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Front Bumper Valance repaired and refitted - deferred maintenance part 2
Hi guys,
Finally refitted the lower front valance (front spoiler) last week. The original front lower valance on my car had a large crack in it thanks to one of the previous owners who seemed to like driving it into gutters (one of the original alloys has a crack straight through one of the spokes too). After removing it during the timing belt service, I found that the brand new ex Audi Germany front lower valance that I had bought a couple of years ago was not, in fact, the correct part. Instead it turned out to be a FL1 lower valance, which I have dubbed "the orphan". The brand new FL1 lower valance is for sale should anyone want it. So I took the original valance off for repair at a local plastic welder: Once he was finished repairing it, I took it to a panel shop he recommended for finishing and painting: About 6 weeks later, I rang the panel shop to see if he'd got to it yet (cash job in a busy shop, so I wasn't too concerned about a fast turn around). It was finished (for a couple of weeks apparently!), so I picked it up. With the valance removed and stripped for its repairs, I took the opportunity to repair and upgrade the fog lights. One had a rear cover which kept falling off. Thanks to how it all plugs together, I hadn't lost the cover. However it was very dirty inside, so I grabbed one of my daughter's long bristled paint brushes and went about getting it all clean inside. I also attacked the lenses with some Jif (creamy cleanser) to shine them up a bit! The cover was fixed with a couple of screws and some cable ties! I also fitted some non-cooled LEDs to the fogs to upgrade the colour: The car also had a dud high tone horn. I found one locally off a B5. It's not exactly right (in orientation), but it is the correct tone and the correct plug, so on it went! Fitted the foglights and bright work to the valance: Refitted the valance on to the bumper: and refitted it to the car: Finished!
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Cheers Marty ____________________ Current: 2001 Audi S8 - Brilliant Black with Black interior, C5 RS6 rims (whenever I actually put them on...), Solar Sunroof, Tinted side and rear glass, RNS-D, Grom, Bose, clunky old phone in arm rest! 2002 Audi S8 - Project Replacement head coming arrived thanks to MJ Silver with Black interior. All features as the '01, with the 'S' mode auto shifter. Dodgey rear tint (need to find a way to get rid of that). Family: 2009 Volvo XC90 V8 R Design - has a louder more obnoxious exhaust than the S8, sounds great! Love this thing - Q7 was double the price, and certainly not double the car! Sold: 1997 Audi A4 - Hamilton's Club Sport, Achat Grey (will miss the old girl) Last edited by 27litres; 14th June 2019 at 10:07 AM. |
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