How was swapping the speakers over? I’ve got a set of door cards here with Bose speakers and was thinking about swapping them with my bog standard ones which have a slight crackle. Straight swap?
How was swapping the speakers over? I’ve got a set of door cards here with Bose speakers and was thinking about swapping them with my bog standard ones which have a slight crackle. Straight swap?
Just read through the whole of this thread. Lovely car. My first Audi was a B5 1.6 I bought in 2001. It was on a R plate. I remember it felt so solid, even when compared to some modern day cars. But then again anything would feel solid after driving a R5GTT. Did you ever sort out the heater matrix? I had to do this. Absolute pig of a job. Entire dash out.
It is truly annoying. You’d think people ‘in’ the community, would help people out who are struggling with important parts which can’t be bought anymore. But no, there this ‘can’t-be-bothered-itis’ that stretches far and wide, coupled with the ‘what’s-in-it-for-me-itis’ Maybe it’s just me, but if I could help a fellow B5 owner out, I would.****** me off when people are like that, if you can't be ***** just say so from the outset!
When I was rebuilding my S4 I needed a portion of the front offside wiring loom as mine was destroyed, the number of people I spoke to that wouldn't even bother trying look if they had one to cut one off a scrapped car was bonkers even when I was offering £100+ for it. Then in the end one chap cut it out and sent it to me and wouldn't take a penny.
The headlights look great, I am not sure about the wing mirrors though
I tell you something, it’s annoying having a full Bilstein/Eibach kit in the shed, and not having the time to fit it. Lol.Agree, expected i'd like the mirrors and not the headlights, but its the other way round! Back to body coloured mirrors for me. And a bit of lowering will transform the look.
The lower door rubber trim hides all manner of sins. Replaced them on my old B5 Amtrak. Once they corrode inside they warp. Good opportunity to check the door for rust, and give it a good detail before refitting. The little Philips grub screw tends to seize too.
Well there’s a matching gouge in the pad surface as well, all across it, like something has been lodged in the pad and then dragged over the surface of the disc. It’s odd. What I was expecting when I saw the disc, was some part of the caliper or hangar catching the disc face. But there is more than enough clearance all over. the pads are not running true to the disc either, which is caused by the crap casting of the caliper. Which is another reason why I’m going to look at refinishing the original calipers I bought in the first place.That’s not a score, that’s a gouge! Has a lathe cutting bit got stuck in there!!
Hi Midas, just had a catch up on the last few pages - still plenty of good work going on here. Shame about the brake issue, but i suppose if you were happy with the performance of the original system refurbing those callipers with new discs pads should at least give you confidence that the system will perform as expected. The only thing i would say it that i too experienced brake 'grinding'when cornering - turned out to that the disc would deflect slightly - possibly play in wheel bearing ( but noting i could feel/hear) and catch the rust build up on the back plate. Wire brushed back plate as it was generally sound and no more noise. Quick question - i see you get a few parts from ECS - does it take a few weeks for parts to get here and do you get hammered for import tax? I only ask as i've bought myself a little rolling restoration project too - a 2003 A6 Quattro, 6 speed V6 petrol Avant and some parts arent that easy to come by in the UK. Cheers Andy
Cheers, yeah I think it may well drop more also. They usually do don’t they. Could fit to fingers between the tyre and the arch yesterday evening, this morning it appears I no longer can, so I’ll probably see a difference again next time I’m on level ground.Even with that subtle drop the difference is night and day, big improvement!