Depression beater…

[deebs]

89forever said:

deebs said:

Like the light coloured interior

Once cleaned and treated it’ll look a lot better, but it is one of my favourite colours and brightens up a dark coloured car.

I have the same car with red interior. I quite like it, and it's faired well, when it's clean and treated it looks great.

What mileage is the new car on?

[89forever]

deebs said:

I have the same car with red interior. I quite like it, and it's faired well, when it's clean and treated it looks great.

What mileage is the new car on?

she shows 121,000 which for a 15 year old car averages 8k a year which i don't thinks to bad. She certainly doesn't look high mileage.
I expect her to be very sparkly by the time i've given her a good going over.

[Evil.soup]

I like the look of this and love a thread where people simply put a car right with some TLC, always makes a great read. Good luck with it!

[fred bloggs]

I love the look of these.

[89forever]

fred bloggs said:

I love the look of these.

i'm quite partial myself lol, this being my 2nd S5 and having owned numerous S2 Coupes and ur quattro's over the years. I do like Audi coupes lol

[89forever]

Evil.soup said:

I like the look of this and love a thread where people simply put a car right with some TLC, always makes a great read. Good luck with it!

she will get the correct TLC in all the right places and a few OEM+ type tweaks, nothing barry obviously lol

[89forever]

the black rings were bugging me so much that i've taken them off, i don't like the badgeless look either but it's preferred to the black rings lol.



apparently under all the dirt my S5 is black....



both badges had been stuck up with B&Qs finest bathroom sealant and were barely stuck on, so neither put up much resistance to coming off, why do people bodge things???

I'll order a rear badge from Audi, i have a chrome front grill in the parts stash somewhere but the aftermarket grill doesn't have the provision for attaching it.

Curious to know what others have done which doesn't involve black bathroom sealant???

[Jordan247]

Nice car and good luck with the health

[89forever]

So what have we learned today? the wheels are off balance, no biggie.

It was a nice surprise to see the wheels had been freshly refinished (poorly), the inside of the barrels haven't had any of the old weight glue removed and has just been blown over.... the outer faces look presentable but i'll redo them properly when i fit new (decent) tyres, currently got a mismatched set of ditchfinders....

This made me chuckle as the expert balancing stood out and probably accounts for the wobble, never ever seen double stack weights in over 30 years of vehicle ownership hahaha



the wipers wipe awfully.... this probably explains why? surely this is basic maintenance?



both are the same

and i even washed the S5 and the A4, despite it raining today.... was quite therapeutic washing them in the rain hahaha



i have to admit that 3 Audi's is too greedy, i need help... but in my defence only 2 are quattro...

[Matt_E46]

Enjoyed reading this! Keep the updates coming…

[Evil.soup]

Reading this, it reminds me I really need to spend a bit of time and money on my WRX. It is mechanically sound and kept tip top, but cosmetically, I need to sort a few jobs, a big one being a wheel refurbishment.

I had them done once before, but it wasn't done very well, much like yours, it was a good outer surface finish, but the inner surface wasn't prepped properly. I would have complained, but it was a free fix for a wheel colour change. 10 years or so on, the outer surface is now flaking off and it is clear the original surface wasn't given a decent key. So, next set of new tyres will see the wheels being fully blasted or dipped and getting a powder coat finish.

There is a list of other jobs that need doing as well, maybe I should start a thread to get me going lol!

[89forever]

Evil.soup said:

There is a list of other jobs that need doing as well, maybe I should start a thread to get me going lol!

all that is stopping you is you..... get it done!!!

[89forever]

so onto today... the new v5 arrived and immediately transferred the nonsensical private plate off and got rid of.
Insurance updated etc.
Original registration reapplied which could only mean one thing, time to buy some new number plates.
Any new car (new to me) i have bought i have always put brand new plates on, the car isn't mine until i have done this ritual...
It serves a number of functions

1, gets rid of old rubbish dealer plates (i'm doing free advertising for no one lol)
2, allows me to clean the years of laziness and abuse always found under any number plate
3, ensures the plates are fitted straight, how people get them on the wonk is beyond me...!!!

I'm neither bling or a chav and just prefer a standard script, stock background, standard font number plate.
To me it looks far cleaner. My only rebellious streak is i refuse to have the postcode and BS script on the plates... i know, i know i'm going straight to jail.....!!!!

Plates ordered and hopefully arrive in time for the weekend.

Evan had a comment from the OH that it looks far sleeker than the old S5, apparently she prefers them black... (i raised my eyebrows)

Edited by 89forever on Thursday 23 February 17:57

[Boozy]

Big fan of these and have been tempted by them several times....I'm glad you're on the mend head space wise, it's important to recognise when you're not. I couldn't help but notice you appear to be a cone head in your picture from Monday :-)

[89forever]

Boozy said:

Big fan of these and have been tempted by them several times....I'm glad you're on the mend head space wise, it's important to recognise when you're not. I couldn't help but notice you appear to be a cone head in your picture from Monday :-)

Spitting image….!!!

[RDMcG]

Great looking car and can’t beat a V8. I share your dislike of dealer plates or stickers. Good to remove them! I’m

[Monster Mash]

Boozy said:

I couldn't help but notice you appear to be a cone head in your picture from Monday :-)

This made me chuckle!

Keep up the good work 89forever - making a car your own and improving it in the early stages is one of the most exciting parts of getting a new car for me

[89forever]

Monster Mash said:

Keep up the good work 89forever - making a car your own and improving it in the early stages is one of the most exciting parts of getting a new car for me

Thank you and absolutely it's all a part of the fun for me and it's a constant journey of enjoying it as a project. Make a vision of the end goal and work towards it.

[89forever]

always a firm believer in singing the praises of good service.
I ordered my new number plates yesterday at just after noon and they arrived today at 0930, order on just a normal Royal Mail 2nd class service.



i have used the site before but they have always taken a couple of days (which is fine).

I got them from https://www.a1showplates.com/ (no affiliation etc). Ordered with the sticky pads and all in less than £30 delivered.

[89forever]

in the grand scheme of things putting a new set of wiper blades on isn't exactly up there with fitting a new exhaust or supercharger (give me time haha) but the fact of putting something new on the S5 gives me a warm fuzzy feeling, which is what this car is all about for me.



old and crusty of the right and a set of new Bosch aeros in their place.

Weather has been bloody awful today, sporadic showers and hail. Thankfully i have a garage, which whilst not big enough to actually fit a car in, is a decent place for a man cave (the garage was perfect for the bike).

I kept looking at the rear lights and kept thinking that it's got to be a spray tint, so whipped one off and saw they were actually genuine Audi lamps, so time to hit them with a mop....



back to how they should be and no ricer tint...!!!

Once the A8 has gone then i can mess about with the S5 in her rightful place in front of the garage and can actually get the new plates on, weather has been too wet today to be crawling on the floor....