A9 CVC - My EE9 2.0i-VT - Now with 243hp B20

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:24 pm

EE9 CVC wrote:
So did you put the bits of hose around the bolt for the mount?
Yeah, if you look at the mount at the front to the left of the manifold, there is a rubber bit which the bolt goes through, bit its not solid, therfore you can put the hoses above and beneath it. If you have a look at yours it will be obvious where I put them. The rear is much the same, its a bit of a squeeze getting them stuffed in there.

Those headlights look fresh yo! I've toyed with the idea, as they weigh a hell of a lot less than glass ones, but don't know if the visability would be worse, as my friends EG siR isn't great compared to glass ones. But if they are cleaned up they should be ok?
They do weight a lot less (I'll weigh them both when I swap them) As these are in mint condition with no clouding I am hoping the vis will be fine, they are actually in better shape than my glass ones.

looking nice and tidy under the hood! looks brand new!
Thanks, but I'm still not totaly happy, don't know why Theres not really anything else I can do other than move the line going to the servo. Sometimes I hate being so fussy, I can never be completly satisfied with anything.

ok, ive just had a look, and i see what you mean. the 3 gaps in the rubber. how the hell did u get them all in? ones you cant get to. or did you take them out?

cheers Ian

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:34 pm

Double Post ^^

I just squeezed them in together until they were lodged in tight. It was a bit fiddly but I managed in the end. The rear one is took a lot of effort.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:50 pm

EE9 CVC wrote:Double Post ^^

I just squeezed them in together until they were lodged in tight. It was a bit fiddly but I managed in the end. The rear one is took a lot of effort.

lol my internet was fooking up

hell of a lot of fiddly squeezing, but ill give it a go after ive eyed it up over a cup of tea and a rolly

cheers

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:45 pm

Prizes for those that can guess what I did today!

If you have trouble compare it with the photo on page 23.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:47 pm

EK throttle cable?
or something with the manifold or front of the head? a clean? wrap?

i thought u moved your battery for a minute, but then i saw it, hiding

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:52 pm

Marc_VT wrote:EK throttle cable?
or something with the manifold or front of the head? a clean? wrap?

Nope, nope, nope, nope and nope.

EE9 CVC wrote:If you have trouble compare it with the photo on page 23.

Did you do this?

johnsonca9 · Post by **johnsonca9** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:54 pm

Got rid of all the black hoses on the firewall?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:56 pm

plastic headlights - I am sure I can see the left mounts are different

COuld be totally wrong though

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:09 pm

The prize goes to johnsonca9

Dan wrote:plastic headlights - I am sure I can see the left mounts are different

Haven't had time to change them over yet.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:25 pm

I can see it now - looks much cleaner - where did you put them?

Just further down the firewall?

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:18 pm

Thanks, I think it looks a lot better.

Pretty much just relocated it further down cutting myself about 6 times in the process. It didn't help that it was blowing a Force 6 gusting 7.

Post by **Tahir** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:24 am

Super clean

Fancy doing mine

WELLZ · Post by **WELLZ** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:51 am

Much better!

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:59 pm

Tahir wrote:Super clean

WELLZ wrote:Much better!

Thanks

It turned out well

Had been meaning to do it for a while.

Tahir wrote:Fancy doing mine

I'd give it a go

EE9 CVC · Post by **EE9 CVC** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:26 pm

EF9 Headlights

I fitted my EF9 headlights today. They don't save as much weight as I thought or hoped they would.

EE9 Headlights - 4.2kg

EF9 Headlights - 2.6kg

So I only saved 1.6kg

At least they look good and every little helps.

One on:

You can see the EF one on the right compared to the EE one on the left.

All done:

As it was a great day I went for drive along my favorite road afterwards.

Loads of twisties, great views and long straights in beetween.