wax coating

[Wylie Bean]

that may be something new they've started, but honestly I can't see how they last more than one or two uses.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan DiBiase 
  To: bob ; Wylie Bean 
  Cc: Ingo Rautenberg ; quattro at audifans.com 
  Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:54 AM
  Subject: Re: wax coating


  I was told after asking at my dealer that they recycled them. I wanted one too, since my car sits out..... And they look cool, too....

  Dan D
  '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
  Central NJ USA

  bob <bob at maxboostracing.com> wrote:
    Those coccoons are discarded really? Dang, Id love to get my hands on 
    one of those!

    Wylie Bean wrote:
    > No cosmoline ( or anything else for that matter) applied to the car's
    > finish except for an easily-removable static-infused plastic that
    > leaves no residue whatsoever. That has almost entirely given up its
    > position (at least with Audi) in favor of Tyvek/cloth fabric coccoons
    > that are removed and discarded at PDI.
    >
    > The "wax-dip" portion of the assembly process is not only meant to
    > fill body cavities for rust prohibition, but it also evacuates those
    > same body cavities of water left over from the assembly process as
    > well.
    >
    > no cosmoline used on the motors anymore either.