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Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:38 am
by 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

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Definitely reccomend if it annoys anyone else as much as me

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:37 am
by Devlin250
they're only £20 on ebay :? any other upgrades at the ready? :hyper:

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:13 pm
by Stoo.
Devlin250 wrote:they're only £20 on ebay :? any other upgrades at the ready? :hyper:
Really? I'll have a look, sure are, photos uploading now :)

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:31 pm
by Stoo.
H&R springs were purchased and this is the only photo I have of them

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Fitted and currently settling

Before

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After

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More updates to come

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:28 pm
by Stoo.
One of a few little projects on the go,

Got a grill and tow eye cover from eBay

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Slowly but surely getting there

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Primering done, waiting for spare time to get painting

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Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 3:28 pm
by Albrown59
How do you fit steering wheel controls?

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 3:29 pm
by Albrown59
How do you fit steering wheel controls?

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 5:36 pm
by 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

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 5:37 pm
by Stoo.
http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... se+control" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's the link

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:25 pm
by 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

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:58 pm
by 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

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 9:02 pm
by Stoo.
Devlin250 wrote: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
deano_123 wrote: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 :shrug:

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 10:36 pm
by Devlin250
be sure to post pictures of it, cant wait

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:38 pm
by Stoo.
I decided to wrap the sidelights/indicators in laminx light tint

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

Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:47 pm
by Stoo.
Got hold of some b7 a4 DTM 18s on eBay

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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


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Here's a comparison

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Not sure the Mrs enjoyed having them in the living room :shake:

And on the car

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

Then some faffing with centrecaps

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

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Re: Cheek to call this a progress thread

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:55 pm
by Stoo.
Took the obligatory new wheel photos (before drl tint)

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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

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