Why are you parting company Dani, thought things were on the up with it.
Finished off my front suspension replacement at the start of the week. Painted up a few bits, quite pleased with the result. I've got a couple of pad retainer springs with the RS size flap on them - haven't put them on yet as have to paint them black first & put some S Line logos on.
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And hey there uistT4 - I got the adjustable arms from (I think) a company in Santa Ana called Brand Carparts. They weren't cheap though at $530.00! Then when they were delivered, the F ing delivery company (UPS) charged me another £105.00!!! Not a happy bunny at that......
Dont go to the stealers over you locking nuts try a good tyre place should be able to remove them for you and replace with a new set you can pick up from euro car part etcWell I had a mixed evening. I had 2 jobs I wanted to do - put my 19" Le-Man wheels on and fit and conceal the dash cam I just got.
So started on the wheels. I have a battery impact driver so made light work of the nuts....until I got to the last wheel. Could I get the locking wheel bolt off...could I f**k! Tried all sorts but it wouldn't come off so had to do all the other wheels back up. Then to finish it off after doing the bolts up to reasonable tightness before torque wrenching them to 120nm, then first one I use the torque wrench on, the pattern on the locking wheel nut sheared off. Guess that will be a trip to Audi on Monday then. So all in all wasted 2 hours and ended in a worse place than I started. I hate taking wheels off for the first time. The last 4 cars I've owned I've had issues initially with over tightened nuts.
Dash cam jobby went fine though, ran the cable straight into the headlining, down the a-pillar (after removing the odd bit here and there to get that trim off) then into the fuse box. I was going to use fuse 43 for ignition power however the nextbase fuse adapter wouldn't fit so ended up using fuse 3 iirc (heated washer jets).
Oh and my wife unplugged the door bell earlier to plug the toaster in and as a result missed my cruise control stalk and cowling delivery. Day of frustrations.
On another note, I notice I get a short judder when pulling away (similar to wheelspinning). Every other gear change is fine, just when engaging the clutch from standstill it judder/shudders slightly. Normal 2.0tdi behaviour or clutch starting to show age?
Cheers Y'all
A good tyre place will have a kit to remove locking nut that the locking nut cant i had the same problem where the lock8ng nut kept slipping dealer quote was about £60 for replacment set .also was told if i wanted to diy buy a good 12 sided socket hammer on and use that to remove the nut lots of vids about it on utube matewould they be able to remove them without the locking wheel nut as that is done and dusted?
When I had a BMW 3 series, the stealer replaced the locking wheel nut (twice as I kept leaving it in the wheel...dumbass!) and it was only 7quid each time
Well its a new year and to follow on from last weeks very productive day with a clay bar what better reason to give the old bus's upholstery a good clean, and it certainly needed it.
Removed the very effective Berghaus seat covers , very good at protection from above but less good at protection from below.
it seems that silver coating from the underside of the covers had rubbed off onto the soft leather….what a mess...…
Anyway , out with the super fandango leather upholstery kit which I kept back when I parted company with another german marque....no names..lol
Cleaned, cleansed and protected with a final buff and they were back to there previous loveliness....I do like my seats probably one of the better parts of the old bus, well discounting the engine on a good day.
time a cuppa now me think's
piccy's now.
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My cam pics do make them look a bit shinney , but they are a semi matt finish in the flesh , I'm not a big fan of full mat finish leather seats and prefer a slight sheen.
they are so supple aswell , really comfy....nice
I would like a leather cleaner recommendation to try ,also?I use an epic leather cleaner Rob, completely removes all shinyness, if your interested ill drop you a link
Ive got you, each to his own. But either way you cant beat having clean leather, especially if you have grey inserts like me
Until tomorrow when I drive it. It’ll be filthy in 10 minutes .looks spanking clean chap, now come and do mine.....
I started using RR customs strong leather cleaner, and found it far superior to off the shelf productsI would like a leather cleaner recommendation to try ,also?
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The two tone seats appear to have a slightly grainy texture which does look nice as a mat finish Alex I agree, my old bus has valcona leather which is a really smooth finish and even parts that have been covered up are a semi mat finish so probably quite different in overall finish to yours.
Sometimes i'd love a slightly grainy finish as the valcona as lovely and plush that it is , does mark very, very easily hence why I have ended up with it being covered most of the time....catch it with a button or anything at the wrong angle and it leaves a mark....love it all the same.
The original owner of your bus must have been a money bags with your posh leather and fancy headlights and so on. My car fist owner must have been a right tight sod!very similar Alex, just found this in the info, seems valcona was an extra cost option and is an option for the S4 aswell…..turns out to be the most costly leather trim level aswell…...I better look after it in that case.
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