[s-cars] Parking curb, meet my wallet.

[matt ludwig]

Hey everyone,

Just thought i would update you with what I ended up doing. The avant  
is all back together and tighter than ever... in the grill area  
anyway. I ended up going the sheet metal screw route and it really is  
the cleanest way I can think of if your supports are destroyed. I pre- 
drilled the grills and the bumper, then counter sunk the grills as  
well so the screws would be flush with them when in place. The entire  
thing took about an hour to do (these are the breaks when you only  
have your DC street to work in) and after a deliberate 'measure  
twice, drill once' for alignment checking, it looks great.

Many, many thanks to all the input and support in helping me figure  
this one out.


matt ludwig.
1995.5 S6 Avant
Washington, D.C. / Portland, ME

On 19Jul , 2006, at 4:58 PM, Pasqualoni, James E wrote:

> Agreed on that-consider using rubber washers between the sheet metal
> screws and the grille so as to not crack the grilles.
>
> HTH,
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:49 PM
> To: Sean Douglas; 'matt ludwig'; '//Scar //Scar list'
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Parking curb, meet my wallet.
>
>
> The lower grills will look just fine if you just drill a couple of  
> small
> holes and attach the grills along their top edges using short sheet
> metal screws.
>
> At 04:42 PM 7/19/2006, Sean Douglas wrote:
>
>> I just had my front bumper repainted and I had the bodyshop repair  
>> the
>> little vertical plastic supports, I think 3 or 4 of them were broken
>> (not me - previous owner).
>>
>> As long as the vertical supports are not missing, then it's a  
>> straight
>> forward fix with the right type of adhesive. I'm not sure what its
>> called, but I can try and find out. If they are missing, then try and
>> find a sacrificial bumper from a breaker and cut them off.
>>
>> Sean
>
>
> Bob
> urS6 for sale: http://chips-ur-s.com/S6.html
>
>
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