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Mr Postman very kindly this morning delivered the loom to enable me to convert my halogen rear lights to pre-face lift LED's (the lights are due to be delivered this afternoon according to the tracker).... just need some decent weather....
the instructions say to cut the wire which is to be threaded through from inners to outers and then solder the joint. Don't like that idea so i've ordered the pin depinning tool and will see if i can do it properly....
the instructions say to cut the wire which is to be threaded through from inners to outers and then solder the joint. Don't like that idea so i've ordered the pin depinning tool and will see if i can do it properly....
i defy any true Petrolhead to not get a tinge of excitement knowing they've ordered parts and you see a courier rock up.....
sooooooooooo.... what's in da box..????
oooh shiny....
hmmm not quite
not to worry... SWMBO isn't home so a quick trip to the sink with the garage's finest TFR and a toothbrush later....
all 4 were treated the same.... and the backs all came up like new.
onto the front lenses and were all a bit hazy....
there were a couple of light scratches but thankfully nothing horrendous. They didn't need any wet sanding thank god and armed with the 3 Amigos below....
ended up with far better clarity
and a gratuitous group shot....
I'll do them again once fitted and all working (if the weather breaks???) but will be a hundred times better than currently fitted....
sooooooooooo.... what's in da box..????
oooh shiny....
hmmm not quite
not to worry... SWMBO isn't home so a quick trip to the sink with the garage's finest TFR and a toothbrush later....
all 4 were treated the same.... and the backs all came up like new.
onto the front lenses and were all a bit hazy....
there were a couple of light scratches but thankfully nothing horrendous. They didn't need any wet sanding thank god and armed with the 3 Amigos below....
ended up with far better clarity
and a gratuitous group shot....
I'll do them again once fitted and all working (if the weather breaks???) but will be a hundred times better than currently fitted....
89forever said:
Pflanzgarten said:
There's something so therapeutic about a thread on a car getting de-messed about with 
I hope others enjoy the journey as much as me…Although it would be far better for my bank account if someone else pays for it hahaha
Thank you!
After just buying my S5 4.2 B8 I’m enjoying your thread.
I had to put a copper wire down the drain hole in the petrol cap location as water was pooling there and not going down, Inlove a simple fix.
I think your car colour suits the silver badges very well, mine being white will mean I’ll stay on the black theme… probably.
I had to put a copper wire down the drain hole in the petrol cap location as water was pooling there and not going down, Inlove a simple fix.
I think your car colour suits the silver badges very well, mine being white will mean I’ll stay on the black theme… probably.
Cliff J said:
After just buying my S5 4.2 B8 I’m enjoying your thread.
I had to put a copper wire down the drain hole in the petrol cap location as water was pooling there and not going down, Inlove a simple fix.
I think your car colour suits the silver badges very well, mine being white will mean I’ll stay on the black theme… probably.
Thanks, this S5 is my second. I’d done far more to that one in its time. I’m in the very early stages of this one as only had a couple of weeks.I had to put a copper wire down the drain hole in the petrol cap location as water was pooling there and not going down, Inlove a simple fix.
I think your car colour suits the silver badges very well, mine being white will mean I’ll stay on the black theme… probably.
The drain in the filler neck is a very common thing to Audi’s (other Brands may be similarly affected), give it a regular poke to keep it healthy…!!!
Black rings are a very personal choice, boring world if everyone liked the same thing.
Edited by 89forever on Sunday 5th March 09:24
with the weekend out of the way and family duties done of course today would be raining.....!!!!!!
anyway it being a simple job to fit the lights i thought i'd try them on for size, no wiring or recoding has been done yet.
What did we start with...
original halogen's
they can happily go in the bin... discovered that on the inner lights the brackets which secure the lamps into the boot lid are different between halogen and LED, well the outer one is, the inner is the same. SO armed with part number 8T0945183B and ordered 2of.
much better and no more hazy craziness or cracked lens....
once the brackets have arrived and it stops raining then it's a simple job to finish off but happy to tick that off the list...
anyway it being a simple job to fit the lights i thought i'd try them on for size, no wiring or recoding has been done yet.
What did we start with...
original halogen's
they can happily go in the bin... discovered that on the inner lights the brackets which secure the lamps into the boot lid are different between halogen and LED, well the outer one is, the inner is the same. SO armed with part number 8T0945183B and ordered 2of.
much better and no more hazy craziness or cracked lens....
once the brackets have arrived and it stops raining then it's a simple job to finish off but happy to tick that off the list...
89forever said:
i defy any true Petrolhead to not get a tinge of excitement knowing they've ordered parts and you see a courier rock up.....
sooooooooooo.... what's in da box..????
oooh shiny....
hmmm not quite
not to worry... SWMBO isn't home so a quick trip to the sink with the garage's finest TFR and a toothbrush later....
all 4 were treated the same.... and the backs all came up like new.
onto the front lenses and were all a bit hazy....
there were a couple of light scratches but thankfully nothing horrendous. They didn't need any wet sanding thank god and armed with the 3 Amigos below....
ended up with far better clarity
and a gratuitous group shot....
I'll do them again once fitted and all working (if the weather breaks???) but will be a hundred times better than currently fitted....
Out of curiosity, did you do that by hand or with a mop? I only ask as I need to brighten up my headlamps, they have a bit of the haze starting, nothing much, but enough to start bugging me.sooooooooooo.... what's in da box..????
oooh shiny....
hmmm not quite
not to worry... SWMBO isn't home so a quick trip to the sink with the garage's finest TFR and a toothbrush later....
all 4 were treated the same.... and the backs all came up like new.
onto the front lenses and were all a bit hazy....
there were a couple of light scratches but thankfully nothing horrendous. They didn't need any wet sanding thank god and armed with the 3 Amigos below....
ended up with far better clarity
and a gratuitous group shot....
I'll do them again once fitted and all working (if the weather breaks???) but will be a hundred times better than currently fitted....
I don't have a mop and I am a bit afraid of going at them with a mop to be honest, so working it by hand would be preferable, but only if it's actually possible by hand, if that makes sense.
Evil.soup said:
Out of curiosity, did you do that by hand or with a mop? I only ask as I need to brighten up my headlamps, they have a bit of the haze starting, nothing much, but enough to start bugging me.
I don't have a mop and I am a bit afraid of going at them with a mop to be honest, so working it by hand would be preferable, but only if it's actually possible by hand, if that makes sense.
by hand, patience is key and the feeling that you'll feel like you've tossed off a herd of stallions by the time you've done.I don't have a mop and I am a bit afraid of going at them with a mop to be honest, so working it by hand would be preferable, but only if it's actually possible by hand, if that makes sense.
Headlamps are normally more pitted from stonechips etc and will probably need sanding first with varying degrees of wet and dry and then polishing.
My previous S5 needed that and was about 5-6 hours per headlight
noticed another thing to add to the list and now i've seen it it needs changing ASAP.
The front S5 badge is in the wrong spot.... if i'm being really picky i put my 4 rings a tad too high, but i think i can live with that
comparing to my old S5 front i drew a straight line across the bottom of the headlights and datumed the rings...
see where the s5 badge sits....
now the new S5, for a start they didn't even get the damn badge straight lol...
don't get too hung up comparing the 2 images as i didn't scale them to each other. The rings sit centrally to the height of the headlamps, so are only up be a couple of mm's...
but the S5 badge is way off....
The front S5 badge is in the wrong spot.... if i'm being really picky i put my 4 rings a tad too high, but i think i can live with that
comparing to my old S5 front i drew a straight line across the bottom of the headlights and datumed the rings...
see where the s5 badge sits....
now the new S5, for a start they didn't even get the damn badge straight lol...
don't get too hung up comparing the 2 images as i didn't scale them to each other. The rings sit centrally to the height of the headlamps, so are only up be a couple of mm's...
but the S5 badge is way off....
Edited by 89forever on Monday 6th March 14:32
89forever said:
Evil.soup said:
Out of curiosity, did you do that by hand or with a mop? I only ask as I need to brighten up my headlamps, they have a bit of the haze starting, nothing much, but enough to start bugging me.
I don't have a mop and I am a bit afraid of going at them with a mop to be honest, so working it by hand would be preferable, but only if it's actually possible by hand, if that makes sense.
by hand, patience is key and the feeling that you'll feel like you've tossed off a herd of stallions by the time you've done.I don't have a mop and I am a bit afraid of going at them with a mop to be honest, so working it by hand would be preferable, but only if it's actually possible by hand, if that makes sense.
Headlamps are normally more pitted from stonechips etc and will probably need sanding first with varying degrees of wet and dry and then polishing.
My previous S5 needed that and was about 5-6 hours per headlight
it's been an illuminating sort of day today... lights have been finished and coded
and happy to report all coded as needed, with no errors...
whilst i had the laptop connected i also enable the battery meter as that wasn't showing.
Talking of batteries for peace of mind and again to have a starting point, a new battery has been ordered to replace the tired one currently fitted.
When starting it just doesn't inspire confidence, and i want peace of mind as SWMBO will be using the S5 when her A4 goes in for paint.
Coolant has been dropped and flushed out and the new bottle installed
and Mr Postman brought another parcel of joy in the shape of Hel's finest lines...
slowly slowly....
and happy to report all coded as needed, with no errors...
whilst i had the laptop connected i also enable the battery meter as that wasn't showing.
Talking of batteries for peace of mind and again to have a starting point, a new battery has been ordered to replace the tired one currently fitted.
When starting it just doesn't inspire confidence, and i want peace of mind as SWMBO will be using the S5 when her A4 goes in for paint.
Coolant has been dropped and flushed out and the new bottle installed
and Mr Postman brought another parcel of joy in the shape of Hel's finest lines...
slowly slowly....
Benmac said:
This is great. I'm keen to see how you get on with the interior, particularly the light leather.
It’ll come up like new…. I had the same colour leather and condition in my previous S5, I just need some time to get the seats removed and not have any little voices asking “can I just….” lol
I used ColourLock products previously and will be using exactly the same again.
watch this space…..
Love the rear lights, I have the same on mine, retro fitted by a previous owner, unfortunately one has a crack and I’ll look at replacing it at some point.
I’m waiting to watch your procedure for correcting the leather imperfections as although mine is decent enough, it’s shiny and also needs a bit of colour on the bolsters, as per the norm.
I’m waiting to watch your procedure for correcting the leather imperfections as although mine is decent enough, it’s shiny and also needs a bit of colour on the bolsters, as per the norm.
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