Audi RS2 Total Underneath Refresh/Refurb

[bluesmoke2stroke]

Ragussa green? Such a lovely colour in the sunlight.
Good luck with everything.

[phumy]

MattyB_ said:

That's one heck of a job. Are you doing any suspension upgrades when it's put back together? My old one had Bilstein/Eibach combo but was really harsh, not helped by the crappy tyres the previous owner fitted, but still. I didn't keep it long enough to try and sort it. Not sure what's currently recommended, those dampers look a little past their best

No im trying to keep it as original as possible, its lovely car to drive at the moment i really dont want to change it.

[frayz]

Love these old Audis, watching with interest and hugely satisfying to see one saved like this

[89forever]

Now that looks a good base... The RS2 was one I never owned. I had a full Nothelle Avant back in the day and lots of modded S2's.
High five to you on keeping it standard. If you're refurbishing the calipers make sure the guide plates are removed prior to repainting and a good dieletic grease applied before putting them back in.

[phumy]

OK im uploading pictures of bits coming back from powder coat and caliper refurb

[thebraketester]

Looking good. :-)

[phumy]

Yet another update:

















Thats about as far as i can go at the moment but you can see its all coming back together really nice now and looks so much better than it was, as he starts to build the subframes and other parts and gives me the pictures i will pass them on to here and let you see them as its rebuilt. If i can find any more on my drive i will upload them.

[phumy]

Just found a couple more

[bern]

Oh yes, this is going to be awesome. What's the plan with underneath of the actual body?

[phumy]

bern said:

Oh yes, this is going to be awesome. What's the plan with underneath of the actual body?

I think he will see what the underside is like, remove anything thats loose, treat it then coat it but im not sure what with yet. I will leave that to Nick

[ZX10R NIN]

Nice work OP.

[Turbotechnic]

Great project op, it’ll be 100% worth it when it’s done. I noticed the handbrake brake set up is exactly the same as a BMW e28 5 series. A tip for when you reassemble the rear hubs, it’s a lot easier to assemble the handbrake shoes and cable and attach the shoes to the backing plate before pressing in the hub. I found out the hard way, although doable with the hub in position the shoes put up one hell of a fight!

[phumy]

Turbotechnic said:

Great project op, it’ll be 100% worth it when it’s done. I noticed the handbrake brake set up is exactly the same as a BMW e28 5 series. A tip for when you reassemble the rear hubs, it’s a lot easier to assemble the handbrake shoes and cable and attach the shoes to the backing plate before pressing in the hub. I found out the hard way, although doable with the hub in position the shoes put up one hell of a fight!

Yes i know what you mean about struggling with these shoes, i fitted a new set around 18 months ago, getting them off is a piece of cake but getting them back on is the problem and the hardest part was re-fitting the small springs. it possibly took me the best part of an hour to connect just one spring on one side but once i have make my own little tool (a wide srcewdriver blade with a "V" filed into the end of the blade) i then was able to fit the other sides spring within around 5 minutes.

These brake shoes are unique to the RS2 in the Audi range and are also fitted to Mercs and Porsches of this era, to be honest they are rubbish and wouldnt hold the skin on a rice pudding, once you adjust them correctly they work for around a month then need to be re-adjusted once more, the wheel has to come off and poking a small screw driver though a small window/opening in the disc/drum to turn the adjuster, whilst laying on your back, its no fun. Theyre crap.

[romeodelta]

Wow, I’m ashamed to admit I never knew Porsche had anything to do with these.

Great work!

Thanks for posting.

[phumy]

romeodelta said:

Wow, I’m ashamed to admit I never knew Porsche had anything to do with these.

Great work!

Thanks for posting.

No need to be ashamed, many people have not idea on what these are really like, see here:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/anything-goes/h...

And here:

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/audi...

Edited by phumy on Monday 29th July 04:57

[Paracetamol]

Superb- time and money really well spent..

Are you worried that these non OEM bushes will add harshness though?

[phumy]

Paracetamol said:

Superb- time and money really well spent..

Are you worried that these non OEM bushes will add harshness though?

The black poly bushes are supposedly road bushes. The purple ones are the slightly harder bush, i will see how i get on and change accordingly if needs be, im hoping that not much difference will be noticable.

[anonymous-user]

Fantastic this mate, well done.

[phumy]

Thornaby said:

Fantastic this mate, well done.

Thanks

[Dr G]

You're adding at least another 25 years onto the life of that car; it'll still be looking nice underneath when all the dinosaur juice has dried up!