I took my 2000 S4 down to a foreign car garage to get my piggies installed. He first told me that he needs to drop the whole front end off my car to get the downpipes out.Is that the normal procedure? Then a couple of days later he told me that it was about 10 hours worth of work for the whole thing.
He also said that when he cleared my codes I still had the 18042 P1634 Accelerator Pedal Pos. Sensor 2 Signal too high, which is throwing the car into limp mode. The car was definetely not in limp mode when I drove it to the shop.
Just wondering if the exhaust job could be at all related to the code that he's getting.

 

yea, you are getting screwed it sounds like man...do it yourself, its not that hard, just a little time consuming

 

You just got royally screwed...

Ifwhomever dropped the front subframe your alignment is F'd now. You need to get your car aligned, as for the four main screws for the front subframe are loosened, and the entire subframe is moved/adjusted to align the front end, and I can only betthey didn't know that or didn't realign the car after doing so.

Read this link...

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17622

 

i have dropped my subframe and i still dont understant how during a alignment u "adust" the subframe.... it just bolts into place u cant like adjust it at all. no different holes or anything.

 

my mech dropped my sub to do the d/p he said when the bolts go back in its aligned the same as it was when it was taken down. i dont know.. i know it feels fine.

 

It's only ok to drop the back two boltsof the subframe, not the whole thing.

 

yeah thats BS i did it in my backyard on a summer day... lift the front end of the car.. (from the engine bay) remove the airbox and all piping. then unscrew the coolant container and move it to the side...(under the car) remove exhaust. unscrew bottom DP screws. then from engine bay unscrew top dps screws. and then pulling the DPs out is a hassle. but they wiggle out from under the car

 

Blue_S4 I have two of those Warning Stickers on my visors. They always get a laugh from my passengers.

 

Thanks for the comments. I haven't had a chance to drive it yet, but if the alignment is off at all he better f*****ng fix that for me.

 

haha...yea, i have one on my passanger visor as well.....but i had to make mine, didnt know you could get them somewhere......