This has got to be the coolest project I've seen anyone do since I joined this site. Rock on!

 

Siena,

Heres something you might be interested in? Currently running on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=140253493358

Ends in 3 days.

 

Link doesn't work.

josh

 

It was a set of RS 4 seats.

 

Damn!

I'm after an RS4 interior too.

 

Ouch! That was front and rear seats, too - the whole kit and kaboodle. Maybe they just decided to change their auction or something and they'll re-post them soon!

Although, they looked like they were from a B7 - will the B7 rear seats fit in a B5?

 

B7 seats aren't a direct fit in a B5 chassis.

But, it's very doable - I'll make them fit.

 

Yesterday, a B5 RS4 propshaft turned up.

As I'm also fitting a B5 S4 6-speed tranny, the propshaft is necessary, though not essential.

The 01E 6-speed box is marginally longer than the 012 / 01A 5-speed, so the propshaft has to be correspondingly shorter.

There's enough "plunge" to retain the 5-speed prop, but not the best of solutions, as the torque generated by the engine tends to pull / push on the prop.

Without enough plunge, the torque will act on the rear differential flange, as well as the centre one, the bearings won't last very long.

I was going to have my shortened, then balanced, but an OEM RS4 one means I can just bolt it on...

 

After all of the research is done and you have this thing working 100% you should offer this as a complete kit with full install instructions.

 

We'll see about that, Fred!