simufly
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Today I.....
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Oskar
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Today I, replaced my boot light with a VAG LED courtesy light. WAY brighter.
These are on eBay for about £10 for 2. Listed under VAG brands by many sellers.
I wanted a solution I could revert back to standard, which will require me to just buy another boot light and fit it back, as I used my original light as the mounting.
I stripped the bulb and metal aspects out of my original light, and used the plastic clear bit as the main mount.
A bit if drilling and filing made for a very snug receptacle for the new light, and a bit of hot glue keeps it all together.
I had to buy a VAG 2 pin connector (cheap) and just spliced that into the existing boot light cables.
The whole shebang then just clips back into the original hole, and Bob actually was my Uncle.
It does stick out a little, but as the unit has LEDs shining down and also out, it fills the whole space with white light.
It is more practical than beautiful, and I am tempted to put one into the lining on each side in a proper, trimmed fashion, but this will do for now.
Just in time for the oncoming darkness.......
Similar courtesy lights in the footwells are next, and perhaps a switchable one under the bonnet.
These are on eBay for about £10 for 2. Listed under VAG brands by many sellers.
I wanted a solution I could revert back to standard, which will require me to just buy another boot light and fit it back, as I used my original light as the mounting.
I stripped the bulb and metal aspects out of my original light, and used the plastic clear bit as the main mount.
A bit if drilling and filing made for a very snug receptacle for the new light, and a bit of hot glue keeps it all together.
I had to buy a VAG 2 pin connector (cheap) and just spliced that into the existing boot light cables.
The whole shebang then just clips back into the original hole, and Bob actually was my Uncle.
It does stick out a little, but as the unit has LEDs shining down and also out, it fills the whole space with white light.
It is more practical than beautiful, and I am tempted to put one into the lining on each side in a proper, trimmed fashion, but this will do for now.
Just in time for the oncoming darkness.......
Similar courtesy lights in the footwells are next, and perhaps a switchable one under the bonnet.
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birtyA2
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After an early start & 477 mile round trip I finally have a non leaking OSS thanks to the efforts of Adam, Georgina, Ian and the hospitality extended to me while I was there chatting with them and Ian's wife.
Not the most pleasant day to do the work, humid & 29 degrees so thanks once again.
Stan.
Not the most pleasant day to do the work, humid & 29 degrees so thanks once again.
Stan.
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2work
Well Known Member
Evening,
You could have simply fitted one of these as a direct replacement in the luggage space:
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Really brightens up the luggage space with no fettling required. The only optional fettling required is to add a cut out the other side to have LEDs each side.
Kind regards,
Tom
Got to work eliminating a thick yellow haze on my dolphin grey's headlights. Some evidence that someone has had a go with lacquer previously but they were both pitted, hazed and pretty manky-looking. Many thanks to tips in various posts from Graham @audifan and the youtube video tutorials from @mrbroons . Removed headlamp units from car and put them onto my inherited Workmate in the garden, complete with soapy water spray, hose, and power supply for the orbital sander. Luckily it had clouded over so I wasn't as much at risk of rapid drying as I would have been in direct sun.
I went 600, 800, 1200, 1500, 2000 and then finally 3000 grit using wet and dry hook and loop circles on my draper random orbital, followed by the medium sponge pad with Farecla G3, followed by G10 finishing compound and finally the soft / fine pad with boat glaze. Infinitely better than before, although I suspect that I could get it better with some newer finishing materials such as the meguiars in the MrBroons video - my current compound and glaze are probably 15 years old from when I used to use them for boat cleaning and polishing after repair jobs.
Well pleased with the result though from a standing start.
I went 600, 800, 1200, 1500, 2000 and then finally 3000 grit using wet and dry hook and loop circles on my draper random orbital, followed by the medium sponge pad with Farecla G3, followed by G10 finishing compound and finally the soft / fine pad with boat glaze. Infinitely better than before, although I suspect that I could get it better with some newer finishing materials such as the meguiars in the MrBroons video - my current compound and glaze are probably 15 years old from when I used to use them for boat cleaning and polishing after repair jobs.
Well pleased with the result though from a standing start.
Today I fuelled up after yesterday's trip to the Kleyn family to have the OSS fixed.
With the added milage this morning to fuel up that came to 481.
I filled until the fuel was at the metal lip as I did on Saturday and the total for the milage was 32.68 LTRs.
The trip down early Sunday was on cruise (thanks Tom @timmus) at 65mph and 50mph through all the roadworks speed was checked on Waze as well. On the way back the M25 was a car park for a good few miles and missed the M6 snarl up via the toll. Didn't hang around on the way back so 65 & above.
I have been a little disappointed with the the mpg at 56 mpg but my daily is only 7 miles to work so this was a good run + a recent full service and gearbox oil change.
So the mpg for yesterday with the a/c running all day was.
66.97 MPG
.Not bad for a 20 year old car with 137,000 on the clock, (just run in)
.
George Hogg
A2OC Donor
Today, well yesterday really, I had breakfast with Colin the courier @V666col. He’s a lovely bloke once you get past that shy exterior….. He even brought his own sausages and tomatoes for me to cook for him. Just as well cos boy he can eat! We had a great blether and then we went for a drive in a couple of 90s as he had never been in one. I think he likes them! Then he and my son emptied his van of A2 bits into my garage while I hobbled about.
Thanks Col.
Thanks Col.
Stan2stan2
A2OC Donor
Today, well yesterday as well, I wanted to tackle an issue I have been living with ever since I bought the car, The piece of plastic that sits between the accelerator and carpet/bodywork. After a quick request on Facebook regarding how to remove the offending trim I set about tackling the problem, now I do not have big feet but my foot was always fouling on the trim and accelerator and I was always having to adjust my foot for the right position to use the accelerator.
The removal process took about 5 minutes and man what a difference it makes, I have just been out for a run in it and feels like a different car, the acceleration is now nice a smooth as I am able to push my foot down without it catching on the plastic trim as I push down, has anyone else felt this?
Whilst I was out on the drive I took all four tyres off and gave them a good clean as I had wanted to check the brake pads and disks at the same time, thinking the brakes needed a change looking through the wheel I was pleasantly surprised that there was enough meat on the brakes for another year at least and the disk looked fine.
So that gave me an opportunity to check the suspension, brake lines and the generally give it a good clean, this is where i may have good over board and painted the brake capilpers.
Oh and i had bought some repeater of Ebay which took all of 2 minutes to fit and takes the car back to 2020 pictures attached, so i think a pretty good day for tinkering.
The removal process took about 5 minutes and man what a difference it makes, I have just been out for a run in it and feels like a different car, the acceleration is now nice a smooth as I am able to push my foot down without it catching on the plastic trim as I push down, has anyone else felt this?
Whilst I was out on the drive I took all four tyres off and gave them a good clean as I had wanted to check the brake pads and disks at the same time, thinking the brakes needed a change looking through the wheel I was pleasantly surprised that there was enough meat on the brakes for another year at least and the disk looked fine.
So that gave me an opportunity to check the suspension, brake lines and the generally give it a good clean, this is where i may have good over board and painted the brake capilpers.
Oh and i had bought some repeater of Ebay which took all of 2 minutes to fit and takes the car back to 2020 pictures attached, so i think a pretty good day for tinkering.
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Rickmeister
A2OC Supporter
Today I'm pondering on the dates of the next group buy....
Still two scuttle panels to bring across in December too.
Still two scuttle panels to bring across in December too.
dj_efk
A2OC Donor
I’ve always wondered about this - the filler piece in question doesn’t bother me at all except when using cruise control and I want to rest my foot away from the pedal.
My theory is however that without this trim piece the throttle pedal has nothing near it to rest your foot against when trying to hold a steady throttle, meaning my foot and/or ankle would start to ache.
Can anyone confirm or disprove this?
PlasticMac
Admin Team
I'm not at all sure I know which trlm we're talking about. Any pics please?
Mac
V666col
Member
Thank you @George Hogg. You’re a proper gent. The breakfast was quality
Alan_uk
A2OC Donor
Today I ordered all the bits for rebuilding my restored axle. I ordered new rubber bushes but there was no mention of including the lubricating grease/fluid/wax to help insert the bush.
I see Phil used Dynax UC cavity wax but the minimum size I can find is 750ml but that is too much and very expensive. Can anyone recommend an alternative please that I can get in a smaller quantity. It doesn't have to be anti-corrosion as I've already treated the bush housing with a rust inhibitor.
I see Phil used Dynax UC cavity wax but the minimum size I can find is 750ml but that is too much and very expensive. Can anyone recommend an alternative please that I can get in a smaller quantity. It doesn't have to be anti-corrosion as I've already treated the bush housing with a rust inhibitor.