Giving the S2 some love

[Ian Simmonds]

Walking through Tescos earlier I spied their 'luxury' car mats (all £19.97's tight-arseworth). Now bear in mind our S2 has muddy boots, dogs and kiddies through it on a daily basis, the original VAG mats were cream crackered and the chances are, this set will be likewise in about a year. Anyway, stood there looking at the Tescos ones and thought they probably wouldn't be too far off, so bought them...

And bunged them in...





Not a bad fit at all, with decent back gripper surface and a deep pile... Just need a dry day to hoover the old girl out now...

[jogi730]

Glad there is so much life in the old girl to still set pulses racing. You're so lucky to have 3 magnificent claasics to choose from and enjoy.

[Christophski]

I too did my boot seal a few weekends ago but mine seems to be dry.. .My sunrroof doesnt though lol.

[Ian Simmonds]

Glad to see you've still got it, at least you know of a spares car local

just needs some s8's on it as one of you're earlier shots is crying out for them.

Pete, don't! I keep looking at 18" rims... The temptation is getting too much.

[Acidburn]

Glad to see you've still got it, at least you know of a spares car local

just needs some s8's on it as one of you're earlier shots is crying out for them.

[Ian Simmonds]

During the cold weather a couple of weeks ago the boot gas struts gave up the ghost, so I ordered a new pair from SGS Engineering, these I fitted about a fortnight ago... Likewise, at a similar time I was d!ckimg about with the rear headlining... Anyway, monsoon commeth and bootlid leaketh... So today I searched the forum threads and found one about rotating the boot rubber. So, I removed it, lovingly cleaned it all up and moved it around, and, so far, its.

Also took the Ur quattro on a 100 mile run to pick up the inlaws first thing.... Oh good gawd, driven hard, that car is 'an event'... Not as fast as the S2, but... oh, as mad as a box of frogs....

[Christophski]

Very nice. Its always fun to hear these sounds lol.

On a side note, you will notice (as I did) that the side lights now do not match the headlight colour... I tried several new side light bulbs of different brand and strength and even some of those blue ones to see if I coudl get a match so it looked more 'uniform' but couldnt. If you manage to figure it out, share it with me bud lol. I hate having them not match and its driven me insane since I purchased the car nearly 5 years ago.

[Ian Simmonds]

Oh, the other thing of note, after noting the intake/wastegate 'shee-thumm' on aggressive change-ups, along with the exhaust note from the Miltek, we gave it a bit of a ragging, in the cool air tonight and its now also doing a muffled detonation through the exhaust on high rpm change up, which is like the rallyrep and ur... Its all rather lovely...

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, had a good day with the cars (S2 and the Ur)... Sorted out a couple of trim issues on the S2 and replaced the bulbs and wipers, also replaced the passenger side under dash trim and strengthened the coolant for winter... The new bulbs have made a vast difference in total darkness, and certainly worth the effort.

Here's a piccie in daylight... the blue tint is visible...



Also took some piccies of the S2 in the late afternoon sun...

[Ian Simmonds]

They make such an improvement mate. I have them in mine and its loads better. Not as good as HID's or ellipsoids but still loads better than normal. ust watch out for melting the fuses. Mine keeps melting on the fuses.

Ah... okay... Noted...

[Christophski]

They make such an improvement mate. I have them in mine and its loads better. Not as good as HID's or ellipsoids but still loads better than normal. ust watch out for melting the fuses. Mine keeps melting on the fuses.

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, they've arrived, be putting them in tomorrow...



Should be interesting....

[Ian Simmonds]

Quick question Chris, I've just ordered two Philips Headlight BulbXtreme Power H4 472 Bulbs, and ISTR you ordered some a while back, are they a lot better than standard?

[Ian Simmonds]

What power is it supposed to be running with what bits done? Bout time we heard of someones car running well hahaha. Luck its a green avant too. Gives me inspiration to finish my top end rebuild over the next few days.... Now where did I put my spanners????

I'd guess around the 280/290 mark, its an mtm stage two map with turbo back Miltek... And EFIExpress coilpack conversion... It does appear to be in rather rude health at the moment, especially further up in the, and 'beyond' naughty zone...

[Christophski]

What power is it supposed to be running with what bits done? Bout time we heard of someones car running well hahaha. Luck its a green avant too. Gives me inspiration to finish my top end rebuild over the next few days.... Now where did I put my spanners????