What have you done to your A3 (8p) this week

[maccalo]

This was a complete retrofit of the OEM webasto heater with remote control. So it's not a readily available kit. I've spent a few weekends gathering information and part numbers. It's a bit of a job, but I really missed the feature from my 8R Q5, so I went ahead and did it.

Webasto has a retrofit option for the A3 8P, but it is not integrated into CAN and uses a different type of Thermo Top heater, so it was not an option for me

 

[MT-V6]

Is it diesel powered?

 

[maccalo]

Is it diesel powered?

Yes. Both petrol and diesel versions available.

 

[dave_beastttt]

Back box delete at https://fastlanestyling.co.uk/ in Romford, only booked it yesterday and got in for 830 this morning, £150 and had a choice of tips, went with slashcut, sounds nice, not boomy

 

[e9_mustii]

Back box delete at https://fastlanestyling.co.uk/ in Romford, only booked it yesterday and got in for 830 this morning, £150 and had a choice of tips, went with slashcut, sounds nice, not boomy

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Had my bmw done there a few years back if its just a back box you done you should be fine.

Had a full system done in the 118d and the welds where **** lol cracked 3 times in 7 months

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[dave_beastttt]

Had my bmw done there a few years back if its just a back box you done you should be fine.

Had a full system done in the 118d and the welds where **** lol cracked 3 times in 7 months

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Was just the back box delete, watched the guy like a hawk and was chatting to him, welds seem fine

 

[e9_mustii]

Was just the back box delete, watched the guy like a hawk and was chatting to him, welds seem fine

Yea its a smaller job plus easier then custom cut and weld job mine took much longer so he probs rushed it abit

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[Troubs12]

Finally swapped out my matte grey Le Mans for a set of rotors.

Before:

After:

Magride retrofit coming soon….

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[tcardio]

Stepper motor for temp broken so replaced it. Figured I’d change the shifter lights to white

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[Troubs12]

Stepper motor for temp broken so replaced it. Figured I’d change the shifter lights to white

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Careful it’s a slippery slope that one next thing you’ll be doing what I did and about 100 or so smd’s later…

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[tcardio]

^^^who do you think inspired me ? Believe me, I going down the rabbit hole too lol

 

[JayA3sline]

I got caught in the white led trap too!

 

[StatedRain]

Can you link me to the leds used please

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[JayA3sline]

Can you link me to the leds used please

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ULTRA BRIGHT PLCC-2 3528 1210 SMD LEDS SURFACE MOUNT SMT 1 - 100 PCS PLCC2 | eBay

PLCC 2 Surface Mount LEDs. Premium quality SMD LEDs, with ultimate brightness. Dispatched from the UK for fast receipt! These SMD LEDs are perfect for a great number of applications! PLCC-2 SMD LEDs of your colour choice.

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[StatedRain]

ULTRA BRIGHT PLCC-2 3528 1210 SMD LEDS SURFACE MOUNT SMT 1 - 100 PCS PLCC2 | eBay

PLCC 2 Surface Mount LEDs. Premium quality SMD LEDs, with ultimate brightness. Dispatched from the UK for fast receipt! These SMD LEDs are perfect for a great number of applications! PLCC-2 SMD LEDs of your colour choice.

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Thank you very much

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[Troubs12]

Thank you very much

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For the dash switches you’ll need 0805 sized smd’s


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[ch1z64]

Changed out my seats , so deep hoovering needed

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[Troubs12]

Changed out my seats , so deep hoovering needed

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Nice bud this is gonna sound a little odd but would you mind sending me a few pics of your B pillar stickers so I can grab the part numbers. My tyre pressure one is in my fuel flap went ages ago and I won’t to update the car abit by putting the new stickers in the newer locations.


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[LEE69]

New toy

 

[ch1z64]

Nice bud this is gonna sound a little odd but would you mind sending me a few pics of your B pillar stickers so I can grab the part numbers. My tyre pressure one is in my fuel flap went ages ago and I won’t to update the car abit by putting the new stickers in the newer locations.


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Can easily do that for u mate

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[Troubs12]

Can easily do that for u mate

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Legend cheers bud. I’ll message you in abit to save adding to the thread etc


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[tcardio]

Troubs12...please confirm LED type for HVAC . PLCC2 or 0805? I only want to take that pig out once. Thanks

 

[tcardio]

nvm its plcc2

 

[LEE69]

I played the fuel lottery game lol
55l tank

 

[tcardio]

I played the fuel lottery game lol
55l tank

a DA polisher on level 2 with medium compound will do wonders to that instrument screen

 

[LEE69]

a DA polisher on level 2 with medium compound will do wonders to that instrument screen

I don't own either lol

 

[tcardio]

If I lived near you, I’d do it for free. That screen just makes my OCD go Rainman


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[abmat]

Sold it. It was just sat on the drive most of the time. Put some fuel in it yesterday and the filter started leaking. Had corroded underneath the lamp and had a pin ***** hole. Sad to see it go but it needs to be used.

 

[ch1z64]

Just sold these today .was sad to see them go but had to be done so i can reduce price when selling my S3 on .

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[Davill9]

A small job for the weekend on the grass…

new subframe bushes
New arb bushes
New steering rack
New droplinks
New lower ball joints
New tie rods
New tie rod ends
New lower arm console bushes
New lower arm bushes
New steering rack
New steering rack bush
New front springs
New front top mounts & bearings
All genuine or powerflex apart from rack.

now that’s done I took transfer box off and 6 speed off to re seal and do input shaft bearings
And while there I will do iabed rear main seal and rts full smf paddle conversion.

the questions will be coming soon on torque specs…
Subframe is now complete - onto the rest in the morning without any manual

not bad 5 1/2 hrs to remove the lot on grass and re assembly of subframe !
Gearbox and transfer is being dropped back to me from a local tractor repair place (hot parts cleaning machine) so will not be covered in oil in a bit

and yes lol I have now done the rack gater bands also

 

[Davill9]

Careful it’s a slippery slope that one next thing you’ll be doing what I did and about 100 or so smd’s later…

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How do you do this… I have o8 s3 with red interior lights everywhere and would love white like newer facelift

is there a how to on here ?

 

[Troubs12]

How do you do this… I have o8 s3 with red interior lights everywhere and would love white like newer facelift

is there a how to on here ?

No really buddy I’m pretty good with a soldering iron so I just ordered the smd’s and stripped the units and switches down changed them.

The dash needles I had to rub down and paint white on the bottom as after swapping the smd’s over they lit up pink lol

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[Davill9]

No really buddy I’m pretty good with a soldering iron so I just ordered the smd’s and stripped the units and switches down changed them.

The dash needles I had to rub down and paint white on the bottom as after swapping the smd’s over they lit up pink lol

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Fair play I will give it a go once I get the whole front end and transmission back on.
I guess it’s a case of starting with one and just cracking on with the rest once you see the difference the first makes

not great with electrics but always willing to try !

 

[Troubs12]

Fair play I will give it a go once I get the whole front end and transmission back on.
I guess it’s a case of starting with one and just cracking on with the rest once you see the difference the first makes

not great with electrics but always willing to try !

It’s mainly making sure you get them the right way round really else they won’t light up. Pm me if you like and I can go over it abit more don’t want to big down this thread too much


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[Davill9]

A small job for the weekend on the grass…

new subframe bushes
New arb bushes
New steering rack
New droplinks
New lower ball joints
New tie rods
New tie rod ends
New lower arm console bushes
New lower arm bushes
New steering rack
New steering rack bush
New front springs
New front top mounts & bearings
All genuine or powerflex apart from rack.

now that’s done I took transfer box off and 6 speed off to re seal and do input shaft bearings
And while there I will do iabed rear main seal and rts full smf paddle conversion.

the questions will be coming soon on torque specs…
Subframe is now complete - onto the rest in the morning without any manual

not bad 5 1/2 hrs to remove the lot on grass and re assembly of subframe !
Gearbox and transfer is being dropped back to me from a local tractor repair place (hot parts cleaning machine) so will not be covered in oil in a bit

and yes lol I have now done the rack gater bands also

Now the suspension and subframe is all done… onto the gearbox and transfer box refurb and re seal

 

[MT-V6]

That's an epic amount of work! What has triggered you to do all of that? It will feel like a new car once you are done

 

[Davill9]

That's an epic amount of work! What has triggered you to do all of that? It will feel like a new car once you are done

Well the engine was a replacement from a rear ended car on 62k but the car itself is on 130k and I never changed anything else at the time (no money left) but always had intended to do at some point so when the rack went, I just happened to have a spare car to use so just went for it

not often I have spare time with a spare car
I guess I figured while that is off I might as well take that off and so on till I ended up with engine on brace bar and stopping at uprated rear main seal

all good fun apart from being rained off all day today

I guess mate, I love the 08 s3 but was a nightmare to try and find a decent one in manual, sprint blue, black edition and hatchback with bhz engine with low mileage so slowly making it as close to buying a new car as I can

 

[tcardio]

Strong work on that whip seriously. I hope it all works out for you. In terms of the leds, it’s really easy. Just get an adjustable iron and only use around 350c. LEDs are cheap so order a bunch. I would also purchase green and blue to mix it up. I love all the above pics but I felt blue on hvac for minus temp and blue for ac was reasonable. I used green for mode and speech but to each their own. Soldering is zen. Once you get started, time disappears and before you know it 100 smds goes by. Have a fan and ventilation. Purchase solder wick and flux pen and practice first. Take a picture of circuit board prior to conversion. LEDs have polarity so match the notch accordingly. Iron in,solder in,solder out, iron out


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[green8p]

Whacked a new turbo and Sachs DMF/Clutch in

 

[Davill9]

Whacked a new turbo and Sachs DMF/Clutch in

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nice mate
Just doing the same myself but went for the rts paddle and smf conversion kit, and as car is going to Rick soon again, thought I’d chuck an uprated turbo & rear main seal in there… was literally about to post pics and see you are doing same jobs too.

off with the old and on with the new ay