audi a6 3.0tdi
A bit of background history of the Car first.
The car is a high mileage ph1 172 its on 112k now but has a great service history so the mileage did not put me off. It had Full renault dealer history upto 94k with all the belts done etc etc it also came with a pile of reciepts for general bits that showed it had been well looked after.
My sole intention for this car was to strip it out and use i puely for country lanes so the spec of the car will reflect this eventually. After my first test drive in the car it was obvious that all the standard clio faults where there, the exhaust was blowing, engine mounts where shot at and the driveshafts where clunking. None of this put me off as i had all these parts already from my old blue 172 so it was all good.
The Standard car when picked up
I used the car a few times untill the main coolant pipe burst which kind of put a downer on things so the car pretty much stood still for six weeks. In this time i sold the interior to a fellow local member of cs and started to strip all the interior out and removed all sound deadening.
The interior being stripped
I took this time to fit parts i already had and get hold of new parts i needed. In the time i fitted the following parts
The samcos, hill power induction bend and the pipercross filter
The omp bucket seat and sparco harness
The Omp rear strutbrace
Sparco steering wheel with snap off boss
Now i've still got a few jobs to do before its near completion and it can go about its duties as a dedicated weekend warrior. these jobs are
Once the jobs above are done the car will be pretty much how i want it then so it will just be a case of staying on top of jobs and keep it running well. Unless i decide to go silly and fit fibre glass doors and boot and other light weight goodies.
I'll keep this up to date as i've been meaning to do it for the past 4-5 months. I'll leave with a few pics of the car out in its natural habbitat
oh and one of the doner car for all my spare parts
The car is a high mileage ph1 172 its on 112k now but has a great service history so the mileage did not put me off. It had Full renault dealer history upto 94k with all the belts done etc etc it also came with a pile of reciepts for general bits that showed it had been well looked after.
My sole intention for this car was to strip it out and use i puely for country lanes so the spec of the car will reflect this eventually. After my first test drive in the car it was obvious that all the standard clio faults where there, the exhaust was blowing, engine mounts where shot at and the driveshafts where clunking. None of this put me off as i had all these parts already from my old blue 172 so it was all good.
The Standard car when picked up
I used the car a few times untill the main coolant pipe burst which kind of put a downer on things so the car pretty much stood still for six weeks. In this time i sold the interior to a fellow local member of cs and started to strip all the interior out and removed all sound deadening.
The interior being stripped
I took this time to fit parts i already had and get hold of new parts i needed. In the time i fitted the following parts
- Two rear dampers as one had leaked
- Eibach sportlines
- Blueflame cat back exhaust
- Samco hoses
- Sparco steering wheel with snap off boss
- Omp wrc bucket seat with Omp fixed subframe
- Sparco 2 inch harness which need changing
- 6000k hid kit- far better for night blasts than standard bulbs
- Hill power induction Bend
- Pipercross cone filter
- Omp rear strutbrace
The samcos, hill power induction bend and the pipercross filter
The omp bucket seat and sparco harness
The Omp rear strutbrace
Sparco steering wheel with snap off boss
Now i've still got a few jobs to do before its near completion and it can go about its duties as a dedicated weekend warrior. these jobs are
- Fit the new engine mounts
- fit all new disks and pads all round the fronts are getting brembo hc disks, ferodo ds2500 pads and braided lines all round
- the exhaust needs remounting as i chucked it on for the mot so it rattles like crazy.
- Power bush my subframes of my old one before swapping it across on to this.
- Fit my Omp front strutbrace.
Once the jobs above are done the car will be pretty much how i want it then so it will just be a case of staying on top of jobs and keep it running well. Unless i decide to go silly and fit fibre glass doors and boot and other light weight goodies.
I'll keep this up to date as i've been meaning to do it for the past 4-5 months. I'll leave with a few pics of the car out in its natural habbitat
oh and one of the doner car for all my spare parts
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