Recent content by ExDementia

A little preview of some drone footage from the last trip out to the desert. Need to get the rest of it cut together and upload the footage. Came out pretty cool:

OK, so I got fed up with not doing anything exciting with this project, so I decided to take it out to the desert in 110 degree heat and risk breaking stuff on some trails. We headed out to Anza Borrego to cruise around Fish Creek and Diablo Drop Off. My buddy ended up with a nearly identical...

Nice! Dude that looks excellent. What size tires on the black one?

Nice, cool to see another allroad on here!

It unfortunately just came down to many things going to ******** all at once, really, and then me trying to cheap out on the fix that made it a nightmare. Lesson learned there, but once I get it sorted, it should be solid. The suspension can be quite reliable if kept up. Unfortunately I don't think...

Success! Finally got a brand new, good compressor in the Allroad, and after tweaking a few things a fixing a leak, it lifts correctly and (mostly) holds air! Still tracking down a slow leak in the left-rear air spring, but that could just be the new bags settling in and sealing properly. It...

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Running with the theme of abject failure, today's efforts did not go well, starting with this snapped bolt in the cylinder block: Pulled the compressor back out in order to transfer the good cylinder head off this one onto my old compressor, and immediately one of the bolts snaps. If all was...

Another day, another failure. (My buddies gorgeous E46 M3, not mine, sadly) So I got the new (though still used) compressor, bench tested it and it put out a ton more air than my old one so I was hopeful. Oh how foolish I was. I got the replacement compressor all bolted up and connected...

Very interesting ideas. I need to find exactly where the intake is for these stupid things and figure something out. I like that inline filter idea.

Thanks man! Damn good looking Allroad you've got there. It's a shame you don't see too many of them on the road. I have no idea about a lift for that thing, though you might be able to find a skid plate from some company in Europe where these are more popular. I would think that 2.0t at least...

I'm thinking about throwing a layer or two of pantyhose over the compressor intake like the desert racing guys do. These generally have to be changed out with some regularity, though, so that will have to be figured out. It might just be something I do when I'm planning on taking it off road...

Thanks guys! Yeah, I definitely would never have picked this thing up if it wasn't one of the very rare manuals. Bad news for now, however, is that the compressor is shot. The rebuild kit from BagpipingAndy was excellently made, but unfortunately this thing is just too far gone. It was...

Life really has a way of messing up your plans doesn't it? The fiancee and I are no more, so I moved back to San Diego just a few weeks ago. Finally got back to working on the Allroad, though, and made some real progress on things.... but of course since I'm working on a 15 year old Audi...

That Buick looks awesome. I hope they become more popular, but I'm clearly biased haha