autumn project RS dress up

[johnnie27]

hi folks taken out some stone chips, some fresh colour and the new boots on......assembly this week

hope you like her...too
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[Stephencl]

Love the Black roof. Paint or vinyl?

Stephen

[Elevens]

I Like the way it looks. Nice Stance. And it looks like your doing a good Job on the Body also. Can't wait to see the final result. Keep up the good work........................

[johnnie27]

I Like the way it looks. Nice Stance. And it looks like your doing a good Job on the Body also. Can't wait to see the final result. Keep up the good work........................


thanks Gents, for the first question the roof is GLOSS BLK sticky stuff (not paint) cant spell the V word...cost $220.00 to do and i like the pano roof look of the E55 benz, so i thoiught i'd give it a go..been about 1 year with it on still looks great IMO..

thanks for the comments, cant wait to drive her again ..been 3 months so far!

[MaxRS6]

That is one heck of a spruce up! Good luck with the continued progress

[bakes]

Car looks fantastic!! Can't wait to see final pics when it's done!

[mrdave]

Looks great! What wheel size / offset are those?

[johnnie27]

Looks great! What wheel size / offset are those?


mate they are

19x9.5 ET 30
255/35/19 tyres

the back space is a tad differnet front to rear (as i wanted a bigger dish on the rears)

thanks for the kind words

[johnnie27]

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mate they are

19x9.5 ET 30
255/35/19 tyres

the back space is a tad differnet front to rear (as i wanted a bigger dish on the rears)

thanks for the kind words

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[Erik]

Wow, what a project. Look forward to the end result.

[johnnie27]

Wow, what a project. Look forward to the end result.

thanks Erik, i can hardley wait anymore!!!!

[terrytcl]

nice!

how do those brushed trim around the windows come off?

i'd love to remove mine for some black out work.

[johnnie27]

nice!

how do those brushed trim around the windows come off?

i'd love to remove mine for some black out work.


i will ask the guy that did it so i give an accurate explination..ok

[kismetcapitan]

beautiful! The roof vinyl is a damned good idea; I'd have never thought of that. Although, if I'm going to do that...wonder how 3M Dinoc carbon-look vinyl would look? I remember seeing pics of an R8 done completely in the 3M stuff...

[johnnie27]

nice!

how do those brushed trim around the windows come off?

i'd love to remove mine for some black out work.

ok something like this
Remove the b pillar trim (4 torque screws) rear ¼ glass peel outdrip mould insert (blk), then drill out all pop rivets (12-14 of them)….then back at ¼glass with plastic tool start working it out bit by bit very carefully extreemly fragile .when you re-asemble .new rivets must come from audi..think they are special size and treated stainless tips?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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[kismetcapitan]

jeebus, some masking tape and plastidip sounds a hell of a lot easier to go black optics!!

[johnnie27]

jeebus, some masking tape and plastidip sounds a hell of a lot easier to go black optics!!


yep my advise would be check the price of the parts in the USA in OZ that mold is worth over $1500.00 per side!

as they say once you go black you cant go back,....baahhhhhh..probably not a joke 1 man sould say to another man!......sorry mate! ozzie humour....

[JSRS6]

I went the route your detailer went. Its simpler than it sounds. and aluminum or stainless rivets from the parts store work just fine.