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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2310 on: January 11, 2016, 11:56:19 am »
Tyres went on the rear. Came out of wheels in motion and went sideways around the first roundabout.  :signLOL:

I checked the pressures once I got home and there were nearly at 40PSI  :scared: so i dropped them down to 32PSI as per yokohama guidelines when hot.


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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2311 on: January 11, 2016, 12:18:50 pm »
Considered using R32 rear calipers with Audi A8 carriers and 330mm rear discs? You use the stock R32 sized pads...

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2312 on: January 11, 2016, 12:19:41 pm »
286mm... OEM rear.  I like small rears :innocent:

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2313 on: January 11, 2016, 03:38:18 pm »
I like bigger rears, they make for a comfier ride.

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2314 on: January 11, 2016, 05:58:47 pm »
Considered using R32 rear calipers with Audi A8 carriers and 330mm rear discs? You use the stock R32 sized pads...

ooooooooooooooooh

What model of Audi A8?

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2315 on: January 11, 2016, 06:08:54 pm »
AFAIK you need new hubs too for those

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2316 on: January 11, 2016, 06:20:33 pm »
I bought the M-tec J hook rears.  :smiley:

Actual ones...

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2317 on: January 25, 2016, 07:02:42 pm »
Well that was fun.

Came back off holiday this morning, and needed to use my car this afternoon. Dead... remote unlock wouldn't work so got in with the key. No sign of life, nada.

Jump start it. All ok. Except the radio and Polar FIS dont work. No comms with VCDS either.

Fuse for the radio had blown somehow.

All sorted now.  :smiley:

I need to keep an eye on it.... Ive left it before for 3 weeks and its started first time.  :confused:


I also got a refund for the Mtec discs. I read a few bad things about them so gonna stick OEM discs and upgraded pads on the rear

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2318 on: January 25, 2016, 07:10:56 pm »
Hope you had a good holiday.

Could be the bluetooth isn't that newish??

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2319 on: January 25, 2016, 07:12:57 pm »
Yeah ish... or something to do with the dashcam. Need to double check all the settings on the smart power box.

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2320 on: January 25, 2016, 07:37:14 pm »
Hope yous had a good holiday,least it's wammer in the UK :signLOL:
Prob battery drain is the camera

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2321 on: January 25, 2016, 07:47:22 pm »
Yeah ish... or something to do with the dashcam. Need to double check all the settings on the smart power box.
I forgot about the cam. My low voltage cutoff is draining the battery (down to the set level) even when the camera is off. The varta battery is giving a much better crank though.

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2322 on: January 25, 2016, 07:49:21 pm »
My battery goes flat as I don't drive it enough :signLOL:

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2323 on: January 25, 2016, 09:51:32 pm »
Welcome back m9

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Re: rich83 - Edition 30
« Reply #2324 on: January 30, 2016, 07:55:49 pm »
Couple of things today. New (well, 2nd new) steering rack fitted. Tyrol Deadset kit fitted too.







Front tyres are absolutely goosed.



New fronts coming soon.


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