Audi A1 by mgpdoc ••

[mgpdoc]

So time to throw some money into maintenance.

Despite the 60k kms, the brake feel wasnt what i wanted.

So car went up in the air for some changes.

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New stuff

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Nothing crazy, just regular quality stuff for new discs and pads

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July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Old ones seemed tired, however there was much life left in them. Either way they were thrown away, pads and discs.

Old ones

Fronts

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July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr


Rears

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New Fronts

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New rears

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And I also machined these on the lathe, because they would rub against the top mount chassis and i thought they stressed the system while cornering.

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July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Installed in place

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July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

More on that later, on the next post.

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

I am so happy when I see there is an update on one of your thread....Your cars and UNBELIEVABLE.

Thank you mate
Always a pleasure to see more people enjoying this journey.

Cheers

Mike

[Kalin]

I am so happy when I see there is an update on one of your thread....Your cars and UNBELIEVABLE.

[mgpdoc]

So i have some more, major and sadly not cheap updates i have to show you.
Let me start with the more simple and straight forward ones.

First, the MMI surround. A fellow A1 member, Wilmer, pointed out that i can change the surround with the newer HD, piano black one. So, yeah u guessed it, I ordered it immediately, I had no idea this could be changed.

Removed my MMI surround

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new one arrived from Germany

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Mine, VS the HD one

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Installed

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Looks great, very happy with it.

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Then, another little touch, was the light switch. Wilmer, pointed out, that on the TT mk2 (8J) the light switch can also have piano black material. So onto finding one. Even better though, he sourced one for me. Awesome guy. So, onto pics.

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Removed mine

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One next to the other

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However, if you recall, i have changed all my interior lighting to white. So this new switch, could not be let having red light.
So, yes, swapping the boards was next.

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I love these little jobs. Take your time, and a good cold beer.

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Seems like we did something right

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All done.

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Cheers

More on the drivetrain changes, in the next post.

Let me throw some pics of how the car was at that point

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July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

July 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers, hope you enjoyed this as well

Mike

[mgpdoc]

So, after more than half a year, but less than a whole year, which i guess is a win, having dealt with this guy, i managed to get my steering wheel back.
And by managed, I mean, accomplished it via, claims, refunds, police and eu consumer protection involvement, as well as friends from the car community that stood up and went there in person to collect items and only then give cash in hand.

Even then, quality of work was very poor, as expected, no surprises. So things needed to be redone, as all photos the "seller" sent me, were from meters away from the item so as not to see the imperfections. What is more there were no pics of the rear side, or side photos. I mean, if you cannot see it, it's not there, is it?

Currently i am happy enough to use the steering wheel , but it will be modified again in the future, when i retrim the alcantara which will be redone due to wear either way sooner or later. Some pics for now.

Cheers to all and thanks for the help some of you offered to give.
I hope noone has to deal with guys like these, and car community gives them what they deserve. That is, zero money, and zero tolerance on fake excuses.

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June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Hey mate, unfortunately I had no luck with helping you out with the wheel situation. Any new news on that?

Besides that, your cars are amazing. You should actually start making some projects for customers. Excellent job!

Hello and thank you.
My profession is a medical doctor, so i dont think i have the time to do both things at the level i desire.
I wish i did, it is something i would definitely like.

As for the steering wheel, yes there are some news , I will update the situation in the forthcoming days.

Regards

Mike

[hinrichs]

Belt color choice looks great in both cars.

[Kalin]

Hey mate, unfortunately I had no luck with helping you out with the wheel situation. Any new news on that?

Besides that, your cars are amazing. You should actually start making some projects for customers. Excellent job!

[mgpdoc]

Still mind blowing how much attention to the detail you put on your cars

thanks mate

[mgpdoc]

So something that i had been wanting to do for a very long time, but never went for it, simply because i hadnt found a company i could trust, due to safety issues, is the following task.

I will let pics do the talking.

How I received them.

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Amazing quality, they sent me my old web back as well all intact.

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June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Guess some shops in UK live up to their names, and their nation's honesty rather than being a fraud. Amazing quality, and what is more, they sent it, and requested money to be paid not later than 30 days after receiving the items. I mean, who does that. Amazing service.

Lost no time and started installing them, after having used the car for about a week or so with the racing scroth harnesses.

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June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Mounted the seatbelt correctly this time, through the seat, like this

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All done

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June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

June 2019 by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And this is how they look in the Golf, in the colour i chose for that interior.

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Cheers guys, I hope you like them as well

Regards

Mike

[DawsonLiri]

Still mind blowing how much attention to the detail you put on your cars

[debags]

I'd bag one of these in a heartbeat!

[luckydrip]

clean!

[hinrichs]

That turned out awesome. Black over black looks perfect

[mgpdoc]

So I had some changes to the car's badging just to freshen things up a bit and customize the look even more.

First inspiration was given by my other car, the blue Audi. It had this badging upfront on the RS4 Oem grille which i customized

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So i thought i would keep the them on my little daily driver Audi as well given the grille was a bit naked.

Purchased a generic RS4 badge from ebay and threw away the lettering.
Left up with this which i would modify

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Painted the studs in black

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And trimmed the back plate to meet my grille openings

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Final Result was this.

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Which I like very much

Excuse the dirty car

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Then, I took inspiration from the new Audi A1 2018, which has from factory gloss black logos at the trunk , and also the new Audi badging for their models. Which is a little weird and hard to understand. So i looked further into it, and 40 TDI, means, 165 to 198hp, and ofcourse TDI engine.
I liked the idea that this car didnt have this badging back then, and also that gloss black would not pop out on the gloss black trunk that I have at that specific area. What is more, it was gloss black from factory, which as we all know, doesnt look cheap, or chipped away like most of the time painted chrome does on these things even with a good prep. Downside was their price, which was out of this world. Guess they have hidden gold flakes in that paint, i dont know. At least I hope they do.

Then, having debadged my car the first day i got it, like i always do, i didnt have measurement of where the badges go, which can drive me crazy if they are not where they should. So i asked the dealership body shop to give me some templates to use just to glue the new ones on. As expected they didnt have any, and told me they measured out of another car each time they would put badges on . I was like wtf. So i decided to make my own templates from a friend's Audi A1.

First i had to remove this

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Started like this, with markings on standard places like the tailight

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Went to this and wanted to make some removable and re-usable

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There

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Now i would transfer it onto here and cut where the logo is

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Like this

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All done passenger side

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Driver Side

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Done

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Both done

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Passenger side, transferred and tape as a guide

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Installed

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Sit back and enjoy

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Exactly the look i was going after

Driver side next

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All done

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Barely visible, like debadged even, yet it is there. Very subtle.

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Cheers guys I hope you liked this as well

Regards

Mike