The Project Pad

I hope when I get to this kind of project I'm as patient as you seem to be.
Damn, Derek lookin' good! Keep it up. :-D

thanks yeah, i really would love to drive it soon, but i just put it out of my head so it doesn't drive me nuts that way i can complete everything needed and then just drive it.

Derek, where did you get that cool terminal tool?

from the drawer of course

the gauge panel is from a fwd 4k, right?

greets

KKquattro wrote:the gauge panel is from a fwd 4k, right?

greets

Yup, bolts right up where the differential lock panel is.

:jawdrop:

nice work and nice lookin car derek! makes me very jealous(then again so do all your cars) on a side note how hard was it to replace the center drive shaft bearing? ive yet to get to mine and am debating on doing it myself or taking it to my mechanic.
-dylan

it's dirty, but

wow, comin together.....

derracuda wrote:it's dirty, but

funny is that, I'd love to have the interior that is in your 4kq atm, I'm having the black/grey interior in my 90q :x

ok, some part updates... i got some euro goodies from my buddy maarten M in the NL. he hooked me up with euro headlights, foglights, indicators, foglight switches, the works. so i have me some good euro parts to help this car really start coming together.



euro indicators


fogs 8)


an unmelted headlight plug


foglight switch plugs..


euro cluster (i'm gonna try and see about a higher mph speedo for it and use the rest of it as is. it's nice to have actual #'s on the coolant temp)


mmm, bixenon's a comin'....

i'm missing the foglight switches in this post


no problem getting these parts for you, i'm glad they go in a nice car, can't wait to see it finished, also thanks to you, for all the electrical goodies we don't have...

guys. derek is the best i think the things he did sent me are cleaner than the parts i sent him, i see now in the pics, that one of the mounting tabs of one of the headlights is broken :(

doh! forgot that



and i also forgot that there were headlight brackets in the box too .... and an Audi hat :woowoo:

that hat is just to promote www.audiforum.nl , not that it has any use on this US forum

Looks good. I had a Canadian cluster in my old 4000 years and years ago. I loved having the numbers there for the coolant and fuel, it was nice.

Good score on the fog light switches! I only have some of the front ones. Let us know how it goes installing the fog lights and turn indicators. Thats something Ive been looking to do for a while.

wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

Wizard-of-OD wrote:wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

that's a lasting illegal mod

derracuda wrote:

Wizard-of-OD wrote:wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

that's a lasting illegal mod

well you bought a "new" cluster :wink:

Wizard-of-OD wrote:

derracuda wrote:

Wizard-of-OD wrote:wind that cluster back to 000000 buddy :wink:

that's a lasting illegal mod

well you bought a "new" cluster :wink:

good point... i did buy a new one.... you know how flaky used old audi speedo's are

You did build a "new" motor too

maarten wrote:that hat is just to promote www.audiforum.nl

:woowoo:

derracuda wrote:euro indicators


fogs 8)

You will need the Euro bumper frame (FG) in order to fit these. Unless you do some innovative surgery to existing bumper/shocks.

I got a complete bumper from Europe along with complete harness for headlights/fogs/indicators. Other than swapping the bumper cover from US to Euro frame the job is a piece of cake. Looks great and is 1/4 of the weight of the NA bumper assembly!

yeah, i realize the difference in the bumpers, so i'm going to take a look at what it will take to mode mine vs. how much it will cost to get me a frame over here from europe.

headlight update i've been working on retrofitting yet another pair of eurolights with HID projector lamps, but this time it's with bixenon projectors so that i have not only low beam, but high beam 8)

i started off by totally dismantling the headlights as they were really dirty and needed a good cleaning....


the light buckets were in fantastic shape..


then i used a dremel to cut the back side of the housing out for the deeper projector unit..




in order to mount the projector in a fashion so that i could adjust the light properly ad not completely dissassemble the housing everytime, i went the route of the factory.... sorta.... i had to make it with a pivot on one corner, and two adjusters on the other side. i had to make a plate to hold the bolt heads in place so that the only thing i have to do is turn the nuts outside the back and the springs keep tension between the projector and the light housing. the most difficult part now will be finding a way to seal the whole stinkin thing up

these are RC car tie rod ends 8)







adjuster nuts




test fit cardboard cover plate. i'll make one from aluminum for the final product


that's it for now!