Pulled the trigger...
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Pulled the trigger...
So now there are two Audis parked in front of my house. The old reliable '83 Urq and the new hotness (to me) 2001 allroad.
The car has 87k on it, but the previous owner had an extended warranty and maintained it pretty meticulously. The tranny was replaced when the torque converter failed somewhere around 60k.
Seriously, who has the dealership do the oil changes even AFTER it's out of warranty? It'll need a timing belt soon, if I'm smart I'll crank it out during a long and not particularly enjoyable weekend before the weather turns bad here in Seattle.
I've noticed a couple of things that I wonder if people have experience with. First, the chrome shift level surround (it's a Tiptronic) is very scratched up and looks pretty crappy. Is getting a new plate and swapping it in more on the cheap/easy side of the spectrum or expensive/painfully difficult?
It also looks like the headlight lenses are pretty pitted. It has xenons, so it still throws a lot of light (ask me about the headlights on an '83 US-spec Urq), I'm guessing that doing anything about that would be expensive enough to make my eyes water.
Anyway, another Audi enthusiast joins the AR crowd.
The car has 87k on it, but the previous owner had an extended warranty and maintained it pretty meticulously. The tranny was replaced when the torque converter failed somewhere around 60k.
Seriously, who has the dealership do the oil changes even AFTER it's out of warranty? It'll need a timing belt soon, if I'm smart I'll crank it out during a long and not particularly enjoyable weekend before the weather turns bad here in Seattle.
I've noticed a couple of things that I wonder if people have experience with. First, the chrome shift level surround (it's a Tiptronic) is very scratched up and looks pretty crappy. Is getting a new plate and swapping it in more on the cheap/easy side of the spectrum or expensive/painfully difficult?
It also looks like the headlight lenses are pretty pitted. It has xenons, so it still throws a lot of light (ask me about the headlights on an '83 US-spec Urq), I'm guessing that doing anything about that would be expensive enough to make my eyes water.
Anyway, another Audi enthusiast joins the AR crowd.
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Fellow Seattle allroader with answers to headlights, nothing on shifter bezel
Mequiars plastic cleaner and polish do a great job on the outer plastic lens also some super fine grit sandpaper and water, others will chime in with where to get a kit, usually from an airplane source for the windows on planes but the real trick is to pull the lenses and clean the HID parbolic lens inside to get the fogging off. HUGE difference in light output. Same time, do the city light and clear corner mod. Email me off list if you need more info.
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shift bezel...
...VERY expensive to replace (over $200) because it includes the tiptronic circuit panel beneath.
You can "refinish" it in a brushed finish. Here is how I've done it...<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/allroad/msgs/172809.phtml">A6/allroad brushed shift bezel</a></li></ul>
You can "refinish" it in a brushed finish. Here is how I've done it...<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/allroad/msgs/172809.phtml">A6/allroad brushed shift bezel</a></li></ul>
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