Back from her refurbishment

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Back from her refurbishment

Post by VARSITY » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:48 pm

After buying the S8 a year or so ago for a shopping car, there were dents and scratches, I decided it was too good for that, so we set about making her as glorious as she once was. She had a full strip down and back to aly paint. The wheels where then painted to finish off the work.

Thought I would share some pics hee.

The main mechanical works were done by JJB Motors in York, who are excellent . The car had replacement chassis parts, brakes, bushes etc. the interior was already mint with the previous owner adding the updated nav, DAB and digital TV.

Hope you enjoy.


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Re: Back from her refurbishment

Post by MikeFish » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:49 pm

Not a fan of wood interiors but I've been a fan of all shape S8s since watching Ronin!! Nice car (other than the wood).

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Re: Back from her refurbishment

Post by VARSITY » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:54 pm

Thanks.

The wood was original on the day, so will keep it.

The car is a really nice car so I am slowly getting back to a 95% car.

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Re: Back from her refurbishment

Post by MikeFish » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:59 pm

I get the whole OE spec thing, and I know I'm like a broken record (that nobody wants to hear anymore), and I know it'll be worth less once modified but I'd drop it, lose the wood and chrome and paint the wheels dark grey. Gangstaaaaaaa!!!!

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Re: Back from her refurbishment

Post by VARSITY » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:06 pm

I took your advice and finally bought some FE 20" wheels, so now with the whole family and some sand in the boot, it looks dropped......
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Post by Ian_C » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:31 pm

VARSITY wrote:I took your advice and finally bought some FE 20" wheels, so now with the whole family and some sand in the boot, it looks dropped......
Perfect. She's a beaut' :thumbs:
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Re: Back from her refurbishment

Post by HPsauce » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:50 pm

Looks good, very similar to mine - what green is that? How many miles now and are you on the A8parts forum yet?

And I notice that you have a full complement of switches above the RNS - only S8 owners will understand that. :bigblink:

As for the comments about the wood trim, just ignore the lower orders, they don't understand real quality. :roll:

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