My silver RS2 Project

[John.]

Send me your address and you can have my spare pair of bump stops

Dave, thank you, that's a very kind offer but at the rate you acquire projects you'll need them before I get around to getting the struts off my car !

Seriously though, I'm not in a hurry so have time to look into it.

Many thanks.

[Tractor Dave]

Send me your address and you can have my spare pair of bump stops

[John.]

I couldn't find the originals. The auto doc ones I ordered a couple of years back didn't fit at all. I have found bump stops from an alfa gtv that fit not too bad. I have a spare set here I think.
Alternatively, Classic Quattro (Simon) sells a set of bumps and boots that fit ok ish.

Cheers, I'll hunt around. CQ's could be a last resort .

[Tractor Dave]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306042966...Bk9SR_z1qa2YZQ

[Tractor Dave]

I couldn't find the originals. The auto doc ones I ordered a couple of years back didn't fit at all. I have found bump stops from an alfa gtv that fit not too bad. I have a spare set here I think.
Alternatively, Classic Quattro (Simon) sells a set of bumps and boots that fit ok ish.

[John.]

I have some new ones. The old ones were falling apart.

Were they easy to get, I ordered a kit from autodoc and only the gaiters were in the box so still need to get some.

[Tractor Dave]

I have some new ones. The old ones were falling apart.

[John.]

I also made a start cleaning up the parts required to re build the struts.

Are you fitting new bump stops or are the ones on the struts ok?

[Tractor Dave]

I also made a start cleaning up the parts required to re build the struts.




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[Tractor Dave]

Next job on the list is the front driveshafts.
They got a clean.


Marked and disassembled



Given a wire brush




Masked off and some zinc.



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[Tractor Dave]

I've had a nasty cold for the last few days and have done very little.
Today I cleaned up these (thanks Sal)and made up some rubber bits using some foam sheet.


Then I went to fit the exhaust but found that the sealing ring I ordered was the incorrect size.
The one I had enabled me to fit one side. Plenty of copper grease on the new ring helps these seat nicely.




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[K Simmonds]

That's a bit of a Ssd, getting paint to match a 30 year old metallic silver car is going to be difficult, sounds like a full respray apart from the roof if it's dent free may be the required.

Avant tailgates and bottom of B/4 wings are always the places rust first rears it head, though I expect you know this by now.

[Tractor Dave]

Its not bad. A few rusty bits bottom of front wings and couple of scabs around the windscreen.. A nasty dent in the drivers door and the odd small dent here and there.

[K Simmonds]

Fair play Dave that's starting to look really tidy now.

It's going to be a lovely car underneath, what the top side paint work like?

[Tractor Dave]

Here it is.


And now I can refit the heat shields.



Next job is the exhaust.
Cats got a scrub.


And I made some spring loaded mounts with some stainless tube and parts I had knocking about. The originals were missing.



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