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Hi all I am just starting my smyth ute build and thought I would put a build diary up.

Car is: 2004 Audi S4 B6 in silver, 90,000 miles, it like all cars this age it needs some loving 🤗. So yesterday I started to strip the rear ready for the cuts, Rear seats out, all rear trim, lights and curtain airbag' s, also labelling all wires and connectors, here is a few pictures.

 

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Bumper is off and the tubing/hose goes into the rear bumper from the blue vaccum cylinder  and tees off into 2 lines, then just ends and hangs loosely at the bottom of the bumper and someone has capped them off with 2 screws ( see pictures ). Am I right in thinking that these lines went to the old oem exhaust to control the flappers????

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Got the doors off, Boot/trunk off, car is completely stripped in the rear now and every single wire, connector all labled, And got all the measurements marked out ready for my fresh eyes to double check it all again tomorrow, measure twice, cut once as my old grandad used to say. And I got the call from shipping agent to say my kit is ready to collect tomorrow morning from 8am.
So a very productive day.

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New wheels for the S4 Ute, I wanted something not to far from oem style, just need a good refurbishment now.

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3 minutes ago, Steve Frost said:

Hi Matt,

Wheels look a good choice. They will suit the Ute. 

Thanks Steve, they need a refurb first and some new tyres, did you find your black TT handles??

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I TOLD  YOU TO  ONLY BLOW THE !Removed! DOORS OFF!!

No that's the roof rough cuts done and roof section off.

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Just now, Steve Q said:

No going back now! 

No, I don't think duct tape and glue will do for this job🤣

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Not sure what happened to my last comment. Anyway, that looked like a large box. Was that flown in? 

Regarding the black door handles, no luck yet. 

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No came by boat, and when unloading the amount of people asking if there was a body in it lol, have you put a ad in the wanted section on here?, MIT have some luck, or is there no way of getting them painted?, mite be cheaper than buying and fitting new handles. 

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So yesterday was just a tidying up and getting ready for the final cuts, checked all the measurements probably 10 times 🤓🤪.
Today it took an hour as a raven decided to perch it's self on the Audi roof and would not shift,  I got all the final cuts done and sanded back to the line and hovered all the metal filings up with a paint brush and hover to cut the risk of rusting later down the road. It needs some rust preventative over it and a bit of paint.

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14 minutes ago, Steve Frost said:

Probably a crow unless you've moved to Wales. 

Everyone was adamant it was a raven we had about 10 people stop and take pictures, phoning wildlife trust, rspca, and it seemed very domesticated towards men that went up to it, they think it's got out from somewhere maybe?

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That looks great already, I can't wait to see it. As it's a US kit is there a gun rack!!

Seriously that looks really good. 

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B pillar loosely fitted with a few rivets, and test fitted the front wall, front tray, and bed sides, I had to make a few tweeks to the bolt holes so the bed sides sat flush front and back and also followed the lines over the inner wheel arches, i have a few gaps in places as shown in the pictures. Apart from them it all sit nicely.

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A quick update, I have not done much over the past week as back at work🤪, still in the test fit stage but going wel, ( with the help from the UTE guru's on here. Thank you all again. )
All my tailgate gaps are equal. (Very surprised),
It all straightened it's self up once I put the long wooden spacer in at the top of the tailgate, door gaps are near on equal with just minor adjustments needed. This morning I have been cutting and messaging the rear window surround in place, it is now sitting under the door rubbers and lined up with the fold impression line on the top wall. I'm just not to sure about the bottom corner that sits on the rear grander panels, it won't sit flush, I have sanded a bit but do not want to go to far.

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