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thank you.... perfect weather for a ride out.... shame in lockdown lol
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Agreed, looks great. I think I have those same mirrors on my TL.
Led's that you can barely see? Or did I just get the crap cheap version on eBay.?
Led's that you can barely see? Or did I just get the crap cheap version on eBay.?
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i'd say we both got the cheap, crap version off Ebay lol..... they work well enough and means i get through an MOT as my rear indicators are within the rear light unit
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some of you may remember this being a constant eye sore for me every time i lifted the bonnet...
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after having the promise of help from someone else who became unresponsive sadly i went on the hunt for a solution to my sticker replacement, it no longer being available from Audi, nor any dealers having any in stock.
I found this chap,
www.ebay.co.uk
no affiliation in any shape size or form, but he responded quickly and said he was able to help.
I sent him a pic of what i wanted, with the original size and today these turned up...
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whilst not being on exactly the same foil as OE, they are certainly close enough for me and look a 1000 times better than the peeling, lifted original.
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all for £3.92 delivered......
to say i am chuffed more than a chuffed thing is an understatement.
after having the promise of help from someone else who became unresponsive sadly i went on the hunt for a solution to my sticker replacement, it no longer being available from Audi, nor any dealers having any in stock.
I found this chap,
Security measure
I sent him a pic of what i wanted, with the original size and today these turned up...
whilst not being on exactly the same foil as OE, they are certainly close enough for me and look a 1000 times better than the peeling, lifted original.
all for £3.92 delivered......
to say i am chuffed more than a chuffed thing is an understatement.
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You ever started a job and wished you hadn't bothered? yup... today was one of those days, and i choose to do 2 jobs and both fucked up halfway through but i did actually get there in the end... even after the mother of all tantrums thrown....!!!
Under the bonnet the main engine cover has a shiny detail on the plastic, the lacquer has clearly failed at some point.
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so this was all sanded back
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masked up and a threw some clear lacquer on it.... and of course it reacted, despite tacking it down and an alcohol wipe.... so i started again....
and finally ended up with something half decent....
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after that i thought i'd tackle the small corrosion showing on the upper face of the slam panel..... of course Audi in it's infinite wisdom manufactured this panel as the complete radiator support so to remove involves dismantling the whole front end, i'm not feeling that dedicated today... if ever.!!!
What was ever more annoying, there are plastic ribs along the length which of course can't be removed, so an absolute ball ache, multiplied by infinite... if you are considering doing this.... i wouldn't...
all loose surface rust was wire brushed off and the whole upper face was hit with Deox
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left to dwell and washed off, every thing was dried up and then a zinc rich primer and high build primer where applied one after the other
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and then the satin black....
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it's one of those jobs where i've had to accept a 90% level of finish, it's not perfect, but it's better than it being rusty...
[footnote]Edited by 89forever on Thursday 23 April 18:02[/footnote]
Under the bonnet the main engine cover has a shiny detail on the plastic, the lacquer has clearly failed at some point.
so this was all sanded back
masked up and a threw some clear lacquer on it.... and of course it reacted, despite tacking it down and an alcohol wipe.... so i started again....
and finally ended up with something half decent....
after that i thought i'd tackle the small corrosion showing on the upper face of the slam panel..... of course Audi in it's infinite wisdom manufactured this panel as the complete radiator support so to remove involves dismantling the whole front end, i'm not feeling that dedicated today... if ever.!!!
What was ever more annoying, there are plastic ribs along the length which of course can't be removed, so an absolute ball ache, multiplied by infinite... if you are considering doing this.... i wouldn't...
all loose surface rust was wire brushed off and the whole upper face was hit with Deox
left to dwell and washed off, every thing was dried up and then a zinc rich primer and high build primer where applied one after the other
and then the satin black....
it's one of those jobs where i've had to accept a 90% level of finish, it's not perfect, but it's better than it being rusty...
[footnote]Edited by 89forever on Thursday 23 April 18:02[/footnote]
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It's all about the details mate.
It's what being an enthusiast is all about.
I appreciate that.
It's what being an enthusiast is all about.
I appreciate that.
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glad you are finding it useful, thank you....
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it keeps me busy... I'm sure my neighbours think i've lost the plot as currently i'm out on something car or bike orientated everyday in lockdown.... It's a shame i wasn't locked down at work as i'd have had unlimited free access to do my exhaust without disrupting work at all.....!!! ah well
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As we all have time to ponder, like all of us when we originally buy our cars we jump in and tweak various settings via VCDS, whilst i had changed the settings for the ADS behind the scenes i could never get the MMI display to show the "ADS" on the display
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I followed this excellent write up on how to enable the codings and adaptions etc
however the hidden menu graphics on my 2007 S5 are different then as shown on the write up, so i could never get the display correct.
So, reminded of this from another thread (Thanks Dave) and armed with a bit of time, i knew the setting was there somewhere.
So, onto the green menu....
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(if you haven't enabled it, follow the how to on the above link)
Scroll down to "DIAG SETTINGS"
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click it, then scroll down to "APK 0x01 0x0B 0x0C"
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click it, then scroll down to "Charisma"
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and make sure the box is ticked (click it), scroll down to accept changes, click it. Then exit the green menu (return etc) and do a hard reboot of your head unit and taaaaa daaaaa
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it works..... hopefully this may be of use to others?
I followed this excellent write up on how to enable the codings and adaptions etc
however the hidden menu graphics on my 2007 S5 are different then as shown on the write up, so i could never get the display correct.
So, reminded of this from another thread (Thanks Dave) and armed with a bit of time, i knew the setting was there somewhere.
So, onto the green menu....
(if you haven't enabled it, follow the how to on the above link)
Scroll down to "DIAG SETTINGS"
click it, then scroll down to "APK 0x01 0x0B 0x0C"
click it, then scroll down to "Charisma"
and make sure the box is ticked (click it), scroll down to accept changes, click it. Then exit the green menu (return etc) and do a hard reboot of your head unit and taaaaa daaaaa
it works..... hopefully this may be of use to others?
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quoted from the AudiEnthusiast web link
Its reported that with ADS enabled on non ADS cars you can feel a difference in the engine response when the engine is set to Dynamic and people are reporting better steering response once you get up to 20kph.
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like so many of our cars after a few miles the bolsters start to show their age, no amount of cleaning brings them back to that "as new" look.
Mine are no different and they are similar on both drivers and passengers (drivers more so)
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so having had a good look around as to what is available, i liked the look of what Colourlock had to offer and they had my colour of leather available (although they will mix up your colour if they don't list it, which they are currently doing for my Dad's TT as they don't have his colour).
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i bought the sanding pad and the 150ml dye, as that is more than enough for my needs. I have enough chemicals to clean the Bismark, so i didn't buy their cleaners etc.
So, the delivery arrived today and i set too.... and then it rained (heavily) so i stopped....
however 2 coats in... it is looking promising
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i just need the sunshine to come back like last week (pretty please)
Mine are no different and they are similar on both drivers and passengers (drivers more so)
so having had a good look around as to what is available, i liked the look of what Colourlock had to offer and they had my colour of leather available (although they will mix up your colour if they don't list it, which they are currently doing for my Dad's TT as they don't have his colour).
i bought the sanding pad and the 150ml dye, as that is more than enough for my needs. I have enough chemicals to clean the Bismark, so i didn't buy their cleaners etc.
So, the delivery arrived today and i set too.... and then it rained (heavily) so i stopped....
however 2 coats in... it is looking promising
i just need the sunshine to come back like last week (pretty please)
Really interested to know how the leather restorer goes, I'm pretty much done with mods on my S5, only thing that currently bothers me is the driver side bolster!like so many of our cars after a few miles the bolsters start to show their age, no amount of cleaning brings them back to that "as new" look.
Mine are no different and they are similar on both drivers and passengers (drivers more so)
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so having had a good look around as to what is available, i liked the look of what Colourlock had to offer and they had my colour of leather available (although they will mix up your colour if they don't list it, which they are currently doing for my Dad's TT as they don't have his colour).
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i bought the sanding pad and the 150ml dye, as that is more than enough for my needs. I have enough chemicals to clean the Bismark, so i didn't buy their cleaners etc.
So, the delivery arrived today and i set too.... and then it rained (heavily) so i stopped....
however 2 coats in... it is looking promising
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i just need the sunshine to come back like last week (pretty please)
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I'm in 2 minds as to whether to do the dash button.... tbh i cannot see the point now as i can access it ia the MMI
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not really a lot in the grand scheme of things, i just don't see the benefit when i can access it in the MMI. Despite my OCD nature i can live with button blanks on the dashboard hahaIt would look cool but a lot of work
now if the nice mailman could just hurry up and deliver my piano black trims pretty please then i'll have something else i cannot do until this bloody rain stops.....
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