What have you done to your Audi A4 B7 today?

[Fully]

little addition to the front end, which was reasonably easy to do.
The only problematic bit was getting the first screw in.
Before

After

 

[Pie-eyedpiper]

little addition to the front end, which was reasonably easy to do.
The only problematic bit was getting the first screw in.
Before

After

You won't be lowering the suspension then?

 

[Fully]

You won't be lowering the suspension then?

its on the to do list, so will be at some point.
Its not as close to the floor as it looks in that picture

 

[AvantAlexB7]

little addition to the front end, which was reasonably easy to do.
The only problematic bit was getting the first screw in.
Before

After

The cupra splitter makes a huge difference to the look of a b7 front end, especially with an rs4 grill. It just fits the shape so well, especially with the correct bits fettled to perfect the fitment

 

[Charlie Farley]

grilles do need some rings though.

 

[Fully]

grilles do need some rings though.

trying to find something to connect them to the grille correctly isn't easy though

 

[Charlie Farley]

you'll need the proper item which has a fixing plate.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Decat pipe fitment didn't happen today, i've mislaid my CEL spacer and the new pipe didn't come with one, blast it.
had to order a new one , still for £13 ish cant complain.

 

[AvantAlexB7]

grilles do need some rings though.

Absolutely, and the oem rs4 grilles are by far the best option, if you can justify the cost and find one ofcourse

 

[Pie-eyedpiper]

its on the to do list, so will be at some point.
Its not as close to the floor as it looks in that picture

You might struggle to get up onto car ramps if you ever use them.
Mines lowered, not slammed and I have to use wooden boards to lessen the angle driving up on to ramps.
Damaged my valance on both sides already, or I've have stuck a splitter on.

 

[Fully]

You might struggle to get up onto car ramps if you ever use them.
Mines lowered, not slammed and I have to use wooden boards to lessen the angle driving up on to ramps.
Damaged my valance on both sides already, or I've have stuck a splitter on.

i had to use wood even before the splitter, but i don't tend to use ramps very often now.
i got to the Motor Club and use the lifts

 

[Charlie Farley]

The day started out well but went tits up very quickly.
The CEL spacer ready to fit and then realised I didn't need one. In my excitement, i didn't look hard enough and the pipe already has the post sensor mounting post already extended..lol, I suspect I may still need the elbow one anyway.

Went to test fit the pre lambda sensor and it wouldn't screw in all the way, on closer inspection, the thread was damaged inside the pipe, not good, luckily I have some larger tap& dies in my tool chest, a few minutes running it through solved that problem.
Anyway, probably why it was cheap, not an issue as such as I had the tools but just a tad irritating really.
After that i lost interest in fitting it today , maybe tomorrow now .

 

[norad97]

Hi Rob,
Are you fitting this to your Avant ? What about the Mot test.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Yep, on the old bus Richard
Came to the conclusion that all the HFC's are just as likely to fail the MOT so may as well fit one of these for a lot less outlay, it will mean a swap over next July for the test but I'll just do a swap over again.
It's going to be spring at the earliest next year before I'm set to do the bigger turbo project so wanted to do something in the meantime.

 

[norad97]

How easy do you find to swap the Cat over, do you use a ramp or axel stands and a Jack,
How to you find undoing the Cat to exhaust nuts.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Evening Richard,
1st time round I found it a pain as the original sensors were just a pig to get out insitu.
I've done it 3 times since and very straightforward.
I just jacked up the front as much as I could then used decent axle stands to support things, off with the undertray and access was fine.
I found it easier and quicker to remove the whole assembly, cat and downpipe in one go rather than struggle with the bolts holding the two sections together.
nuts fastening the cat came off easy and the one tucked away bottom nearest manifold wasn't too difficult to deal with.
The whole job done in an hour easy with tea and biscuits break too..lol
just make sure you have new gaskets for both joints, good plan to have new nuts for the cat end and bolt/nuts for downpipe joint, just covers all bases really.
Remove the 02 sensors insitu to avoid damage when removing the cat etc.

pretty straight forward .

 

[Charlie Farley]

Going to wack it on this afternoon all things being well, I've been a tad unwell for the last week or so and not felt the urge to do it to be honest, still a new day and all that..

 

[norad97]

Thanks Rob, yes it seems the best way to remove the Cat.
Did you remove the sensors after you took it all out, unplugging them first at the baulk head?

 

[Charlie Farley]

I've removed them both before removing the cat rather than damage them, just unplugged and used my special tool to get them out, so much easier than struggling with a spanner or wrench .

 

[Charlie Farley]

Wasn't keen on the amount of extension on the decat pipe post sensor mount when using an elbow spacer

so out with the angle grinder, much better now.

 

[Inertiauk]

Today I filled it up with v power which cost me £105

Ouch lol it was about £80 last time (my old s4)

 

[Charlie Farley]

I can almost see that fuel gauge going down just sitting still..lol

 

[WOMBLERULZ]

Yep, on the old bus Richard
Came to the conclusion that all the HFC's are just as likely to fail the MOT so may as well fit one of these for a lot less outlay, it will mean a swap over next July for the test but I'll just do a swap over again.
It's going to be spring at the earliest next year before I'm set to do the bigger turbo project so wanted to do something in the meantime.

My new hfc passed its mot . Funnily it failed just on a decat pipe


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[Inertiauk]

I can almost see that fuel gauge going down just sitting still..lol

I got home 230 miles on half a tank which was impressive.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Most new HFC's always do pass when new, they degrade over time and milage until they just won't get through the ever-tightening emissions test.
made was fine to start with but just went downhill over time.
I fully expect a decat to fail, no way on earth it would pass to be honest hence why i have bitten the bullet and decided to just swap it over before the MOT.

 

[WOMBLERULZ]

Getting mine ready for sale . So going to remove big brakes air filter etc put std interior back in and keep s4 recaro’s for the T5 project poss . So I must do a for sale list on all my Audi parts as I’ve still s3 turbo with a brand new chra in as well


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[WOMBLERULZ]

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[Charlie Farley]

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such a shame as it's a cracking beast chap

 

[WOMBLERULZ]

Finding it hard to get in and out of it .. awesome car . Plus got new car coming and also got a T5 to convert into day van


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[Charlie Farley]

Brilliant black by some chance.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Can you PM me a list of the bits you want to part with.

 

[WOMBLERULZ]

A blue one

With my name all over it . Well on the number plates lol


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[WOMBLERULZ]

Can you PM me a list of the bits you want to part with.

Yes I will do . But I have to rest for a week or 2 and I’ve had angioplasty as I had a blood clot that nearly killed me this week


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[Charlie Farley]

Yes I will do . But I have to rest for a week or 2 and I’ve had angioplasty as I had a blood clot that nearly killed me this week


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Whenever your ready chap, no rush at all, get well soon .

 

[Charlie Farley]

Just awaiting a new Airtec FMIC , went with boring black I'm afraid...lol

 

[AvantAlexB7]

Slight change in direction in terms of projects on on my avant, and finally making progress with the last part part of the oem "tech" upgrades. Managed to get the mode button on the mfsw working so i can now scroll through the phonebook and make calls via the steering wheel. Also tinkered with the instruments adaptions and got the nav directions display back in the DIS which i lost ages ago.

Just waiting for the new nav disc to arrive and hopefully i can get the full SDS working too

 

[Charlie Farley]

Slight change in direction in terms of projects on on my avant, and finally making progress with the last part part of the oem "tech" upgrades. Managed to get the mode button on the mfsw working so i can now scroll through the phonebook and make calls via the steering wheel. Also tinkered with the instruments adaptions and got the nav directions display back in the DIS which i lost ages ago.

Just waiting for the new nav disc to arrive and hopefully i can get the full SDS working too

Making good headway then Alex.

 

[AvantAlexB7]

Making good headway then Alex.

Getting there slowly Rob, its nice to finally get some of those annoying little jobs out of the way.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Agreed, those small niggly jobs can be a real bind and drag on forever sometimes.