The chipfat express mark 2

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:15 pm

what width spacers?

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:16 pm

I've done a bit of searching on s2forum and most people seem to opt for 15mm spacers all round which they say gives the best stance etc.

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:25 pm

I have these on the rear of the S2, have used him twice (bought a set of 15mm 4x108 that I never used)
Paulgo also has some of these. Good bloke, good spacers.

>>>> LINKY

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:28 pm

Don't forget, the increased thickness of the mounting face of the hat on the A4 rear disc/hub is 5mm. So you get an extra 10mm overall increase of track on the rear to start with.

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:04 pm

Thanks for the link, looks a good seller and iirc same bloke that dest used for his. Just wondering do I need radius or tapered, never bought anything like these before.

Thinking of 15mm for the front and 10mm for the rear atm.

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:13 pm

Radius for OEM wheels. Taper for aftermarket.

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:20 pm

Cheers for that jas, i'll get some for the oem s8's then. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:21 pm

Why? you get 10 new radius seat bolts and 10 new taper seat bolts with each pair of spacers.
No need to buy any more Wink

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:23 pm

Yeah I did notice that in the auction, thanks for your help mate Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:49 pm

Looking good pete! cant wait to see the s8s on there!
As for the speedo, i have a 160mph speedo in my avant and its spot on, well 10% out, same 10% that the standard ones were, and i know that the 180 are the same as the 160 ones as i had them on my cq and again no difference. these were all gps tests on my satnav Confused

should say i only changed the speedo dial, not the whole dials so still oem rev ect....

Ant

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:52 pm

I tested the s2 dials on the sat nav and found it over-reads by 8mph.

I am going to see what its like with the s8's on and if its anything better or not, if not think I might wait for some of bo's plasma gauges and sort out a set of them for in the car depending if he can do them for the lower top speed readings.

Still its getting there slowly.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:02 pm

hmmm......might that be the different wheels you have on?? mine over read by about 8mph on the motorway as standard, think all cars over read by abut that much from the factory...

How much igger are the tires on the S8s??

Ant

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:05 pm

my cars running iirc 195/65/15 (from what i remember)

s8's will be 225/40/18

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:36 pm

spot on then, well, near as makes no difference. will be fine, its when it under-reads thatyou have a problem! had that on my golf and found out the expensive way Sad

Ant

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:51 pm

true. If its over reading now must have over-red before on the old dials as they was 160mph.

I'm tempted to look into buying the tool to roll arches incase I need it to do mine. Problem is last time I checked it was £350 ish for a reasonable one. I do know someone that would roll the arches for me and do a very good job, just depends how bad it is once they are fitted as i'd have to drive it around 50 miles to his to have it done.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:51 pm

i'd be interested in borrowing it off you if you did get one, give some pennies too if it helps persuade you to buy it Laughing

Btw, when you thinking of doing the quattro conv? i'd be up for giving you a hand if you want?

Ant

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:57 pm

finally got your avatar up then.

quattro conversion will be once the s2's on the road so I can use it.

Yeah i'll let you know what I think about getting the tool, tempted as I will need to use it on both cars.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:05 pm

lol thought it was about time Laughing

well soon as i finnish uni, i'll be up for any projects you need a hand with, will be weird not having the motor club any more....will need somewhere to go talk cars Very Happy

may start up my quattro project thread soon, will be starting the work on friday hopefully!

Ant

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:06 pm

Well it won't take you too long to grab some pictures of the car now and write a bit about the car, be good to get some more pictures etc/project threads up.

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:18 pm

Well my projects changed direction lately, I just could not justify the cost of finishing off fitting the s8's in terms of it was cash that I could use elsewhere and for different projects.

I am currently looking to buy a spare car so me and my girlfriend can have a car for trackdays. I quite like the idea of the tdi as i've heard good things from s2avant and matts2 about the tdi avant's they used.

I have been looking for a nice set of rims that have center caps so it does not show that the car is just a 4 stud. I happened to ask stiglet to try on one of his azev a alloys to see what it would look like and if it went on ok, its 8.5j wide by 17 inch.

been trying to get him to sell them to me but atm he needs a set of track dedicated alloys. Black alloys on a gray car is still growing on me but I do quite like the idea considering eventually a few other parts on the car will be black.

I enjoyed driving the tdi in the snow, it went well enough but lacked traction badly Laughing

needs quattro.... Still not sure if I will go quattro with this as its funds atm, I want a car for a track day car tbh as my girlfriend wants to go halves with me on one as well.

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:18 pm

Audi Nut Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 67

Really nice piccies here!!! Cool

Good contrast to the snow as well! Shocked

Can ask how much is a tdi quattro gearbox roughly?

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:11 pm

I never went for one in the end as i've got too many projects and too much on atm but i've seen them between £150-250 depending on what comes with them.

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:10 pm

Still slow progress is being made, just want to tidy the car up atm.

I've since fitted:

new door rubbers all round
passenger side rear window motor to replace the non working one
different style grill with chrome rings instead of black

and I had a go at getting wheels for the car

and see thread hear explaining my experiences

http://www.audifans.net/ftopicp-181064.html#181064

Going to sort out new tyres for them after I come back from scotland and thinking of going wider at the rear and possibly at the front if possible since I have to spend out on them.

Plans now for the car is to tidy it up, hence if anyone has any titan gray panels in good condition i'm interested Laughing

and eventually I will quattro it just want to see how bolt on the setup is, and thinking of doing it differently and sticking with 4 studs so I can stick with these wheels as i've been after a set for a while.

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:12 pm

Oh and fit the sideskirts that I have had sitting around for a while, got everything now just a bit unsure about riviting the necessary bits onto the car as I don't want to mess it up at all.

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:19 pm

Well I got bored today Laughing

Just don't get much time to work on it because most of my bits are at home and i'm not there much now.

The rear lights are getting changed in a week or so for proper one's finally Very Happy

now just to start tidying it up for the mot in a couple of months time.

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:21 pm

Since the cars off the road atm sorting a few things out I thought i'd do some of the things I had been putting off.

It now has s2 avant sideskirts on the car, just waiting for the fitting kit from audi before it can all be put on perminent.

I've also had to take one rim away to have it welded due to a split, should get that back early next week. Then its a major overhall of everything, shocks at front, bushes etc.

also got the proper rear lights to match the center panel now, going to remove the audi rings off the back then source some aero wipers if thats possible.

also sprayed up these two trims from blue to black, needs a small touchup but have not come out too bad.

and started wiring in the front fogs using some of this:

also just generally tidying up the car atm, i've got new seats to go in it same as these:

quattro script and with better bolsters and the pull out leg section all for the sum of £30 Very Happy

just got to get the heated seat elements fitted when I get them and thats the seating in the car sorted.

Its getting there slowly Laughing

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:41 pm

The rear wiper of a Polo seems to be what people use on A4's (barely worth the cost as it's not that different to an A4 one IMO Rolling Eyes

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EBAY LINK HERE or failing that just an A4 Avant one looks a bit neater that your exisiting one Wink

Audi Nut Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 67

Are these seats from an URS4? Was it a straight fit?

Nice touch to the hole lot! One of my fav projects! Embarassed

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:58 pm

Thanks for the interest, still progressing with this currently just tidying the car up now the majority of stuff is fitted.

They are from a audi 100 2.8 quattro avant. The one's in the top picture I picked up the complete car from here for £100 (currently parked up at home) and its when I first saw that style seats, I emailed a seller on ebay recently and picked up a pair of seats for £30 Very Happy

The seats do need modding, me and a mate used a pair of old seats and you have to mod one of the legs because they are too wide, apart from that they go straight in no problem. Very Happy

Apart from the seats mostly been sorting out a few small issues, I now have bigger brakes to go on the car and a choice between standard 20v g-60's and Skoda vrs brakes if I get the discs drilled for the 4x108 pattern.

I've since changed the gasget above the inlet manifold (one between the im and EGR valve) as I found there simply wasn't one there to begin with and it does not smoke like it used to. Its getting a oil change and diesel filter change in about a weeks time.

Been slowly fitting the sideskirts from an s2 avant because audi don't know how to order stuff correctly and have been waiting for some push clips to finish fitting these. Side trims will be next as i'm waiting for someone to send me them down (i've already got the one's from the bodywork just waiting for the door one's.)

I have also been wiring in the front foglights so that it will finish off the center panel and they all light up work etc. Next task was the outside temp gauge (ATD) which is all wired in but just needs the ATD swapping for the spare one I have at home.