S2 Avant -93

[Antsa]

Now that the doors are all painted, the insides got the sound deadening treatment. You can clearly see by the white spots how the oem sound deadening was made.


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This is the product that I used

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Butyl mat laid down. A roller is a must have tool when installing this.


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Foam liner was laid on top of the butyl mat and the crash bar attached

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Rear doors were done too. They still had the original sound deadening on. A little warming with the wifes hair dryer and with some help of a steel spatula they came out pretty easily. The leftover glue was soaked with thinners and wiped off.

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Done

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[Antsa]

Thank you sir! It took some time to get there. I accidentally polished through the clear coat once resulting in one door needed to be painted again But it was my mistake and now I know how to handle the rotary polisher a little better.

[Nuvo]

Very nice results there, the finish looks like black mirror glass.

[Antsa]

I had a couple of days to do some painting again, so it was time to give the doors one more coat of clear and then wet sand plus buff.


So it was time to set up my spray booth once again


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This is better than last time but still no flat finish straight off the gun. This time it was not the clear coat that was at fault but rather the painter lacking skills. Wet sanding will take care of the orange peel fortunately. I changed my clearcoat to one that does not need baking but instead it's meant to be airdried. The panels could be wet sanded only two hours after finishing painting

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After sanding and buffing I decided to use this ceramic coating to protect the surface

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Final results can be seen here. I'm quite satisfied

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[Antsa]

Oh boy it has almost been a year since my last post.

Today was a nice weather to do some painting again, this time the doors and hinges got some color. I set up the spraybooth in my carport again.


Doors ready for paint

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Basecoat down

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Clearcoat

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I had an issue with my almost a year old clear coat. The stuff was too thick and came out really orange peely, I tried to save the paint job by adding more thinner to the last coat but this is what I'm left with. It is not major problem since these will be sanded and re-cleared anyway.

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My sauna was again a paint drying oven

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The hinges were baked outside

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That was all for today, next up is wet sanding the doors and giving them one more coat of clear followed by another wet sanding and buffing for the mirror like finish.

[Antsa]

Awesome stuff.......I like the puddle lights, very neat. Just curious, where or to what did you connect the lights - i.e. where are you getting power for the lights? I know I don't have the courage or the skill to drill/cut a hole in my door, so just curious

I used a relay that powers both the footwell lights and the puddle lights. Relay coil is earthed via the roof light switch (which is the then goes to earth via the central locking pump). So every time a door is open the lights will be on

[Antsa]

A nice little addition.

Thanks mate

[Mr G]

Awesome stuff.......I like the puddle lights, very neat. Just curious, where or to what did you connect the lights - i.e. where are you getting power for the lights? I know I don't have the courage or the skill to drill/cut a hole in my door, so just curious

[Greg_S]

A nice little addition.

[Antsa]

Then it was time to drill a hole for the lights


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Fitted

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Some wiring had to be done. So the doorcard came off

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Looks good to me. Now I can settle and enjoy the dark Finnish autumn and winter

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[Antsa]

I finally got to installing the puddle lights. First job was to measure the clearance between the door and the sill. I used some reusable Blu-Tack adhesive to do that. I then compared the clearance to the puddle light thickness and I came to the conclusion that they will fit.

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Then it was time to fit correct terminals and connectors

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I could not help myself and I had to test the lights before mounting them to the doors

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[Antsa]

where in Finland are you located btw?

Sorry mate I forgot to answer you. I live in Oulu You?

[Filip_FIN]

Kiitos! How is your car coming together?

Not been in g arage for whole summer , next is to move the car to a friends garage so he can weld the preassure pipes / intercooler

where in Finland are you located btw?

[Antsa]

Where did you buy Meyle window lifter switches, where did you but the complete set of aero blades,the floor rubber mats ? Great job with your car. Best Regards

The lifter switches are from spareto, the retrofit wiper kit is from eBay (nla from the dealer) and the rubber mats are just a generic item from local car parts store. I just cut them to shape. They are not very pretty but they are better in the winter than the original fabric mats.

[Antsa]

Hienosti tehty, looking good !

Kiitos! How is your car coming together?