Over the weekend the front suspension & subframe was removed. Thankfully it all came apart quiet easily, and other than someone changing a CV boot at one point it's very unmolested by the hand of the bodge. I cannot stand a dirty wheel arch!
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Usual rust issues on all the suspension components, however there is very little on the outer and inner arches.
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Bushes are also well passed there best
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The hand of bodge. One of the parts changed has been bodged!. God only know what brand CV boot was used but it was the very cheapest.
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Joints on the mechanism that controls the self levelling headlights were all sized.
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The mounting points for the sensor had also corroded way to nothing. Once I tried to remove the bolt it just fell out and only powder was left.
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No matter how much genital prying and pen fluid I tried the ABS sensors would not come out! So they got a gentle tap with a BFH which removed them. New ones are cheap enough so no big issue with them being damaged.
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Looks like someone splashed on on the brake pads!
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Front bearing were also not in the best of condition, leaking grease and were a little to free moving for my liking.
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Don't usually see an inner CV boot failure
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Forgot about this! It's also had a single spring replaced. This one is made by KYB the other one side is still the original Audi one and it's covered in rust
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These were the only parts that refused to come off so were given some gentle persuasion with the angle grinder, to chop the nuts off.
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While I'm under the car I think I'll chop these off and fit some new one. Think it's only good will holding these together.
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Found a leak on one of the PAS hoses when the subframe was removed so that will need to be replaced.
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When I looked around at TT's there were many nice ones at about £3K, however when contacting the owners asking details on the cars not one of them had any work done on the underside other than usual maintenance of brakes and the like. So all of them will be needing this sort of work at some point or they will end up on the scrap heap. For UK cars unless someone has looked after them very well then most 20 year old TT with 100K + miles will all need some serious attention to the running gear. It's why I wanted a car with minimal body work issues and cheap so I can put some money into the car and bring it up to a £3K ish motor.
1-arch.jpg
Usual rust issues on all the suspension components, however there is very little on the outer and inner arches.
4-rust.jpg
5-rust.jpg
Bushes are also well passed there best
2-1-bush.jpg
2-bush.jpg
The hand of bodge. One of the parts changed has been bodged!. God only know what brand CV boot was used but it was the very cheapest.
3-cable.jpg
Joints on the mechanism that controls the self levelling headlights were all sized.
6-level.jpg
The mounting points for the sensor had also corroded way to nothing. Once I tried to remove the bolt it just fell out and only powder was left.
7-sensor.jpg
No matter how much genital prying and pen fluid I tried the ABS sensors would not come out! So they got a gentle tap with a BFH which removed them. New ones are cheap enough so no big issue with them being damaged.
8-abs.jpg
Looks like someone splashed on on the brake pads!
9-brembo.jpg
Front bearing were also not in the best of condition, leaking grease and were a little to free moving for my liking.
10-bearings.jpg
Don't usually see an inner CV boot failure
11-boot.jpg
Forgot about this! It's also had a single spring replaced. This one is made by KYB the other one side is still the original Audi one and it's covered in rust
12-spring.jpg
These were the only parts that refused to come off so were given some gentle persuasion with the angle grinder, to chop the nuts off.
13-nuts.jpg
While I'm under the car I think I'll chop these off and fit some new one. Think it's only good will holding these together.
14-exhaust.jpg
Found a leak on one of the PAS hoses when the subframe was removed so that will need to be replaced.
15-pas.jpg
When I looked around at TT's there were many nice ones at about £3K, however when contacting the owners asking details on the cars not one of them had any work done on the underside other than usual maintenance of brakes and the like. So all of them will be needing this sort of work at some point or they will end up on the scrap heap. For UK cars unless someone has looked after them very well then most 20 year old TT with 100K + miles will all need some serious attention to the running gear. It's why I wanted a car with minimal body work issues and cheap so I can put some money into the car and bring it up to a £3K ish motor.
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