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Yes. Currently still keeping the ABC alive to be able to keep driving it until the VR6 swap.
Need to decide if a full paint job or the engine swap gets priority.
That was the time I was still on audiforum.nl when it was a fun forum. I was planning on attending a meeting back then.
For me audiforum.nl is all about who has the best lease car, so I lost interest and found this forum where the oldies still get attention.
There are a lot of pictures in my build topic though.
JW
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Nice to see the progress again and share that with us! I'd vote byzanz as well. Such a nice color.
About the fat 5 wheels: they are from a slightly later period. So although I like them a lot, is there not an older wheel that would be to your liking? Ofcourse the Bolero's come to mind, however not sure if those are to be had in Canada...Leave a comment:
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Got the clear on it last night and this morning and put it out in the sun
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The wife prefers byzanz too. I must admit pre clearcoat it was hands down the winner. But with clear and in the sun, i am firmly back on the fence..... arrrrgh. The byzanz is certainly more subtle tho, which may be what wins in the long run.
I gotta get a wiggle on this now. I've got a minor medical procedure in 2 weeks suddenly and supposedly 4-6 weeks till i can do labour again. About when i expect my window will open at the body shop.
I have an evening's worth of welding and softline work to truely finish the AC, i want to weld up the antenna hole in the roof. I also want to find an appropriately sized tire for the 8.5" wheels and determine once and for all if i need to do any fender work. Or indeed if these wheels are possible at all. And in orser to save some $$ at the bodyshop, sand down the primer....
Oh, and remove the drivetrain and swap suspension....Leave a comment:
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That is exactly the color choice I am looking to make for my sedan.
Leaning towards byzanz because of the rarity and period correctness.
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Decisions decisions....
merlin on the left, byzanz on the right. Before i sprayed, i thought merlin was a forgone conclusion. Pretty sure byzanz takes it.... (ZERO fender prep, just primed over whatever surface was there)
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And did some more poking at the wheels. Suuuuper tight fitment up front. Flirting with stretched tires i would think....which are pretty stupid in my opinion. Hmmmm
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Hmmmm.
Rears fit no problem. Fronts are tight. I may decide to work my spare set of fenders and get both painted and decide later? The only fat fives i have seen of late are still attached to the car they came with....so close lol. Only 30kms from home too..... must be patient...
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So, on the positive side, i can now say i can tig weld aluminum tubes. On the negative side, i never wanna do that again lol. I have a few tabs to add to them but the AC pipes are all made. It sucked lol. The LAST fitting took 4 attempts.... (of course).
Anyways, i gotta go thru my stuff and then order up the soft line bits i need and then i can wrap up the fabrication once and for all??Leave a comment:
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Shouldnt need to roll with 8,5 wheels as long as your ET isnt bonkers.Leave a comment:
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Right, swage tool here, instantly made welding pipes easier. Still a fugly joint but i'll get there..... should have the ac plumbed in a coupla days now.
And i have got the colour almost sorted. It's goin purple. down to 2 shades of it. Aerosols on order and my spare fender is prepped. Only question left to answer bodywise is whether or not i need to make room for 8.5" wheels or not. It'd probably be better to see if i need to roll things BEFORE it gets painted lol
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Well, learnin stuff is hard.... tig welding thinwall aluminum tubing to start is definitely starting not at the beginning lol.
Got a few tubes started. The joints are ugly. Then i screwed up a measurement had hafta restart lol.... oops. I am going to get a swage tool and maybe make my life easier with fillet welds as oppsed to butt welds on not perfect fitment.
Regardless, finished in a few days i think.
My paint samples have arrived so i'm gonna get started on that. No huge rush as i called the body shop and it looks like i'll be delayed a month getting in there.
Basically, i hope to be stripping the car in the next couple weeks and sanding it down again and getting ready to send it out and pay a rediculous bill........ sigh...Leave a comment:
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I'll play with things more soon. Thanks for the info.
In the meantime, i am starting to prep things to get painted. I stripped the interior (or what little i had in it) last night. The aluminum tubing for the ac system arrive today, along with a cheap bender for it. I'll spend the next few days forming n welding that up. Once that's done, i think it'll be time to pull the engine and finalize the scheduling for paint. I've got samples arriving today so that'll probably get sorted this weekend.....or at least narrowed down.
I am also possibly changing wheel choice. The set i am picking up tonight is 18", which i think might be too big for this car but, they are selling cheap so not detrimental if i don't like them on this. They may work on my s6 though so that could be a fallback plan.
The other choice is 17" but no luck just yet. I can find them in 5x100 all day long but 5x112 is proving elusive. I of course found a set (in toronto) when i was browsing initially a couple years ago (i sorta feel i "settled" on the avus wheels) but now that i am serious, hen's teeth....Leave a comment:
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