FON
Agree about the standard wheels. Look much nicer than the BBS ones (although I still love certain BBS wheels).
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Daytona RS6 Avant
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beautiful RS6, welcome to the club and may you enjoy it for many, many trouble free miles...
i thought all Plus version cars came standard with the carbon fiber interior, that plastic around the gear lever doesn't look good at all, you could upgrade the trim to CF, otherwise the car looks great...andd a big plus for getting the OEM rims, way better than the BBS, which are good looking ones but not on this car.
i thought all Plus version cars came standard with the carbon fiber interior, that plastic around the gear lever doesn't look good at all, you could upgrade the trim to CF, otherwise the car looks great...andd a big plus for getting the OEM rims, way better than the BBS, which are good looking ones but not on this car.
2004 RS6 by ABT, madly in love with it, RNS-E, ST coilovers, new TC, 19x9x29 RS4 B7 wheels, non-resonated Milltek w/blk tips, TBC....SOLD - but never to be forgotten!
2004 RS6 ebony schwarz, SE exhaust, 19'' rims - SOLD
'09 RS6 C6 - the great white - now, this means business!
2004 RS6 ebony schwarz, SE exhaust, 19'' rims - SOLD
'09 RS6 C6 - the great white - now, this means business!
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I am not sure about the interior trim, but perhaps it's a colour "pack" or something intended for the swiss market. I saw a carbon copy RS6+ (#197 iirc) and it had the exact same trim as mine; I do agree though, it's not the best looking one and I'm not the biggest fan of it. I would have loved to have the piano veneer trim, albeit it looks much better with the pearl white seats.
There are however more pressing issues to address as I slowly and surely detail the car. The exterior is pretty much immaculate and I have nothing much to do, not even swirl marks to correct. The interior however is another story as sometimes the owners can be the very worst car enemies without meaning to be. That's evidenced with the examples below:
Notice the colour "Banding" as they applied some sort of colouring agent in a very lazy lazy way
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_170704.jpg
This is my correction effort on the other side though it needs more work
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_170901.jpg
The crap colouring does get worse on the smoother harder plastics and other places I'm afraid
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_172205.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_175300.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_175350.jpg
Plasti dip time
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_194423.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_210240.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_212621.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140719_120400.jpg
Some of you may cringe at the crudeness of my method but I'm not a pro and I'm doing the best with what I have
There are however more pressing issues to address as I slowly and surely detail the car. The exterior is pretty much immaculate and I have nothing much to do, not even swirl marks to correct. The interior however is another story as sometimes the owners can be the very worst car enemies without meaning to be. That's evidenced with the examples below:
Notice the colour "Banding" as they applied some sort of colouring agent in a very lazy lazy way
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_170704.jpg
This is my correction effort on the other side though it needs more work
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_170901.jpg
The crap colouring does get worse on the smoother harder plastics and other places I'm afraid
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_172205.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_175300.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_175350.jpg
Plasti dip time
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_194423.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_210240.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140718_212621.jpg
http://www.zen14049.zen.co.uk/RS/20140719_120400.jpg
Some of you may cringe at the crudeness of my method but I'm not a pro and I'm doing the best with what I have
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How well has the Plastidipped handle held up?
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Welcome
Really nice example.
P.S. If you stick all your picture links between this [ img ] [/img ] this will display the images in the post
Really nice example.
P.S. If you stick all your picture links between this [ img ] [/img ] this will display the images in the post
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Welcome and wow!Very nice.And FON!
c5 rs6 owner thats been known to cut the wrong wire.............
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FON?? Not spotted this is from 2014 then 
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!
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Someone mentioned plastidip last week, Shopp probably got all excited and searched on here for all posts referencing plastidip.
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!
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Notice how my post was asking how well the Plastidip was holding up... 3 years later.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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He's yet to reply, may have all peeled off inside a week. It's always been pretty good stuff when I've used it though. Still haven't got round to doing my handles yet though.
Take it the sales have dropped since you're promoting it again
Take it the sales have dropped since you're promoting it again
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!
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Yup. I need a new car. Pushing the plastidip again.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Astrosquirrel
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Guys, the plastidip held up quite nicely for 2 years+. It is a good way to go as a fix for the peeling handles. I took it off because I was not satisfied totally with the finish at the edges, where plastic meets alcantara... but that's a problem of my craftsmanship and not of the product.
I haven't got round to redoing it, but I definitely will.
I haven't got round to redoing it, but I definitely will.
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