So I've been thinking seriously about how to do about things that need done with the car. The basic of basic list stands as : 2x wheel bearings, 2x rear coil springs, drop links, engine oil leak, intercooler (and maybe hoses), rebuild front from the plastic plate that the radiator etc is attached to out.
So from chat with Murdo and some other members, I'm as well doing most of the suspension. I have been looking down this avenue and it is very expensive when there are probably more pressing issues like the oil leaks. Also found a good mechanic recommended on here which I am going to see when I do the full switch but I genuinely don't trust driving the car that far away to get sorted. See video below (P.S. excuse the Darth Vader like sounds, I had the mic very very close to my mouth):
[video=youtube;dkOYX8HMUyk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkOYX8HMUyk[/video]
Had a decibel read out on my phone. While not that accurate it will give a visual representation of the difference.
This was only up to about 50mph but you can imagine how terrible this is on the motorway (can't even hear the radio)
So this should be getting fix today and as I said some other big things need sorted and then I can get around to more finer aspect's of the car.
In other news, I bought VCDS and scanned the car and to my surprise there was no real issues. I had ones in the AC which are expected as bits are missing when the radiator was hit, and some with the alarm which I would have guessed as my alarm doesn't work. Other than that there was only one with a brake switch which seems common and a DIY job.
I also got to reprogram one of my keys. No matter what I tried with the manual way, it just wasn't syncing like the other one did.
I also decided to fit my LED H3 bulbs from night eye. These should not have the issue I had with the H7 nigh eye bulbs as there is no front reflector type part on the main beams.
So here are some pics of changing them over. I'm doing this just because for some reason they thought it was a good idea to put two spades on the end instead of one. So these bulbs weren't as advertise as plug and play really but here's how to fix it if you are buying them.
Two spade connectors on bulb
New wire with male and female connectors
Wire connected
Get green ball into top of slot
Before
After
So as you can see in the picture a normal H3 bulb just has a positive and grounds it's self to the bulbs housing.
For this type of bulb, make a wire with a female and male spade on either end.
Remove the black headlight leveller(twist anti clock wise and remove green ball joint from groove), this is optional but helps with access.
Wiggle out the female spade with brown wire attached.
Use a flat blade screwdriver or such to widen the gap.
Put your new wire (male side) in-between the widened clip when putting back.
Put the leveller back if taken out (push into groove from the top).
Plug the other side with the female connector to the black spade on the bulb.
Will be making a video tutorial for replacing the leveller on my new YouTube page/website. I will do the same from now on with all DIY type things I try on my A2, as I find videos really help when trying to do things.
Thanks for reading
Euan