neo
A2OC Donor
Hi all!
Some time ago I've read a couple of posts what's good to check when buying an A2. So the story goes... One day driving by local Audi dealer spotted second hand A2. It got me so interested that a week after it was mine. But in all that Car's fine, great, just regular servicing... dealer stuff (and me thinking of having a warranty, what can go wrong?..) haven't payed much attention on a few things such as:
A bump pointing from inside of the front bumper.
Also, after a couple of days driving I've noticed that bonnet needed aligning...
If anyone sees this on a car considered of buying don't think it's nothing, have the owner remove the bonnet, 'cause what you'll probably find is this:
or to be more specific when I dismantled front bumper found out that
the front bumber's reinforcement ends made those "bumps from the inside"
Took a good look, saw that radiator isn't broken or cracked so I kept driving while there was a chance to repair this and some other things that kept annoying me like rattles/knocks in front axle (after changing antirollbar) and in rear axle as well and front right door window lifter which is a common fault in older models. Bought some more parts...
Took me a day or so for the 1st round of repairs, polishing, gluing lights (both of 'em were cracked, moist went in made a layer...), changing the main part, aligning front wings and bonnet, after all these it looked much better.
Next round was
New lifter
Stop buffer, protective pipe on the rear shocks
Before
After
One more detail, of course, fresh painted rear drums
The last job I've done was on the front shocks which included changing suspension strut storage, ball bearing, bellows, rubber stop, and that day I forgot to bring camera...
All of these repairs gave me more comfortable driving (also found out that on the one side complete shock absorber wasn't fastened properly),
So if you're looking to buy an A2 which isn't previously owned by someone you know or a fellow club member take a look on some of these things because I've actually seen one or two with the same misalignment of the front end.
Hope you've managed to reach the end without falling asleep, anyway thx 4 reading...
Cheers,
Neo
Some time ago I've read a couple of posts what's good to check when buying an A2. So the story goes... One day driving by local Audi dealer spotted second hand A2. It got me so interested that a week after it was mine. But in all that Car's fine, great, just regular servicing... dealer stuff (and me thinking of having a warranty, what can go wrong?..) haven't payed much attention on a few things such as:
A bump pointing from inside of the front bumper.
Also, after a couple of days driving I've noticed that bonnet needed aligning...
If anyone sees this on a car considered of buying don't think it's nothing, have the owner remove the bonnet, 'cause what you'll probably find is this:
or to be more specific when I dismantled front bumper found out that
the front bumber's reinforcement ends made those "bumps from the inside"
Took a good look, saw that radiator isn't broken or cracked so I kept driving while there was a chance to repair this and some other things that kept annoying me like rattles/knocks in front axle (after changing antirollbar) and in rear axle as well and front right door window lifter which is a common fault in older models. Bought some more parts...
Took me a day or so for the 1st round of repairs, polishing, gluing lights (both of 'em were cracked, moist went in made a layer...), changing the main part, aligning front wings and bonnet, after all these it looked much better.
Next round was
New lifter
Stop buffer, protective pipe on the rear shocks
Before
After
One more detail, of course, fresh painted rear drums
The last job I've done was on the front shocks which included changing suspension strut storage, ball bearing, bellows, rubber stop, and that day I forgot to bring camera...
All of these repairs gave me more comfortable driving (also found out that on the one side complete shock absorber wasn't fastened properly),
So if you're looking to buy an A2 which isn't previously owned by someone you know or a fellow club member take a look on some of these things because I've actually seen one or two with the same misalignment of the front end.
Hope you've managed to reach the end without falling asleep, anyway thx 4 reading...
Cheers,
Neo
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