New daily - 1.9TDI Avant

[Acidburn]

Quick question mate, where did you blank the EGR as looking at the picture it looks like its not been blanked off.

Ideally you want to blank both sides off but leave it still fitted so it doesn't register a fault.

Glad to hear it goes better, about time too.

[1781cc]

Hi mate, hope all is well with you!

I blanked the EGR lower down the metal pipe, closer to the exhaust manifold as it seemed easier to line the bolts up with the movement - does the same thing, just easier.

I tried to blank the other side but the holes on the duplicate plate are actually in a different position and don't line up so will need to make one from a cardboard template.

Can you bead blast manifolds to get them ultra smooth like new? Might consider doing that if I project this car as well :-)

[1781cc]

S2 bumpers repaired and sprayed by Geoff next to Bahnstorm, brackets on order with TPS - worth knowing that if you wanna go this route, the B4 and S2 brackets are very different!

[andy10v]

Which brackets?

[1781cc]

Which brackets?

The two that are attached to the subframe with 13mm bolts and then have a 4.5" allen key bolt running though them. We tried to line then up, but the B4 TDI brackets are about 1.2cm taller than the slot they go into on the bumper!

[Sleeper_Avant]

didnt know that, i got 2 you could have had

[jsws3]

I think roger painted them .

[Acidburn]

You need to change the title of this mate - My new project

[1781cc]

You need to change the title of this mate - My new project

Yeah, you called it mate - shoulda have known it would happen!

[1781cc]

Finally got the bumpers and cabriolet lights fitted front and rear at Bahnstorm, took me a while to work out how to get the old ones off and the new ones on - and I still need to do some jiggery/pokery to get the edges of the bumpers to sit completely flush, but overall, it has transformed the car visually.





I still have the sideskirts to go on, colour code various bits and satin black others, fit the S2 backbox and so on, but its all coming together nicely now and looks a lot more modern!






When I bought it:



Now:

[Christophski]

Looks good but why the change in wheels?

Also you still havent changed the thread title.... Hehe

[1781cc]

Looks good but why the change in wheels?

Also you still havent changed the thread title.... Hehe

These are the winter tyres mate, I had them on the B3 and the RS4's on here but swapped cause of the bad weather. Long term the RS4's will stay on that as I have some late model cabriolet alloys to go on this for the summer

[Christophski]

Ahh cool.

[Duffelcoat]

Looks good,

With the red colour after the polish, is the car returning to its faded state or is it remaining nice and fresh?

[1781cc]

Looks good,

With the red colour after the polish, is the car returning to its faded state or is it remaining nice and fresh?

Its staying fresh, but the new paint on the bumpers is making it look a little faded. I am going to book the car in with Geoff and get it mopped properly to bring all the panels together so the colour is uniform.

T-Cut and Autoglym Paint Renovator worked wonders, but I guess the acid test will be a hot summer UV assault