Jimojameso's 2010 Audi S3 Black Edition Sportback

[jimojameso]

Hello all,

I sold my mk5 golf gti back in October and made the change to an Audi S3 Black Edition. It was sad to see the golf go but i am over the moon with the Audi. In case you didn't know it here is a picture of my Golf Gti.



Here is the car when i picked up from the dealer. Fully stock with full Audi service history. 







The car is well specced but i couldnt live without sat nav after having an RNS-510 so i had a RNS-E and cruise fitted straight away. Thanks to DannyK9 on Audi Sport for help with that!




Next i got the roof and spoiler wrapped in black at Prestige wrap just to make the car look a bit meaner!!



To get the stance sorted i fitted a set of -25mm H&R springs. I am very pleased with ride quality indeed. Is still very good. At some point i want to get the H&R anti roll bars but they will be next year at some point. Also still deciding whether i should put some 10mm spacers on. 



Starting to look mean now!! 




Next was performamce mods. For Christmas my fantastic mrs bought me autotech fuel pump internals. Thanks to Rob at W8 for those!! 
I also persuaded my old man to get me a TTS engine cover to keep things looking neat.



I treated myself to a VWR intake and full Milltek TBE from Awesome when they had their black friday sale.





Came with a nice authenticity certficate.



Now i just finished fitting the VWR intake this morning. Can't say i was that impressed with the fit. I had to modify the holding bracket and the intake duct as the one supplied didnt fit well at all. I ended up modifying the standard plastic duct and riveting it to the VWR supplied rubber duct. All fits well now but took a long time to get right.

From this:



To this, note i also added an R8 oil cap and Porsche coolant cap.





This is the part of the airbox i had to chop up.




And that's it so far. Car is booked in to have the exhaust fitted and mapping done on Saturday so will get pictures and info up after that. I'm going straight to stage 2+ so very excited. Thanks to Jussa and Hurdy for advice on mapping. 

Cheers

James

[Jussa]

Looking great mate, can't wait to hear your thoughts after the big change on Saturday.   

[S800BRN]

Cracking looking motor!

[Little_Dave]

Looking great mate, can't wait to hear your thoughts after the big change on Saturday.   

+1 

Lovely looking car mate!! Looking forward to seeing it at one of our mini meets in the future 

Dave

[Shorty]

Today is going to be such a good day, this will be one fast S3!

[jimojameso]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

Dave we def need to sort out another south east meet soon!

Car is dropped off at AMD and already bored!! Ha ha :)

[Hurdy]

You'll love the extra power.

[SheffGTi]

Looks sweet

[jimojameso]

Thanks mate.

I'll get my graph up later and some pics of the exhaust. Very pleased with the results. Goes like a rocket. 

[rob_e]

That's a very nice car.  Must go like stink with those mods!

 

[jimojameso]

Sorry it took a while:

[jimojameso]

Had a little play with the sps switch on sunday! :)

[jimojameso]

Wanted my car with recaro's but finding an ibis dsg car with recaro's for the budget i had was near on impossible. Don't fancy forking out £1800 but have found these seats i may look at getting in the Sumnmer. Look very nice. What do you guys think? Might go and have a sit in one at a dealer if there is one local.

Info and prices can be found here, start at £420 each:

http://www.corbeau-seats.com/sports-road-seats

[rob_e]

Looks nice, but I'd want them without the "corbeau" logo..

[jimojameso]

There made to order i believe so i'm sure you could request them without it.