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Well, now with all this self isolation free time, and absolutely 0 job prospects for a fresh grad like myself. Time to get to work on the cars. All of them, apparently lol.
A little bit of backstory on this one, car was a friend's, and fellow Eurodrivers member's car. Those of you who go to the in person meetings will know Razvan, but hes not on the forums. I actually bought this car about a year ago from Raz's insurance company and its been sitting ever since because I vowed to never work on another Audi after my (still WIP) V8 A4 project.. But of course Raz baited me into swapping his springs like a week before the accident. So I pretty much bought it out of spite. (it was also cheap, and the damage was super superficial)
It was a very low speed impact, and almost all of the energy was concentrated through a trucks hitch/snow plow mount thingy so it looked alot worse than it really was. It was also about -25 the day of the accident so instead of punching a hole into the front of the car, the entire plastic front end exploded into a million pieces. Good news is that the bodyshop said there was no frame damage during the insurance quotes, and not even an airbag popped. Score. So i dragged the remains out behind my barn where it sat untouched for about 6 months.
Now, everyone knows that Audis depreciate like none other, so I realized it was in my best interest to get this done asap. So I hauled the car out of its outdoor storage spot, to in front of the shop where I tore all the crashed bits off to assess the damage myself. The damage was pretty much what I had expected.. The visible body parts were obviously toast, and the radiator/intercooler were pretzeled.. but there was a bit more damage to the front of the engine than i expected. But nothing horrible. After stripping it, I started parts searching. The front end tear down was around October, and the car sat outside of the shop untill a few weeks ago.
With the red mk3 stripped, and out of the shop, now was the perfect time to haul this A5 into the garage and get the little mechanical things done.. After that I can move it to the barn for the dusty bodywork. I started off by replacing the serpentine belt tensioner, front lower timing cover, and harmonic balancer with new pieces. I also took some pictures to show how badly the timing cover was bent. The accident also managed to warp the harmonic balancer, tearing the rubber bit, sperating the outer ring from the main pulley. This cause it to rub up against the timing cover, locking up the engine. With the new parts installed, the engine rotated freely once again.
That was about all I could get done, as I need more parts, and also the RTV for the front timing cover had to cure before I could throw new oil in and fire the car up. Fingers crossed that there arnt any surprises waiting for me!
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A little bit of backstory on this one, car was a friend's, and fellow Eurodrivers member's car. Those of you who go to the in person meetings will know Razvan, but hes not on the forums. I actually bought this car about a year ago from Raz's insurance company and its been sitting ever since because I vowed to never work on another Audi after my (still WIP) V8 A4 project.. But of course Raz baited me into swapping his springs like a week before the accident. So I pretty much bought it out of spite. (it was also cheap, and the damage was super superficial)
It was a very low speed impact, and almost all of the energy was concentrated through a trucks hitch/snow plow mount thingy so it looked alot worse than it really was. It was also about -25 the day of the accident so instead of punching a hole into the front of the car, the entire plastic front end exploded into a million pieces. Good news is that the bodyshop said there was no frame damage during the insurance quotes, and not even an airbag popped. Score. So i dragged the remains out behind my barn where it sat untouched for about 6 months.
Now, everyone knows that Audis depreciate like none other, so I realized it was in my best interest to get this done asap. So I hauled the car out of its outdoor storage spot, to in front of the shop where I tore all the crashed bits off to assess the damage myself. The damage was pretty much what I had expected.. The visible body parts were obviously toast, and the radiator/intercooler were pretzeled.. but there was a bit more damage to the front of the engine than i expected. But nothing horrible. After stripping it, I started parts searching. The front end tear down was around October, and the car sat outside of the shop untill a few weeks ago.
With the red mk3 stripped, and out of the shop, now was the perfect time to haul this A5 into the garage and get the little mechanical things done.. After that I can move it to the barn for the dusty bodywork. I started off by replacing the serpentine belt tensioner, front lower timing cover, and harmonic balancer with new pieces. I also took some pictures to show how badly the timing cover was bent. The accident also managed to warp the harmonic balancer, tearing the rubber bit, sperating the outer ring from the main pulley. This cause it to rub up against the timing cover, locking up the engine. With the new parts installed, the engine rotated freely once again.
That was about all I could get done, as I need more parts, and also the RTV for the front timing cover had to cure before I could throw new oil in and fire the car up. Fingers crossed that there arnt any surprises waiting for me!
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besides these few issues, paint went on great. Both basecoat and clearcoat laid on very smooth with oem levels of orange peel. I stopped spraying the hood as soon as I dragged the hose, so it looks pretty gross haha.
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