Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

This is how it starts. At strategic places in the car (floor boards, doors, tranny tunnel, roof, top of the fuel tank, rear deck lid and in the rear fenders) Audi installs this rubbery/tar like material to soundproof and absorb vibrations.

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To remove the material you need a heat gun and a scrapper not unlike the ones used foe wall plastering. Little by little you push and remove the tar.

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In some places and I don't know why it seems there is another product underneath the tar (light beige colour)

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Here's a better shot of the front passenger side. The darker area with the beige underneath is the other product. It is a lot harder to remove. I used a rotary metal brush on a drill to remove it.

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Here's an example of two of the larger pieces (3" X 3") when they come off properly otherwise they are smaller in size.

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Sorry for the bad focusing job. The tar like material is about 2 to 3mm in thickness.

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The roof used another type of material to secure/glue the head liner into position. I'd say it's a silicone type glue and it posed a different challenge in its removal. The job needed another type of scrapper one that is very sharp to get under the glue. The job did not come out as clean in the end and I still need to work on it.

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Once all the tar like material is removed, I used Varsol to dilute and remove the sticky remains off the metal parts. I then rewashed it down with brake cleaner to finish up the job. This is what the top size of the fuel tank looks like.
The grey area is where the tar used to be.

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In any case, take a guess on how much stuff was pulled out including the roof sound proofing material? BTW, this does not include the material still left in all four doors. I'll need to cut the inner panels of the doors to get to it. Well it's a big Macy's bag full of the stuff! Did I mention the weight of this stuff? I can now tell you that my car is lighter (without the doors being done yet) by <b>19.5 lbs!!!</b> Basically I have installed my new Recaro seat or kept my Sparco in the front passenger's position for no gains in weight... Good trade off!

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Parikh1234

thats insane man.

sparkhill

Don't give him any ideas

Evil Buddha

the before and after lbs. It's a little extreme but I like it. Do you think AOA would be upset if I turned my lease back in looking like that?

Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

Now and once I'm done I will re-weigh it. But first there will have to be some cutting done, the dash will have to be taken apart and I'm seriously thinking the AC will have to go.

RI A6

If you were really serious, you'd get rid of the heater too.

Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

Rainy autumn weather. A windshield defroster is important to see out the window at 120 mph+.

RI A6

Wuss!

Bob W.

you can save a few more pounds by donating a kidney and having a few ribs removed.

JeffAhn

I don't want to be the person who will buy that car after your lease turn-in.