new owner,not the best start with rs6

[Mɐʇʇ]

Nearly 4 years

[bam_bam]

Well fcuk.

[rs4wagon]

are they going to be 200'C hot?dont think so,head covers and intake are powder coated,if the paint will come off i'll just deep them in acid and leave bare alloy,thats the last thing im worried atm

Whether it's the last thing you're worried about not won't matter, it's more about how the magnesium was paint prep'd. There's zero paint left on mine when they were painted after headwork. Others have painted too, it doesn't hang around long, so we're all interested how long your powdercoating lasts innit.

we'll see,theres 1200mile trip so if they still be gold after that,i'll be happy

[Mɐʇʇ]

Was just thinking about his - I actually can't 100% remember if it was powdercoat. I gave it to my powdercoat guy and called out to him that it was magnesium. "Leave it with me".

He might have done powdercoat, stove enamel or 2-pack.
Anyway, they're good - and regularly do jobs for https://www.pascoeinternational.com/

This is them if anyone's in the south : http://www.trestanfinishers.com/

[Jimrummy]

Did they last the 1200 trip op?

[rs4wagon]

Did they last the 1200 trip op?

Austria trip is in may,i doubt i cer car all done before that,as she need few panels resprayed,doing bi-led conversion,also rear suspension is removed,all will be sand blasted n powder coated,etc etc,not in rush as got touareg vr6 for now.Why you asking?you have a feeling she can't make it?

[Jimrummy]

No! Just interested - it’s a good thread

[rs4wagon]

we'll see,i defo update thread if anything bad happen.Fingers crossed and she will give me alot of trouble free miles,all mechanical stuff shuold be done in next few weeks

[Jayjay101]

we'll see,i defo update thread if anything bad happen.Fingers crossed and she will give me alot of trouble free miles,all mechanical stuff shuold be done in next few weeks

Did you get the manual gearbox stuff all sorted then?


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[rs4wagon]

yes all ready to go now,hope he get time to put all of it together in the car

[rs4wagon]

little update,as i just bought 1st house in London im not pushing my mechanic to rush with rs6 as i'll get big bill to pay,and house need 80K to be liveable,but he do some work in spare time so i thought i would share some pic.Box is bolted with engone,starter motor working as it should,i sent some calipers to powder coaters,got my adapters ready,in the end i went for 380mm front with porsche panamera 6pots and 345 rear with 4pot off panamera and r8 hand brake.

[rs4wagon]

hey guys,looks like car might drive this year lol,got brakes ready,rear suspension just arrived form powder coating,managed to pick up miltek exhaust off ebay,also powerflex kit in da haus.

[rs4wagon]

Also got them ready to go on along with new michelins 245/30/20





will post more with engine in the bay soon

[rs4wagon]

few recent pictures,car did 2k miles now,so far so good

[Shoppinit]

Looking good. All finished?