My Coupe typ 89

[S_R_99]

Hello everyone!

This is my first car - Audi Coupe 2.3 FWD
I bought it almost two years ago in actually poor condition. The side skirts were smashed, the front bumper was cracked, paint was ruined, some trim was missing in the boot..... etc But there was something about it... Maybe it was the sound of five pots, maybe something else.

Some pics from previous owner




In first days I got better front bumper (it had a crack too but it was in better overall condition), installed fog lights, and tried to polish the paint


The time went and in November installed new shocks and springs on the front



The car was on steel wheels, there was something to do about that -





I got the wheels with these -




Because boot opener was broken I decided to install elecrtic one from ebay


Installed missing boot trim too


Then there was time for upgrades in cockpit In winter I got my hands on instrument cluster with autocheck and board computer, new steering wheel and new type panel with airbag



I played with LED's in the cluster and now in the night it looks like this


And a few days ago installed new seats in front and back (much much better condition than old ones)


and outside temperature display


There were many small things done that I can't remember now but the work never stops ...
In two or three weeks I am going to respray the car because the paint is very very poor.

Thats it for now

[Nuvo]

Good to see another 10v get some attention.

[benntenn67]

I like these threads - before & after improvements Good move getting rid of THAT boot spoiler !! keep up the good work

[S_R_99]

I found some more pics of what else has been done to my coupe

Working autocheck and board computer


Bumper grille made from 2 standard Audi 80 B3 bumper grilles


"New" transmission, because old one was starting to make very annoying noise while driving at any speed, and brand new clutch


Little bit more sound in the front


And upgraded front grille

[S_R_99]

A small teaser of what I am going to do a few weeks...

[S_R_99]

So, in two years time I finally found time to respray my car.



Taking off almost anything possible.










Slowly putting everything back together







And now it looks like this









Before and after






And last week it was raining outside so I made this

[sidrick]

Great work

[Sparky_s2]

Really nice things you done on the car =)

[S_R_99]

Coupe vs Calibra

[Rikki Kitto]

So, in two years time I finally found time to respray my car.



Taking off almost anything possible.










Slowly putting everything back together







And now it looks like this









Before and after






And last week it was raining outside so I made this

That colour is the nutz, nnniiiccceeee

[S_R_99]

Today I wanted to just wash and clean my car so I took my "Box of many things"



BUT there was one thing I wanted to know - What will happen if I tried to polish my polyurethane paint on the car?
So I tried...





On the left side of pictures I did nothing but on right side you can see the result.

And finnaly washed my car

[S_R_99]

Some new things I have done

At last, it was time to put on new exhaust manifold, the old one had a crack on it, and it made annoying noise, I wanted to put new one on for a while, but there was no free time to do that. But 3 weeks ago I found time to do it.

I bought everything and started to work






Some bolts on intake were poor, so I used 45 torx and a hammer


After some time i managed to take off K-Jet


Old manifold


No manifold


New manifold with the cover


There is everything that was left from gaskets and old cover


Cleaned lower part of intake


And all back together again


I changed the oil filter, oil, many gaskets, and all the bushes and mounts on front suspension

Installed fully restored starter motor because old one started to work strange, it sort of worked but sometimes there was just a "click" and nothing else. Now it's like it should be - you turn the key and just drive


And last 2 weeks I am trying to finish interior re-trimming because old roof trim was starting to hang like a curtain


Cleaned and prepared the roof


The glue


After 6 hours


Sunroof


One of pillars








Tomorrow or so I hope to finish all the bits left and put this all back together (the roof and sunroof already re-installed)

[Error404]

Trimming looks great.
You should remove the engine and paint the engine bay to match the body.

What LEDs did you use for the instrument cluster?

[Greg_S]

Retrim looks really well done. Have you any details on how you tackled it as I suspect I will need to do my sunroof in the near future?

[S_R_99]

Led's are 5 and 3 mm red and 3 mm white. I don't remember what brightness they were but I used resistors to make it look good (not too bright not too dark). If there is an interest I could post pictures how I did it.

About engine bay.. I want to paint it, but I don't want to take the engine out for now.. If everything goes well than maybe I will put something more powerful than NG , and then paint it. For now it's ok.

About re-trim, I just took everything apart, removed old material and glue and then glued new one on. Glue was Glue no 88 (also called rubber glue or something like that) just put it on wait about 10 min and then put anything you want to glue on it.