Hi everybody!
I've been looking around on this forum for quite some time, and have been amazed by some of the projects on here.
I'm a 24 year old lad from the Netherlands, before I had the 80 I had two other cars, a Reliant scimitar SE6A 3.0 V6 and a Reliant Kitten. Not well known cars except for you Brits on here, and yes I know, princess Anne had one too.
Kittens are small 600kg rwd cars with a GRP bodywork. Yes it looks silly, but they don't rust, cost next to nothing in insurance and road tax, drive like a go-kart and will drift like crazy when it has been raining. Ideal when you're 18.
Currently the Kitten is a sleeping project, waiting for me to drop a way to powerful engine in it.
anyways;
Three years ago I needed a car that was actually reliable, and ended up importing an Audi 80 from Germany, and I have done a lot of modifications to it since then.
Mods so far (I'll try to keep this list up-to-date):
- Lowered 40mm front and back. Vogtland springs, Sachs advantage shocks in the front, Monroe in the back.
- Competition alloys, wrapped in 195/45/16.
- Coupé front bumper.
- Rs2 projector headlights, original projectors replaced with Morimoto Mini H1 Bi-xenon projectors. 50w Hid 4300k in the projectors + 35w Hid Fast-bright in the main beams.
- Wider grill made from 2 Audi 90 ones.
- Headlight washers, full OEM system.
- Avant taillights.
- 90 rear lights on the trunk-lid.
- Passat 3BG Aero wipers.
- Electric mirrors.
- Electic windows front and rear.
- Ambient temperature display.
- Additional gauges in the center console.
- A4 B5 dashboard switches, with original 80 face-covers.
- Audi Concert radio.
- Climatronic system out of a B4. Now fully working.
- 100 C4 armrest.
- A4 B6 Auto-dim interior mirror.
- Sunroof has been converted to electrical.
- Courtesy door lights from A4 B5.
- Grab-handles with reading lights.
- Boot-lighting.
- Woodgrain accesoires on the dash.
- Instrument cluster and additional gauges are white backlit, with red needle illumination.
- Headliner and pillar covers have heen re-upholstered in grey alcantara.
- Full OEM bottom covers; engine, transmission and drive shaft covers.
- OEM central locking system.
- Defa coolant Pre-heater + Wolverine engine oil pre-heater.
- Power steering.
- Cruise control out of a B5.
- Under-bonnet light.
- Full sound deadening kit; Bottom engine, gearbox and drive shaft shields, bonnet sound deadener.
I've probably forgotten a couple, I'll add those later on.
Apart from the modifications the car has had a lot of maintenance and restorative work done. The suspension has all new shocks, springs bearings and bushes. The brakes have been fully overhauled.
The front fenders have been replaced due to rust. The same will happen with the front doors, i have new ones, but didn't came to painting them yet.
The rest of the body will also get some new paint on it in the near future, as there are a few spots that have been horribly 'touched-up' by the previous owner.
The engine is nothing special, a 90hp KE-jetronic. It has proven to be very reliable, but as 90 hp is not that spectacular, a conversion will likely happen later on. Same goes for the driveline, it will probably be converted to Quattro if I can find a good (and cheap!) donor.
The dash backlight looks rediculous in the pics, but that's the camera's fault.
I've been looking around on this forum for quite some time, and have been amazed by some of the projects on here.
I'm a 24 year old lad from the Netherlands, before I had the 80 I had two other cars, a Reliant scimitar SE6A 3.0 V6 and a Reliant Kitten. Not well known cars except for you Brits on here, and yes I know, princess Anne had one too.
Kittens are small 600kg rwd cars with a GRP bodywork. Yes it looks silly, but they don't rust, cost next to nothing in insurance and road tax, drive like a go-kart and will drift like crazy when it has been raining. Ideal when you're 18.
Currently the Kitten is a sleeping project, waiting for me to drop a way to powerful engine in it.
anyways;
Three years ago I needed a car that was actually reliable, and ended up importing an Audi 80 from Germany, and I have done a lot of modifications to it since then.
Mods so far (I'll try to keep this list up-to-date):
- Lowered 40mm front and back. Vogtland springs, Sachs advantage shocks in the front, Monroe in the back.
- Competition alloys, wrapped in 195/45/16.
- Coupé front bumper.
- Rs2 projector headlights, original projectors replaced with Morimoto Mini H1 Bi-xenon projectors. 50w Hid 4300k in the projectors + 35w Hid Fast-bright in the main beams.
- Wider grill made from 2 Audi 90 ones.
- Headlight washers, full OEM system.
- Avant taillights.
- 90 rear lights on the trunk-lid.
- Passat 3BG Aero wipers.
- Electric mirrors.
- Electic windows front and rear.
- Ambient temperature display.
- Additional gauges in the center console.
- A4 B5 dashboard switches, with original 80 face-covers.
- Audi Concert radio.
- Climatronic system out of a B4. Now fully working.
- 100 C4 armrest.
- A4 B6 Auto-dim interior mirror.
- Sunroof has been converted to electrical.
- Courtesy door lights from A4 B5.
- Grab-handles with reading lights.
- Boot-lighting.
- Woodgrain accesoires on the dash.
- Instrument cluster and additional gauges are white backlit, with red needle illumination.
- Headliner and pillar covers have heen re-upholstered in grey alcantara.
- Full OEM bottom covers; engine, transmission and drive shaft covers.
- OEM central locking system.
- Defa coolant Pre-heater + Wolverine engine oil pre-heater.
- Power steering.
- Cruise control out of a B5.
- Under-bonnet light.
- Full sound deadening kit; Bottom engine, gearbox and drive shaft shields, bonnet sound deadener.
I've probably forgotten a couple, I'll add those later on.
Apart from the modifications the car has had a lot of maintenance and restorative work done. The suspension has all new shocks, springs bearings and bushes. The brakes have been fully overhauled.
The front fenders have been replaced due to rust. The same will happen with the front doors, i have new ones, but didn't came to painting them yet.
The rest of the body will also get some new paint on it in the near future, as there are a few spots that have been horribly 'touched-up' by the previous owner.
The engine is nothing special, a 90hp KE-jetronic. It has proven to be very reliable, but as 90 hp is not that spectacular, a conversion will likely happen later on. Same goes for the driveline, it will probably be converted to Quattro if I can find a good (and cheap!) donor.
The dash backlight looks rediculous in the pics, but that's the camera's fault.
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