New Member - A few questions
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 8:36 pm
Right, I'll have another go as just wrote something and some how managed to loose it!
I've recently joined the site and must say from what I have seen so far I have been very impressed.
I purchased a 98 (S) S4 Saloon in September last year, and have now done 10k miles (however it only had 20K on when I bought it!). It's completely standard but I'm still well happy with it!
I have a few questions which I hoping some of you out there can help with:
1. Peeling interior Door handles - I have black leather with blue alacantara trim, which means it comes with blue door handles. These handles appear to have been coated in a rubbery material which is now peeling of the front ones. Has anyone else had this and come up with a solution. I don't really want to fork out for a new pair if the same thing is going to happen, and also don't fancy taking the door trims off. I was thinking of getting something to try and recover them like Solatec. Any thoughts? Seems like VW still have this problem as I looked at a new beetle for a friend the other day and that had a simular problem after just 10K miles.
2. Air Filter - I am looking to keep the car pretty much standard but would like to replace the standard air filter with a performance filter ( don't want to get an induction kit). Can anyone recomend one as I've seen nothing advertised?
3. Headlamp Protectors - I'm sure that Audi will quite happily charge me a small fortune to replace a Xenon Headlamp, so I'm looking to fit headlamop protectors, but again haven't seen anything advertised. Can anyone recomend some or know where I can get some? Do Audi make any?
4. I noticed on the Sticky section of this forum 2 seperate power outputs are quoted, what's the reason for this and how can I tell which one I have? I've done a timed standing quarter mile (14.3 secs and 0-60 in 5.6secs at GTI international) which seemed pretty good to me, so I'd guess I have the higher one!
Anyway that's enough questions for now, hope to hear from some of you soon.
Thanks
Lewis
98 (S) S4 Saloon in Nagaro Blue!
I've recently joined the site and must say from what I have seen so far I have been very impressed.
I purchased a 98 (S) S4 Saloon in September last year, and have now done 10k miles (however it only had 20K on when I bought it!). It's completely standard but I'm still well happy with it!
I have a few questions which I hoping some of you out there can help with:
1. Peeling interior Door handles - I have black leather with blue alacantara trim, which means it comes with blue door handles. These handles appear to have been coated in a rubbery material which is now peeling of the front ones. Has anyone else had this and come up with a solution. I don't really want to fork out for a new pair if the same thing is going to happen, and also don't fancy taking the door trims off. I was thinking of getting something to try and recover them like Solatec. Any thoughts? Seems like VW still have this problem as I looked at a new beetle for a friend the other day and that had a simular problem after just 10K miles.
2. Air Filter - I am looking to keep the car pretty much standard but would like to replace the standard air filter with a performance filter ( don't want to get an induction kit). Can anyone recomend one as I've seen nothing advertised?
3. Headlamp Protectors - I'm sure that Audi will quite happily charge me a small fortune to replace a Xenon Headlamp, so I'm looking to fit headlamop protectors, but again haven't seen anything advertised. Can anyone recomend some or know where I can get some? Do Audi make any?
4. I noticed on the Sticky section of this forum 2 seperate power outputs are quoted, what's the reason for this and how can I tell which one I have? I've done a timed standing quarter mile (14.3 secs and 0-60 in 5.6secs at GTI international) which seemed pretty good to me, so I'd guess I have the higher one!
Anyway that's enough questions for now, hope to hear from some of you soon.
Thanks
Lewis
98 (S) S4 Saloon in Nagaro Blue!