My RS2 story

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are there many Audis of this era in NZ?
I have muttered about moving there with the family for a few years.

Not really but it depends what your after?

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These are the pics of the car when my brother found it out the back of the Audi dealership:

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Pics from the auction houses website:

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The car as it was delivered to Dads car yard (via transporter). It was filthy inside and out:



The boot:



The floor carpet is missing as was the cargo cover. After hunting high and low I finally found a cargo cover.

The dash:



Stupid lights/alarm stuff in the buttons which have now been replaced with factory blanks. Ive also replaced the radio.

Dash top:



The LED is for the laser jammers. Also tweeters have been put (a good job has been done) into the little air vents.

Crack on the rear bumper and rear light, as well as marks on the bumper corner:



The engine bay before it was cleaned:



A pic of the inside after a quick clean:

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What the bumpers looked like before they got repainted:

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Car at the painters:

Front:



Rear:



Bottom of the front bumper:

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I then took the car to a paintless dent removal guy to take out all the supermarket dents. He did a great job.

Then once I got the car back I spent spent 7+ hours clay barring and polishing it using Meguiars products:

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The car didnt come with any service history but I knew that the brakes (discs and pads) were replaced 15,000kms before I purchased the car.

Ive replaced the coolant, oil with a factory filter, plugs, pollen filter, boost pipes, 710N DV and cambelt:

Roose Boost Pipes:



Cambelt parts:




and I also purchased a 710N DV.

[DJones]

Nice story, as said thanks for sharing it. that's a cracking motor you have, well done.

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As I stated in my first post the car had an odd tyre on the front right. The 3 other tyres were Yokohama Advan A-046D which was a standard fitment on Evo VII's. A mate of mine owns the Goodyear tyre store, I went to pay him a visit about the odd tyre issue. He doesnt deal in second hand tyres but has a small shelf of 20 odd used tyres in stock. To my luck he had two Yokohama Advan A-046D in stock! Both the same tread depth as what was already on the car. One went to replace the odd tyre on the car, the second onto the spare
After traveling on them for a few weeks though I figured out they were over sized (235/45/17) and a bee's doodle from rubbing on the rear suspension. The sidewalls were also to hard for the suspension and would crash and bash about, and there was also a tramlining issue. I decided to purchase a new set of Goodyear F1's (225/40/17) which I have been very happy with.

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Also, I forgot to add I have some new Bilsteins for the car (yet to be fitted):

[Mäki]

Really good story and I'm happy that the RS2 got the right owner as well!
I'm looking forward to some more updates.

//Marcus

[gbleenz]

Awesome car & interesting story. I'm sure I saw you in the viaduct not too long ago... ERL***??

I call shotgun if you ever sell it :mischeif:

[sal_s2]

Looks like its had a superchip modification at some point judging by the adjuster on the wastegate cap

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Looks like its had a superchip modification at some point judging by the adjuster on the wastegate cap

Correct, not done by me though, Ive just got a set of factory chips for it to put it back to standard.