TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
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Looks superb Nick!
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Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
Cheers Duncchunky79 wrote:Looks superb Nick!
Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
Well... I haven't actually seen the car for about 15 weeks now (it went in for a service and hasn't come back yet!), but decided to polish my old knob as a lockdown job...
The original gear-knob was in a pretty poor state when I bought the car (and hence why I purchased and fitted a brand-new replacement):
Figured I had nothing to lose in trying to refurbish it a bit, so, first soaked it in a mug of boiling water + vinegar to both help soften the glue holding the cap in place, and to loosen/dissolve some of the grime that had built up over 10+ years!
You can see in the mug some of the junk that came off
Few sessions of soaking and scrubbing with a toothbrush (and pushing the cap off, from beneath, with an Allen key), then it was ready for the main job.
It then went through a process of wet & dry sanding (P800 - P1200), polishing (old drill with a few different polishing mops and paste) and then cleaning it up.
The sand/polish/clean process was repeated a few times until I was happy with the result.
It's far from perfect (and would definitely benefit from a new top cap), but looks a lot better than it did before, IMO!
The original gear-knob was in a pretty poor state when I bought the car (and hence why I purchased and fitted a brand-new replacement):
Figured I had nothing to lose in trying to refurbish it a bit, so, first soaked it in a mug of boiling water + vinegar to both help soften the glue holding the cap in place, and to loosen/dissolve some of the grime that had built up over 10+ years!
You can see in the mug some of the junk that came off
Few sessions of soaking and scrubbing with a toothbrush (and pushing the cap off, from beneath, with an Allen key), then it was ready for the main job.
It then went through a process of wet & dry sanding (P800 - P1200), polishing (old drill with a few different polishing mops and paste) and then cleaning it up.
The sand/polish/clean process was repeated a few times until I was happy with the result.
It's far from perfect (and would definitely benefit from a new top cap), but looks a lot better than it did before, IMO!
Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
Good work Nicholas.
previous- Pug 205 gti, 306 gti, 309 gti Goodwood.
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
Nice looks great.TechNick wrote:Well... I haven't actually seen the car for about 15 weeks now (it went in for a service and hasn't come back yet!), but decided to polish my old knob as a lockdown job...
The original gear-knob was in a pretty poor state when I bought the car (and hence why I purchased and fitted a brand-new replacement):
Figured I had nothing to lose in trying to refurbish it a bit, so, first soaked it in a mug of boiling water + vinegar to both help soften the glue holding the cap in place, and to loosen/dissolve some of the grime that had built up over 10+ years!
You can see in the mug some of the junk that came off
Few sessions of soaking and scrubbing with a toothbrush (and pushing the cap off, from beneath, with an Allen key), then it was ready for the main job.
It then went through a process of wet & dry sanding (P800 - P1200), polishing (old drill with a few different polishing mops and paste) and then cleaning it up.
The sand/polish/clean process was repeated a few times until I was happy with the result.
It's far from perfect (and would definitely benefit from a new top cap), but looks a lot better than it did before, IMO!
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Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
“English guy thoroughly polishes German’s knob - with satisfying result”
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Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
chunky79 wrote:Good work Nicholas.
Cheers guysJon_J wrote:Nice looks great.
LOL, trust you Faisal!FaisalJ wrote:“English guy thoroughly polishes German’s knob - with satisfying result”
Re: TechNick's Twin Turbo R8
I'll do a proper writeup, at some point, but the R8 is now finally back from spending the majority of 2020 in the workshop.
To celebrate, I created a little collection video, of sorts.
https://youtu.be/ucQriE06-Q0
To celebrate, I created a little collection video, of sorts.
https://youtu.be/ucQriE06-Q0
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