Northhomies' 2002 Audi A6 1.8Turbo Quattro S-line Build/Project Thread

[Northhomie]

Guten Tag, meine Freunde!
To be honest, I've been browsing this forum for a long time, though I never managed to find the motivation to post up my own thread about my own car. So I guess now's the time![:)]

The car is a 2002 A6 1.8 Turbo Quattro, which also has the sport suspension and 5-speed manual transmission. As far as I'm concerned I noticed this setup is only aviable here in Europe.
I bought the car in march 2013, after searching the interwebz for about a month or so, looking for this exact combination. As far as reliability goes, not much beats the 1.8T in theese cars over here. The 4.2 is just way too expensive here.
Finally, on a cold(ish) day in march 2013 I drove down south. 550 miles to be more exact. Given I live in Norway, the roads are shitty during winter/spring months, but I decided to go for it no matter what. I really wanted this car.

When I finally made it there, I testdrove, got all the paperwork for previous mechanic work, and really searched for errors on the car. Not much negative were to be found. I bought it, and started my trip home.

The day I bought it:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/11671861485_6d1943e7ae_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11671861485/)
Audia6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11671861485/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3721/11672134633_f93368f156_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11672134633/)
Audia61 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11672134633/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

As you might've noticed, its a black on black interior, with a single-din Audi Concert II unit, and leather sports seats. Dark brown trim. Ill get more into detail as soon as Im off work.

More to come later tonight! [:)]

[khalimadeath]

Pretty cool. Always weird to see such a big car with the 1.8

[troyguitar]

That is awesome, I wish they had stuff like that here. I probably would buy that exact car over my allroad.

[Northhomie]

Thanks you two! I really like the car, havent had any problems so far except for gas prices. I drive way too much. [;)]

So after I finally got home from getting the car, the first thing I did as far as "mods", was refreshing the headlights. As you probably saw in the first post, they were quite neglected.
I started off by changing the projector lenses inside the headlight itself. I didn't like the light output from the Fresnel OEM lens, so I ordered a set of ZKW-R lenses from Theretrofitsource.com

Next up was sanding the headlight plastic lenses with 800grit sandpaper (dry), then 1000 (dry), 1000(wet), 1500(wet) and finally 2000 and 2500 (both wet). After the sanding was done and I was satisfied, I went on to polishing the lenses.
I started off using Scholl S03Gold polish, then finished with Plast-X. In the end, the lenses had a coat of Swissvax Shield as a protectant.

Pictures:

Changing Projector lenses

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/10858995135_4cfc1ba796_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10858995135/)
20131113_182152 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10858995135/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Managed to break the butyl-seal around the plastic lens, to open up the headlight. It took some heat from a heatgun, and it was suddenly all smeary.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2892/10859325123_6d02457da6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859325123/)
20131113_183125 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859325123/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

As you can see, the lens has circular patterns in it. Theese destroyed my light output.. So I continued like this:

Prying on the reflector tabs with a flathead screwdriver, while I pulled the reflector out towards the front of the car

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/10858983055_caffbf9ca1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10858983055/)
20131113_183138 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10858983055/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And its out

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5509/10859312383_893bc1bee6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859312383/)
20131113_183409 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859312383/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Projector out, with OEM fresnel lens (note the circular carvings)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/10859007586_b722fd567a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859007586/)
20131113_184000 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859007586/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

New lens looked like this

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5508/10797349946_9d0478149a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10797349946/)
20131111_122856 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10797349946/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

All clear

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/10835157505_965588ca98_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10835157505/)
20131111_234548 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10835157505/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

New xenon bulbs installed

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5498/10835330224_585e76756b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10835330224/)
20131111_234540 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10835330224/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And re-assembled the headlight

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/10859018875_ba541a815e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859018875/)
20131113_192028 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859018875/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Ofcourse I did the same thing to both headlights. [:)]

Light output result

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7364/10859005345_8eb3a0dcf3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859005345/)
20131113_180353 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10859005345/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Bad picture, but its good for a OEM bulb.


Then, onto the restoration. This is before:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7310/8878709697_81809ab3a7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8878709697/)
20130320_171949 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8878709697/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

During

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/8878713733_39ff50871e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8878713733/)
20130320_172846 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8878713733/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/8878722715_623e7440fa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8878722715/)
20130320_182324 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8878722715/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And after

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/8879352972_5b62d1d6b4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879352972/)
20130320_185033 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879352972/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

As you can see, a huge improvement. Car now looked like this

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7392/11678834495_7411b11570_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11678834495/)
20130501_171557 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11678834495/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/11679618446_88b99b900c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11679618446/)
20130501_171605 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11679618446/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

[Northhomie]

I'll just keep posting updates up to todays date, as I gather pictures from previous work I've done. I find it a nice way to keep all the information in one thread, as this is a build/project thread. [:)]


March 16th, 2013
Adding Auxiliary lights to the A6

Okay, so adding auxiliary lights was the next stop on the long road to satisfaction. As I've promised a few guys on here, I'll do a writeup as detailed as possible, hopefully on a understandable level.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/8879301440_f86f10df33_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879301440/)
20130303_235453 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879301440/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3667/8879315510_25bdfe48e1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879315510/)
20130304_000055 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879315510/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr


Items you will need, include:

- Auxiliary lamps of your preference
- Wireing harness (relay switch, and wires)
- Auxuliary lamp bracket (I used the license plate type in this project)
- Screws of your preference to fasten bracket to bumper
- Top stabilizer bars of your preference to reduce vibration (not needed if the aux lamps are lightweight)
- Eigther halogen bulbs, or HID kit (in this DIY I've gone with 100w HID kits @4300K.
- Obvious tools (e.g. battery-powered screwdriver, shaft spanners of your choice, pliers etc)

Heres a schematic I made for the wireing I did. Its pretty self-explanatory.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5543/11684583695_be36a396a7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684583695/)
Relay harness (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684583695/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

You can do whatever you prefer to join the red wire to the hot highbeam OEM wire on the OEM harness. (The wire that sends power to OEM highbeams, you can find this wire with a voltmeter).


Further along, onto the auxiliary lamp bracket. I removed the license plate and license plate frame, to screw the bracket tightly onto the bumper. Then I reinstalled the license plate ontop of it.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/11684660164_28f3b8acba_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684660164/)
ekstralysholder (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684660164/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Now it should look like this

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2826/11684492885_f17c272d56_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684492885/)
20131101_200324 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684492885/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Continue by mounting the auxiliary lamps ontop of each 90 degree . Don't screw them on too tightly yet. You wanna adjust them after you're done. (Car was dity, I know..)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/11685321166_3fb090563d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685321166/)
20131231_175922 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685321166/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And voilà!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5449/8879466296_84a661fed3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879466296/)
20130405_193601 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8879466296/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/11684683835_e4d1f87d50_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684683835/)
IMG_5607 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684683835/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/11684718425_b562c7efe2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684718425/)
IMG_5560 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684718425/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

At this point, Light output was like this

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/11685027133_6dc9486deb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685027133/)
IMG_9055 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685027133/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr


... but I wanted more. [:D]

Bracket to support 3 lights, and another 100 watts of HID Xenon light @ 4300K.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/11685129063_b9ec10c921_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685129063/)
20131206_223124 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685129063/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/11685225114_7c10cf382f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685225114/)
20131202_015809 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11685225114/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/11684910464_0f6bbf9a90_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684910464/)
20131231_175939 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684910464/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Thats that for now. More to come shortly [;)]

[canadianA4B7]

nice I am actually putting together some aux lights for my allroad!! I like the extra light on some of our unlite back country roads. now in the pic where you have the aux lights on do you have only 2 or 3 hooked up? are they pointed in sightline with you headlights or turned down slightly to avoid blinding oncoming traffic? and your wiring to the HIGH beam is the relay active turning the aux lights on with high beams or un active so that the aux lights are only on with your low beams?

my thought was to have them set up as on with the lows and then off when my high beams are on. but include an over ride so that I can turn the aux lights on at anytime.

[MCargill12]

Ive always had a thought of puting a 20" led light bar in the lower grill. And nice ride dude, I looked into b6 avants before I bought my allroad.

[canadianA4B7]

Ive always had a thought of puting a 20" led light bar in the lower grill. And nice ride dude, I looked into b6 avants before I bought my allroad.

How many watts are those suckers?

I just did a bit of a test on my 6" PIAA lights. Ive got 1 that ive converted to HID 35W 5000K. And a set of the original PIAA bulbs which are 85W!!! But yellow :-(. Holy shit they throw off a ton of heat which im leary of putting in front of the grille. But the 35W is not nearly as bright as the PIAA bulbs. Id like to know more on the OP bulbs colors and wattage (75 or 100W 2 different ballasts in images above) Maybe i can go with 2 x100 Watt HIDs and a single 35w hid in the middle.... But i dont think i would light up as much road as OP!

[khalimadeath]

Dude the light output from your car with those lights is insane! lol

[8520]

Love the light output. What color is your interior trim?

[Sparkstack]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/11684910464_0f6bbf9a90_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11684910464/)
Thats that for now. More to come shortly [;)]

This is very impressive. But how do you open the hood now?

[MCargill12]

How many watts are those suckers?

I just did a bit of a test on my 6" PIAA lights. Ive got 1 that ive converted to HID 35W 5000K. And a set of the original PIAA bulbs which are 85W!!! But yellow :-(. Holy shit they throw off a ton of heat which im leary of putting in front of the grille. But the 35W is not nearly as bright as the PIAA bulbs. Id like to know more on the OP bulbs colors and wattage (75 or 100W 2 different ballasts in images above) Maybe i can go with 2 x100 Watt HIDs and a single 35w hid in the middle.... But i dont think i would light up as much road as OP!

They range. Theres a shitload of them out there all different types, volts, watts, lumens, ect. From what I have read the watts can be anywhere from 2-5 per LED. They do run very cool and put out some great lighting. And they look sick.

[stef2.7t]

Thanks for putting this together Kevin!!! I can't wait for my set up to arrive!

[Northhomie]

nice I am actually putting together some aux lights for my allroad!! I like the extra light on some of our unlite back country roads. now in the pic where you have the aux lights on do you have only 2 or 3 hooked up? are they pointed in sightline with you headlights or turned down slightly to avoid blinding oncoming traffic? and your wiring to the HIGH beam is the relay active turning the aux lights on with high beams or un active so that the aux lights are only on with your low beams?

Hey canadianA4B7! I started off with two aux lights, but being curious on how a 3rd one would look like, I had to buy a 3rd one after a month or so. Digging it!!
The outer aux lights are pointed 4-6 degrees outwards horizontally, lights up the ditches pretty nice while still lighting up the road also. The center one has a pencil beam reflector, meaning it shoots the beam very concentrated and doesn't spread as good as the other two. I have this one pointed straight forward, and it lights up 3600~4000 ft on a nice day.

The aux lights has an active relay, that flicks on whenever i turn the OEM highbeams on. This is the only legal way to do it where I live. We're not allowed to use aux lights along with lowbeams, and i wouldnt recommend it. Other drivers would get sunburnt...


Ive always had a thought of puting a 20" led light bar in the lower grill. And nice ride dude, I looked into b6 avants before I bought my allroad.

Thanks mate! I thought about a led bar also, but we have so much snow here. It will just get fed up with snow and not be able to light up anything. It doesnt get hot, so the snow won't melt.


How many watts are those suckers?

I just did a bit of a test on my 6" PIAA lights. Ive got 1 that ive converted to HID 35W 5000K. And a set of the original PIAA bulbs which are 85W!!! But yellow :-(. Holy shit they throw off a ton of heat which im leary of putting in front of the grille. But the 35W is not nearly as bright as the PIAA bulbs. Id like to know more on the OP bulbs colors and wattage (75 or 100W 2 different ballasts in images above) Maybe i can go with 2 x100 Watt HIDs and a single 35w hid in the middle.... But i dont think i would light up as much road as OP!

My bulbs is 100watt HID bulbs with ceramic sockets to withstand the heat. The ballasts is also 100watt, all three of em. The schematic was just for show. The bulbs is 4300K. Effective lumen output is around 32000lumens with aux and oem highbeams at the same time.


Dude the light output from your car with those lights is insane! lol

Haha, thanks! It's decent.

[Northhomie]

Love the light output. What color is your interior trim?

Thanks! [:)] Interior trim is black on black, with very dark brown trim. I don't know the exact color code on it, I could find out if you really want me to.


This is very impressive. But how do you open the hood now?

Hehe, you're not the first one asking. Let me snow you [:)]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/11699204413_1131e6934d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11699204413/)
20131231_180014 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11699204413/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

On each end of the rod going across the aux lights, there is a ball bearing which is secured with a small clip. You simply flick off the clip, and unhook the stabilizer bars, Just as if you were to add or remove a trailer to your car.



Thanks for putting this together Kevin!!! I can't wait for my set up to arrive!

Not a problem, let me know if you need anything [:)]

[8520]

Thanks! [:)] Interior trim is black on black, with very dark brown trim. I don't know the exact color code on it, I could find out if you really want

Never seen that before. Can I have it?

[canadianA4B7]

Just awesome! So an extra 300W! Now yours do not look yellow at all? I would assume 4300k would look a tiny bit yellow. Im liking the directional choices you suggest, i few degrees outward, and the pencil type bulb center. Ive seen countless guys running 6" lights as "fogs" mostly on trucks. they turn them downward approx 2.5"-4" from a 25' point. So they are slighty lighting up "the fog around the front". I plan on trying to hook up what ive got as is for now. Ill just hook up 2 6" PIAA bulbs for now as youve suggested. Ill hook them up w high beams but ill also have an over ride. Also ive totally stole your idea using some L steel behind the plate! Im sure mine wont look oem at first but once i build a brush bar it will look somewhat decent.

Thanx for the info. Got the wheels turning!

What are those mounts you used called the ball bearing type with the clip. Need to find something like that.

[Northhomie]

Never seen that before. Can I have it?

Everything is for sale at the right price! hehe [:)]


Just awesome! So an extra 300W! Now yours do not look yellow at all? I would assume 4300k would look a tiny bit yellow. Im liking the directional choices you suggest, i few degrees outward, and the pencil type bulb center. Ive seen countless guys running 6" lights as "fogs" mostly on trucks. they turn them downward approx 2.5"-4" from a 25' point. So they are slighty lighting up "the fog around the front". I plan on trying to hook up what ive got as is for now. Ill just hook up 2 6" PIAA bulbs for now as youve suggested. Ill hook them up w high beams but ill also have an over ride. Also ive totally stole your idea using some L steel behind the plate! Im sure mine wont look oem at first but once i build a brush bar it will look somewhat decent.

Thanx for the info. Got the wheels turning!

What are those mounts you used called the ball bearing type with the clip. Need to find something like that.

That's right, 300W extra HID lightning. The 4300K bulbs is as you say, a tad yellow (ish). I wouldn't really say it's yellow, its more like a cream white color. I tried the 6000K 100w bulbs too, but that's just way too blue and sacrifices ALOT of lumens.. Id say the lumens is reduced about 25% with 6000K bulbs. To show you guys the difference in color, I made a short video... (Im sorry about the music, haha)!

4300K on the sides, and 6000K in the middle. I switched back to 3x 4300K after this, as 6000K bulbs lack alot of output.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BDhbrVgMuw

The mount im using ontop of the lights is this one

http://www.oljebaren.se/en/light-bracket-and-accessories/accessories/stabilizer/top-rod-with-quick-hitch

I'd say its needed with theese lights cause they are big and heavy. Mind you: In the video i linked, I did NOT use this bar ontop. You can see the vibrations...

[8520]

Everything is for sale at the right price!

Get me some more pictures and we might be talking :)

[canadianA4B7]

That video helps a lot I can barely see the hue of yellow it's noticeable but not like looking through yellow glasses. I'm gonna work on a mount for mine in the next few days. We just got 6" of snow. Wish i got mine on last week now!

[Northhomie]

That video helps a lot I can barely see the hue of yellow it's noticeable but not like looking through yellow glasses. I'm gonna work on a mount for mine in the next few days. We just got 6" of snow. Wish i got mine on last week now!

Yeah, that's what im saying. If you want them to be yellow, you'll notice its a cream white with a tiiiiiiny hue of yellow. Do it, let me know how it turns out [:D]

[G0to60]

Wow! The light output is insane on those. Very nice.

I've been thinking of adding two aux lights, although smaller than yours, to the front of my allroad. Thanks for the write up.

[V1nny]

Wow! The light output is insane on those. Very nice.

I've been thinking of adding two aux lights, although smaller than yours, to the front of my allroad. Thanks for the write up.

I don't think they would be street legal in most of the US.

[G0to60]

I wouldn't use them on the main roads. There are plenty of back roads around here and my parents house that I could use them. I would most likely keep covers on them when not in use. There are so many big trucks and Jeeps around here that have off road lights it's not a big deal.

[Northhomie]

Leather Treatment April 17th 2013

After having had the car for over a month, I decided to fresh up the interior. Leather treatment!

After having about 170.000 miles on the road, the interior was in pretty good shape. The drivers seat was a little worn, but nothing major.

Items used:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3670/8902929649_6ca2a22af0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902929649/)
IMG_5402 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902929649/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

- Chemical Guys GreenClean
- Lighter fluid
- Swissvax Leather Healer
- Swissvax Leather Cleaner
- Swissvax Leather Milk
- Elephant Fat
- Swissvax Leather brush and terry cloth towel

Inspection

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/8903087613_3e94d850ff_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903087613/)
IMG_5369 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903087613/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8401/8903670556_d2ea4f1deb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903670556/)
IMG_5373 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903670556/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Lots of stuff under the rear seat...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5323/8903747708_425163195a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903747708/)
IMG_5359 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903747708/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

I started fixing the rear seat. Took it out of the car, and put it on the balcony to get started. Damn cat HAD to sit on it, even though I told her not to..

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/8903538130_33762d8ea1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903538130/)
IMG_5404 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903538130/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Surroundings

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/8903583358_a248458ebb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903583358/)
IMG_5393 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903583358/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

I started off with the Swissvax Leather Cleaner, scrubbed around with the leather brush. Heres the left part treated, right part untreated.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8903504686_27df78a6ac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903504686/)
IMG_5410 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903504686/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Kept going...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/8902877595_8c057d336b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902877595/)
IMG_5414 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902877595/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Until the whole rear seat was done

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8278/8902865463_009ecfb2bd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902865463/)
IMG_5416 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902865463/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Lots of dirt!

Rear portion of center armrest treated with leather cleaner

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7408/8903435328_b6a6e91a0c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903435328/)
IMG_5437 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903435328/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And the front seats was taken out to do them properly.

Seat removal procedure

- Lift the seat to highest position for easier work
- Disconnect battery negative terminal
- Unscrew the two front nuts holding the seat in place
- Remove covers in the back, allowing the sliders to slide out of position^
- Disconnect airbag and other sockets under the seat
- Push seat back towards the trunk

(random choice of fingeruse, I promise [:D] )

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7317/11600392325_1a8ce861ab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600392325/)
IMG_9454 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600392325/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/11600874054_a931683f69_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600874054/)
IMG_9457 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600874054/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/11600525445_7e0ef205d9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600525445/)
IMG_9460 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600525445/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3731/11600828674_3a9ef8ec7b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600828674/)
IMG_9464 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600828674/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5486/11600743564_ae1ddb64a1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600743564/)
IMG_9451 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600743564/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5517/11601206816_ee41472f3b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601206816/)
IMG_9450 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601206816/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And its out!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/11601491996_5da2367085_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601491996/)
IMG_9475 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601491996/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr


Cleaning the drivers seat with lighter fluid, to get rid of all dirt and residue before using Swissvax Leather Healer (color touchup)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2836/11728181973_10cc8c6126_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11728181973/)
20130416_172137 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11728181973/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

More dirt

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/11728683296_25645ae2b3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11728683296/)
20130416_180553 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11728683296/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And the front seats was taken out to do them properly.

Started off cleaning the plastic base

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/11601664236_a38791e00a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601664236/)
IMG_9514 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601664236/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/11601207414_05720251d2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601207414/)
IMG_9515 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601207414/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then lubricating wheels and rails under the seat

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/11600855115_b9dbe0716b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600855115/)
IMG_9521 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11600855115/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then I started treating the front seats in this order: Leather cleaner, lighter fluid, Leather healer, Leather milk, Elephant fat on worn areas

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3709/11601616436_4f9ed0cc05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601616436/)
IMG_9525 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601616436/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

All done

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3703/11601157604_d3282fd0a4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601157604/)
IMG_9526 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601157604/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then i let the seats dry for an hour or so, and buffed residual leather milk with a terry cloth towel.

Back in place. [:)]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8560/8902750711_f36f0c74d1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902750711/)
IMG_5472 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8902750711/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7429/8903138659_ccecb382bf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903138659/)
IMG_5487 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903138659/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3822/8903146527_8648f5c8cd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903146527/)
IMG_5483 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/8903146527/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Seats looked more or less like new now. A nice way to spend 2-3 hours to get a nice interior [:D]

[stef2.7t]

Beauty!

[AudiA4_20T]

I thought I'd hate those lights, but they are indeed awesome

[Northhomie]

Beauty!
Thank you! [:)]


I thought I'd hate those lights, but they are indeed awesome
Same here, they do wonders during winter [:)]

[Northhomie]

Just posting some old stuff first, up to date. To get everything in the right order. [:)]

May 5th 2013 - August 2013

So finally summer got around up here in Norway too.
In May I decided to get myself a set of new wheels, as the ones that came with the car didn't look too appealing.
I thought about replica RS6 wheels, but in the end the decision fell on buying a COMPLETE brand new set RS6 wheels from Germany!

The wheels are 235/35 R19. Decided to buy a set of cheap tires to go with them, as I heard alot of good things about the tires.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/9010462673_883e036127_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9010462673/)
20130510_165401 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9010462673/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/9010459467_7b2e159911_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9010459467/)
20130510_171958 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9010459467/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Result as follows

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/9011638306_4c864eee64_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9011638306/)
20130510_205742 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9011638306/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3746/9011634282_8c5aa2fb2d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9011634282/)
20130511_151055 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9011634282/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7330/9223338974_b388435e25_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9223338974/)
IMG_6818 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9223338974/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And got around installing a pair of Thüle roof racks along with a Thüle bicycle holder

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/10017537266_0810d408a3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017537266/)
IMG_7828 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017537266/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5327/10017587694_00035abe78_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017587694/)
IMG_7803 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017587694/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/10017542895_f6a0e8cde0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017542895/)
IMG_7818 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017542895/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

[Vinnie981]

very clean man

[JTown77]

umm ummm good

[Northhomie]

October 15th 2013, Engine compartment upgrading

I had been driving the car all summer long without anything happening to it, until i had a high pitched whining sound appear late summer. I started concluding with it being the turbo going bad.
It still boosted fine, but the sounds got worse and worse.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDdxeBS_kSs

So i browsed the internet for a while, originally I searched for a used k03 to replace my old one. However I decided to go this route instead:

-Frankenturbo F21L Turbo (k04 Hybrid)
-Frankenturbo High Flow Exhaust Manifold
-Frankenturbo 3" Turbo Inlet pipe
-Bosch EV14 550cc Injectors
-034Motorsport 250cell High Flow Catalytic Converter

A few days after ordering, the shipment arrived.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/10017619533_fe30630241_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017619533/)
f21l (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017619533/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/10017475534_8c97ca4f91_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017475534/)
F21_exducer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10017475534/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And I started working.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/10401197033_9030783f8e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401197033/)
20131015_192624 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401197033/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Removing bit by bit

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2836/10401068415_0b8e715bc2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401068415/)
20131015_204437 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401068415/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

To get this retard out (which obviously had seen better days)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/10401224333_f9d30e4de2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401224333/)
20131015_205400 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401224333/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

It had been boosting for about 190.000 miles, which seems good and reliable. It was time for a new turbo anyway.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/10401034074_f9a7a53e0e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401034074/)
20131015_205409 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401034074/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

New F21L vs old BW k03

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2837/10401293003_e16b0fcb65_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401293003/)
20131015_205549 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401293003/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Also took a look inside the top end, everything looking good

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/10401106215_5e8f6a242e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401106215/)
20131015_210256 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401106215/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

The valve cover gasket was removed and replaced with a new one, and the valve cover was washed thoroughly and painted

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/10401140735_c1a5598c91_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401140735/)
20131015_210324 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401140735/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

https://v4s.yimg.com/sk/3725/10401226416_307b87c58a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401226416/)
20131016_230529 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10401226416/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

VHT Wrinkle Plus (Black)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/10618913855_1e235fd9ac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618913855/)
20131021_143427 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618913855/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Also the intake manifold was polished and painted

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/10618947434_7af6da59fc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618947434/)
20131021_223313 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618947434/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/10619431153_54cdb77424_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619431153/)
20131024_001418 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619431153/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/10618951394_095f303f47_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618951394/)
20131024_010654 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618951394/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/10618954934_53fb4d4f40_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618954934/)
20131028_183850 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618954934/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Topped off with a clearcoat on the polished area

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/10618970406_56980fcf06_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618970406/)
20131028_185608 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618970406/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Result

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/10618967026_7dcb871972_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618967026/)
20131029_152703 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618967026/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then on to the turbo installing again. Once again comparing the old k03 setup with the new F21L setup (test-mounted to weld exhaust)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3708/10618965984_85d8a76c3e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618965984/)
20131022_212220 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618965984/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Look at that dimension difference [:D]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/10618970904_e3f4f3f961_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618970904/)
20131022_212154 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618970904/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

The 034 Cat was made for the a4 b6 originally, so I had to weld a new 3" exhaust from the cat and down under the car. Lots of bends!

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/10619352475_a49ac0396d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619352475/)
20131029_180015 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619352475/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Test-fitted

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/10619000614_c83abb650e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619000614/)
20131024_210711 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619000614/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Viscous fan replacement, along with a new thermostat while at it

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/10618995355_5f0e5596af_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618995355/)
20131024_210745 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618995355/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Also during the tear-down of all the engine breather hoses, I noticed alot of worn out pieces. They got inspected, removed and replaced (pretty much didn't risk cleaning them out only to destroy another turbo, so ALL breather hoses were replaced).

[Northhomie]

All that buildup though..!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/10619144215_bba35e8a3e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619144215/)
20131024_180859 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619144215/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/10619004606_31746c4407_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619004606/)
20131024_175613 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619004606/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Old vs new

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/10619150175_8cfb07cdf1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619150175/)
20131024_180445 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619150175/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3783/10619174406_ec3c961449_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619174406/)
20131024_175542 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619174406/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/10619154314_6684ab4dd4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619154314/)
20131024_175549 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619154314/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

https://s3.yimg.com/so/7409/10619399533_5ef09ed9c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619399533/)
20131024_175602 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619399533/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

As you can see, the old parts were pretty much useless. [o_o]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/10619233603_26c97e84e5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619233603/)
20131024_180411 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619233603/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Also a new dipstick tube got installed

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/10619140725_50b1f99b60_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619140725/)
20131024_175524 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619140725/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

and lots of other misc. stuff

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/10618985526_80ed585e1e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618985526/)
20131024_175621 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10618985526/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then in the end, the last finish was done (yes this was really nescessary to bring back the new-look) [:)]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/10619239983_f8e8543484_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619239983/)
20131024_175642 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619239983/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

The new EV14 550cc injectors were installed lastly along with the high polished fuel-rail and FPR.
Everything set up and ready to start up

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/10619318083_47d2043a38_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619318083/)
20131101_200321 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619318083/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

https://s2.yimg.com/sm/5549/10619325873_35547802ab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619325873/)
20131101_193046 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619325873/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/10619333533_37b1448721_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619333533/)
20131031_232646 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619333533/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr


After a little research I went with the Motoza k04 hybrid tune for my setup. So far it works really well, boosting approx. 20PSI.

I also happened to buy a boost gauge some weeks earlier. I wanted to do both the turbo setup and the boost gauge at the same time, so I started tearing down the interior

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/10619042196_a716e0f078_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619042196/)
20131030_185155 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619042196/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

I followed a c5 allroad vent boost gauge DIY PDF on the interwebz.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3770/10619254013_657cca93be_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619254013/)
20131029_201203 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619254013/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Started drilling a hole in the center vent to run wires. Mind you, my boost gauge is electric.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/10619007284_28af931d47_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619007284/)
20131029_203107 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619007284/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Tearing down the center vent, only to find that my new boost gauge vent pod ALSO were made for the a4 b6... dammit! Oh well, here goes time and precise cutting

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/10619104595_07d3259f1b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619104595/)
20131031_165251 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619104595/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/10619377713_1f61d62890_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619377713/)
20131031_171643 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619377713/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5547/10619371183_2e0dd1be49_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619371183/)
20131031_172708 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619371183/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Starting to look like something!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/10619119776_69ed1f5512_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619119776/)
20131031_174813 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619119776/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

The boost gauge was then installed and the wires run down below the steering wheel behind the instrument cluster where the electric boost sensor were placed.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/10619116854_a81a125bb6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619116854/)
20131031_174801 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619116854/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/10619348813_3a25f1624c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619348813/)
20131031_194953 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619348813/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

I also used the opportunity to polish the plastic lens infront of the instrument cluster. Marvels were made and it now looked 100% like new

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/10619264973_bc14770064_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619264973/)
20131030_174053 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619264973/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3777/10619038976_ed298bc5f5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619038976/)
20131030_194357 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619038976/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Everything back together. [:)]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/11601129005_6d5b6978a6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601129005/)
IMG_9553 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601129005/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Perfect stock color of the backlightning, matching the instrument cluster spot on.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5532/11601473474_c6eca7d74f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601473474/)
IMG_9550 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601473474/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

[Northhomie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12628244393/in/photostream/?likes_hd=1Some more pictures:

IMG_9550 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601473474/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/11601281313_9ceff0b24c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601281313/)
IMG_9566 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601281313/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/11601054075_d796dd5103_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601054075/)
IMG_9569 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601054075/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/11601077475_01e01e2428_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601077475/)
IMG_9565 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/11601077475/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr


Summer tires then got replaced with spanking new Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2 studless winter tires, at a retarded price of 350$ a piece...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/10619108865_aac95fa20b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619108865/)
20131101_205525 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619108865/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/10619047226_92b3b1c39a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619047226/)
20131029_195018 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/10619047226/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And that was it for that time! further upgrades coming along, keep an eye out! [;)]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/9497524549_b40614ac5c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9497524549/)
IMG_8437 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/9497524549/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

A little fun-time in the snow, a few weeks after the build:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12628244393/in/photostream/?likes_hd=1

[PipeHitter808]

This is one beautiful C5 Avant!

[stef2.7t]

Great Work Kevin!

[Vinnie981]

Very nice car

[G0to60]

Nice work! That turbo work looks familiar. I just replaced the turbo on my brother in law's B6 A6 when his K03 finally gave up. Looks like you have a bit more room in there to move around though.

[raggaman]

Nice A6 [up]

[khalimadeath]

Lookin great! lets get a vid of that baby running.

[Northhomie]

Thanks all!

Heres a video a few miles after it was built. Ofc the engine and oil were pre-heated.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUYa4bRun8

[Northhomie]

15th February 2014 - New headlights & retrofitted

A new year has arrived, and more opportunities and mods awaits. First mod I did this year were the headlights.
I got tired of the old low beam projectors. They were about to get useless. The chrome inside the projectors were neglected as this was originally a halogen headlight car.
The chrome wasn't as reflecting as it was when it was new, and were cracked and faded brown colored. This ofcourse affected light output, and the decision was made.

Since I wanted to go full out on this rebuild, I went for NEW OEM HEADLIGHTS and alot of retrofit stuff from Theretrofitsource.

- New headlights (OEM)
- Hella Evox-R Projector x2
- Morimoto XB35 5000K D2S-bulb x2
- Morimoto 5five D2S Ballast x2
- Morimoto Heavy Duty 80A relay harness
- Philips X-treme Vision H7 high beam bulbs @55W

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7336/12442347873_9d992c237f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442347873/)
IMG_9712 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442347873/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3826/12442149865_9e846ea34c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442149865/)
IMG_9732 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442149865/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/12442191105_8ef64d9cb4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442191105/)
IMG_9721 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442191105/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/12442122733_f813c9f664_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442122733/)
IMG_9809 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442122733/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/12442141295_5f1b15cd8a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442141295/)
IMG_9734 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442141295/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3775/12442304474_d6ecf9a030_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442304474/)
IMG_9902 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442304474/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Also decided to get a new set of fogs, because the old ones were dead (litterally)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5533/12442054623_a4f14d16ef_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442054623/)
IMG_9829 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442054623/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Workshop of this mod was the living room table (luckilly the dragon were at work, else I wouldn't have been allowed to do this. [:D] )

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/12442972963_bd612cf07f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442972963/)
IMG_0004 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442972963/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

The view

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/12443204324_f7b224bcd5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443204324/)
IMG_0028 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443204324/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/12442983773_f8ee4d7094_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442983773/)
IMG_0003 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442983773/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Opening up the headlights

I started by opening the new headlights, splitting them in two. That way I could get a hold of the projector quite easily. I tried taking out my old projectors from the back once, it didn't quite work out.

- 150*F in the oven for 20 minutes
- When 20 minutes have passed, quickly take out headlight from oven and start prying the lens off of the housing.
- Remove old glue and replace

So in about half an hours' work, it went from this

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3701/12443294764_6030698d02_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443294764/)
IMG_0010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443294764/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

To this

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/12441925303_c1b925ffbe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441925303/)
IMG_9909 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441925303/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Removing the reflector bowl with the projector assy - Prying the clips upward and out of the way - while sliding the reflector forward towards the headlight lens (that we have already removed)

First removing the reflector transport-fasteners at the back end of the assembly

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/12441934723_737a78bae9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441934723/)
IMG_9907 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441934723/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then , using a flathead screwdriver, releasing the clips from the front end while pulling on the reflector

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/12441783834_c7fe099c8f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441783834/)
IMG_9999 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441783834/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/12442854195_cf279910ea_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442854195/)
IMG_0001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442854195/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And it was out of the headlight in a sudden, next to the new retrofit-projector (EvoX-R Bixenon projector)!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/12441758465_d7587d5bbb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441758465/)
IMG_9914 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441758465/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Gloves on to prevent fatty-fatty-finger-marks [:)]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/12441888063_17d9d36f1b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441888063/)
IMG_9916 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441888063/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Now onto removing the old projector from the reflector surround. Note that 3 of theese screws are already used to hold the EvoX-R projector together. So the 3 screws were removed, and replaced with the OEM screws to hold the projector in place.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/12441865203_8e13ae2e84_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441865203/)
IMG_9918 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441865203/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Old vs New (low beam projector vs bixenon projector)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/12441714775_aabd940f66_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441714775/)
IMG_9919 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441714775/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

This is inside the old projector, as you can see the chrome is cracked and discolored.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2858/12442328704_34d3e07306_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442328704/)
IMG_9869 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442328704/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

New projector inside

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/12441914234_1e2e7c352f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441914234/)
IMG_9978 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441914234/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/12441934824_60758c1921_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441934824/)
IMG_9976 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441934824/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Some mandatory fun with old FRESNEL-lenses... [:D]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/12443482175_6ab5b31ea5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443482175/)
20140206_135833 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443482175/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5478/12443966224_56823ef9fb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443966224/)
20140206_141433 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443966224/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

After messing around and laughing intensely for a few minutes, I got back to work. Projector now mounted onto the reflector assembly, comparing the new assembly to the old

Old one first

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/12442214004_d600544100_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442214004/)
IMG_9917 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442214004/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then new one

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3719/12441833993_f35e36bd30_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441833993/)
IMG_9924 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441833993/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

As you can see, there is some wires going out from the new bixenon projector. This is to control the solenoid switching from low-beam to high-beam, by flicking a shield up and down. Ill come back to this.

[Northhomie]

Decided to put some Theretrofitsource stickers in the headlights, as they have been delivering outstanding service the whole way, and they have answered my 100 questions prior to ordering the items. CREDS THEIR WAY!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/12441664795_f21af978fe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441664795/)
IMG_9938 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441664795/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/12441797273_73030b7a0a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441797273/)
IMG_9939 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441797273/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then I removed the old headlight sealant glue, and replaced it with new OCI-Butyl rubber glue from TRS

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3735/12442319784_fc073b37c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442319784/)
IMG_9899 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442319784/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Old chuncks of glue (sticky and scary stuff, please be careful if you're doing this cause it can get pretty messy) discarded

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5548/12441974163_a40dce1e05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441974163/)
IMG_9900 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441974163/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

New glue seated in the channel

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7313/12441463073_32f60f9f35_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441463073/)
IMG_9995 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441463073/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Now it looked like this

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/12441350055_1093efec32_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441350055/)
IMG_9990 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441350055/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And with the reflector assembly and projector back in place.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/12441759993_029e8e1d55_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441759993/)
IMG_9945 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441759993/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Then I heated up the headlight assembly with a heat gun, to make the glue softer. And back on goes the headlight lens!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/12442038404_0bc4905afd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442038404/)
IMG_9958 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442038404/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

To make the lens seat properly to the headlight assembly, I used clamps to press it together while adding oem clamps along the way

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2822/12442048264_b21b6d53c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442048264/)
IMG_9955 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442048264/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/12441361935_9a7a8d3910_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441361935/)
IMG_9989 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441361935/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3766/12441464325_9d9fdf2a3c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441464325/)
IMG_9975 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12441464325/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

I got pretty tired at this time, and decided to continue the next day. It had snowed a great deal over night, and the view out the window now looked like this (oh joy, quattro weather with no headlights)... [:D]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/12442708484_b80c70a626_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442708484/)
IMG_5047 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442708484/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And back to the headlights. Since I was done replacing the projectors, I started doing the wireing.
The bixenon solenoid had to be soldered together with the OEM high beam harness to assure function. Pretty straight forward job as the pictures will tell.

The black and white connector being the highbeam, I started by removing the terminals from the connector

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/12442772105_811868f19b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442772105/)
IMG_0018 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442772105/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And placed them in a clamp for easy and secure soldering

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/12442511085_bdca05939a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442511085/)
IMG_0061 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442511085/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

[Northhomie]

Bixenon solenoid wires soldered to OEM highbeam harness

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/12442759655_029332ed5f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442759655/)
IMG_0024 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442759655/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/12442748005_b75e94b0e9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442748005/)
IMG_0025 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442748005/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3762/12443215974_ece00d3da6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443215974/)
IMG_0027 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443215974/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/12442500195_46b34bae05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442500195/)
IMG_0069 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442500195/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/12442755893_5a3219ce15_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442755893/)
IMG_0044 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442755893/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

D2S bulbs prepped with alcohol pads to remove potential fat stains etc, and installed

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/12308101405_126d4151ed_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12308101405/)
IMG_9771 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12308101405/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/12442954274_1c3d51a91e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442954274/)
IMG_0080 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442954274/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/12442467935_a86acfd24c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442467935/)
IMG_0081 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442467935/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/12443119354_af680ff021_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443119354/)
IMG_0042 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443119354/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Holes were made in the back headlight cover for the D2S Ballast connector

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/12443060764_c6a9654c03_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443060764/)
IMG_0051 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443060764/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/12442913294_3e1e7737ff_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442913294/)
IMG_0085 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442913294/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And everything got connected inside the headlight (city light, high beam, etc). Note that the OEM lowbeam-connector were connected to the relay harness to turn on the relay for the xenons.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/12443018354_f6efc558b0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443018354/)
IMG_0057 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443018354/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Velcroed the ballast underneath the headlights, like this

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/12442695543_b246c0858f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442695543/)
IMG_0054 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442695543/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3826/12442665243_ca2618e601_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442665243/)
IMG_0058 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442665243/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Final results

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/12442491723_2abe52ed7f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442491723/)
IMG_0093 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442491723/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Headlight was cleaned with Nanolex premium glass cleaner

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/12442470173_1acbe937c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442470173/)
IMG_0097 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442470173/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

Old headlight vs new

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/12442284735_b48928e558_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442284735/)
IMG_0106 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442284735/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/12442312965_749c51001e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442312965/)
IMG_0101 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442312965/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

The last thing to do, connections. I made a picture showing how the Morimoto HD relay works:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/12442248785_5b9c1c0b7f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442248785/)
IMG_0118 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12442248785/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

And finally its back on the car, along with new fogs!!!^

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/12443970554_ccc7f2efac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443970554/)
20140208_183259 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443970554/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/12443948704_c5b0bd4e08_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443948704/)
20140208_183356 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443948704/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/12443605333_2ec1f0df59_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443605333/)
20140208_183253 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60635142@N03/12443605333/) by Northhomie (http://www.flickr.com/people/60635142@N03/), on Flickr


More output pics will come in a while. So far, im in love with this mod!!! [:D]
Thanks for looking [:)]

[raggaman]

what brand of glue you used ?

[Northhomie]

Oci-Butyl rubber glue from Theretrofitsource. Works wonders!

[raggaman]

I don't get this glue in Poland . Awesome [down]

[4rings2turbos]

This build is so very, very beautiful. Thank you, this is excellent work and an inspiration. I'm not sure if there is anything better than an older car tastefully upgraded and immaculately cared for.

Just beautiful [up]

[Northhomie]

Thanks alot, mate! Appreciate your feedback. :)
Im all about keeping it as OEM+ as possible.

[JediJoker7169]

What bulbs are you using for your city lights? The ones that came in my housings are rather dim, but yours look decently bright.

[khalimadeath]

very nice. lets see a light output shot.

[Northhomie]

What bulbs are you using for your city lights? The ones that came in my housings are rather dim, but yours look decently bright.
They are t10 socked OEM halogen city lights. Nothing special, but gets the work done.. :)


very nice. lets see a light output shot.
Thanks! Output shots coming up :)