sorted my top mounts out and fitted all my shocks together today
grit blasted first
treated with rust remover
zinc primer
painted black
all ready to go on the car
will update when all fitted with some new powerflex arb bushes
sorted my top mounts out and fitted all my shocks together today
grit blasted first
treated with rust remover
zinc primer
painted black
all ready to go on the car
will update when all fitted with some new powerflex arb bushes
Oooh Viper pager alarm! On the 5?
na got a toad alarm on the 5 the viper is for my 8l s3
never posted a picture of it yet on here
Yeah boiii lovely job
cheers Topcat mate hopefully get them fitted tomo got so much to do on the 5
Turn'd out well that DIY refurb, look mint now.
good work on the 5
the audi is lovely, i have thought about treating myself before to one of these. Plate is a nice touch
Good work on the suspension. Nice S3, me mates got one and its rapid.
Refurb looks good
You probably already know this, the top mounts are sided. Hopefully you know which is which but thought I'd mention it incase someone used your thread as inspiration to refresh their suspension and didn't know
That S3 is a lovely looking car
Rebuild of the front susp looks good!
Thanks mateOriginally Posted by Goobie
Turn'd out well that DIY refurb, look mint now.
Thanks bood it's a lovely car the s3 me and my partner use it as are daily never let's us down and I like a safe car for the kids. Had it about 3 years now.good work on the 5
the audi is lovely, i have thought about treating myself before to one of these. Plate is a nice touch
Didn't know this mate as I'm going from phase 1 setup to phase 2 how do I know what side to put on ?
Nice one Trev hope your cool
Right I need to find out what top mount was the gold one lolmy mate welded a new bolt on one the other day think that was the black one ? Have look at some pictures
They're different colours
From factory one is plated & one is black
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthrea...ight=Top+mount
Black o/s
Gold n/s
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthrea...ight=Top+mount
Pictures in there show which side is which, side by side they should be noticeably different, I was a little concerned you have two the same but can't tell from the pictures
Cheers mate looking back at my pictures the gold one was the one with the duff bolt that my mate fixed so will put that near side
No problem
Instead of repainting one why don't you simply and neatly mark them up as drivers side or d/s and passenger side or p/s? I would still forget which side the gold one is, lol.
I think that's exactly what my mates got if I remember correctly it's an AMD remap from lakeside area.
To tell the truth mate I didn't know they were sided lol all fitted now just need to sort out my arb now
Yeah AMD are ok all generic maps though got mine done at Bills at badger 5 know his stuff with these engines
Ye my mate is always going on about him when his car comes into conversation, well when it's broken. He did want to take his there but the distance stopped him. The only maps I'm good with are the book typeso you've lost me. A bloke at work has taking his 61 plate audi (not sure what it is but it's red and very nice
) and had no problems and another work mate will be taking his 10 plate skoda Vrs there soon so they can't be that bad. But hey what do I know
What have you got to do to the arb? Mine is still off the car as I couldn't find the right inner bushes to fit.
Ye my mate is always going on about him when his car comes into conversation, well when it's broken. He did want to take his there but the distance stopped him. The only maps I'm good with are the book type
yeah he is well know in the vag scene
fitted mine today with no trouble. My arb is 21mm so ordered that size bushes and they fitted well
got a bit done this weekend fitted the suspension arb bushes and new air filtter
had to cut my new phone hose as the original one i cut was to short. It was quite tight but all fits well now and i have not got worry of water getting through the filter from the bonnet vents
had to charge the battery as it was low not stated for around 2 months
The front was much lower the the rear and always caught bumps and was so hash did not like it at all. Car sits so much better now will settle a little more after a while and when driven
ran the car for a good half hour and moved it up and down my drive a few times
everything seems sweet
then wiped her dry and put the cover back on.
Tax runs out end off month going sorn it till aprill and the weather is better
dre
And looks great mate
Have you managed to get any side decals yet pal?
where did u get that car cover mate???
And looks great mate
Have you managed to get any side decals yet pal?
It's a halfords advanced all weather does the job well
Nice one mate, will finish it off nicely
Which size you get mate as looks a really good fit?It's a halfords advanced all weather does the job well
Yeah looking forward to putting them onNice one mate, will finish it off nicely
Salty it was size Small
got a few more bits of bling for the 5 plus spent a good hour with the dremil polishing my oil breather pot
not perfect but a lot better
got some original rear badges only going to use the renault part as my gt turbo bit looks ok
rear exhaust surround as the previous owner had made a cut in the rear bumper and i always hated it so this hides it well
also got a some bling for top of radiator
dre
Good work going on mate love the leccy blues
As above its really looking good.
Awesome ride
Beautiful
Cheers everyone
Can't wait till the weather gets better, car was sorn last month as the tax run out prob re tax in April
Where are all the latest updates???
There coming mate lol just need to upload them to my photobucket
time for an update
Changed breather pot and put my ninja cap on with my new elf sticker
Some bling for top of rad
Changed my heater knob as it broke on me a few months ago
Also changed the passenger side seat belt so there both new now
Put my stickers on the car plus put my chrome surround on, hides where the bumper was cut in the past even though I had to cut it a bit more to fit. I'm happy with it so all good
Took my moulded badges off and replaced with originals
Old
new
Then I noticed I had a some play in my steering, drivers wheel with a slight knocking. First I thought wheel bearing but turned out to be the drivers side track rod and the ends could do with changing to.
Got the bits from gsf
new
tracking all done and taxed
Got myself a dump valve for £50 new the other day so thought I would fit it
Had to change my silicone hose for one to fit the valve lucky I had a spare which came with my intercooler
Fitted some badges to my floor matts
Checked my camber as I never have since putting my phase 2 set up on, was just a quick check should of taken off my centre caps really.
Both are at just over 1 neg camber and does handle better then it did with this set up
got a new boost controller , some new washers as I had a slight leak from my rocket cover plus changed my sump plug washer to a copper one also with an oil change plus managed to do 1 door card with some bigger speakers fitted with adapters
all fitted and set up to 15psi
the other door card and speaker fitted also cleaned the car inside and gave it wax
Your car gets minter and minter by every post
That camber tool is a handy little gadget.
Nice update, looks like you've been busy. Cars looking sweet
Very, very nice. You've really made a huge improvement to this car in the time you've had it.
Maybe I asked this before but are there any decals on the way?
So good , amazing colour
Cheers JonnyYour car gets minter and minter by every post
That camber tool is a handy little gadget.
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