UrS6 Saloon restoration

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No,...i agree its your mates work but didn't you sand them down so he could lay a mirror finish on them?

[Wrath]

Don´t thank me, thank Thomas at TJB Pulverlack, they are mindblowing with their powdercoating, they even do pearl and chrome colors, and I have been a carpainter and you can´t see any different on their product vs 2k car paint , even the effect ones... I just deliver the stuff hehe

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Stunning work there wrath. Have fun with the room and window changes.

[Wrath]

Got my calipers today and some other stuff I have painted, all the other stuff is in the garage except the caliper thue to rebuild at home, only got pictures of these but here we go:

High temp stickers under a powder clear coat layer, no problem to bake them in oven of 190 degree Celsius. Super quality as always by TJB Pulverlack (PowderCoating) (Sweden, Holmsund)



A overlook of both calipers:



a picture of my homemade piston plug kit. The rings have a sleeve on them to prevent powder also inside the piston hole or how to explain. Works really great



Will not be able to do anything to the car this weekend as I'm hired of my brother to fix some rooms and window changes in his house... Carpenter time

[Wrath]

Thanks mate, I believe when I'm done with my car I have to buy a giant incubator to store it in... and if I drive it I have to park miles from nearest car park so I don´t get any dents or door marks.

[Harvester]

I love this precise and clean work .

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Yes please would be excellent as i have not pulled one of these cars apart yet.Cheers

[Wrath]

No haven't got any picture of it yet, as it still in packages as I'm going to deliver it to the garage, can take some picture later if you want...

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Any pictures of the nice new parts?

[Wrath]

Christmas is coming early this year Got some parcels from Germany/England/US that contains my new drilled brake disc 360x34, 310x22, 18z Porsche brake pads, UrS6 brake pads, new rear pistons for stock caliper, lower control arms, bolts for the chassie that wasn't reusable , new shock boots, Apikol diff mount, Apikol engine snub and a lot of other stuff that I can´t remember for the moment. Have also left some other stuff at the paint shop so hopefully next week some assembling will take part. Was thinking of doing the head but after finding out that my 3" flex tube has collapsed and plugged the exhaust system down to 0,75" I think I have to try start the car just with my downpipe to see if the stumble at idle has cured, if not the head will get a overhaul as well. Going to get my MDF tomorrow so I can make prototypes for my adapter kit and then have them made in either high strength aluminum or titanium as I have a friends dad that work with this material.

[Thuppu]

we have a cheap carpart store here in Sweden called Biltema (Cartheme) roughly translated and they only cost 50£ each, have a friend that has driven over 50.000km with his...

Good to know. I have the Biltema store 200 meters from home.

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You might have missed my edit have another look.

[Wrath]

The brand I used was Meyle HD (high durability) but they one only lasted 5000km so that route I will not go down again, we have a cheap carpart store here in Sweden called Biltema (Cartheme) roughly translated and they only cost 50£ each, have a friend that has driven over 50.000km with his... and mine was a lot more expensive than that. Otherwise I will go Lemförder or Ruville, they are high quality named brand that works great in my eyes. The brakes will be heavier but that´s not a problem as my stereo built weigh over 40kg with damping in the doors and such, just add more power you know

cheers

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Love your thread Wrath!! Impressive work there and total dedication to your URS6. Seeing your pictures is making me wish i was doing the same right now to mine. (I am just about to start the parts find suspension wise.I will be going standard suspension but your brake upgrades are very interesting to me.How does the weight of your new front calipers compare with the satndard URS6 front set up?

I read you didn't like the Lower front arms even though they were supposed to be a good make,can't think of the name of the top of my head.I guess i must avoid them.What have you settled for now.Maybe Genuine Audi front lower arms?

" May the Voursch be with you "

Not that you need it.

[Wrath]

The weekend passed and nothing got done, but today I went to my friends garage and we started dismantle the car as I arrived with a new car (in parts) my friend has already started and only the goodie part was left

Exhaust, front subframe, shocks, front and rear brakes etc. got taken out and nothing was rusted to the vehicle, probably as I wash it every week and grease things up when needed. Noticed some extra part that needs paint and also I haven´t got the special tool for my Bilsteins, ordered that today, so it´s a bit of stand still for now, will get my Porsche caliper back from the paintshop this week and perhaps all the brake discs/pads etc. Meanwhile if I got the time the rear subframe with everything will get torn down. So a little progress is going on



Out with the old and in with the new. The white box is my B12 kit and the brownish looking has more painted chassie part for the rear:



Only thing I will reuse is the wheel bearings, front struts and rear hubs, every other thing is brand new or sandblasted and powdercoated. Was intending to reuse the lower control arm or what they are called but one had a vobble feeling to it (SBP, Swedish Tüv) made a remark about it last summer so they will hit the bin and two freshly will be picked up tomorrow.