Cheek to call this a progress thread

[Stoo.]

The green light on the rear view mirror was doing my head in on long night drives, took the front off it and covered the light with black insulating tape



Definitely reccomend if it annoys anyone else as much as me

[Devlin250]

they're only £20 on ebay any other upgrades at the ready?

[Stoo.]

they're only £20 on ebay any other upgrades at the ready?

Really? I'll have a look, sure are, photos uploading now

[Stoo.]

H&R springs were purchased and this is the only photo I have of them



Fitted and currently settling

Before



After



More updates to come

[Stoo.]

One of a few little projects on the go,

Got a grill and tow eye cover from eBay



Slowly but surely getting there



Primering done, waiting for spare time to get painting

[Albrown59]

How do you fit steering wheel controls?

[Albrown59]

How do you fit steering wheel controls?

[Stoo.]

Airbag off, wheel off, stalks off, change the control unit then the reverse of that, I bought a new wheel but you can buy the controls as a part that you change, refit everything then I got a local vag guy to code it up for me.

I think there's a thread here, it's about cruise control but it's essentially the same process

[Stoo.]

http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... se+control" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's the link

[Devlin250]

looking good, tempted to do the same to my grill, love to see it finished
or not sure whether to do the grill and side covers matte black.. hmm

[deano_123]

Did you see an improvement in visibility with the new bulbs? I'm disappointed with what the standard lights give but dont want to pay for xenons

[Stoo.]

looking good, tempted to do the same to my grill, love to see it finished
or not sure whether to do the grill and side covers matte black.. hmm

I've just masked the grill off so that it stays factory on the honeycomb bit, fingers crossed it matches the other grills, I painted the tow eye cover tonight, looks good, want to flat it and put a final layer on before lacquer though, trying to be patient lol

Did you see an improvement in visibility with the new bulbs? I'm disappointed with what the standard lights give but dont want to pay for xenons

Not really if I'm honest, it was more for it to look whiter cause I'm vain, they are possibly marginally better but it's been years now

[Devlin250]

be sure to post pictures of it, cant wait

[Stoo.]

I decided to wrap the sidelights/indicators in laminx light tint



Came out alright. Will look better with the grill surround when it's finished

[Stoo.]

Got hold of some b7 a4 DTM 18s on eBay



Promptly had them powder coated light anthracite by the wheel station in Glasgow who did a top job in less than a day with short notice




Here's a comparison



Not sure the Mrs enjoyed having them in the living room

And on the car



Looks high still but it was the day after the springs were fitted

Then some faffing with centrecaps



I ended up going through 3 sets before I finally found the correct size

[Stoo.]

Took the obligatory new wheel photos (before drl tint)





All this did was upset me as the offset isn't quite right so some 17mm spacers all round were in order

Fixed the offset issues

I took these on the was home today (shows tinted drl) will get decent ones eventually





The grill protect is ongoing, mainly because I cannot be bothered to mask it all up again