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My 01 S8
In March of 2019, I purchased a 2001 S8. The car is black with black interior and has the Recaro seats. Here are the upgrades the car received before my ownership: a B5 S4 01E 6 speed manual transmission was swapped in, aftermarket mufflers and x-pipe, euro bi-xenon headlights and carbon fiber interior trim was installed. This is the first picture I took of the car when I picked it up from the previous owner.
Here are a few pics I took of the car when I got it back home. I did some maintenance to the car by installing new spark plugs and new D3 coils. Also I replaced the leaking valve cover gasket and while the valve covers were off, I painted them silver. I have replaced all the interior lights to LED lights and was annoyed that there wasn't a driver side foot well light. Come to find out that the HVAC foot well trim panel was cut up where the light needs to mounted to. Here is the replacement panel. Thank you MikkiJayne for helping me on this replacement panel. While I removed the old panel it looks like it was separated from the vent tube part and I had to pull that part out. I had to do some digging to find the wires for the foot well light which I eventually found but had to repair one of the wires. Here is the new panel installed.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. Last edited by Audifan; 14th May 2022 at 08:03 PM. Reason: added missing pictures as attachments |
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Welcome and well done mate! Get some megs nxt metal polish on those exhaust tips, use some 00 wool wire. Should come out a treat. Also are those 17 alloys? 20s will look pukka
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Very nice!
And the best colour for a D2 S8 too
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Mark ------------------------------------------------------ 2002 FE S8 Ebony Black Pearl ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Cars Owned: The Tesla Era: 2020 Model S Performance Ludicrous+ (present) (Black, with all black premium interior and carbon fibre décor, 21" sonic carbon twin turbine wheels and FSD capability) The Audi Era: '97 A8 4.2 (Ming Blue) --> '96 A8 4.2 QS (Dark Green) --> '02 FE S8 (present) The Citroen Era: '84 BX 1.6 RS --> '89 BX 1.9 DTR Turbo --> '94 XM 2.0L Turbo --> '96 XM 2.0L Turbo Exclusive --> '00 Xantia Activa 2.0L Turbo The Banger Era: '76 1.2L Lada VAZ-2101 (Ruski Fiat 124) --> '80 1.7L Morris Ital HL, finished in Ermine White and Rust |
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I do like the color but I would love to have ming blue with black interior. We did get ming blue here in the States but only with platinum interior.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. Last edited by Audifan; 14th May 2022 at 08:03 PM. |
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Here is a sneak peak of the new set of wheels that I bought. These wheels are Neuspeed RSe10. The size of the wheel is 18" x 9" with a 40 offset. It'll be a while before I get these installed as I'm not sure what size tires to use yet.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. Last edited by Audifan; 14th May 2022 at 08:04 PM. Reason: switched picture to attachment |
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Able to go back and work on the car some more and removed the steering wheel that was installed.
I got the correct S8 steering wheel installed and also bought a new S8 emblem .
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. Last edited by Audifan; 14th May 2022 at 08:04 PM. Reason: switched pictures to attachment |
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I ended up buying this valve spring compressor kit since the other two that I bought didn't work. The kit has arrived and I haven't used it as of yet.
I bought new valve stem seals and valve seal pliers. I removed one valve seal and here is a close up picture of the old seal. After removing the other two seals, here is a close up picture of the crud on top of the valve guides. What is the best way to clean this off?
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. |
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Brass wire brush and carb cleaner. Make sure the bristles are actually brass and not plated steel.
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Thanks for the info. Is this the best brush to use? Also forgot to ask, should I use oil when installing new valve seals?
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. Last edited by Audifan; 17th July 2022 at 09:07 PM. |
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Well this is disappointing. I quick did a pre-setup of this new spring compressor kit and I found out there will be no way that I'll be able to use it for the exhaust valves. As you can see in this picture below (I know I have it setup for the intake valves) there will be no room to use this kit for the exhaust valves because of the brake lines to the ABS unit. This is just frustrating! Now it looks like I'm going to have to remove the cylinder heads to do this job which I was trying to avoid.
MJ, do you have any tips on how to remove the cylinder heads with the engine still in the car? I really want to avoid pulling the engine out of the car.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior. Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan. My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot. |
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