2work
Well Known Member
Hello all,
Well it’s the weekend and I’ve had an hour to myself. Anyone who’s been following what I’ve been up to recently will easily guess what I completed an hour ago.
First off is to show you what was removed to make way for the A1 armrest, bracket and printed plastics:
There is nothing wrong with what was removed but I just wanted to be different since locating an A1 armrest for about as much as what the A6 C5 armrests sell for. I also think the progress of this project deserves something that little bit more special regardless of costs (which were minimal fortunately).
I was hoping that fitting the bracket was going to be quite simple as I had already drilled and tapped into the VIN plate for the A6 bracket. Unfortunately the holes were quite a way off so had to employ the drill with a 4.5mm drill bit and a 6mm tap:
A few minutes later the freshly painted Jaipur Red A1 bracket was offered up to the chassis.
You’ve seen the A1 armrest bracket in previous pictures so I’ll skip to pictures of it fitted in this brilliant A2:
Below is with the freshly painted printed plastics:
The Volico Soul paint still needs to darken over time which it will as have been here before painting a Rear Cup Holder.
Running out of room for pictures so will continue in the next post.
Kind regards.
Tom
Well it’s the weekend and I’ve had an hour to myself. Anyone who’s been following what I’ve been up to recently will easily guess what I completed an hour ago.
First off is to show you what was removed to make way for the A1 armrest, bracket and printed plastics:
There is nothing wrong with what was removed but I just wanted to be different since locating an A1 armrest for about as much as what the A6 C5 armrests sell for. I also think the progress of this project deserves something that little bit more special regardless of costs (which were minimal fortunately).
I was hoping that fitting the bracket was going to be quite simple as I had already drilled and tapped into the VIN plate for the A6 bracket. Unfortunately the holes were quite a way off so had to employ the drill with a 4.5mm drill bit and a 6mm tap:
A few minutes later the freshly painted Jaipur Red A1 bracket was offered up to the chassis.
You’ve seen the A1 armrest bracket in previous pictures so I’ll skip to pictures of it fitted in this brilliant A2:
Below is with the freshly painted printed plastics:
The Volico Soul paint still needs to darken over time which it will as have been here before painting a Rear Cup Holder.
Running out of room for pictures so will continue in the next post.
Kind regards.
Tom