The Project Pad

got my new black door, paints in better condition then the car... time to wetsand and polish


also recieved the rear diff mounts and the grill mesh to custom make my "kamei" grills.

i feel as if this wouldn't hold pressure all too well...


ordering an all aluminum one from nissens, cars down till i get that.

on another note, the fan relay may not of been bad, the motor wasn't even hooked up in the back. that could cause some overheating issues...

back of the radiator that was in there definitely had lost some fluid, there was crystalized coolant all over the back.


on another note, i decided to pull the trigger on getting my recaro LS-C seats reupholstered.

now...



material for the inserts


the goal, but with leather bolsters instead of the satin black cloth.




it'll be a bit before those are done, but thought i'd share my excitement. I have to wait for the fabric from germany, then i have to ship the seats to some specialists in washington for them to reupholster them.

todays work so far involved removing the radiator and then hitting it with a wrench over and over. :curses:
then i very calmly rounded out an steering wheel contact ring and adapted it to the S2 steering wheel


this just came in the mail


should make some good rally mud flaps, waiting on the aluminum plating i'm going to rivet to the bottom now.
precut, 12" wide right now by 48" tall, will need some trimming of course.


oh, and tonks sent me a teaser photo.

RS2 plate location in a coupe rear bumper...still haven't decided how I feel about those, but unique for sure. Unfortunately that Nissens radiator you ordered will have plastic endtanks and be thinner than factory. I had a B2 copper unit rebuilt for my coupe because of this (and eliminated the aux radiator).

that's interesting, i was told the nissens had aluminum end tanks. and it sure looks metal in the photo. and yeah, this one states it 5mm narrower.

guess i'll find out soon. as long as it works, i'll be happy.

It'll work for sure. My friend ordered a Nissens B2 unit that sounded like it was all-aluminum and ended up having plastic endtanks. Not that that's really a problem anyway.

Tonks = the MAN.

relatively productive day, radiator came in, haven't even had a chance to check it out yet.

before i went over to my garage, i split the plates i "may" be using to trim the bottom of the mudflaps, i think it might be a bit flashy for my tastes, might just go with plain brushed aluminum look


first thing i did t the garage was to disconnect the airbag warning light. yes i know audi, there's something wrong with the airbag... there is none now!
while i was in there, i swapped the gauge lighting for white LED lighting. Makes it look much more red now compared to the orange color. I'll get pics later of that.

next thing was the 3 spoke steering wheel, unfortunately i didn't insulate a contact point properly and it was hitting the hub, so everytime the car was in the on position the horn was going off. sorted that quickly and got the wheel installed.


i was curious as to how the timing belt looked, so i took the cracked cover off and replaced it with my non cracked timing belt cover. The water pump actually looked pretty new, and the belt didn't show any signs of wear at all that i could tell, i guess i'm good for a bit.


next, i cleaned the drivers side engine bay... took a couple hours but i think i did ok. there was a 1/4 inch of dirt/grease/w/e on the motor mount piece. all shiny black paint underneath now, waiting for the radiator to cover it all up again.


then i attached the B4 headlight connections and installed my S2 lights, sadly i think they need a lot of aiming. that'll be fun to play around with since the plastic nuts are detached from the adjustment screws.

then i "was" going to call it quits and go and get some dinner, but i decided to stay and tackle the mesh grill. Came out decent, it'll look better once i install the new hood rubber so that it all looks flat across there.
rings?

no rings?



then i got back home and ordered a new coolant tank because the old one is all nasty looking.
My buddies air compressor whose doing the painting just broke... so i really hope he can still get them done by early next week.

rings.

:stupid:

I love the light setup. Looks amazing!

^^thanks, i'm diggin the black on black as well.

today i had a short day, gotta sleep before work tonight.

went to the garage and attempted to figure out how i am going to mount the mudflaps.

rear looks easy enough, plenty of mounting points. I just need to find some spacers about 2cm in length x3 from the lip of the fender.


fronts on the other hand... don't have barely anything to mount them to. guess i'll be drillin some holes and sealing them nice n tight!


designed the shape of the mudflaps a little bit with cardboard but i didn't want to cut anything until i was certain of how the mounting will go.

Then i came home and found another package, for those that remember my old coupe quattro, you'll recognize this!

mwahahahahah the blasphemy

What material are you using for the flaps? almost looks like tractor trailer flaps lol.

frostyflax17 wrote:making the mud flaps out of 60a 1/4inch thick neoprene rubber. then attaching an aluminum plate (rivet) to the backside with some vinyl stickers for giggles.

should look interesting. just hope the rubber will hold up the way i want.

they do resemble truck rubber... just missing the naked girl posing on the back.

expensive stuff to replace the power steering fluid

new radiator that is not exactly all aluminum as i expected it to be. fail advertising

new coolant expansion tank, radiator mounts and exhaust hangers for the brullen

The PO of my car put in one of those radiators and it is all metal on mine.

The power steering stuff is good stuff though

alrighty, my painters compressor took a shit and i'm not sure when he'll have a new one so i grabbed my "brilliant black metallic" bumper and mounted it to the gloss black car and installed all the lights, then made myself a matching grill for the plate spot because i've always wanted to do it.






sadly i forgot to grab the lower grills while i was there.

so tomorrow's project is to flush the coolant system really well, install new radiator and expansion tank, and then drive it for it's longest trip so far without any faults.

Damn that is going to look sweet.

Today;

went to garage, flushed coolant system out thoroughly then filled with g12, drained power steering fluid out.

installed radiator and buttoned everything up decently (needs detailing i know)


then aimed the headlights, replaced the window regulator (gotta go back in because now my door locks aren't working right, must've hit something)


then i pulled all the cars in a row for this shot. note the porsche doesn't run, but it's nice to see all my black ducks in a row


for those that don't like to click

time to bake the fog lights!



update... that failed.
they didn't want to separate, i didn't want to crack the glass as it's in decent condition.

got the car inspected, passed of course.

now i'm going to go fix the door lock because it seems to have decided to detach itself from the cylinder in the "alarm" setting. so when you get in the car it turns the alarm on unless you go over to the passenger side door and unlock it... but that's only a 1 time fix.

le sigh.

well, i'm a pro at putting the window regulator in and out at this point, as i had to remove it 3 times total in the last 24hrs to get to either swap to the new one or readjust, or get to the locking mechanism... which i thought i had fixed (tested it while in the car and no door card) and all worked great.

after i drove it home it decided not to work again, the drivers door doesn't want to lock down, the other doors work though. you can't turn the key properly. As long as it's not in the "alarm" position i'm happy for now.

just picked up my brullen exhaust from my friend who repaired it for me, that should be going on next week after i get some new bolts and gaskets for it.

installed the drivers side lower door trim, i have to figure out how to remove the rear one now as that looks bad next to it. luckily i have a whole set.

i am very impressed on how bright the s2 headlights are. much brighter then my rs2's with the hid's installed it seems. all i have in them is silvania silverstar bulbs

coming soon.
-tranni seals and fluid
-axles

and coilovers with s2 hubs and porsche brakes


what's this lil bearing thing on top called again? do you normally have one on each top? or just the fronts because they turn?

that looks like a part of the strut mount, the bearing part that is supposed to be inside it. the strut mounts are the same back to front.

yeah it just separated. i wasn't sure if i had to install them separately from the mounts, but then i was reminded that they are supposed to be inside the mount.

all is well.

went to my friend zak at stickerbomb and he wrapped the wood trim in brushed aluminum vinyl. I'll get a better picture later, but it seriously looks awesome. He also wrapped the sideview mirrors. looks odd without my lighter color wheels on it.

the mirrors were so pitted, i was sanding for half an hour on this one, and an hour for the other one with the deeper pits in it

also had to smooth out the cracks in the interior wood trim. didn't want it showing through the vinyl


picture at night


looks just light silver here, but it's actually got a nice brushed feel to it. looks real.

Alright, here's some better pictures of what's done with the interior






mirrors


As she sits now


presents i got in the mail:
rs2 style S2 bumper



Big brakes for the front and rear, exact same set up as peters... as the rears are from his car. To the left is a b5 A4 1.8t Rear disc and caliper


can anyone tell me what year/model the big reds came off of so i can order the brake pads to fit the euro S8 rotors? i thinking 996...
Id on the inside is:
96
3
20 2464.00

how do i look up peters set up ? i want to swap to the s2 style hubs