Ryan did a thing

[haro1225]

2013 Audi Allroad. 48K miles. Very good shape but needs a detail. Somebody liked car washes.
More pictures after I clean it up.

[Sirius]

Nicely done. I like Audis, but I don't like paying for parts/service when things go awry. Can't wait to see some pics.

[95naSTA]

Nice. Those are some low miles.

Audi reliability/maintenance can suck a little harder than normal. Hopefully you don't have that experience.

[haro1225]

I'm not too worried about the maintenance and repairs. I'm pretty familiar with what I'll run into because of the Passat I have. This is very similar to that platform wise.

[Sirius]

So, you're saying it's a VW with 4 circles on the grille?

[CMNTMXR57]

I hoooopppeee that you still have the GTO, right?? RIGHT!!!

[haro1225]

Haha, yeah GTO isnt going anywhere anytime soon, although I haven't seen it since November when it went into hibernation.

[haro1225]

After living with this car for about a week, it's evident that although it was well cared for it sat for a while before I got it. One of the CV boots got a hole in it, and then the battery was dead after I didn't drive it for a couple days. After a new battery it seems to be working well now. Axle is in but now I'm waiting for the 19mm hex to show up.

But anyways it's looking pretty good after a polish and ceramic coating.

[CMNTMXR57]

Haha, yeah GTO isnt going anywhere anytime soon, although I haven't seen it since November when it went into hibernation.

Phew, you had me scared there.

[haro1225]

I have something cool coming for that one here hopefully soon.

[CMNTMXR57]

[95naSTA]

Wag on.

[Sirius]

I have something cool coming for that one here hopefully soon.

It's not steer horns and a cowbell, is it? That would be so cool!

Parking lot at work:


The Audi looks great, and the color would fit in my garage. What ceramic coating did you use?

[haro1225]

No but what I'm doing probably used to wear a cow bell.

Ceramic coating is Avalon king. Very easy to use and it seems to last a while.

[CMNTMXR57]

Having a giant, juicy steak??

[haro1225]

So I finally got the tool to do the axle. Had to borrow one from Matt since the one I ordered hasn't come in yet. Took me less than an hour to swap it out.

[Sirius]

I believe I used Avalon King on the Bonneville and Civic. Been happy with it so far.

[haro1225]

I wasn't expecting another update so soon but the rear pads started making noise. Sure enough they had reached the wear indicators. I was able to change them pretty fast. This car has an electric parking brake you can retract with an app called OBDeleven. That means no more twist in calipers which I think are pretty evil.

Also I got pictures of the yellow fog lights I did the other day which is something I've done to most of my cars. Now if only I can figure out how to make the led strips yellow.

[95naSTA]

That's pretty cool you can do that electronically. I have definitely bought and lost a few of those box bits for rear calipers.

[Sirius]

Yep, that's pretty cool indeed!