Big Sky Euro

Yeah they didn't do a great job on mine either on more than one car...I like Interwest the best so far. The guy there is a little squirrley, but he works with you if time is on your side.

B and L at four corners now gets my business. Was sent there by autowerks. Brent knows his way around the Audis

good to know, and hes close!

With this week off I had a chance to finish up some postponed fixes on the 4K. I put together the interior so now that's complete and looks the part. I threw in an old school Jensen tape deck for good measure too. It matches the interior lighting pretty well and is better than what was in there, plus it 'pulls out' to keep those who steal 80's tape decks at bay ahaa...

I also did an oil change filter, threw on some new Contitech drive belts, and fixed the coolant leak. Looks like someone in it's past life replaced the thermostat (with a German one too, wow!) and put the wrong o-ring on the wrong side of the thermostat so coolant leaked right past it. With that fixed, there are no more leaks so that's great! Also rebled the clutch so now that's good to go too. It could definitely benefit from a firewall support though. The firewall moves about a half an inch when you depress the clutch and that soaks up some of the pedal feel, but for now she's runnin like a raped ape. A 110hp raped ape!

Also, the diff lock actuators have vacuum leaks so they don't actuate for the time being. I just manually locked them for now but we need more snow. I can't tell if people turn their heads because they like the car or because I keep squeaking around corners ahaha

^^^ nice work Richie I really like that thing!

After bozeman Audi said the front end was solid and charged me a premium for an alignment, I replaced all the worn out control arms and tierod ends on the a4.





Did both upper and lower with the HD upgraded set.



Now I get to take more time off, to get another alignment done........

Damn dude, that's ambitous! I haven't had good luck dealing with Bozeman Audi either. For as long as you have to wait, you would think the job would be done correctly and to a higher standard...not so much...

On another note, my 4K never came with the lower radiator shroud. For some reason, Audi decided that it was a good idea to use cardboard for a piece that takes the brunt of the weather. I couldn't imagine them lasting more than a couple seasons so today, I made a quick bracket and an aluminum skid/shroud to prevent any debris from coming up off the road and killing my radiator. I used some scrap aluminum sheet, aka roadsign, and bent it over some steel to form the angles. I really need to get my brake press constructed as wailing an oversized hammer in the garage seems to make my daughter's naps really short...A little flat black and the 4K is even more ready for snowmageden...hurry up!

Here's the aluminum shroud that I bent up to protect and direct the radiator. Don't mind the cracked spoiler :



Also made a gauge plate to replace the center fresh air vent. Only one gauge for now so the others get blanked out:


This gauge is from '77!

And installed some driving lights, they really light up the night! They came off my van as I was cleaning it up and I was going to toss them because they're the cheapo Blazer brand. Then I noticed they had some Osram made in Germany 100w bulbs so they went on the 4K instead, properly relayed of course:



I love this car! Last night was awesome terrorizing Livingston with all the new snow. No one out, parking lots empty, 6" of fresh, and locked diffs...oh yes!

Gotta love a 4k in the snow!!

I ordered up some new swaybar clamps from bozo audi and walked out of there for less than 20 bucks! That's got to be a new record!

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A lot better now, still worn out struts, but better

wasnt my car, but lets see here,
made piggie pipes
installed coilovers
installed JHM vent boost guage
valve cover gaskets
cam tensioner gaskets
installed JHM short shifter
all on my buddies 01 S4, im tired!