My Rs4 Project

[docurley]

Great work there I have to say and the Seat dash should look good once done.

[Rick_RS4]

well ive had a clinking knocking noise for a couple of weeks nor on the front near side,
so i stripped down the suspension and checked, it sounded like the top castle nut was loose. it wasnt, then the drc pipe just sheared off, no spurt of oil or anything,

i knew they were on their way out so i have already been in contact with a coilover supplier. these will be ordered tomorrow

so ill strip and clean my KW adjustable springs and get them forsale if anyones interested,


on a plus i finished the off side wrap but still need to remove the front bumper tomorrow to wrap the grill

[Covkiller]

Which colliers are you going with?
I've got KW V3.

[MikeFish]

Which colliers are you going with?
I've got KW V3.

He mentioned in the aitp thread that they were on order and will take a while as they are being custom made.

[gt2]

Steering wheel looks awesome

[Rick_RS4]

thanks guys

picked up thenew rim the other day so will get that swapped over this week.

still waiting on the suspension,ive gone for AST coils seem to be popular with the B5 boys, i like the fact they can be serviced easily too. didnt fancy the KWs as they have siezed on me on past cars.

also ive sourced some caps for the brake res powersteering and washer i just need to get these engraved and then ill share to the fold

i know Mike is dying to get rid of the yellow brake fluid res cap like me

[MikeFish]

Yes we need photos!

[Rick_RS4]

Yes we need photos!

ha ha yes they will be coming soon

[Rick_RS4]

i decided to take the pads out as the light came on the other week, not driven it in a month now still waiting on the bloody coilovers i hope they are worth it bit dont want the KWs

whilst the pads were out i removed the caliper and decided id try the 390 c6 disk again, well it fitted, it will need some brackets made up but it fits not sure ill go with this but we will see.



waiting for new pads and disks to be skimmed i decided to add the new EBC woodstuff pad claiming to be better than the rest they have produced so far.



and just to stop the pistons coming out if i forget and press the pedal

the new rim arrived after my kerbing incident,the mrs didnt understand the need to replace and buy a brand new one nevertheless this arrived



whilst shes just sat waiting i decided to get rid of the other poor looking caps, but modification was needed for them





cut the excess off and glued in



same for the PAS





i will also be fitting one to the washer bottle, i know you can get a forge one but i dont like the forge logo on it



when these were on i had a look but didnt like the white behind the cap or the text on the pas res and brake fluid res so i decided to make some cardboard templates and make these covers from 1mm genuine carbon





will update pics tomorrow when the rest of the carbon has dried

[Rick_RS4]

waiting on the final cap to arrive for the washer



the terrible yellow brake fluid cap all gone



and the whole bay

[TAB1S]

Looking pretty sweet Rick as always some nice little touches.
Nice work

[MikeFish]

Nice work Rick.

[JCviggen]

I'd go for a smaller brake disc, too much of the surface will go unswept by the brake pads, rust over and look silly.

[Rick_RS4]

I'd go for a smaller brake disc, too much of the surface will go unswept by the brake pads, rust over and look silly.

thanks guys

yeah it was just a trial bit too much to change to get them to fit, i have seen some 380mm porsche 2 piece disks with no bells, but could get some made up so all i have to do is shim the caliper out

[MikeFish]

I'd go for a smaller brake disc, too much of the surface will go unswept by the brake pads, rust over and look silly.

thanks guys

yeah it was just a trial bit too much to change to get them to fit, i have seen some 380mm porsche 2 piece disks with no bells, but could get some made up so all i have to do is shim the caliper out

Are there any Porsche disks that will fit relatively easy? There are loads of relatively cheap Porsche carbon brakes on ebay and I've been wondering how much work it would be to adapt them. I know the pcd is slitghly different but I'm wondering if they'd fit the B7 bells.