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  1. Potterswheel

    Saloon owners Question

    Question for all you saloon owners is there a trim panel in the boot underneath the parcel shelf or is it just bare paint ?
  2. Potterswheel

    Great Driving Roads

    A4069 the Black mountain road, used by all the motoring programs especially Top Gear Fantastic drive if you get clear road and no ice cream vans
  3. Potterswheel

    Kiwi polish on floor mats!!

    Today was bath day for "Betty" when she was done and all clean, the rubber floormats were looking a bit dirty and tired with all the salt etc. Kiwi shoe polish and a good brush came to the rescue and they are now looking as good as new. drivers floor mat before break out the Kiwi Passenger...
  4. Potterswheel

    Facelift Coolant expansion bottle change

    Having read the horror stories about the cooling system on my S3 I decided to change the coolant expansion bottle 'With silicone' for an O.E. coolant expansion bottle 'without Silicone' as looking through the cap hole I was not able to see the 'Bag'. This turned out to be literally a 10 minute...
  5. Potterswheel

    Facelift Rear suspension arms

    A friend of mine recently had his 6 year old S3 8V pfl fail its MOT on rusty rear suspension arms at the Audi main dealer, I had the opportunity to get under mine this week whilst doing its annual service and found this:- nearside from rear...
  6. Potterswheel

    Facelift S3 Water pump

    With all the talk about water leaks around the thermostat housing on the S3 I am considering this as a project for this year on a preventive basis. As part of the job it makes common sense to change the water pump at the same time, has anyone used this pump...
  7. Potterswheel

    Internet ownership ??????

    What do you guys think about internet ownership of material ???? If you post something i.e. photos, detailing your Tesla, etc. on the internet, on a blog, youtube, etc. do you still own the material? or have you passed ownership of the material into the hands of the 'Meta net'.
  8. Potterswheel

    Facelift What's in your tool roll?

    I know this may seem a bit dull, but I had course to look in the tool roll in the boot of my MY2017 S3 today. Is my tool roll complete as the bits and bobs don't seem to fit in any particular place? What is the credit card shaped thing for? What is the see through plastic pouch for on the outside?
  9. Potterswheel

    Facelift chassis or reg N°

    Hi, is anyone who has B&O as a factory option willing to share their reg or chassis N° by pm or email so that I can check out some part numbers for my B&O retrofit? thanks in advance
  10. Potterswheel

    Facelift Mystery connector for pipe

    Does any one know what should be connected to this outlet? it is on the righthand side of the engine just under the engine cover and between it and the airbox? 2017 S3
  11. Potterswheel

    New S1 Quattro rally car

    Have you guys seen this and the series that it links to??
  12. Potterswheel

    Facelift Vital fluids

    This is what £350.00 of Audi gear oils looks like:- 6 l of DSG oil 2 l of differential oil 0.85 l of Haldex oil + the relevant filters, seals and drain/filler plugs I plan to change all my vital fluids over the next couple of weeks, watch this space!!!!
  13. Potterswheel

    Facelift Extreme de-badge

    Opinions please; I will shortly be taking the front Bumper cover off my 2017 facelift S3 saloon when cutting new sensor mounting holes for parking sensors and am considering completely removing the badge mounting when/if I have to have the center section of the grill resprayed :- What do you...
  14. Potterswheel

    Facelift Part numbers

    I wonder if we can have a sticky thread where we can share part numbers of regularly used items with each other???? Obviously they will need checking, but its a good start.............
  15. Potterswheel

    Facelift S3 specific workshop manual

    Can anyone recommend a current S3 specific workshop manual or a good manual to use. I used to have elsawin but can no longer get it to work since upgrading to windows 10
  16. Potterswheel

    Facelift Rear Wheel Stuck on !!!!!!!!! SAFETY warning!

    I finally got round to attempting to clean and service my rear brakes today, but stumbled at the first hurdle and then found a second. Firstly I could not undo the wheel nuts even with an extension, god knows how tight they were or if they had just grown on! eventually fixed with an extension...
  17. Potterswheel

    Facelift Passenger seat storage drawer LHD >> RHD

    Does anyone know if the under seat storage drawer from a LH drive car would fit the passenger seat on a RH drive car? has anyone ever tried this? If so would any of our European members be interested in some post Brexit trade for one obtained from a European breakers??? I would be willing to pay...
  18. Potterswheel

    Plastic polishing, has anyone tried compound on their rear lights

    Hi has anyone ever tried compounding their rear lights just to remove washing scratches etc. as you would do with your paintwork???
  19. Potterswheel

    Facelift Multi function switch bar

    I am in the throws of fitting front and rear parking sensors to my 2017 FL S3, originally I was only going to fit rear sensors and a camera but after discussions on this forum I am educated that I can't have a fully operational rear system without the front sensors and replacing the...
  20. Potterswheel

    Work light I'm going blind!

    Can anyone recommend a decent work light, Its a while since I have been so involved with my car and as time goes on I am struggling with my sight and tolerance of bright lights and changes between light and dark. I find most of the new LED's to be almost too bright. I installed LED lighting in...