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Offline Little_Dave

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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #75 on: July 10, 2014, 07:05:04 pm »
Had my car MOT'd today which it passed as I expected but did make me laugh as the tester had put 2 rather odd advisories which made me laugh

1. Under trays fitted obscuring some underside components

2. Engine cover fitted obscuring some components in the engine bay

Now as far as I'm aware any under trays fitted to my car are factory fitted by audi and the same on all modern day cars and the audi tts engine cover I have fitted is smaller than the standard one that also came fitted as standard  :stupid: :signLOL:

Only noticed these after I had driven off and couldn't be asked to drive back to question them but made me laugh non the less  :laugh:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #76 on: July 10, 2014, 08:30:25 pm »
I've always had them for the under-trays, standard thing, as they aren't allowed to remove parts to check.
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #77 on: July 10, 2014, 08:33:35 pm »
Was surprised as I never got one in 5 years of owning the GTI and I always go to the same place  :signLOL:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #78 on: July 10, 2014, 08:39:57 pm »
Under the lodgic of not being able to remove parts to check, just fabricate covers for everything then they can't check anything. Got my MOT Saturday so will see how it goes...
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #79 on: July 10, 2014, 09:23:29 pm »
Should fab up a whole under car skid plate  like rallye cars have, imagin there faces  :signLOL:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #80 on: July 11, 2014, 10:58:43 am »
Quote from: Little_Dave on July 10, 2014, 07:05:04 pm
Had my car MOT'd today which it passed as I expected but did make me laugh as the tester had put 2 rather odd advisories which made me laugh

1. Under trays fitted obscuring some underside components

2. Engine cover fitted obscuring some components in the engine bay

Now as far as I'm aware any under trays fitted to my car are factory fitted by audi and the same on all modern day cars and the audi tts engine cover I have fitted is smaller than the standard one that also came fitted as standard  :stupid: :signLOL:

Only noticed these after I had driven off and couldn't be asked to drive back to question them but made me laugh non the less  :laugh:

My MOT station pit similar too. Bit odd almost cars have plastic under trays and engine covers.

Mine also had a adv. for high level brake light..., but still passed  :confused:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #81 on: August 10, 2014, 07:23:49 pm »
Not much of an update just been enjoying driving the car  :driver:

I've definitely noticed it suffers from heat soak a lot more than my Gti did, which I'm putting it down to the extra power and heat produced

This recent hot weather has not helped and I'm seriously considering upgrading the inter cooler to something a bit more capable

Apr is out the window as it's way over priced

THS are supposed to be decent

Air tec are another I've heard good things about and peron are apparently decent just unsure which to go for

I'd be getting a direct replacement rather than an additional front mount

Any other suggestions or experience would be helpful

Thanks

Dave
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #82 on: August 10, 2014, 07:26:57 pm »
Im probably going for Airtec, you could get one supplied by AmD to save some postage..?
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #83 on: August 10, 2014, 07:34:28 pm »
Eurojet & Wagner are worth a look :happy2:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #84 on: August 11, 2014, 11:36:24 am »
wow some excellent  up grades Dave :happy2:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #85 on: August 11, 2014, 06:31:47 pm »

Have a look at the Peron cooler Alex is currently testing  :smiley:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #86 on: August 11, 2014, 07:16:30 pm »
Quote from: maxitrol on August 11, 2014, 11:36:24 am
wow some excellent  up grades Dave :happy2:

Thanks Andy been a very quick build compared to my golf I'm nearly all done already lol

Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on August 11, 2014, 06:31:47 pm

Have a look at the Peron cooler Alex is currently testing  :smiley:

Yeah keeping a close eye on that mike looks really good so far just waiting on Alex's verdict

Dave
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #87 on: August 11, 2014, 08:38:24 pm »
We all say we are done as i did until i saw your front brakes :signLOL:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #88 on: August 11, 2014, 10:51:12 pm »
Quote from: maxitrol on August 11, 2014, 08:38:24 pm
We all say we are done as i did until i saw your front brakes :signLOL:

I think they're getting a bit too common for my liking now  :laugh:

Need to call Alex and tell him to stop bloody selling more  :fighting: :signLOL:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #89 on: October 18, 2014, 05:15:07 pm »
Had my wheels balanced yesterday as I had some vibration coming through the steering wheel at motorway speeds, was having a cuppa when the guy came over and asked me to come take a look at something  :scared:

Followed him into the workshop and was shown one of my wheels has a very slight buckle  :sad1:

The air went blue as I cursed our crap roads and bloody pot holes  :fighting:

Am I right in thinking it can be fixed or is it more cost effective to just replace the wheel?

Thanks for any help

Dave
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