[ApoK]

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 haha

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.....

I mean...it would be good for this thread!

Ohhh Piano black, lovely!

 

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So the very nice mailman decided to deliver the first piece of the Piano Black trim, there were a few very light scratches on the black but nothing that didn't buff out... Can't wait for the remaining pieces...
Before

After

and despite the rain first thing this morning it dried up enough to finish the drivers seat with the Colourlock dye...

Now just need to wait 24 hours and can do a final buff. To say i am over the moon with the results is an understatement.... absolutely fantastic, the colour match is incredible and the product is so easy to use. Their website has numerous tutorials and the service was second to none.
I would advise that if you are getting the sanding pad that a lot of care is taken near any stitching as i'd imagine that it would be easy to muller that quite quickly.

Just before it rained again i thought i'd start the passenger seat....
What i was starting with....

3 applications in and it started to spit, i noticed the water spots marking the dye so i stopped until no rain...

excellent product... 2 thumbs up from me....!!!

 

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and just to complete today, i managed to get the passenger seat completed...

and a close up...

roll on tomorrow to buff it all up....

 

[ApoK]

That's a huge improvement!

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[TonyP]

Amazing results

 

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With another week of lockdown the Mailman thankfully delivered the remaining Piano Black trims... a good polish to remove surface scratches and onto fitting.

dash inserts, the right hand side fresh air vent decided to fall to bits so that was fun putting it back together, what a fiddly **** job that was....

rears

Then onto the centre console, this involves removing the whole assembly... it starts as this...

it just fell out... so much to remove to get the bloody thing out... however i thought it a good time to clean underneath it... wasn't bad, but no money...

and all back together

a much nicer place to be now...

 

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So, it being commented yesterday that my steering wheel was too shiny and that a decent degrease was in order...
Not having any Surfex to hand and being of an impatient disposition...!!! i'd previously used my TFR on the seats to good effect... so feeling a bit gung-ho this morning and thinking what's the worst that can happen i thought why not...

My TFR is fully water soluble and is alkaline, so not that dissimilar to Surfex (in my mind anyway, the technical boffins would disagree i'm sure lol)

This is what i have as my degreaser...

and the offending shinyness

so a small test area was tried...

looked promising so i did the whole wheel...

1 none shiny wheel.... (did the gearknob also as it would be rude to leave your knob out of the equation if there's rubbing involved...!!!)

 

[TonyP]

I like that, I may give mine a go

 

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I like that, I may give mine a go

Different TFR's "may" react differently..... i'd always advise testing first... i only found out by accident as explained back in my thread. I'd hate for someone to destroy their interior with using too harsh a product.

 

[TonyP]

Agree, will find the right one, thanks

 

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Agree, will find the right one, thanks

on Detailing World, Surfex by BiltHamber had been recommended which i will get but i'm impatient today lol

 

[Smokey Joe]

The wheel has come up really nice.
I'm sure your knob did too and I'm grateful that you didn't post any close ups of that. 😂

 

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The wheel has come up really nice.
I'm sure your knob did too and I'm grateful that you didn't post any close ups of that. 😂

Thanks... yeah totally the wrong forum for that....... the missus even came out and helped hahaha

 

[TonyP]

Your Mrs came whilst you polished your knob.. Defo wrong forum🤣

 

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Your Mrs came whilst you polished your knob.. Defo wrong forum🤣

oh the innuendo hahah it's like a 70's Robin Askwith film....

 

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Every day i try to refine a panel, cleanse, buff, polish and wax to improve the clarity

getting there slowly....

today i thought i'd clean the shuts and when i got to the boot opening there was a tiny bit i couldn't get to without taking the seal out, so i did and OMG...!!!

the seal was retaining a lot of crud and moisture.... so much so that corrosion was just starting to show in a couple of the seams.

so i stripped the lights and interior panels out to get it treated.

BiltHamber deox gel applied as per usual and allowed to dwell.... cleaned off and primed

and painted in body colour

and all back together until next time....

These things certainly aren't built to last as the older Audi generations....

 

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Every day's a school day, when i changed to the Piano Black trim, i had assumed the dash panels for the displays were all the same.... apparently not, the new black one had a slightly smaller opening for the MMI display, which meant that one edge was ever so slightly cut off....

so what should i do.... options were
1. look for the correct one in Piano Black (nope)
2. live with it.... (definitely not, nope, nada...)
3. butcher the two to make the correct one.... perfect plan

The black trim is bonded to the backing and rather than destroy the black trim i wanted to see how well the original aluminium trim was boned to the backing

It came off quite easily thankfully, so i attacked the Piano Black trim version

bizarrely this was boned on a little bit better and took a little bit more effort to separate. Both gluing faces were cleaned up and the trim was bonded back on to the backing....
Now just sat watching it dry so it can be put back into the car....

 

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having given the adhesive a good 24 hours to cure, fitting the panel back in took a simple 5 minutes but a life time of keeping the OCD wobble at bay....

much better, then a simple wipe over with 303 to remove the finger prints and that's it ticked off the list.

 

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well as lockdown is still here for some of us, the cars are being ever more cleaned, and cleaned and cleaned again. It's been a chance to layer wax on like Mr Miyagi.....

and a gratuitous shiny shot

 

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Where the sound deadening slots into the bonnet on the underside in the engine bay the edges have all got a crusty edge. If it's anything like the ur quattro's of old these suffer with the leading edges rusting out, so to future proof that ever happening i thought i'd tackle it and give it a fighting chance.

Sound deadening removed and hoovered

All areas were attached with a grinder with a wire brush attachment and then the edges were feathered out. Then the bare metal had BiltHamber Deox gel applied and left to sit for a couple of hours.

Then zinc primer, followed by a high build primer.

and then the top coat

All in all took about 6 hours this morning, it's not like there's a rush to go anywhere at the moment so it's a great time to get all these little fiddly jobs done.....

I want to redo the cam covers, inlet manifold and a general tidy up around the engine next, if i'm removing all them then i'll do a carbon clean whilst i'm in there.....