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  • S2central.net
    Retired OG Mod
    • Jul 2003
    • 16590
    • Country: Northern Ireland

    #1

    Dopey side indicators

    The ones on front wing... Had both of them dangling out of the V6Q with broken aftermarket lenses - the fried egg look - not cool...

    Anyway - sourced a couple of spares from a 1992 80 that was being broken - and figured 1 minute maximum to swap the lenses over... Oh no - that would be much too simple.

    The connector hoods on my car did not match those from the donor - even though they are both 1992 Audi 80 models - very bizarre... I should have photo'd it, but the factory orange lenses have two little tabs that slide into slots in the housing... These slots dont exist on my housings.

    So for an easy life I just cut the oddball housing of my loom and set about splicing in the right ones for the orange lenses... Bit fiddly as you need to be careful the cable assembly doesn't fall back into the wing - ending up crimping them together nicely with two layers of heatshrink for good measure.

    So I have street legal indicators now - wahey !

    Had no idea there was different variants on these - cannot see it on family album.
    Paul Nugent
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    1994 S2 Coupe ABY - aka Project Lazarus
    2001 A6 allroad 2.5TDi - family tank
    2003 S4 Avant 4.2 V8 - daily burble

    Purveyor of HomeFries and Exclusive agent for Samco hose kits (S2/RS2)

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  • lind4hl
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Jul 2008
    • 2465
    • Country: Sweden

    #2
    i dropped my cable down inside there, and i am sure i wont do it again

    are you surprised that german cars have different parts the sam year?

    One thing i've learned we are way behind the Scandinavians!

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    • S2central.net
      Retired OG Mod
      • Jul 2003
      • 16590
      • Country: Northern Ireland

      #3
      Its not multiple parts per year that bugs me - its just no visibility of such details on the parts system is so UN-German if I may be so bold and nationally stereotyped. Its a silly trivial issue on this lens of course - but makes you wonder what other things have been missed...
      Paul Nugent
      Webmaster http://S2central.net
      Administrator http://S2forum.com

      1994 S2 Coupe ABY - aka Project Lazarus
      2001 A6 allroad 2.5TDi - family tank
      2003 S4 Avant 4.2 V8 - daily burble

      Purveyor of HomeFries and Exclusive agent for Samco hose kits (S2/RS2)

      There are only 10 kinds of people that understand binary - those that do, and those that don't

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