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  • newsh
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    • Aug 2003
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    #166
    Bo, thanks for that pic, it helps to get another angle on it.

    Yeah Jim, they are rubbish, I'd already decided to not use them. If the ally tubes are no good too, I've wasted some money

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    • smogthemog
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      • Oct 2006
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      #167
      I found the ally tubes to be too soft and they just distorted when I did the clamps up and thus leaked

      I did exactly the same mate, bought all my stuff off EBay then realised I had purchased stuff not up to the job

      My first purchase is here: http://www.audifans.net/modules.php?...ghlight=#82020

      My second fit up is here: http://www.audifans.net/modules.php?...wtopic&t=15234
      Jim B
      97 S6 AAN Quattro Avant C4 | Powerflow Cat Back EX | Milltek Hyperboost RV | MAC N75 Valve | FMIC | HID's (Dip & Fog's)| MRC Re-map SII | Carbon interior | De-chromed | Short shift | Samco Air Hoses |

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      • newsh
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        #168
        Originally posted by smogthemog
        I found the ally tubes to be too soft and they just distorted when I did the clamps up and thus leaked
        TBH I knew I was in trouble when I saw the stuff was made in China.

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        • 4WheelDrifter
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          • Oct 2004
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          #169
          John, your T piece is probably different to Bo's as your car is '92 and Bo's is '91. I'm guessing you have the 2-piece trim under the headlights, whereas Bo originally had the single piece that bolts to that T section.

          I'll go back to doing other geek stuff now.
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          • newsh
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            #170
            Yep, you're right!

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            • s2_bo
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              • Oct 2005
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              #171
              Originally posted by 4WheelDrifter
              John, your T piece is probably different to Bo's as your car is '92 and Bo's is '91. I'm guessing you have the 2-piece trim under the headlights, whereas Bo originally had the single piece that bolts to that T section.

              I'll go back to doing other geek stuff now.
              Sometimes you worry me stu you know things that people shouldn't know... - Its ok though, as long as no one asks you about paint codes..
              91 S2 coupé - RIP
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              • newsh
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                #172
                Or tyre sizes...

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                • newsh
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                  #173
                  Getting there now, I've had a couple of days of this and I can see why it takes a long time, I've had a couple of lucky breakthroughs though, the RS2 IC hose I've had for a while was cut to do the top section from the 90 bend to the 3B tube (blue and purple, eh? The bit left over ended up being perfect for going behind the X-Member when I realised my original plan wasn't going to work cos the headlight wouldn't fit.
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                  • newsh
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                    #174
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                    • newsh
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                      #175
                      I was knocked out by the fit of the bumper, perfect, with a few mm clearance above and below the IC but had forgotten I'd taken the rubber off the snub mount and it will not now fit.. So I've got some thinking to do, the X-member is actually a little low now and I've cut the flanges off to make it look nice, so I'm looking at shortening the snub bracket and spacing the X-member a little..
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                      • newsh
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                        #176
                        I'm starting to lose my mind with this project, I've ovaled the holes in the XM and it will now fit over the Snub mount rubber, just, with a little trimming of the rubber, but now the XM is so high the bumper wont go on, basically it was at a perfect height before...

                        So my only solution (apart from major mods to the XM which will only weaken it) is to make or mod a snub bracket.. I have a plan developing..

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                        • 4WheelDrifter
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                          #177
                          Stick with it John. You're getting there.
                          As long as you can get the lower grilles back in at the end.
                          SS

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                          • newsh
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                            #178
                            Wanted I5 snub mount bracket "for experimental purposes"

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                            • s2_bo
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                              #179
                              Hope you get it to work john, What are you planning now? A different snub mount?
                              91 S2 coupé - RIP
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                              • newsh
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                                #180
                                Hope you don't mind me cloging up your thread with all my ramblings Bo
                                Still at least we'll end up with the "S2Bo X-Member Monster IC plumbing above and below methods" in the same thread

                                It was all going well again till this snub problem appeared.

                                I'm thinking of removing the front from a snub bracket and bolting another spigot to it in the correct place.

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