Dupli color fabric and vinyl

[Gocaudi]

I just finish swapping out my auto trans to a 5 spd. While out junking for parts I came across a nice a4 avant with a nice leather interior, the only problem it's a color that won't match my interior. My solution is to paint them and hope they last. I started with my shifter and I liked the way it turned out tomorrow I'll continue with the rear bench seat

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[sonic32]

Sorry to hijack your thread but would you mind giving some input on the manual swap? What were the specs of the car before? Was it hard? What parts did you need for the swap? Where were you able to source the parts from and around how much did it run you?


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[19birel]

I'm interested to see how the seats turn out/hold up over time. I really want brown seats and have thought about buying a spare set to dye, but I'm worried that it'll wear off. Hopefully this holds up for you!

[tar]

Headliner and other hardly touched should be fine, for seats id look into a better dye than duplicolor as those are more low grade. Friends used the duplicolor before was so so.
Id personally look for black leather seats over dyeing.

[Gocaudi]

Sorry to hijack your thread but would you mind giving some input on the manual swap? What were the specs of the car before? Was it hard? What parts did you need for the swap? Where were you able to source the parts from and around how much did it run you?


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No problem man my car is a 99 a4 AEB avant with the tiptronic awd. Like every other person has said taken out the auto trans was the hardest part just cus it's so darn heavy and bulky so working around the bolts was a bit tight. I sourced the transmission from Craigslist I got a deal on it and the rest of the parts from a local you pull yard
Transmission $80
Rear diff $35
Front cv axels from a spd 1.8 $18 x2
Drive shaft $30
Master and slave cylinder $36
Shifter assembly $35
Clutch kit (eBay) $50
Pilot bearing from a v6 $15 eBay
Driver side trans mount from a v6 $18

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[19birel]

No problem man my car is a 99 a4 AEB avant with the tiptronic awd. Like every other person has said taken out the auto trans was the hardest part just cus it's so darn heavy and bulky so working around the bolts was a bit tight. I sourced the transmission from Craigslist I got a deal on it and the rest of the parts from a local you pull yard
Transmission $80
Rear diff $35
Front cv axels from a spd 1.8 $18 x2
Drive shaft $30
Master and slave cylinder $36
Shifter assembly $35
Clutch kit (eBay) $50
Pilot bearing from a v6 $15 eBay
Driver side trans mount from a v6 $18

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$80 for a transmission is a steal, I paid $250 for my replacement 5-speed after my original randomly blew up...

Link to the $50 clutch kit?

[Gocaudi]

Thanks I'll post some more pics as I progress in to the interior swap. I would like some black leather but my seats are manual and leather manual seats are hard to find specially in good condition. I'd look into swapping it for power seats as there are more available but the whole thing seems a bit complicated. I found these seats and the condition that they are in are flawless except the drivers back net which my dumb ass broke as I was pulling them out of the car 😂

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[Gocaudi]

$80 for a transmission is a steal, I paid $250 for my replacement 5-speed after my original randomly blew up...

Link to the $50 clutch kit?

Sorry I thought I had payed $50 but it was actually $70
http://m.ebay.com/itm/FX-HD-CLUTCH-K...301?nav=SEARCH

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[4A Play]

Want to sell those factory cloth seats?

[sonic32]

No problem man my car is a 99 a4 AEB avant with the tiptronic awd. Like every other person has said taken out the auto trans was the hardest part just cus it's so darn heavy and bulky so working around the bolts was a bit tight. I sourced the transmission from Craigslist I got a deal on it and the rest of the parts from a local you pull yard
Transmission $80
Rear diff $35
Front cv axels from a spd 1.8 $18 x2
Drive shaft $30
Master and slave cylinder $36
Shifter assembly $35
Clutch kit (eBay) $50
Pilot bearing from a v6 $15 eBay
Driver side trans mount from a v6 $18

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Wow those are great prices haha. Yeah I have a 99 Aeb 1.8T avant too with a tiptronic that I want to do the swap in. Hope I can find a cheap tranny like that lol did you need the rear axles too? And I can reuse passenger side mount?


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[Gocaudi]

Want to sell those factory cloth seats?

Yea I wouldn't mind 😁

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[Gocaudi]

Wow those are great prices haha. Yeah I have a 99 Aeb 1.8T avant too with a tiptronic that I want to do the swap in. Hope I can find a cheap tranny like that lol did you need the rear axles too? And I can reuse passenger side mount?


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No the rear axels fit the new diff and yes the passenger side mount is the same on both auto and manual. The drivers side on the auto will be to small and not reach the subframe and the manual on the 1.8 are a longer piece the sits to far back

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[sonic32]

No the rear axels fit the new diff and yes the passenger side mount is the same on both auto and manual. The drivers side on the auto will be to small and not reach the subframe and the manual on the 1.8 are a longer piece the sits to far back

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Cool I just found a 2.8 1997 v6 manual as a parts car, would I be able to use most of the parts from it and find 1.8T front axles only?


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[4A Play]

Yea I wouldn't mind 😁

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Where are ya located? Idea on price?

[Gocaudi]

Cool I just found a 2.8 1997 v6 manual as a parts car, would I be able to use most of the parts from it and find 1.8T front axles only?


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The axels have to be from the same trans the 1.8 manual are different from the v6 manual

[Gocaudi]

Where are ya located? Idea on price?

I'm in Colorado message me with and offer and we will go from there

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[Gocaudi]

Finished the back seats hopefully this week I can get the front seats done as well

[RENOxDECEPTION]

wtf... o.0

[Bordom]

More sun oics of the finished product. If be concerned about reliability and my clothes haha

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[tar]

More sun oics of the finished product. If be concerned about reliability and my clothes haha

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Black pleathers are mad rare tho...

[sonic32]

The axels have to be from the same trans the 1.8 manual are different from the v6 manual

So I can use the v6 front axles on my 1.8t? They'll bolt right up to the knuckle, through the bearing?


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[Gocaudi]

No the axels on the manual v6 are different the ones found on the 5spd 1.8

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[Gocaudi]

Sure thing tomorrow I'm putting it in the car from what I been hearing it doesn't rub off but I'll keep y'all posted

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[Gocaudi]

Today I went ahead and changed the seats