a4 quattro avant

[jake]

Strange day today,

Went and rescued my dad who has been snowed in, for summer tyres the quattro is very good.

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And at the summit

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After we had returned from hunting (big shop) I got chance to mess with my wheels

In the booth prepped and clean

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Then ground coat black

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Then on with silver followed by clear coat

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Tomorrow it will be polish the other three lips then clean the insides as once the wheels are rebuilt they will need balancing.

Jake

 

[jake]

Did a bit more on the wheels today,

Sanded the barrels as they were corroded, then put into the booth for primer then paint, went for a gun metal finish inside

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Did the centre caps too

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Here are the centres out of the booth in day light

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Then this aft had a oem Bluetooth module fitted and coded. It's really surprising how much you miss them

Jake

 

[jake]

one thing that has slightly bugged/worried me is the car feels quite notchy on the gear change, hard to get into first and second, well today I changed my gearbox oil, which made a slight improvement nothing drastic, so I used a guide on fine adjustment of the linkage,





what the guide doesn't show is how to get to it so:





take the gear lever off, stupid clip.. I replaced the metal clip with a hose clip after,





then you have to pull the foam out, and the ashtray with 2 8mm bolts,

push the ashtray back, there's some rubber matting, fold that back, and under it a plastic cover with 2 10mm bolts,

undo these and then you can see the linkage,





use this vid




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOm9gQKFX8M




its made a massive difference,




ive also found a few little niggles to sort to keep me busy haha

 

[Daniel M]

Wheels look great Jake.