Newbie making a introduction

Post by **coffey555** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:07 am

Take all the plastic covers off and one of the nuts per wheel should be a locking nut. Removal tool should be in the wheel bar plastic storage box in the boot floor.

Post by **Ozzyz** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:18 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231296432637? ... EBIDX%3AIT

I got my wheel nut covers from here, im not sure what other colours they come in though.

Post by **birdiemachine** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:39 pm

Been getting some quotes for some work, how does £350 for labor to have the following work done :

oil & filter
plugs
clean gruppe m
change gearbox oil
change rear diff oil
brake fluid change
replace coolant
change fuel filter
change pollen filter
general all round health check

This is for labor only, i am getting all the parts & fluids myself.

Cheers

Niall

Post by **PetrolDave** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:46 pm

birdiemachine wrote:1. I take it the b7 rs4 doesn't have locking nuts as standard?

Mine came with locking nuts when I picked it up new from Camberley Audi.

birdiemachine wrote:2. The wheel nut covers, can you get these from audi the paint is peeling off a few of mine.

The wheel nut covers that came with mine are black plastic things that just push over the nuts.

birdiemachine wrote:3. How much would the latest sat nav disc set me back?

Stoke Audi have quoted me for the 3DVD 2015 map DVD set:

Stoke Audi wrote:The price is : £382.36 for the parts (inc.vat) however this item is not yet available or is back ordered.

So I got a (genuine Audi) set off eBay for just over €220 instead

Post by **andyg72** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:33 pm

birdiemachine would you post a pic of the i phone 5 cradle please was it a complete replacement or does it clip on the the exsisting unit ?

or a link to where you got it

Post by **birdiemachine** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:41 am

andyg72 wrote:birdiemachine would you post a pic of the i phone 5 cradle please was it a complete replacement or does it clip on the the exsisting unit ?

or a link to where you got it

I'll get you one in the morning when I'm on the way to work. I bought it from a seller on eBay from Germany it just clicks onto the cradle in the car. I really like it! I'll keep you posted

Post by **birdiemachine** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:41 am

PetrolDave wrote:
birdiemachine wrote:1. I take it the b7 rs4 doesn't have locking nuts as standard?
Mine came with locking nuts when I picked it up new from Camberley Audi.

birdiemachine wrote:2. The wheel nut covers, can you get these from audi the paint is peeling off a few of mine.
The wheel nut covers that came with mine are black plastic things that just push over the nuts.

birdiemachine wrote:3. How much would the latest sat nav disc set me back?
Stoke Audi have quoted me for the 3DVD 2015 map DVD set:
Stoke Audi wrote:The price is : £382.36 for the parts (inc.vat) however this item is not yet available or is back ordered.
So I got a (genuine Audi) set off eBay for just over €220 instead

Cheers Dave. Can't get over the price of the new sat nav discs! That is crazy. Do they ever turn up cheaper than that on eBay?

Post by **Spectre** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:45 am

iPhone 5 Cradle - like this -> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Brand ... 2a3d4117de

Simply clicks onto the 'orrible dash phone mount and actually makes it useful. Provides Bluetooth phone connection and power / recharge to the phone. Does not stream music...

I got one cos it was a clean solution to making use of the ugly phone mount and now I wouldn't be without it.

Mak.

Post by **birdiemachine** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:13 am

andyg72 wrote:birdiemachine would you post a pic of the i phone 5 cradle please was it a complete replacement or does it clip on the the exsisting unit ?

or a link to where you got it

Here you go. I like it, has a mid 2000's functional feel to it.

Post by **birdiemachine** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:45 pm

Got some new tpms sensors, bargain off eBay!

The current ones are working fine and I've heard these can give grief as they get older, getting new rubber all round on Friday so going to get them to stick these in. Does the car automatically recognise the new ones or do I need to do a bit of jiggery pokery with vcds?

Post by **Surrey Sam** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:54 pm

Well done, next ebay purchase - an Owners Manual

TPMS can be reset through the steering wheel controls/menu system, select wheel change and it'll do the rest.

Post by **PetrolDave** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:39 pm

birdiemachine wrote:Can't get over the price of the new sat nav discs! That is crazy. Do they ever turn up cheaper than that on eBay?

They're always (much) cheaper than that on eBay - just make sure you get a genuine Audi DVD and not a copied one though (some eBay sellers do their best to "hide" that they are selling copies), if the price looks too good to be true then it's a copy.

And if you never go outside the UK you can always just buy the single DVD that covers Western Europe (which includes the UK)...

Post by **birdiemachine** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:56 pm

Got these today, such a job as it was trying to find the older "sd" format to work in the Rns. My whole music collection is 5gb so these should keep me covered for a while.

Got 4 Michelin pilot super sport for 760 quid fitted balanced and the tpms installed, pleased with that!

Post by **birdiemachine** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:15 pm

Ownership update :

- 4 new Michelin super sport fitted

- gave up with the sd cards, whatever I do the Rns only recognises them as 380mb cards, very frustrating.

- drc - have read all the threads on here but can't figure out what's going on, one minute the backs knocking then the front right then left, when the car is warm it goes away, doing my head in : ( have it booked in Friday and have told them if it's goosed we are going to put some ohlins dampers in or else kw v3's.

- bought some milltek non res centre sections, my car currently is gutted pre cats, sports cats and res cat back, hoping it won't be too loud but a bit more vocal.

Still loving the car but if any of you learned gentlemen can advise me on any of the above i would be very grateful!

Post by **pixsaudisex2** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:26 pm

Just keep borrowing sd cards of people. you should find some that work took me a while....

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