2.8 V6 Cabby

[Bowie69]

Does look cracking, and yes, pleased you went body coloured in the end for the roof... but ever thought of what it would look like in black?

[1781cc]

Thanks mate, loads planned yet, custom mats, kW variant 1 coilovers, full polybush overhaul including steering bushes, then some refurb on the ABY seats and wiring in the heating elements, finally, will tackle some of the engine work look at the 12v.org links

Pristine will be getting my supra wheels soon, I think they are the best at what they do, they said last time I was there that they do circa 600 wheels a month


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[Ilkorin]

This is an absolutely cracking car, super clean and understated. Although the silver hard top was a bit quirky and cool, I'm glad you went body colour in the end, looks that bit more classy.

I used to live around leighton buzzard way and was always told to go to Pristine for wheel refurbs (never got round to it though!), the quality of their work is top notch.

[1781cc]

well, got her back today, Pristine Wheels have done an amazing job once again with the wheel refurbishment, fourth time I have used them and never been disappointed in their work, highly recommend their service!

[AndyD]

Looking good their matey

[1781cc]

its been quiet of late with work stuff, the car has been parked up gathering dust until about a week ago when funds and time have allowed for a bit more progress...

Hardtop has been fitted, this was a bit of a pig because some of the fitting kit was broken, but I have had the broken bit remanufactured by a friend, so in it went to have the roof colour coded from original silver to Kingfisher blue. I did't get a chance to clean her for any photos as I was just collecting from the paint shop and dropping her off at Pristine in Woburn Sands to have all four wheels completely refurbished.

Should have her back by the end of the week and then its a case of fixing a few niggly things before my ABY black front leather seats arrive on the 8th and go in :devil:

before:


after:

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

[QUOTE=lee_whitehead;792713]Finally, after ages of trying, speaking to flakey sellers and charlatans, I finally secure myself a hardtop with fitting kit for the bargain price of £450

So, do I go Kingfisher Blue or Keep it Silver? I quite like it silver at the moment



Here's mine....i quite liked it as it looked kinda funky but went body colour as that was always the intention.

Keep yours body colour.

[gavs20v]

Kingfisher blue !

[AndyD]

Bang tidy and silver all the way..

[1781cc]

Finally, after ages of trying, speaking to flakey sellers and charlatans, I finally secure myself a hardtop with fitting kit for the bargain price of £450

So, do I go Kingfisher Blue or Keep it Silver? I quite like it silver at the moment

[1781cc]

Been pretty crazy with work lately and any free time has been taken up with raising funds for the Charity we are supporting on the Crumball Rally (which for us starts on the 6th of May, so getting pretty close now!)

One of the sponsors we have onboard for the Crumball is a local garage in Northampton that is proving to be a great place to have your cars worked on, so far they managed to fix my B3 1.8T when no-one else could (including the guy who built it) and they have been excellent with my B6 S4 and this cabby.

When the opportunity came to seek out sponsors, Elite Motor Tune (www.elitemotortune.co.uk - ask for Ben) stepped up and took the car in for a full prep, service and to work on any issues so that we can see the end of the Rally without (hopefully) breaking down... they have swapped a track rod end, serviced her, fixed the brake light issue, setup the tracking, a coolant leak and a few other things. I now have the car back ahead of its stickering on Tuesday down in Hampshire by Abshot signs (who are also stepping in to support us - ask for Donna) and I will keep you posted on how that looks when I get it back!

Anyway, enough rambling, I have done some things myself...

New rear light lens, £29 from TPS




US Spec from Ruffiano (Cheers dude!) - just needed new velcro to stay in place at the bottom because the top section clicks in





Audi B5 A4 2.8 V6 Induction Filter (modified the holes to fit the 12V MAF and then cut the bolts down





More to come over the Easter weekend...

[Vorsprung durch Technik]

So my wife has been using the car as a daily and managed to bash in the front indicator - hence prompting a from light overhaul with some new fogs and indicators.





Plus the opposite side had the horrible condensation problem...



I managed to get the indicators from Euro Car Parts and the fogs from Luzern on eBay, both arrived in record time.











As it happens, I stumbled onto the fact that Euro Car Parts had a couple of Cabriolet rear light clusters still going, they aren't listed on the site, but £200 later and this arrived in the post:







If anyone is interested in getting one, call ECP with this number:



Incidentally, if they are sold out, call TPS in Birmingham, Audi currently stock 2 in town and 1 in Coventry, those are apparently the only ones left at TPS in the country, but they want £240 for them

Finally, Acidburn came through for me and sent over a 2.8 V6 Auto instrument cluster (thanks Pete!). I had previously sourced one from a 2.0 16V and although the part numbers are the same, the whole back is different...





As soon as my fingers defrost I will be fitting the cluster and getting the car cleaned up, the rear lights are going to sit in the cosy warmth of the garage until winter is over, I don't want stone chips, grit or any other crap making a mess of it!

Hi lee, apologies for not posting here but i never saw your progress on the forum so assumed nothing doing. Is that correct then you have to come to this part of the forum to even see whats written?? I thought it would be part of the forum and would just befiltered of when dropped of the bottom of the list like everything else.

Anyway.Glad you managed to get a beautiful new shinny rear reflector and a good price at £200 new.Nice one!! The car looks really great now the front indicators and fogs are done,like someone else put it really makes a huge difference to the way it looks and much better for it.Looking good mate

[1781cc]

indeed mate...

[gavs20v]

Amazing the difference fresh lights can make to the front end
Gav

[1781cc]

So my wife has been using the car as a daily and managed to bash in the front indicator - hence prompting a from light overhaul with some new fogs and indicators.





Plus the opposite side had the horrible condensation problem...



I managed to get the indicators from Euro Car Parts and the fogs from Luzern on eBay, both arrived in record time.











As it happens, I stumbled onto the fact that Euro Car Parts had a couple of Cabriolet rear light clusters still going, they aren't listed on the site, but £200 later and this arrived in the post:







If anyone is interested in getting one, call ECP with this number:



Incidentally, if they are sold out, call TPS in Birmingham, Audi currently stock 2 in town and 1 in Coventry, those are apparently the only ones left at TPS in the country, but they want £240 for them

Finally, Acidburn came through for me and sent over a 2.8 V6 Auto instrument cluster (thanks Pete!). I had previously sourced one from a 2.0 16V and although the part numbers are the same, the whole back is different...





As soon as my fingers defrost I will be fitting the cluster and getting the car cleaned up, the rear lights are going to sit in the cosy warmth of the garage until winter is over, I don't want stone chips, grit or any other crap making a mess of it!