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D2 - Body and Exterior Bumpers, bonnets, glass, trims - Everything outside |
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I finally got around to fitting my grommets today.
What an amazing, creative and elegant solution to a thorny problem. Intriguingly, the pipe adjacent to both the old grommets had a depression surrounded by a bit of the coating as if it had been melted to fix it to the old grommets. I had to cut the surplus away to ensure a good fit. Has anyone else seen this, might it have been done during manufacture or was it probably from an attempt by an owner before me to melt the damaged grommet back together?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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Its part of the original manufacturing process - they're all like that. The original grommet was moulded on to the cable, and it appears heat was involved in the process somehow.
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Thanks MJ, it did look a bit too "tidy" for an amateur job. And congratulations on a great little product.
Out of interest what's in that pipe/cable, I'm guessing the boot lid lights and possibly some wiring related to the locking mechanism? The other side just looks like the GPS aerial and central locking air/vacuum pipe.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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Yes exactly that
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Ahh if only such 3D printed wonders were available 2 years back when my boot was gently filling with water. I created my own solution using a self adhesive Teflon furniture slider, rotary tooled out a slot with angle chamfer for the pipe to sit in, cleaned the body, stuck it on and filled behind the pipe with black RTV to make it fully water tight. Not factory but surprisingly tidy, is still on and my boot isn’t a fish tank still, if it drops off at least I know options are now available!
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PF late '97 D2 2.8 Aluminium Silver. Solar roof, Full Heated Leather, Double Glazing, 17" wheels, Sports Steering Wheel, Cruise, Blinds, Bose sound. Fiat Tipo diseasel econobox with all the buttons and none of the soul that now does all the heavy lifting. Ford Capri Laser: noisy, slow, thirsty, bouncy, no buttons but it always sounds like it’s REALLY trying and I can’t help but chuckle when it parps and boings along. And people of a certain age stare at it with a wistful look in their eyes that clearly says…I had one of them. And I sold it because of the kids |
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Are these grommets still available? Ebay link does not work
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S8 quattro 6-gang PF / 200 quattro 20V / 944 Turbo / 500 SEC Instagram @hptalli |
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I've just installed the second of three 'MJ Doctor' upgrades to my car, which are the aforementioned boot lid grommets:
[1] Brake block upgrade (installed) [2] Boot lid grommets upgrade (both installed) [3] Glovebox LED light upgrade (still to do) I took some photos to show the before and after, and you can see that my previous fix using black Sugru lasted less than a year or two before coming away from the surface and breaking up. As mentioned by HPSauce, the smaller one on the boot lid itself appears to flex more than the larger grommet in the rear wing. The whole process took less than five minutes. I shall clear up the grunt on the bodywork around the edge of the grommets when the weather clears up a bit. This upgrade will hopefully enable my boot to remain somewhat drier than it currently is, due to the constant ingress of rainwater.
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2010 B8 S5 Sportback quattro 3.0 Supercharged in Sprint Blue (current girlfriend) 2000 D2 A8L quattro 4.2 in Audi silver (my ex-girlfriend) |
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Ingress of water has reduced after the installation of the boot grommets but I think that I may be suffering from the lack of a good seal around the number plate surround. I'm pretty sure it will be due to that tiny speaker in my boot shaking everything apart.
That's another job for another day.
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2010 B8 S5 Sportback quattro 3.0 Supercharged in Sprint Blue (current girlfriend) 2000 D2 A8L quattro 4.2 in Audi silver (my ex-girlfriend) |
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I was having water pouring out when opening the boot after heavy rain. It was coming in through cracked reverse lights so have also replaced them thanks to A8Parts.
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Cars... '93 Audi Coupe 2.0 Alpine White (sold) '99 Audi S4 Merlin Purple - K04 upgrade to 412hp (sold) '00 Audi S8 Agate Grey (Sold ) '11 Audi Q7 4.2tdi Unknown Red (Classic Red Pearl Effect - thanks MJ) |
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