JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona & Phantom

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by dhali » Sat May 25, 2019 10:18 pm

That's come out great . What pads did you use with those polishes ?

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Sat May 25, 2019 11:56 pm

dhali wrote:That's come out great . What pads did you use with those polishes ?
Thanks.

On this occasion I used the Yellow Menzerna Polishing pad.


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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by dhali » Sun May 26, 2019 9:26 am

JamesBaby wrote:
Sat May 25, 2019 11:56 pm
dhali wrote:That's come out great . What pads did you use with those polishes ?
Thanks.

On this occasion I used the Yellow Menzerna Polishing pad.


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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by Mike-W » Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:17 pm

That came out lovely. I have the same polishing mop. Great bit of kit. Need to do mine, when I get spare time!

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:29 pm

Mike-W wrote:That came out lovely. I have the same polishing mop. Great bit of kit. Need to do mine, when I get spare time!
Thanks. Make the time to do it mate. You’ll be glad you did. Image


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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:35 pm

Recently I saw a write up on changing your power steering fluid so gave it a go and it was easy. It definitely made the steering feel smoother and better.

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Got one of these syringes off Amazon cheap. You then insert the tube to the bottom of the filler tank, then suck out the fluid.

You then pour new fresh fluid in. Start the car and turn steering lock to lock to move the fluid around the system.

Then repeat step one. Keep repeating until the removed fluid is the fresh green colour and not brown and dirty looking.

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I used 1.5 litres just to make sure but 1 litre may have been enough. Image


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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by Covkiller » Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:10 pm

Yep done this myself and indeed the old stuff looked really dark and dirty, my you some people like it like that.
It certainly made difference.
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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by Look595 » Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:58 pm

Just stumbled upon this....hope your well james. Steve from r32oc (you bought my Calipers)
Great minds think alike, I’m on the lookout for a low mileage B7.

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:52 am

Look595 wrote:Just stumbled upon this....hope your well james. Steve from r32oc (you bought my Calipers)
Great minds think alike, I’m on the lookout for a low mileage B7.
Hiya Steve. I’m well thanks. Hope you’re well. Do you still have your R32?


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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by Look595 » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:00 am

No james, I foolishly sold it 4 years ago, I regret it the minute it left the drive.
Tried growing up taking to a 3.0 Q5.
It’s overrated growing old hence on the look for a mint B7.

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:02 am

Look595 wrote:No james, I foolishly sold it 4 years ago, I regret it the minute it left the drive.
Tried growing up taking to a 3.0 Q5.
It’s overrated growing old hence on the look for a mint B7.
I know the feeling. Yours was mint I remember. Good times. The RS4 is the closest to it IMO and I’ve tried S3,RS3 and the now the RS4.


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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Sun Sep 08, 2019 12:25 pm

Little update. The car continues along its refurb program. Car was fine but I built a collection of parts from various deals and offers.

Full Meyle HD kit. Better than OEM grade components. Reinforced joints etc. Control arms and drop links.

Front & Rear Anti roll bar bushes OEM.

Front and rear drop links.

Gearbox mount.

Steering rack bolts to improve steering feel and remove tramlining feel.

4 wheel alignment.

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by DavidRS4 » Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:50 pm

Quite an update.
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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by jamiej » Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:20 pm

Where did you get the kit from?

Is it a recommended upgrade?

Is it better than simply replacing with OEM/Lemforder?

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Re: JamesBaby’s B7 RS4 Avant Daytona

Post by JamesBaby » Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:30 pm

You can get it from various places but I got it from Cartech One.

https://www.cartech-one.co.uk/en/produc ... _by_search

It comes with a 4 year guarantee and has reinforced components compared to OEM. It should last longer than standard replacements.




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