Extended Leather (well, some of it)

[The_Laird]

This weekend I replaced the glove box, transmission tunnel side panels and the panel & cubby hole below the steering wheel with the extended leather equivalents that I'd bought from A8 Parts.

After some pretty extensive cleaning of the leather with the Woolies kit that I'd bought a few months ago and some vigourous scrubbing of the carpet on the transmission tunnel panels, I set about the job.

Now, for those of you who have already done this, or even just removed the transmission tunnel panels to get at the air con drains, you'll know what I went through. Someone at Audi was having a laugh when they dreamt that assortment of fixings up!

Hidden allen screws/bolts, normal bolts, strange protruding attachments to link panels together and screws throught the carpet that you've almost no chance of relocating. Not to mention the tabs on the end of the transmission tunnel panels - what a b****y mess!

And plenty of evidence to show that previous dismantlers had been less careful than I was.

But they do look good - photos to follow.

Unfortunately (or maybe not) the extended leather door panels had discoloured, so I won't be fitting them.

But - one question - I only found the famous bright orange air con drain on the passenger side. Is there not one on the driver's side too?