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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #90 on: October 18, 2014, 11:11:53 pm »
I would imagine a buckled one piece alloy can't be fixed? Also, would you trust a repaired alloy on 300bhp+? I wouldn't...
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #91 on: October 21, 2014, 11:26:28 pm »
Yeah you're right there  :happy2:

Got some CTS pipes ready to go on but just waiting as I'm unsure which cooler to go for now  :laugh:

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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #92 on: October 22, 2014, 12:15:25 am »
Quote from: Little_Dave 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

If it's not too bad it should be fixable
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #93 on: October 22, 2014, 08:13:02 am »
Quote from: Little_Dave on October 21, 2014, 11:26:28 pm
Yeah you're right there  :happy2:

Got some CTS pipes ready to go on but just waiting as I'm unsure which cooler to go for now  :laugh:

Dave

Coolers are almost ready.
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #94 on: October 22, 2014, 12:33:19 pm »
Swap the TD Pro Race 1.2's for something a bit less common, break the mould. Seems like a good time while one is broken...
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #95 on: October 27, 2014, 10:32:18 pm »
the s3 was looking amaziny the other day ! :happy2: 

need boot pop tho lol
« Last Edit: October 28, 2014, 12:24:23 am by alexharvey »
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #96 on: October 29, 2014, 03:15:23 pm »
Cheers Alex  :drinking:

Don't know how I lived without that sonax bsd  :laugh: stuff is amazing

Really is about finding the right products and that they all don't do the same thing  :signLOL:

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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #97 on: October 29, 2014, 07:23:22 pm »
Wow!
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #98 on: October 29, 2014, 07:42:20 pm »
wait till you give it a machine polish and wax before you use BSD  :happy2:

and Dave this thread needs new clean pictures of your s3  :drool:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #99 on: October 29, 2014, 09:35:29 pm »
We need a Lakeside KFC meet again just before or after Christmas ideally. Would be good to see what people have been up to lately.
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #100 on: December 08, 2014, 08:04:14 pm »
Well finally got hold of some proper car cleaning equipment after a few visits to @DANBOY66





So much easier and quicker, not to mention safer on the paintwork

Here's how my car looked after a good covering



And that was after 5 minutes of dwelling, haven't got any final results pics as I was running out of daylight  :sad1:

Current cleaning method is

Rinse car
Snow foam
Agitate with valet pro brush around sills etc
Bilberry my wheels and agitate with wheel woollies
Rinse car
Two bucket method using chemical guys wash n gloss shampoo
Rinse car
Dry car off

Ran out of time and the car was only waxed not long ago so just topped up with some sonax bsd, poor boys on the wheels, Meg's endurance the tires and some Meg's glass cleaner  :smiley:

Comments or advice welcome

Dave
« Last Edit: December 08, 2014, 08:09:39 pm by Little_Dave »
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #101 on: December 08, 2014, 10:20:36 pm »
Bang on mate  :happy2:

you are getting the bug  :grin: :grin:

and you know it makes sense to look after a nice car properly  :drool:

and in the better weather months we will machine polish the car to make it look even better  :happy2:
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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #102 on: December 11, 2014, 10:41:55 pm »
Definitely got the bug and I blame you entirely  :signLOL:

Be interesting to get some figures on Monday of what power I'm getting finally  :jumpmove:

Machine polishing sounds great  :drinking: but will no doubt cost me more money if I get the hang of it  :notworthy:

Just hope the rollers are kind and don't ruin me  :fighting:

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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #103 on: December 15, 2014, 06:59:49 pm »
Well today was the moment of truth wondering what power my car was making once and for all  :driver:

Arrived at Surrey rolling road just before 1, after struggling to find it amongst all the buildings  :signLOL:

Was very happy with the results of the runs, pulled 348bhp on the first run and 353bhp on the second with 345ftlbs torque  :happy2:

I'll let justin reveal his figures himself but they were consistent with his previous dyno at rtech

Just a shame james didn't put his ttrs on for a run  :drool:

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Re: Little_Dave's S3
« Reply #104 on: December 15, 2014, 07:06:16 pm »
good figures mate  :happy2: when you get the Peron intercooler, Cts boost pipes and a map tweak its going to be even better

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