Sunday, installed the fleabay HID kit. 100% feedback seller. Great kit, awesome light. But now darn headlights have a mind of their own. Might have to hit the switch twice to make them come up. Maybe one at a time will come up, maybe both. Posted another thread about this, but really haven't gotten a decent answer yet. But here's a pic of the new lights anyway.


Then, yesterday I did the drilled and slotted rotors. Everything went great until I had to pry the back rotors off because the parking brakes were locked onto the rotors. Completely ruined both sides. Put an order in with Gene for new parking brake kit. $300 frickin bucks! I started thinking "You got an A4, what do you need a parking brake for?" But then came to my senses. Tucked the cable up nice and neat so I can drive her until I get the new E-brakes in. Here's pics of the rotors.




This forum is costing me a fortune in mods. Good thing I'm putting in lotsa OT at work and doing more lessons lately. Of course the more I work, the more mods I seem to "need". Oh, and here's a pic just because I finished waxing her up and wanted to show it off a little.

 

Sorry for your problems,,,,SWEET VETTE!

 

Thanks for the compliment bullett.
I don't guess they're really problems, more like annoyances 'til they are all straightened out.

 

Looks AWESOME Great Job

 

Thanks kikker! That's a pretty fine vette you got yourself.

 

 

Beautiful vette Love the color!

Chuck

 

sweet vette!! did you have your side moldings taken off or did the car come that way with them off?!

eric

 

it's alright....keep on moddin'!!!!!

 

Thanks Chuck!

 

 

It came that way. Of course, if it didn't, that would have to have been my first mod. Don't personally like the BSM's.

 

Doesn't look like I'll be stopping any time soon.

 

You got some great looking mods and a good start to becoming a modaholic

 

I'm giving some thought to the problem with the headlight doors. I will have my HIDs on this weekend, I hope I don't have that problem! however in anticipation, I have given it some thought. I think the problem is due to the lighter load that the HIDs draw. as far as going down in concerned, I understand there is a feature that if a headlight is out the door will not close to remind you to fix the problem. the car apparently sometimes mistakes the HID's 35W draw for a burned out bulb because its expecting a 55W draw. I'm not sure what's up with the doors not always coming up, it may have something to do with the higher load that the HID ballasts draw during warm up.

does anyone know where the headlight door control module is? from the looks of the service manual there are two inputs on it, one for "close the doors" one for "open the doors" I'm hoping the way it works is put 12V on the "open the doors" input and the doors open and stay open as long as that signal is there. when you put 12V to the "close the doors" input the doors close and stay closed as long as that signal is there. in that case some relatively simple wiring (few relays and a couple of diods) and the control circuitry can be completely redone. it should be possible to skip the original factory wiring and create a circuit with two outputs, one goes 12V whenever either the high or low beam light is on, and one output goes 12V when both the high and low beam are off. this will eliminate the factory bulb out reminder, and also cause the headlight doors to close automatically if you switch from headlights to parking lights without turning the lights all the way off. this is a good thing in my opinion! if I have the problem, I'll work on this solution. I hope I don't get plagued by it though.

 

Very nice

 

I have the same problem with my HID's'. They will almost always open on the second time I try to turn on the lights. When I first put them in, one light would come up and one would stay down. It would take a few on/off sequences to get them both up at the same time. I replaced my battery and I don't know how it helped, but it's seemed to make the problem happen less frequently.

 

I've done stuff like that a million times ...lol

Rubber mallet

Peace
Chip

 

Sorry for your problems.

Your car sure is purty though!

 

and a great color too