With everything connected up and the main battery connected to a charger to ensure power was maintained i...
  13. Flynn89forever

    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    well i can nicely bring a close to this small project.... brakes all done, bled fantastically. I nearly got caught on the makeshift paint shop as when SWMBO returned there was 1 small piece of floor i'd forgotten to dust.... she commented on how it was sooooo dusty, she accepted that i said she...
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    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    was greeted this morning to a wonderful day... the sun was out and the day warm, so what better way to spend it as SWMBO hasn't arrived home yet than outside doing car stuff... A bit of Marvin Gaye and Bob Dylan wafting through the air waves and was in the zone...!!! Dragged the wheels out of...
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    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    today was onto the rears..... certainly looks a hundred times better than how it all started also so glad to have got the old tyres off, peace of mind as i have no idea of the history of them before my ownership and they should be perfectly fine but again my OCD kicks in and i prefer peace...
  16. Flynn89forever

    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    with a bit of a break in the weather i was able to get the fronts assembled.... because i'm a tart and love any excuse to get something Titanium (see bike build for my true disease...!!! lol) i needed Titanium nipples, as i'm sure the weight saving will make a difference. ordered and...
  17. Flynn89forever

    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    being miserable that the weather was ruining the painting, it hit me like a lightening bolt..... SWMBO is off with the children for a couple of days at the Grandparents, i had an empty house.... go old skool and do a makeshift spray booth in the dining room.... what could go wrong...
  18. Flynn89forever

    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    it's not a restoration.... it's not a restoration.... it's not a restoration.... i keep muttering those same words over and over till it sinks in, but i can't help it.... blasted and zinc primered, again with Bilt Hamber's zinc primer.... The calipers are to the same state but rain stopped...
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    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    how is it small jobs just seem to escalate..... Today i wanted to get the tyres changed over.... now most normal folk would have rocked up TyreFitters-R-Us and just had them swapped over with nare a care in the world as to the condition of the surface the weights were going to be stuck too...
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    since when has an A8 been the more economical option....

    when i originally out the spacers on the passenger side rear hub, 3 of the threads which the wheel bolts went into really didn't feel that good... it niggled and a new hub was needed.... not wanting to spend hours following the workshop manual it is possible to remove the hub without having to...