I sometimes watch your videos on my tv which is great because of size, clarity and sound. Started to watch this one and my wife came in, saw the opening credits and asked if this was a scifi film😁 thumbs up to your production team 👍👍👍
This was just recommended because im subscribed but usually when i go to work on one of my cars ill look up a video of how to do what im trying to do before actually doing it so that i dont break anything
That's the correct way to do it. No pry tool needed. Between me and my wife, we own 2 of these things and 6 audi's overall. They aren't difficult cars to work on. It's the people that have no thorough knowledge as to properly maintaining them is what makes them problematic. Not saying that this guy doesn't know what he's doing, I'm just speaking in general about Audi's.
honestly that's the one thing I've noticed about German and Swedish vehicles they are over engineered but fairly easy to access and repair, at least that's how my 03 Volvo and my wife's Q7
Please remember on especially German autos, always replace any bulb with the exact replacement. Using the wrong bulb causes a resistance imbalance, that can create a problem.
In most cases I would recommend replacing with LED bulbs, but some of those German Cars don't like it. Some will throw a burnt out bulb code. If it was my car, I would try it and see.
Some leds will work on the rear of these, but they will eventually start to throw error codes after they start wearing out. Audi's do this not because there's a fault in the system, but the on-board pcm literally controls ALL electronics. It's dialed in to a certain specification on each model and designed to continuously run self checks while being operated. It's honestly just a safety feature to always allow the driver to know what's going on with the vehicle.
quick google " The taillights are held on with 3 bolts. you need to remove the trim piece from the inside of the tailgate to access the 3rd (inner most) bolt" lets see if iam right :D
How Much$ in a second hand Audi Lens? Because the Rainman just showed you how to make Money - No Workshop required Double ended Screwdriver and wire cutters to make that Nice clean beginning for the next guy. Oh?! Hi Rainman 😁
I am a welder, I have come to terms that everything I touch that isn't metal is going to break. If it's plastic/glass I buy all new because I know that it will break when I remove it.
As much as I love the jokes everyone has posted I do have one question for you had this been different. Do you have a way to make a non magnetized screwdriver become magnetized for a quick use? Just a trick of the trade type question.
You’d have to place the screwdriver tip on a strong magnet. I don’t know due how long, couple hours maybe. The magnet will temporarily magnetize the screwdriver. I’m thinking way back to science class on this one 😂
you can get cheap magnatizers and demagnetizers on the internet, or pay a few bucks more and go get one from your local hardware store. they are fairly common.
Literally any refrigerator magnets will work. Just stroke stroke stroke like you are sharpening a stick. half a dozen or a dozen passes and your screwdriver is magnetized.
That's just silly. Instead of small inconspicuous screw or two, or hidden fasteners they designed large ugly "service ports" in the bumper.. German way I guess
I mean it's an Audi... the way they make them it wouldn't surprise me if you need to remove the entire rear bumper... which requires removing the rear suspension... They're terrible for maintenance.
You're lucky you figured it out! Audis are the screwiest cars in the world. I watched JR on "Watchjrgo" yesterday trying to replace the rear window regulator on an A6. He took the door panel off which allowed him to take the window motor off. Then he had to take a whole bunch of hidden screws out and then had to remove the whole window frame and glass out to get to the regulator. I thought my mercedes was bad with its rivets. But they are right there behind the door panel and you have to drill them out and re-rivet the new regulator in. My 85 300d had screws. Automotive engineers should really all be lined up against a wall and machine gunned. No blindfolds either!
that is not a philips screw by the way. that is a JIS (japanese industrial standard) screw. your philips screwdriver will end up stripping out the screw. you really need a JIS driver to work on their cars.
What you should say is that it confuses the driver behind you who doesn't know that you've just changed your mind again and decided to make a fast turn in a school zone . Like the grandma driving it . Isn't a Q7 a four door family car ?
Remember it? My God this car has been haunting my dreams for months now!! Why on Gods green earth wouldn’t she have returned that car? Or at least sued them and had them pay for repairs?
So instead of a small screw on one end of the lens and some sort of hook or something on the other end they do it this way so now you have rather large access holes with plugs in a otherwise smooth surface. That's idiotic.
I would have taped over them with a matching vinyl tape and eliminated any future bulb changing hassle's. A guy trying to disguise his Audi while attempting the Cannonball run came up with that idea.
The Exterior Designer was so obsessed with making all fasteners invisible, until Manufacturing had to slap him silly and explain they would need an access port to get to the one screw.. He wept.
Audis and German cars are a pain in the ass to begin with I’m not a mechanic just owner first time I did work I didn’t realize almost all the bolts are triple square.
