... when you can drive something
better than a Golf
. Just kidding lads, love your cars
Thought it was time for a build thread. Came from this:
2005/54 Ebony Black A3 1.6 Sport. Dad bought it brand new as a runaround when my mum was on holiday (she was NOT impressed), but after he never used it i inherited it for uni
After having the car in the family for 5 years or so, i felt i wanted a bit more power and when i graduated in 2010 my parents gave me a loan to buy this:
2006/55 A3 2.0T S-Line bought from Teeside Audi with less than 22k on the clock. spec is as my sig. stayed standard for a day, before i picked up some MY09 rear lights:
a few weeks later i saw some TT air vents going cheap so i picked those up:
after that i saw some facelift centre console buttons, so picked those up:
then came lows, in the form of 2nd hand Weitec Hicon GTs. didn't realy need the adjustability, just wanted to set it exactly as i wanted:
once it was lowered i noticed the tracking was off despite having a 4 wheel alignment done when the coilies were fitted. an inspection at Midland VW who had done the work came up with a defective tyre. the tread wasn't mated to the sidewall properly for about 1/3 of the circumference:
thankfully this was swapped for a new tyre by Audi under warranty!! was a Toyo T1-R as well, not even a tyre Audi normally sell!
then some thoughtful soul decided my car needed a custom logo on the bonnet:
bit of snow around this time last year:
and a shot after she'd been cleaned. taken on a night shift when i'd gone for a snack and looked back at it
:
after that it stayed as it was for a while. my pay had dropped because i was doing less hours and i'd had to shell out for the cambelt/water pump combo, a major service and Audi spent something like 6 hours diagnosing a leaking coolant problem. turned out it was a split coolant pipe not covered under warranty. good thing i know my dealer well, he bent over backwards to lower the price and even dropped the price of the fixed price servicing items. i still got owned tho:
decided after that i wanted to spend some money on an RNS-E unit. found this 2010 unit going reasonably from an ASN member who'd bought it for a car he never ended up buying:
then again, a few months of nothing before i got a BSH True Seal. really love this mod, but got an idea for an engine cover that will happen shortly
:
then shortly after that BBS VZs. i know they looked similar to my factory wheels, but they were lighter and it saved me buying spacers and getting my old wheels refurbed. didn't like the colour at first, but it's grown on me now:
for now that's it. i've got a few bits that are sat in my living room waiting to go on:
NQS BBK
WALK
and i'm gonna be buying an Autotech rear ARB and the underbody aero stuff which will all go on at the same time!
got a few other plans, so watch this space
