Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

This is how it starts. At strategic places in the car (floor boards, doors, tranny tunnel, roof, top of the fuel tank, rear deck lid and in the rear fenders) Audi installs this rubbery/tar like material to soundproof and absorb vibrations.

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To remove the material you need a heat gun and a scrapper not unlike the ones used foe wall plastering. Little by little you push and remove the tar.

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In some places and I don't know why it seems there is another product underneath the tar (light beige colour)

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Here's a better shot of the front passenger side. The darker area with the beige underneath is the other product. It is a lot harder to remove. I used a rotary metal brush on a drill to remove it.

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Here's an example of two of the larger pieces (3" X 3") when they come off properly otherwise they are smaller in size.

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Sorry for the bad focusing job. The tar like material is about 2 to 3mm in thickness.

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The roof used another type of material to secure/glue the head liner into position. I'd say it's a silicone type glue and it posed a different challenge in its removal. The job needed another type of scrapper one that is very sharp to get under the glue. The job did not come out as clean in the end and I still need to work on it.

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Once all the tar like material is removed, I used Varsol to dilute and remove the sticky remains off the metal parts. I then rewashed it down with brake cleaner to finish up the job. This is what the top size of the fuel tank looks like.
The grey area is where the tar used to be.

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In any case, take a guess on how much stuff was pulled out including the roof sound proofing material? BTW, this does not include the material still left in all four doors. I'll need to cut the inner panels of the doors to get to it. Well it's a big Macy's bag full of the stuff! Did I mention the weight of this stuff? I can now tell you that my car is lighter (without the doors being done yet) by <b>19.5 lbs!!!</b> Basically I have installed my new Recaro seat or kept my Sparco in the front passenger's position for no gains in weight... Good trade off!

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QuattroFan02

sound deadening material to make his car quieter and here you are removing it all. That tar like material is heavy too. I put some of that on my truck deck. Good job, looks very clean.

Andy@Spanky'sS.S.

If so it s the seam sealer used to keep water and environmental stuff out of the spot welded panels. If you leave them bare and flex the car body enough the seams will start to open and make noise (at least my old AutoX car did). The only remedy, and a good body stiffener is to remove the entire interior and glass and have the seams welded. Opera Performance uses a similar method to stiffen all of their cars without the need for a rollcage. Its a sneaky way to add rigidity without the true race look. If your super serious you can fool most tech inspectors by welding replacement panels over the existing panels in your car. Making the weak points of the car twice as thick allows the removal of weight in other places and since its a replacement panel it looks stock.

I think I ended up removing about 300lbs from my old car. That was a total interior removal, lightweight wheels, and several other unnecessary body pieces found thier way into the trash.

ben gt/cs

these posts scare me, good writeup however.

x1rider

I think you've past the point of no return for the return of your leased car

MikTip

<center><img src="http://home.ec.rr.com/miktip/151a.jpg"></center><p>the cabin noise was not any worse...

iamnotwhoyouthinkiam

;-D

Of course, the payment history might pose a problem.

pr0digy30

Nice work JJ. That roof gunk was a PITA when I put the sound deadener in, just went over it.

heateris

again, nice work. all that soundproofing and tar looks the same as what was in my 86 jetta.

A4AdMan

Hardcore.