Project "Sooty"

[Knight Rider S4]

Looking good Jas ....

[Error404]

looking great Jas. Can't believe the transformation.

Might be able to help you out out with the front springs, got a brand new pair here, only thing is i'm not sure what brand or rate but they are approx -40mm

[Jas11n]

looking great Jas. Can't believe the transformation.

Might be able to help you out out with the front springs, got a brand new pair here, only thing is i'm not sure what brand or rate but they are approx -40mm

Thanks matey.
PM me about the springs

Jas..

[S2central.net]

Ben you just need chapters 45 & 46 from the 1994>> binder to cover the basics and 16 for the cruise control. I'll not bother with t'others as you say. Tis about 30 pages in all. Ping me over the weekend to remind me... I'll likely scan 'em into PDF and host them for easy access for all. Actually it might be a good test of my clickable resource idea

Paul

Done this now - a week late but hey... Put some others in there for good measure.

http://s2central.net/80TDi/Schematics/schema.html

Paul

[4WheelDrifter]

Great project Jas.

[s2avant]

Done this now - a week late but hey... Put some others in there for good measure.

http://s2central.net/80TDi/Schematics/schema.html

Paul

Spot on timing. I'm going to tackle my foglight/headlight switch issue this afternoon. Will also be attempting to get the front foglights working. This is just what I need instead of muddling through with a combo of B4 80 and B5 A4 diagrams.

Ben

[Jas11n]

Spot on timing. I'm going to tackle my foglight/headlight switch issue this afternoon. Will also be attempting to get the front foglights working. This is just what I need instead of muddling through with a combo of B4 80 and B5 A4 diagrams.

Ben

Still not managed to get round to doing this myself yet Ben. You have any luck?

Things have slowed somewhat over the last week on the project.
Two slipped discs have seen me laid out over the last four days. Fourth time in six months and it's getting to be a pain in the arsss...e................back.

Have managed to rub down and paint the S2 avant rear bumper, that in itself was is huge task for someone who knows little about painting large items like this, not to mention trying to do it while not being able to move, but the exercise will do me good.
Even with an offer off my bro of fitting it, doesn't look possible for the next two days at least with the weather YET AGAIN throwing a huge spanner in the works.
No worries though, it's not like I'm in a rush.




Dog approved respray

[s2avant]

Have a look in the relay/fuse box under the bonnet. If you've got a foglight relay in there (top left corner above the horn relay) then you will only need one wire on your car. Once I've sorted mine I will sort out a photo and some diagrams for you.

Also worth noting that you can remove the 4 way switch bracket with cubbyhole and the fittings are already there for more switches. You just need an 8 way trim which is about £3 from the stealers. The blanks are silly money though (just under £5 each) so I'd go ebay for those.

Mine is a PITA as it's MY95 and they deleted the relay and used larger wire to direct the full feed via the headlight switch. I've got to upgrade the wiring from the headlamp switch to the main fuseboard as well as fitting the extra wire. I got a switch and loom from Azman so hopefully MattS2 and myself will sort it tomorrow (Weather permitting)

Ben

[Jas11n]

Thanks Ben
I have a relay in the fusebox and already got hold of the full width switch bracket and some blanks from my old 90.
Just need to get on and do it at some point.

Jas..

[macspring]

Sorry to hear about you back. BTDT

Car's looking fab.

Looking forward to seeing the back of it when the rear bumper's fitted.

It would like good slightly lower?

Best wishes.

[Jas11n]

Car's looking fab.

Looking forward to seeing the back of it when the rear bumper's fitted.

It would like good slightly lower?

Best wishes.

Thanks David.
Yeah, will lower it, thinking 30-35mm. That's a job to look at in the next couple of months.

Jas..

[BRY]

Yup, PC's right. Trim getting colour coded along with door handles. Daft not to get the painter to paint the small trim bit in red on the new offside wing while he was on.

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated. Makes it worthwhile when you get some encouragement. Not like my other half who rolls her eyes most of the time

Run down of cash spent and time taken;

1/ Car itself = £250
2/ Headlamps, indicators and fogs = £100
3/ Wing = £0
4/ Wing and bumper painting = £40
5/ Primer and laser red spray paint = £16
6/ S2 Avant rear bumper = £70
7/ Headunit = £40
8/ New gear gaiter = £14
9/ New "AUDI" badge = £14
10/ New "1.9" badge = £6
11/ New TD"i" badge = £8.50
12/ New centre four rings badge = £0
13/ New switch bulbs etc = £0.50p
14/ New dash bulbs = £2
15/ Wiper blades (aerowipers) = £14.20
16/ White side repeaters = £6
17/ Bad back, bleeding fingers, swearing, elbow grease and so on = £0

Total of £581 or there abouts. All the other stuff used I had as spares already.

Interior cleaning = 4 hours,
Dash bulbs, switch/ciggie lighter/ashtray bulbs, gear gaiter, steering wheel = 2 hours,
Boot loom = 1 hour,
Wing, bumper, door adjust and headlamps/fogs etc = 3 hours,
Exterior from start to LSP finish = 10 approx.

Total approx of 20 hours, give or take an hour or two.

Jas..

S2 Front Bumper ?

[Jas11n]

S2 front bumper I already had Bry, a freebie off a chap with a cricket green S2 Coupe you may have seen at Croft a year ago.
Got another two in the loft also. One of them brand new in primer bought off ebay last year, incorrectly listed.........for £100 other was bought slightly damaged off a chap on here (Chris - neebover) who had a police car reverse into his.

Jas..

[BRY]

I'll let you off then.

[dubmeister]

So far, it's turned out pretty well for a spend of around £580 "including" the car




Jas..

Nice Job

Hard to believe it's the same car

and for that sort of money you've got more to blow on the S2