Audi A4 B7 2.0TQ | Project Déjà-vu

[mgpdoc]

Could not stand this wheel setup....

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So thought i would steal some wheels from another car that has the same pcd - hello my precious Golf hehe.

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Boom

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Despite the fact that the tyre size is wrong - being 225.40.18 instead of 235 or 245.40.18, it still looked much nicer.

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I also stole the wheel stud kit from the other Audi

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Halfway there

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Installed

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So there it was, better looking

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I also filled some A/C fluid after the other blue DTM had finished

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[19birel]

Wow, great progress so far! I remember you working on the last one, neat to see you doing another B7!

[mgpdoc]

Wow, great progress so far! I remember you working on the last one, neat to see you doing another B7!

Thank you sir !

[mgpdoc]

Installed some correct-car-size tires, for the time the car will stay with 18s of this size. Nothing fancy, some Contis i had in the garage.

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Some shots before the car settled

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Better photos to come.

Then I decided I would change all of the lighting of the car, from yellow to white. From headlights, to license plate, to interior, dome, everywhere. More than you would guess that are needed, but we have to start somewhere.

Door ones

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Then it was time to polish the cluster which was looking dull

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Used koch products

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Some befores

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Polishing

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And afters

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There were some more marks, but not worth trying harder and risking i think.

Then it was time for the tailights, with the same products, and not a lot of time involved into it.

Some befores

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And afters

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Some bird poo have left a story to be told on the front fender

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Not a story some wetsanding cant take away though

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Done

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[mgpdoc]

How the car is standing today, as we speak

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[mgpdoc]

Next on the list was installing the center console which was trimmed in alcantara in the past, and again, never installed after the RS4 body conversion.

First I had to remove the existing console . normally you take the armrest off first

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Then you move towards the front, handbrake assembly parts

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Then the rcd and climate controls

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Then after one million bolts it comes out

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Side by side

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As you can see there are some differences and some changes need to be made, because it was made to fit less part due to weight reduction, like ashtray, and armrest etc.

Before

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and after some ninja cuts from me

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Handbrake handle matching

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Test fitting some more RS4 parts

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In place and starting to put things back one, which can take some time due to excess alcantara fabric . However it helps with rattles A LOT

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So before

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And after

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Cheers

Mike

[Buick40]

Wow, it already seems like a totally different car. That interior is gorgeous. Glad to see you posting here again, I was following along with RS4PRA project and it's nice to see all of these parts being put to use!

[C2_mad]

look sweet. love this!

[mgpdoc]

Some more little things here and there

Cargo Net

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New Hazard switch

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Out with the old

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Old vs new

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Much better

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New RS4 B7 Engine Side cover

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Before

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And after

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Sourced some more black headliner parts, this time a new reading light from the dealership, from a DTM / RS4

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Before

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And after

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Have some more black parts on their way to me, you will see in the next posts hopefully

These clips that hold the lower part of the rear seats were damaged so it would not stay in place like it should

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New ones

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Also bought some OEM Led license plate leds which i have not yet installed without them throwing a code

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And also, a factory gloss black rear audi emblem, same like the one i have on my A1, which i think was perfect for that subtle OEM+ touch on the SEibon trunk

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Cheers

more to follow

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Another thing i did was wash the undercarriage. Years of road dirt were under there, and it was a pleasure. I mostly have the starting pictures but the video in the end is pretty clear

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Here you can also see the engine mount that needs to be changed

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Video of before and after

https://youtu.be/C1XFKhfOQMo

[mgpdoc]

Some parts arrived

Joint Kit

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Front Engine mount to match my two STERN race mounts

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Ignition Parts

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These from the R8

1 spare Just in case

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D1S lamps for the Bixenons, again one spare

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Garage parts for easier working on the car

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New interior parts

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Engine parts

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So watch this space, lots of work ahead

Cheers

[mgpdoc]

Some more parts that arrived are some OEM, black interior roof parts, basically alla the parts that cannot be trimmed in fabric/alcantara and that i dont want to paint black because that is a half-assed job and i dont want that.

So i bought them all.

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Handles

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B Pillars

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Sunvisors

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Wiring for the sunvisors - which i already had, but ok

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The only which I decided not to buy is the rear view mirror, mostly because I had one painted in my other A4 which had come out very good, and it is something we barely touch to begin with, and also, i had one spare to give it a go. More on that later.

The reason i decided to install the parts without the roof having been trimmed yet, is because the car is the safest place to store them , rather than the garage etc, they are fragile pieces with weird shapes.

So lets see how it went.

Handles

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B Pillars side by side

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In order to remove this you also have to remove the seatbelt from the seat.
The hardest part is to then align the up and down regulator of the height of the seatbelt.

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Center small sunvisor

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Before

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And after

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Sunvisors

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Refreshing the mirror

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The only part which i didnt want to paint, to not mess up with its illumination

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Went onto installing it

Before

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And after

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So current roof status - didnt install the clips in black to not damage then when i remove the roof again for trimming, left them for the final installation

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Cant wait for it to be completed

Cheers

[mgpdoc]

The passenger side headlight dipped beam oem HID lamps was flickering after some time, since i bought the car. I ordered new D1S lamps to replace the OEM ones. Sadly in order to gain access for a bulb removal, you have to take the headlight off. And in order to get the headlight off, you have to take the bumper off. Oh well.

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Works great so far at an amazing cost. We shall see how long it lasts. Ofcourse i changed both lamps, to have the same date of use, and same colour.

Tired light switch , although working perfectly

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New fresh

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Test fitted my Shift Light in its place in the dashboard, which is here

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Shift light

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Also, since there is another car in my garage, I need some things for it, so as to not take things from one car to another, or from one garage to another, when changing cars, especially when using them daily.

So, with that in mind. New C-Tek charger and C-Tek case for the A4

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Case

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Tested the charger

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Hardwired it in place so it can stay there

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Also, found my favorite Continental tyre kit which looks great even after all these years

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Finally, i needed a place to put all these things in the trunk, neat and tidy. So I went for the solution i have in the other cars, although this time i went for the OMP rather than the Sparco Helmet case which works great, looks nice and is non slippery

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Cheers ,

Mike

[mgpdoc]

The maintenance went smoothly and everything that was changed was not necessarily needed to be changed but it gives me peace of mind knowing it is new.

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Some of them below

Engine mounts were shot and one was leaking, typical of these when they go bad

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Installed new STERN engine mounts.

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I new the cam follower would come out like this , good thing i changed it

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Out with the tired expansion tank

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And in with the new. Also changed all the radiator fluids to new

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Also managed to find some matching washer fluid because OCD

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The next update, is probably the most exciting one so far

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So, had a day to spend some time working on the car(s) and thought I would remove the front RS4 OEM widebody parts frome the other blue car, to have then handy for some test fitting etc.

So i started working on that early in the morning.

Removed the bumper first

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And then the headlights to give me access to front fender bolts.

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They were not very happy to see each other, I dont know why

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That tape is there for 8 years now. It has protected the car, and left no glue residue after it was removed . Mad props to TESA for their quality.

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However there are two lower fender bolts that in order to remove, you need to take the sideskirt off first. So that was the sideskirt off.

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It was not hard, because, first things were very clean to work with, car had not seen any road after the conversion, and also, many parts were missing due to weight reduction in that chassis.

Out came Fender number one

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Fender-Less

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Did the same to the other side as well

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Passenger RS4 Fender

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Having taken almost everything I needed, i put the headlights back on.

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And thought I would leave it be like that for a while and call it a day.

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But, as you might have guessed already, that did not happen.