mite as well eh?

swapped the anni for the audi on sat,

so got set about giving it a good clean, the outside tbh is very clean, i was going to run the buffer over it but, at the moment and lack of sun it seems fine, i may give it a final going over though, so just paid interest to the interior, wet vac'd the seats and treated the rubbers, wheels tyres and dressed the engine bay

here she is, little rear rake but that will get sorted next week

audi8 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

audi2 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

2tdi by cuprajake1, on Flickr

audi5 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

audi7 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

audi9 by cuprajake1, on Flickr

as with any car i have there are bits i need to do to get it up to scratch

its not been serviced for nearly 20k, now its on long life anyway so will be going back to normal as i do very low milage

bits ordered:

oil and filter, fuel filter, arb bushes for the front, it also has a few engine trims missing too, so replacing them, total comes to £90 ish+vat, so not cheap but will make a whole load of difference, just hop it stops the front knocking

jake

What mileage is it Jake? Seems like you got a good deal there.

Other than the service and the bits of trim, does it need much else?

yeah not a bad deal, its just a touch over 90k, but fsh

im hoping not lol, the anni was serviced well and didnt need spending on so, hope i dont have to go crazy with bushes etc

thanks for the info steve, have ordered all the appropriate bits from vw.

just spent the last three hours winding the suspension up, i now have a grazed leg and bilster in my palm from the c spanner, fronts were very easy but by god are the rears a pita!! everything has to be dropped down, then compress the spring to get the adjuster in and out,

overall i have raised the suspension one inch on the adjusters, i have a full tank in the car too, there very deceptive these a4's as the back arch is lower than the front lol, but a tape measure shows 56cm all round, hopefully it will be enough as i aint doing the back again lol

next little project was this:

look at the state of them, cheap carwash acid app

so a quick flat,

then a couple coats of renault grey met trim paint job done

jake

well the back still needs to come up :( hope now the adjusters are up i can atleast get to them in situe, as there were a nightmare, also the tanks is full to so there is alot of weight there, only problem i run into then it the spring is that compressed theres no give, im contemplating putting the old spring back in,

surprisinly this car has more annyoing knocks than the golf, bummer

 Hmmm that would annoy me too. Atleast it doesnt all have to be whipped out.

yup, could always wind the front down if they dont budge haha, got to factory in though i have about 35-40ky of fuel on board, the rear adjusters were wound down to the bottom,

 I suppose with that amount of fuel your talking 10-20mm? Those link arms for the suspension are expensive enough, i hope its ARB bushings and not the suspension arms!

could be i suppose and its over the back axel, i may just use half a tank and see the different,

im hoping arb also, as i really cant be bothered to rip the suspension apart, but if it has to so be

i may clean the egr, no doubt its gunked up,

i remeber skoda made a upgraded gasket for them which pretty much blocked the egr bar a 5mm hole in the centre to smooth the drive out, but satify the ecu

done another little fettle,

passanger headlamp had a scrape to it, quite a bad one actually,

used 2000 grit to flat the majority out

then polished it back up with 3m fastcut, theres a slight improvement, most of the graze has gone but the gouge is still there

and this is the ride height im at at the moment

 Welcome over to the audi side mate

I too sold my anniversary and have gone for an audi

Tam

what do you think compared to yours?

 i went from a chipped tdi anniversary to a 1.8t avant

I am learning to get used to not much torque compared to the tdi but i am really liking it and feels more solid then the mk4

How are you feeling about yours?

Tam

well i have had a 1.9tdi passat which is a simular suspension setup, the golf has air ride which i fitted, and tbh the audi rattles alot more suspension wise, power wise for me you can never compare petrol to deisel just not fair. the a4 does have enough grunt for daily driving, and both cars suited my driving sytle, the 2.0tdi certainly behaves better round town than the passat did, but i have a feeling the 6 speed box is helping, the passat had the 5 speed box,

i find first gear in the audi a little short and laggy so needs a quick change, but im sure changing driving styles will help.

all in all they were both nice cars, but totally different haha

jakewalsh:

i may clean the egr, no doubt its gunked up,

i remeber skoda made a upgraded gasket for them which pretty much blocked the egr bar a 5mm hole in the centre to smooth the drive out, but satify the ecu

Can you change the settings in VCDS so that the egr doesnt open? I thought it wouldnt get a code then...?

 She still sits abit low on the back...

Ps still looks good though.

yeah thats what i was saying about the weight of the full tank of fuel, when im 1/4 full i will see how high it goes, then re eveluate

ummm

if only

ummmmm by cuprajake1, on Flickr

i know lol, my very basic ps skills

im going to look into the egr thing via vagcom, app alot of it is to do with ecu number though :(

as guessed cant be done on this ecu lol never mind

yeah it should be, its anything newer than edc15 that cant be changed im lead to believe

decided to machine the full car, i wasnt going to but it was full of water spots and you could feel contamination on the surface, there were a few heavy scratches in the clear so i decided to hit the paint very hard

process was:

9" lambs wool on intermediate pad combined with 3m fastcut plus(greentop)

6" yellow 3m sponge pad with 3m fine polish yellow top

6" yellow 3m sponge pad with 3m finesse final stage polish

then a quick wipe down, and a wash to remove all the debris from the lambs wool,

ag hd wax

the car has come out really well, im pretty sure the new sleak surface will give an additional 5mpg too

jake

s line front bumper, on its way to me, just need to lacate some fogs now ;)

haha, was a bargin, £50 from a friend so not bad on the spendometre.

just in the middle of the service, oil is draining and the fuel filter is done, now

diesel in the face is pants

do we know if the s line grille is the same size as the se grille?

 Should be the same size as far as i know mate

cool,

under bonnet before

and after

jake

the bumper,

not bad for £50 eh,

you can see the small crack down the bottom, thats already in fusor so will be filled and primed tomorrow haha

 Sweet! Will look nice when its on! All your missing now is a Cupra splitter

thanks man

heres the bumper repaired and into primer,

the washer jet covers are ordered as are the lower grilles, but im being a tight *** and trying to find 2nd hand fogs, as there £65 each from tps and i aint paying that if i can help

prepped ready for paint.

painted and cleared ready for fitting,

bumpers off, waiting for fitting...arb bushes are in too.

 Alot of work has gone into that Jake. Will look good

bumper is on,

for those looking to do the same,

the fog lamps do fit, the grille off my car wont as its too small though, how ever everything else went smoothly. i need a number plate carrier also which is a pain, but a ho

pic:

yup, wont be here till tomorrow due to the bankl hols, also orgered lower grills

when i see the car like that it needs spacers or bigger wheels

rest of the bits came in from tps today,

washer jet covers, fog surrounds and plate holder, fitted them and then decided to clean the egr,

my god, i have never seen so much caked on crud in my like some areas were a good 1/2" thick lol, about half hour later the were gleeming, so did the bits of the manifold i could see on the car and put it back together. then added some forte deisel treatment to the tank for the injectors.

quite a productive dinner

jake