Return of a former forum A6. Project Bus.

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 6:48 pm

Just for you John.

Original;

With new wheels;

With the 40mm drop all round;

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:31 pm

Sorry jase the heat has got to me tday lol. Looks really good yet again another stunning car.

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:47 pm

Now I'm thinking this;

by purchasing a set of these from germany;

They'll need converting to a RHD beam pattern, been there done that on another set I once had for sooty project. Looks miles easier as access is way better.
Best thing is, they are in the OEM style, no angel eyes Very Happy

Those, along with piano black B and C pillar trims and side/rear window tints.

Hmmm, do I? or don't I.
I'll sleep on it and decide tomorrow.

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 3:18 pm

Over to my dads today to give the soot monster a clean prior to going to it's temp carer next weekend. Be rude not to get some pics in the sun.

Newbie Joined: May 16, 2010 Posts: 1

You could do those lights yourself jase. Get some black paint and take the lenses off.

Audi Nut Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 67

Wow!!!! This has turned out so nice that it's even sexier than sooty monster!!!!

Maybe it's just me and my passion for avants! Smile

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 10:03 pm

lol i was looking for this post, this was me on my dads account. Looking good jase Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:14 pm

lol i was looking for this post, this was me on my dads account. Looking good jase Very Happy

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:14 pm

Ok, front wipers bug me. They look daft.
I'll never get any that'll sit right down like the aero-wipers do on my S2, the base of the windscreen/scuttle and closeness of the bonnet won't allow it.
So, I'll have to find something that'll look better and have aero blades too.

I saw a set of arms and blades from a 2006 Audi. They looked ok, well one of them did, the other being a "maybe".
Arrived today and one of them is defo a goer. The other doesn't go at all. Sits all wrong.
So I'll have to find another driver side to use.

Original;

And one of the two earo arms/blade fitted;

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:24 pm

That looks loads better, nice find Cool

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:50 pm

They do look pretty good, shame the S2 style don't fit properly Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:43 pm

Rear arm and blade turned up.
"Exactly" what I wanted. Shorter and better (420mm overall length).
I would get rid of the whole feckin thing if doing so wouldn't leave a hole in the rear screen.
Just like the clean look of the rear with no wiper.
Shame, once the tow bar has gone and the rear tailpipes are sorted, a binned rear wiper would have been the icing.

It comes from a 96 - 2000 A4 Avant.

Before;

And after;

Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:31 pm

Seen these before on cars that come in

http://www.gecleant.de/shop/index.php?lang=en

Don't know the sizes but they look clean when fitted Very Happy

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:01 pm

You absolute star Very Happy

Ordered

Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:21 pm

No problem!! Very Happy

Seen them fitted to a few of the GTI boys cars i look after, they look good, surprising how clean they make the rear look.Remember to buy a bottle of Rain X so you can see out the back when its pissing down tho!!!
Fitted an S6 centre reflector panel to the rear of my A6 saloon, makes a big difference too. cheers

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:44 pm

I have an S6 reflector, but I'm not sure I'll fit it.
The car being red and that rear panel being body colour, kinda blends in without using the S6 unit.
Maybe I'll have a trial fit in my summer shutdown in a couple of months.

000 998 229 turned up today. I'll fit it over the weekend Very Happy

(once you are used to it - [installed on my S2] - it's hard to be without)

(yes, I know you are thinking "WTF is that?") Google it Wink

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 6:34 pm

Useful yes, but whats wrong with turning the indicators off yourself after 3 clicks???
Sounds a bit auto lights/rain sensing wipers to me!! Laughing

or maybe it's an age thing Razz

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:45 pm

Convenience Razz

It is an age thing.
Bit like owning an auto..........what's wrong with a manual???

You said it, useful Wink

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:17 pm

I dislike auto wipers/lights etc - no sensor can judge when to operate as well as the driver. But I think the three flash indicators are a godsend. Both useful and convenient.

Cars looking good now Jas, the wipers are a great improvement. I'm still pondering the dark lights though.......

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:30 am

Cheers James Wink

A rear wiper recap;

Original;

Interim;

And now de-wipered;

A lot smoother and how I want the rear to look. Be even better when I can remove the towbar ugliness and sort some nicer tailpipes. May just bite the bullet and replace the black lower valance with a brand new one.

Rear wiper motor/assembly removed;

The glass grommet;

Fitted, glued and sealed in place;

The front wipers I'm still messing with. I guess this is what good ole vagparts had to do in a way when they developed the kit for our S2's way back. It's just a trial and error of different later arms from various cars.
The ones I pictured further up just weren't working. I got another drivers side to use on the passenger side, but still a no go. Looked as awkward as the originals.
So spied a set of 2006 VW Polo arms and blades. The drivers is perfect. Sits straight and low down on the screen. The passenger side not so.
Going to straighten and shorten it at work next week. Well I'll pass it to one of the apprentice jig techs Laughing

Oh noes, looks a bit silly Laughing

:;

Getting better;

Again, thanks to "dubmeister" for the heads up on the glass grommet Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:31 pm

No problem, looks very good, now get the rain-x on that screen!!

Wipers looking much better, what are you going to open a shop called wiperarms r us?? ....................or being a geordie do you......acquire..... them?? Laughing

You're right about the reflector, the back is red enough!!! Very Happy

Looking great, you got shot of the cat yet??

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:36 pm

Grrr, geordie my arse. Razz

Bloody sheep lover Laughing

Wipers come from fleabay and the others will go back on there Laughing

RainX applied. Not got cat removed yet, waiting for end of next month when it's booked in for a custom SS. Release a bit of that 5 cylinder sound more Wink

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:01 pm

Don't knock it till you've tried it!!! Laughing

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:09 pm

soo jase ya now being called a geordie lol lol what next

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:48 pm

Flat cap wearing yorkshire wippet shagger Laughing

Next purchase arrived.
Another google search for you.

4Z7 857 511.

I miss this, like really miss this after having one on the S2 for a few years.

Jase..
Wink

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:40 am

auto dimming mirror?

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:30 pm

Yup.

Installed last weekend. So flippin busy at work, tonight is the first chance @I've had to write it up Evil or Very Mad

Good job I've got a whole week off work next week. First lieu days I've taken since October last year Confused

The mirror I got was NOS from a seller who bought a job lot from a dealer, or something like that.
He's got a fair few of them. £99 delivered.

This is the second I've installed. Put one in the S2 back in 2006 (version without compass) That was from an S4/RS4.

This one is from an american allroad, so I'm led to believe. The part number does not come up on my recent version of the FA.

Auto dimming and has a compass display. Not bothered about the compass bit, I know where I'm going 99.9% of the time (to hell, or so Allie says) Laughing

Quick browse of the circuit diagrams in my haynes pointed me to a suitable switched circuit to tap into. Tapped into the rear of the interior fuse board "after" the fuse so it's covered.
Earth simply attached to an earth point on the relay board under the drivers shelf with a ring tag.
Notice all that weird grey wiring and strange relay? It's all to do with the tow bar wiring and will be removed along with said towbar when Audi get their lazy arses into gear and deliver me the lower rear bumper section I've had on order for a fortnight. It could have arrived faster on a friggin donkey Evil or Very Mad

Wiring led up door post and along the front of the headliner tucked in.

I only need two wires of the six it has.
The white and the black. Others not needed unless you want the dimming function to switch off when you go into reverse or switch the interior light on.
The mirror came with the felt backed backing plate, I popped into the FA and dug out the wiring/pin part numbers and the front cover.
Old mirror twists off the base (which is bonded to the windscreen - DON NOT PULL IT OFF) by turning through 90° either clockwise or anticlockwise. It can be "very" tight.
New mirror goes back on the same.

I'll let the pictures do the talking.
(ignore the four yellow wires, as said only two needed. When you buy standard wiring like that it comes in standard yellow with a pin on either end, hence four wires. I was buzzing out which I needed)

[Oh, yes I need the door shuts cleaning ok, I have to plan everything I do on the car three weeks in advance at the minute, and they'll get done when I've got time. OK??? Razz

]

The mirror was calibrating itself when I took this, hence the "C".

Also, managed to get hold of an A6 C4 cupholder. It's the version for vehicles fitted with a car phone, so is shorter and only has two slots instead of three. But no matter, the other is NLA so beggars can't be choosers and does what it's supposed to Wink

(no can available when I took pic)

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:26 pm

Rear bumper lower trim arrived at long last YaY Very Happy

Now I can get rid of the ulgly towbar tomorrow and then she'll be ready for the exhaust on Friday.
Booked into Longlife for a downpipe back SS system.
Still unsure on tailpipe choice. Twin of some description, but I'll probably not be able to decide until offered up to the rear on the day.
http://www.longlife.co.uk/products/tails/Default.aspx

Lower bumper trim;

Nosey Oscar getting himself in this shot Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:53 pm

Thats a hard one. I think it will be easier when you see them in the flesh

This looks OK

[img]http://www.longlife.co.uk/resizer.aspx?width=180&height=140&url=/_uploads/tailpipes/TPTWR650.jpg[/img]

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:09 pm

Yeah, prolly go for that.....or an upswept DTM style but other way round, as in down turned like the normal pipes.
I've got it in my head what I mean, but will only see on the day.

this but turned downward;