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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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...look at the rears. Took the rears apart to paint the calipers and put on new rotors and pads because the rotors looked glazed through the wheel. This was what I found...the right rear had a siezed slider and the rotor was trashed on the inside surface.

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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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that cant work well [:'(]
 
Old Apr 19, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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Ouch - glad you caught that and fixed it. BTW, I got your PM late this evening (just now actually) after being tied up pretty much all day around town. Thanks for the heads-up on that - I will probably try to contact him in the next couple weeks when I can start spending some bucks on the Audi again (I'd love those seats). For the moment, I have a couple big bills to pay still so I'm biding my time. On the upside, I did get my inspection taken care of today, which worried me due to the click in the CV joints and a couple latent ECU codes (no light though). Thankfully it went through fine

Thanks again for the heads-up - I'll revisit that link soon and probably head down there.
 
Old Apr 19, 2008 | 11:03 PM
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PS - if/when I make the trip down, I'll buzz you in case you feel like a road trip. Maybe we can get Hiwords to come too.
 
Old Apr 19, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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I'm heading down in the am for 2 doors and a fender. My drivers doors were "fixed" at some point and they're showing a little rust. And, my passenger side fender has a crease in it. Perfect part out for me.
 
Old Apr 19, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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Yeah no kidding. I wish it was a 2.8 - I'd grab the front axles in a heartbeat.
 
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:09 AM
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somebodies parting out a car? is it like my color cuz i want a new hood and trunk door lol. manufan you should have seen my rear rotors, both inside and outside were gone. i couldn't even stop on a slope with just the ebrakes lol. good thing you didn't have any trouble getting the caliepr bracket out, mine were a huge PITA, jeremy can second that lol. also my inner pads have 0 life left lol. what did you replace them with? autozone stuff?
 
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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I'm forwarding the link he sent me to you right now. If I only had a grand or so to blow right now...check your inbox for a PM shortly.
 
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