2.8 V6 Cabby

[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...

[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

[AndyD]

Bang tidy and silver all the way..

[gavs20v]

Kingfisher blue !

[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.

[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:

[AndyD]

Looking good their matey

[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!

[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]

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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[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]

A guy I followed from Solihull had a kingfisher blue cab with a black hardtop and it didn't appeal to me, the car was nice and he took care of it but just too much of a contrast, I like the fact that it now looks more coupe like and debadged, people ask me what it is [emoji1]


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[newsh]

Do you remove the soft top completely to fit the hard top? Or does it fit over?

[1781cc]

I pull the roof back (it's an electric roof cab) as if it's summer, then mount the fitting kit under the side flaps, the. The roof goes on, sliding into place on the fitting kit (electric demister plugs in and bypasses the fan behind the seats - which is useless) and then tightens up at the front, it's heavy, but it's solid when it's in


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[newsh]

Cool.

My son's girlfriend has a 2.6 Cab, S reg. The roof won't open though and it needs some love sounds gorgeous though, just purrs away. Can I get any info on the roof with vagcom? Are there common faults with the roof that we could look at?