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being miserable that the weather was ruining the painting, it hit me like a lightening bolt..... SWMBO is off with the children for a couple of days at the Grandparents, i had an empty house.... go old skool and do a makeshift spray booth in the dining room....
what could go wrong..... absolutely nothing..... all painted, They can cure in the dining room over night. The cold was removed with putting all the brake parts in the oven for 10 minutes at 50C, then hung up and sprayed satin black. The trims which go on the front calipers were attacked with Audi sparkly silver (i had a can left over from my first TT way back when...) The smell will have gone by Sunday when she returns lol....!!!
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89forever Current stable..... 07 A8 D3 4.2tdi 08 S5 09 A4 Avant 2.0tdi 04 TT 225 Last edited by 89forever; 14th August 2021 at 10:09 AM. |
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I hope the air suspension is very comfortable on your car,as if she figures out what you did there s a good chance you'll have to spend a night or 2 in the car
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Audi S8 D3 07MY 5.2 V10 Daytona Grey With Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System, Advanced Parking System, TV Analog/ Digital, Rear/Back Window blinds, Front and rear heated seats, Alcantara Roof, Extended leather Pack 2, Extended Aluminium pack, Carbon and Aluminium trim packs, RSE, PS2. Daily driver Audi A8 d4 2014 phantom black 3.0 tdi Previously owned Audi 80 1986 1.8 white Audi 80 1990 2.0 red Audi A4 1996 1.9 tdi green Audi A6 1.9 tdi 2000 blue Audi tt 225 2000 silver Audi s8 d2 2002 fe grey Audi a8 4.0 tdi d3 2006 black Audi a8 3.0 tdi d3 2010 black |
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Is there Internet access at the grandparents?
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Luckily she doesn’t look on the forums..... my spend history may have to be discussed more if she did lol....
She is used to coming home to car/bike stuff inside from over the years I have history lol I don’t bring anything much in these days lol
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with a bit of a break in the weather i was able to get the fronts assembled....
because i'm a tart and love any excuse to get something Titanium (see bike build for my true disease...!!! lol) i needed Titanium nipples, as i'm sure the weight saving will make a difference. ordered and received next day from the guys at Bigg Red.... new flexi's from Hel Performance, sadly they didn't have the Titanium versions available and i didn't want to wait lol and both sides built.... then it rained.....
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It reminds me of a post somewhere (maybe on this forum?) where someone cleaned his alloys in the dishwasher Nice job
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or the washing machine.... or the oven.... or even the freezer hahaha
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today was onto the rears.....
certainly looks a hundred times better than how it all started also so glad to have got the old tyres off, peace of mind as i have no idea of the history of them before my ownership and they should be perfectly fine but again my OCD kicks in and i prefer peace of mind that i have tyres i know the full history of and how they've been cared for. nothing out of the ordinary, all built back up as required. what was strange the rear pistons only needed pushing in, not the normal wind in... never ever had the on an Audi before.... even the S5 with the same style EPB system wound in.... every day is a skool day lol also strange was that during the bleeding there is zero need to cycle the ABS pump, in fact the module won't even let you get onto it without having a spaz, took a bit of careful coding to get that function back.... last thing i needed was a bricked ABS module. there are 2 flexi lines on the back, replaced with Hel lines as per the front... the brake system was washed through with a crappy DOT 4 so it was purged of all crud. Then 2 litres of Motul RBF660 fluid was pressure bled through again because i'm a tart and i like peace of mind i always like to sweep the master cylinder as i do the final bleed, this needs an assistant and she's not home until tomorrow.... so the final bleed will wait for her.... interestingly you have to tell the handbrake module the rear pad thickness, as it doesn't rely on wear sensors like the front. Another first for me on an Audi....
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I thought you said in an earlier post this wasn't going to be a full restore ( i.think you be been sucked in like the rest of us )
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My S5, TT (Im restoring that for my Dad) and bike are far better examples haha But it does make me feel better seeing better condition calipers through the wheels than what I started with....
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