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Rusty Power Steering Pipe Cooler Brackets
Has anyone else been thinking about a solution to this eyesore which I think we're all starting to experience?
The brackets which attach left and right to the power steering cooling pipe across the front of the radiatior fairly take away from any efforts to make the engine bay look good. Anyone solved already?
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2000 FL A8 3.7 QS - Turned 21 years old on 15th March 2021. Ming Blue - 175k miles. I love having a 90's car worthy of 90L of 98 RON! If only they still did 4* fully leaded! 2009 A8 4.2 FSi LWB - Marine Blue - 164k miles. Extras? Too many to list. But I do like the Rear Seat Entertainment . . . . . . 477k miles to the moon and back. 238k to go and between them they'll have made it! |
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I hate these things so much! I've been contemplating soaking them in evaporust and then painting them. Possibly mask off the pipework and sandblast the bracket.
They're so horrid I might even make some billet aluminium versions |
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2000 FL A8 3.7 QS - Turned 21 years old on 15th March 2021. Ming Blue - 175k miles. I love having a 90's car worthy of 90L of 98 RON! If only they still did 4* fully leaded! 2009 A8 4.2 FSi LWB - Marine Blue - 164k miles. Extras? Too many to list. But I do like the Rear Seat Entertainment . . . . . . 477k miles to the moon and back. 238k to go and between them they'll have made it! |
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If you want an improvement, I used this on a few bits of the RS4 when replacing the oil cooler and aux rads...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007SLAER8/ Brass wire brush, gloop it on a few times, mask, prime, paint.... Looked a million times better, didn't need to remove parts How long it will last |
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Likely a good shout, thanks.
It just looks though like a part which, without removing, you'll never get fully into and there will be annoying, tiny bits of visible rust. I'm not even sure if they'll come off easily. They look riveted? And they now look so bad I'd be worried bending them to get them off would result in breaking. And the inevitbile cable-ties . . .
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2000 FL A8 3.7 QS - Turned 21 years old on 15th March 2021. Ming Blue - 175k miles. I love having a 90's car worthy of 90L of 98 RON! If only they still did 4* fully leaded! 2009 A8 4.2 FSi LWB - Marine Blue - 164k miles. Extras? Too many to list. But I do like the Rear Seat Entertainment . . . . . . 477k miles to the moon and back. 238k to go and between them they'll have made it! |
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They are rivetted yes. The rivets have popped apart on one of the brackets of the barnfind, although its still holding on because its bolted in place. They were bent to fit on originally, but they would just snap now.
I shall investigate further |
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