September 2012
Needed a new daily, and thanks to someone posting up the Auctions America listing for 3 coupe quattros, i decided to bank on it and hope i won. And i did.
Plans for this car is basically a rally look for right now, reiger spoiler, s2 bumpers, big brakes, hubs, some custom grills and mudflaps, maybe some exterior vinyl like the audi rings on the lower door. Keep the motor stock for now excluding exhaust/intake
It'll then be just daily driven until i decide to add some power. I don't plan on rallying the car, maybe take it to some rallyx events when i know i have a backup car if i break something.
Details;
1991 Audi Coupe Quattro w/ 176k on working speedometer
picking it up
Good:
Clean interior
smooth running motor
solid body no rust
Black on Black :-)
Original Floor mats
OEM stereo works
cruise works
Bad:
Dead Battery
Dirty Interior
Dent in passenger door
Drivers window regulator is starting to make scary noises
Rear Diff mount i believe is bad
Sunroof seal is a little off
Passenger tail light seal was allowing water in
Stock headlights
Dirty engine bay
Dirty Wheels
Radiator Leaking
CEL came on and brake lights
Stock bumpers
TO DO List:
detail interior - done
install coilovers with new strut mounts - done
install s2 front bumper - done
install s2 lights after painting - done
install s2 steering wheel - done
install optima red top - done
replace drivers window regulator - done
install new radiator / tank - done
replace power steering fluid - done
replace tail light seal - done
install leds in gauge cluster - done
replaced both front axles - done
install aluminum trim - done
install rs2 bumper - done
install rs2 plate - done
install ford rally wheels and winterforce tires - done
fix interior lighting - done
install brullen exhaust - done
paint fog inserts
plastic weld lower lip better
install reiger spoiler
get whole car re-sprayed
replace door rubber trims
replace passenger side door
fix door locks
install remote door locks
polish rear tails
install mud flaps
reseal sunroof rubber
swap to s2 hubs
powdercoat rear subframe
swap out rear subframe and diff
install poly diff mount
replace stock radio with oem concert II
replace speakers
replace hvac system with electric b4 unit
install 034 injectors,
install intake boot
create heat shield for intake and mount isv
put on cone filter
powdercoat paint valve cover and intake mani
replace valve cover gasket
detail engine bay better
paint surface rust metal core supports
install bigger maf
replace O2 sensor
try out E3 spark plugs
recover recaro seats
install seats on b3 manual rails
install seats
On to some before pictures (as it was when i bought it freshly off the trailer
September 29th 2012
first thing done was fixing the leak in the rear, the lil bucket was full over stagnant water when i went to get the car. Lucky i knew exacly where it was coming from.
Removed tail lights and cleaned up behind them, removed old butyl rubber sealent, cleaned, applied new 3M butyl rubber and put back on! looks perfect.
before
after cleaning
tail light with new rubber
going to make use of these
first 10 miles of driving and i get a CEL, wouldn't be an audi if it didn't give me one of those
choosing the best and putting them back together
got my first cel after 10 miles of driving, it's christened!
i figured i'd give a lil taste of whats to come with this car, I've bought a couple things/collected some items that i'll install on this one instead of my other project.
interior wise:
s2 steering wheel
brushed aluminum trim
exterior:
v6 coupe/s2 w/o washers front bumper
custom s2/rs2 look alike rear bumper to move the plate down
rs2 tub light
reiger wing
rally mud flaps
brushed aluminum mirrors
vinyl audi rings on lower door trim
buff and polish
performance:
brullen exhaust
possibly injector upgrade
porsche big red front brakes with a8 rotors
porsche rear brakes with 300mm s4 rotors
5x112 knuckle/hub swap (thanks peter!)
o.z. superturismos/gunmetal b5s4 winter studded wheels
poly rear diff and rear subframe mounts
all that plus just about every maintenance item replaced, the rear subframe looks a bit crusty so i'm going to swap in my rear subframe from my 90 with the bigger rear sway bar.
this car is going to look fast and stop fast, but it'll just be a slow reliable car... for the time being.
October 2nd 2012
had a productive day today, bought another of my custom grills for my mkII custom b3/s2 lights, last one was a lil showy i think.
bought some b4 headlight pigtails, the proper steering wheel copper ring to work with the s2 wheel so that the horn works, and checked out the bumpers that were supposed to be painted... they were, just the wrong color
the bumpers were accidently painted in "brilliant black metallic" which looked amazing, but alas, the car is "brilliant black" paint code
this is brilliant black metallic
here's brilliant black in the form of my old CQ that i miss. (note grill and rs2 lights)
October 3rd 2012
got my new black door, paints in better condition then the car... time to wetsand and polish
also recieved the rear diff mounts and the grill mesh to custom make my "kamei" grills.
October 4th 2012
i feel as if this wouldn't hold pressure all too well...
ordering an all aluminum one from nissens, cars down till i get that.
on another note, the fan relay may not of been bad, the motor wasn't even hooked up in the back. that could cause some overheating issues...
back of the radiator that was in there definitely had lost some fluid, there was crystalized coolant all over the back.
on another note, i decided to pull the trigger on getting my recaro LS-C seats reupholstered.
now...
material for the inserts
the goal, but with leather bolsters instead of the satin black cloth.
it'll be a bit before those are done, but thought i'd share my excitement. I have to wait for the fabric from germany, then i have to ship the seats to some specialists in washington for them to reupholster them.
todays work so far involved removing the radiator and then hitting it with a wrench over and over. :curses:
then i very calmly rounded out an steering wheel contact ring and adapted it to the S2 steering wheel
this just came in the mail
should make some good rally mud flaps, waiting on the aluminum plating i'm going to rivet to the bottom now.
precut, 12" wide right now by 48" tall, will need some trimming of course.
oh, and tonks sent me a teaser photo.
October 5th 2012
relatively productive day, radiator came in, haven't even had a chance to check it out yet.
before i went over to my garage, i split the plates i "may" be using to trim the bottom of the mudflaps, i think it might be a bit flashy for my tastes, might just go with plain brushed aluminum look
first thing i did t the garage was to disconnect the airbag warning light. yes i know audi, there's something wrong with the airbag... there is none now!
while i was in there, i swapped the gauge lighting for white LED lighting. Makes it look much more red now compared to the orange color. I'll get pics later of that.
next thing was the 3 spoke steering wheel, unfortunately i didn't insulate a contact point properly and it was hitting the hub, so everytime the car was in the on position the horn was going off. sorted that quickly and got the wheel installed.
i was curious as to how the timing belt looked, so i took the cracked cover off and replaced it with my non cracked timing belt cover. The water pump actually looked pretty new, and the belt didn't show any signs of wear at all that i could tell, i guess i'm good for a bit.
next, i cleaned the drivers side engine bay... took a couple hours but i think i did ok. there was a 1/4 inch of dirt/grease/w/e on the motor mount piece. all shiny black paint underneath now, waiting for the radiator to cover it all up again.
then i attached the B4 headlight connections and installed my S2 lights, sadly i think they need a lot of aiming. that'll be fun to play around with since the plastic nuts are detached from the adjustment screws.
then i "was" going to call it quits and go and get some dinner, but i decided to stay and tackle the mesh grill. Came out decent, it'll look better once i install the new hood rubber so that it all looks flat across there.
rings?
no rings?
then i got back home and ordered a new coolant tank because the old one is all nasty looking.
My buddies air compressor whose doing the painting just broke... so i really hope he can still get them done by early next week.
October 6th 2012
today i had a short day, gotta sleep before work tonight.
went to the garage and attempted to figure out how i am going to mount the mudflaps.
rear looks easy enough, plenty of mounting points. I just need to find some spacers about 2cm in length x3 from the lip of the fender.
fronts on the other hand... don't have barely anything to mount them to. guess i'll be drillin some holes and sealing them nice n tight!
designed the shape of the mudflaps a little bit with cardboard but i didn't want to cut anything until i was certain of how the mounting will go.
Then i came home and found another package
October 9th 2012
expensive stuff to replace the power steering fluid
new radiator that is not exactly all aluminum as i expected it to be. fail advertising
new coolant expansion tank, radiator mounts and exhaust hangers for the brullen
alrighty, my painters compressor took a **** and i'm not sure when he'll have a new one so i grabbed my "brilliant black metallic" bumper and mounted it to the gloss black car and installed all the lights, then made myself a matching grill for the plate spot because i've always wanted to do it.
sadly i forgot to grab the lower grills while i was there.
so tomorrow's project is to flush the coolant system really well, install new radiator and expansion tank, and then drive it for it's longest trip so far without any faults.
October 10th 2012
Today;
went to garage, flushed coolant system out thoroughly then filled with g12, drained power steering fluid out.
installed radiator and buttoned everything up decently (needs detailing i know)
then aimed the headlights, replaced the window regulator (gotta go back in because now my door locks aren't working right, must've hit something)
then i pulled all the cars in a row for this shot. note the porsche doesn't run, but it's nice to see all my black ducks in a row
for those that don't like to click
October 11th 2012
time to bake the fog lights!
update... that failed.
they didn't want to separate, i didn't want to crack the glass as it's in decent condition.
got the car inspected, passed of course.
now i'm going to go fix the door lock because it seems to have decided to detach itself from the cylinder in the "alarm" setting. so when you get in the car it turns the alarm on unless you go over to the passenger side door and unlock it... but that's only a 1 time fix.
le sigh.
well, i'm a pro at putting the window regulator in and out at this point, as i had to remove it 3 times total in the last 24hrs to get to either swap to the new one or readjust, or get to the locking mechanism... which i thought i had fixed (tested it while in the car and no door card) and all worked great.
after i drove it home it decided not to work again, the drivers door doesn't want to lock down, the other doors work though. you can't turn the key properly. As long as it's not in the "alarm" position i'm happy for now.
just picked up my brullen exhaust from my friend who repaired it for me, that should be going on next week after i get some new bolts and gaskets for it.
installed the drivers side lower door trim, i have to figure out how to remove the rear one now as that looks bad next to it. luckily i have a whole set.
i am very impressed on how bright the s2 headlights are. much brighter then my rs2's with the hid's installed it seems. all i have in them is silvania silverstar bulbs
October 24th 2012
coming soon.
-tranni seals and fluid
-axles
and coilovers with s2 hubs and porsche brakes
October 26th 2012
went to my friend zak at stickerbomb and he wrapped the wood trim in brushed aluminum vinyl. I'll get a better picture later, but it seriously looks awesome. He also wrapped the sideview mirrors. looks odd without my lighter color wheels on it.
the mirrors were so pitted, i was sanding for half an hour on this one, and an hour for the other one with the deeper pits in it
also had to smooth out the cracks in the interior wood trim. didn't want it showing through the vinyl
picture at night
looks just light silver here, but it's actually got a nice brushed feel to it. looks real.
Alright, here's some better pictures of what's done with the interior
mirrors
As she sits now
presents i got in the mail:
rs2 style S2 bumper
Big brakes for the front and rear. To the left is a b5 A4 1.8t Rear disc and caliper
October 31st 2012
total mileage on car now is 178k, i've put 1.5k on it!
new empi axles were installed in the front along with flange seals and new gear oil. Man does the car sound more quiet now, i used to have a strange gurgle before when i pressed the clutch in, at first we thought it was the throw out bearing but the sound is completely gone now. and no more clicking from the passenger side axle.
my buddy painted the reiger spoiler, but it had some drips so i wasn't happy about it and told him to redo it. He apologized and said he'd get it done asap.
he did however finished repairing the rs2 style s2 bumper, that'll be going on tomorrow along with the rs2 plate i hope. should look lovely. too bad the paints aren't going to match for the time being, nice n glossy new paint vs old n pitted satin looking paint.
November 5th 2012
small update, my friend finished painting the rs2 styled s2 bumper. looks great.
and i temporarily mounted something to see how it fit...
Reiger wing, i love it.
clickables
November 7th 2012
I popped the brullen on there today
Exhaust has a very deep sound, although lil raspy. It's better then the stebro that we put on my last coupe, i think another resonator up closer to the dp will help
out with the old and rusty
in with the new
i'll get a sound clip up tomorrow
November 9th 2012
Video of brullen exhaust, it was cold out hence the smoke show. Don't worry I had it up to temp before doing this.
Also installed the rs2 tub and rs2 styled S2 bumper
Now it's the only black rs2 styled (rear) coupe in the us. There's a pearl white, a nagaro, and possibly a red one.
Soon I'll have the reiger wing on properly.
November 11th 2012
picked up some winter wheels, going to keep the 4x108 for a lil bit and put the hubs on the other coupe
November 16th 2012
more presents
going to get painted i think before i get them mounted
plugs and wires are odd, i'm going to have to do some weatherproofing and figure out how to wire the suckers up better.
December 6th 2012
Alright, Pictures.
i installed the 2bennet coilovers, covered the threads with antiseize then wrapped them in vinyl tape to protect them. I have them set as high as they can go in the front, and the rears are just a few threads down. This achieves an overall ground to fender of about 27.5" compared to the 24.5" on most front coupes stock.
Tires are 225/55/17, they're a bit big... i wouldn't recommend going this big as i go have some rubbing issues when turning tightly. but in a straight line and around corners at speed there's no problem.
I have a slight issue with one of the rear tires hitting the front of the fender wall corner
compared to front
roof rack and votex headlights are installed as well, i think it looks pretty good from the front. lights not as good as the b3 euro's or b4 euro's though.
more pictures.
December 10th 2012
Couple pictures thanks to some of our local talent!
me driving my car
IMG_5138 by TheKeyMaster, on Flickr
rafe driving my car
IMG_5632 by TheKeyMaster, on Flickr
once again, thanks to Jim with his photography!
December 12th 2012
yesterday i was driving along and all of a sudden my car turned into a racecar with an open exhaust. looked under the car and my pipe had come out of the band clamp. oops. drove it home and gave it a lil "power" through the rpms... at 12am. Sounded so good i had a smile on my face the whole time. Fixed the exhaust and clamped it a bit better so it wouldn't happen again.
installed the missing lower rubber trim on the passenger side (stole it off my pearl coupe
)
polished the rear tail lights so they match the center panel a bit better. the red is a darker shade for the us tails, but at least it's all glossy now.
before
after
color difference
cleaned up the rear hatch some and attempted to fix the squeak again. got it a little bit better.
also made an appointment next tuesday to get the front windshield replaced. it's definitely needed.
more pictures thanks to my hero dan
December 13th 2012
Car reached 180,000 miles
Engine is running a lil rough on start up, poor stock injectors and probably dirty maf and old O2 sensor. Replacing all of that will help hopefully.
Changed the oil for the second time since owning the car. switched to synthetic 5w30 mobil.
I am going to look into some 15" saab aeroblade 3-spoke wheels today. looking forward to getting them. They look sexy on the coupes.
My painter said the spoiler will be done this weekend... i heard this a few times. Alas he's a good guy and is just behind.
Needed a new daily, and thanks to someone posting up the Auctions America listing for 3 coupe quattros, i decided to bank on it and hope i won. And i did.
Plans for this car is basically a rally look for right now, reiger spoiler, s2 bumpers, big brakes, hubs, some custom grills and mudflaps, maybe some exterior vinyl like the audi rings on the lower door. Keep the motor stock for now excluding exhaust/intake
It'll then be just daily driven until i decide to add some power. I don't plan on rallying the car, maybe take it to some rallyx events when i know i have a backup car if i break something.
Details;
1991 Audi Coupe Quattro w/ 176k on working speedometer
picking it up
Good:
Clean interior
smooth running motor
solid body no rust
Black on Black :-)
Original Floor mats
OEM stereo works
cruise works
Bad:
Dead Battery
Dirty Interior
Dent in passenger door
Drivers window regulator is starting to make scary noises
Rear Diff mount i believe is bad
Sunroof seal is a little off
Passenger tail light seal was allowing water in
Stock headlights
Dirty engine bay
Dirty Wheels
Radiator Leaking
CEL came on and brake lights
Stock bumpers
TO DO List:
detail interior - done
install coilovers with new strut mounts - done
install s2 front bumper - done
install s2 lights after painting - done
install s2 steering wheel - done
install optima red top - done
replace drivers window regulator - done
install new radiator / tank - done
replace power steering fluid - done
replace tail light seal - done
install leds in gauge cluster - done
replaced both front axles - done
install aluminum trim - done
install rs2 bumper - done
install rs2 plate - done
install ford rally wheels and winterforce tires - done
fix interior lighting - done
install brullen exhaust - done
paint fog inserts
plastic weld lower lip better
install reiger spoiler
get whole car re-sprayed
replace door rubber trims
replace passenger side door
fix door locks
install remote door locks
polish rear tails
install mud flaps
reseal sunroof rubber
swap to s2 hubs
powdercoat rear subframe
swap out rear subframe and diff
install poly diff mount
replace stock radio with oem concert II
replace speakers
replace hvac system with electric b4 unit
install 034 injectors,
install intake boot
create heat shield for intake and mount isv
put on cone filter
powdercoat paint valve cover and intake mani
replace valve cover gasket
detail engine bay better
paint surface rust metal core supports
install bigger maf
replace O2 sensor
try out E3 spark plugs
recover recaro seats
install seats on b3 manual rails
install seats
On to some before pictures (as it was when i bought it freshly off the trailer
September 29th 2012
first thing done was fixing the leak in the rear, the lil bucket was full over stagnant water when i went to get the car. Lucky i knew exacly where it was coming from.
Removed tail lights and cleaned up behind them, removed old butyl rubber sealent, cleaned, applied new 3M butyl rubber and put back on! looks perfect.
before
after cleaning
tail light with new rubber
going to make use of these
first 10 miles of driving and i get a CEL, wouldn't be an audi if it didn't give me one of those
choosing the best and putting them back together
got my first cel after 10 miles of driving, it's christened!
i figured i'd give a lil taste of whats to come with this car, I've bought a couple things/collected some items that i'll install on this one instead of my other project.
interior wise:
s2 steering wheel
brushed aluminum trim
exterior:
v6 coupe/s2 w/o washers front bumper
custom s2/rs2 look alike rear bumper to move the plate down
rs2 tub light
reiger wing
rally mud flaps
brushed aluminum mirrors
vinyl audi rings on lower door trim
buff and polish
performance:
brullen exhaust
possibly injector upgrade
porsche big red front brakes with a8 rotors
porsche rear brakes with 300mm s4 rotors
5x112 knuckle/hub swap (thanks peter!)
o.z. superturismos/gunmetal b5s4 winter studded wheels
poly rear diff and rear subframe mounts
all that plus just about every maintenance item replaced, the rear subframe looks a bit crusty so i'm going to swap in my rear subframe from my 90 with the bigger rear sway bar.
this car is going to look fast and stop fast, but it'll just be a slow reliable car... for the time being.
October 2nd 2012
had a productive day today, bought another of my custom grills for my mkII custom b3/s2 lights, last one was a lil showy i think.
bought some b4 headlight pigtails, the proper steering wheel copper ring to work with the s2 wheel so that the horn works, and checked out the bumpers that were supposed to be painted... they were, just the wrong color
the bumpers were accidently painted in "brilliant black metallic" which looked amazing, but alas, the car is "brilliant black" paint code
this is brilliant black metallic
here's brilliant black in the form of my old CQ that i miss. (note grill and rs2 lights)
October 3rd 2012
got my new black door, paints in better condition then the car... time to wetsand and polish
also recieved the rear diff mounts and the grill mesh to custom make my "kamei" grills.
October 4th 2012
i feel as if this wouldn't hold pressure all too well...
ordering an all aluminum one from nissens, cars down till i get that.
on another note, the fan relay may not of been bad, the motor wasn't even hooked up in the back. that could cause some overheating issues...
back of the radiator that was in there definitely had lost some fluid, there was crystalized coolant all over the back.
on another note, i decided to pull the trigger on getting my recaro LS-C seats reupholstered.
now...
material for the inserts
the goal, but with leather bolsters instead of the satin black cloth.
it'll be a bit before those are done, but thought i'd share my excitement. I have to wait for the fabric from germany, then i have to ship the seats to some specialists in washington for them to reupholster them.
todays work so far involved removing the radiator and then hitting it with a wrench over and over. :curses:
then i very calmly rounded out an steering wheel contact ring and adapted it to the S2 steering wheel
this just came in the mail
should make some good rally mud flaps, waiting on the aluminum plating i'm going to rivet to the bottom now.
precut, 12" wide right now by 48" tall, will need some trimming of course.
oh, and tonks sent me a teaser photo.
October 5th 2012
relatively productive day, radiator came in, haven't even had a chance to check it out yet.
before i went over to my garage, i split the plates i "may" be using to trim the bottom of the mudflaps, i think it might be a bit flashy for my tastes, might just go with plain brushed aluminum look
first thing i did t the garage was to disconnect the airbag warning light. yes i know audi, there's something wrong with the airbag... there is none now!
while i was in there, i swapped the gauge lighting for white LED lighting. Makes it look much more red now compared to the orange color. I'll get pics later of that.
next thing was the 3 spoke steering wheel, unfortunately i didn't insulate a contact point properly and it was hitting the hub, so everytime the car was in the on position the horn was going off. sorted that quickly and got the wheel installed.
i was curious as to how the timing belt looked, so i took the cracked cover off and replaced it with my non cracked timing belt cover. The water pump actually looked pretty new, and the belt didn't show any signs of wear at all that i could tell, i guess i'm good for a bit.
next, i cleaned the drivers side engine bay... took a couple hours but i think i did ok. there was a 1/4 inch of dirt/grease/w/e on the motor mount piece. all shiny black paint underneath now, waiting for the radiator to cover it all up again.
then i attached the B4 headlight connections and installed my S2 lights, sadly i think they need a lot of aiming. that'll be fun to play around with since the plastic nuts are detached from the adjustment screws.
then i "was" going to call it quits and go and get some dinner, but i decided to stay and tackle the mesh grill. Came out decent, it'll look better once i install the new hood rubber so that it all looks flat across there.
rings?
no rings?
then i got back home and ordered a new coolant tank because the old one is all nasty looking.
My buddies air compressor whose doing the painting just broke... so i really hope he can still get them done by early next week.
October 6th 2012
today i had a short day, gotta sleep before work tonight.
went to the garage and attempted to figure out how i am going to mount the mudflaps.
rear looks easy enough, plenty of mounting points. I just need to find some spacers about 2cm in length x3 from the lip of the fender.
fronts on the other hand... don't have barely anything to mount them to. guess i'll be drillin some holes and sealing them nice n tight!
designed the shape of the mudflaps a little bit with cardboard but i didn't want to cut anything until i was certain of how the mounting will go.
Then i came home and found another package
October 9th 2012
expensive stuff to replace the power steering fluid
new radiator that is not exactly all aluminum as i expected it to be. fail advertising
new coolant expansion tank, radiator mounts and exhaust hangers for the brullen
alrighty, my painters compressor took a **** and i'm not sure when he'll have a new one so i grabbed my "brilliant black metallic" bumper and mounted it to the gloss black car and installed all the lights, then made myself a matching grill for the plate spot because i've always wanted to do it.
sadly i forgot to grab the lower grills while i was there.
so tomorrow's project is to flush the coolant system really well, install new radiator and expansion tank, and then drive it for it's longest trip so far without any faults.
October 10th 2012
Today;
went to garage, flushed coolant system out thoroughly then filled with g12, drained power steering fluid out.
installed radiator and buttoned everything up decently (needs detailing i know)
then aimed the headlights, replaced the window regulator (gotta go back in because now my door locks aren't working right, must've hit something)
then i pulled all the cars in a row for this shot. note the porsche doesn't run, but it's nice to see all my black ducks in a row
for those that don't like to click
October 11th 2012
time to bake the fog lights!
update... that failed.
they didn't want to separate, i didn't want to crack the glass as it's in decent condition.
got the car inspected, passed of course.
now i'm going to go fix the door lock because it seems to have decided to detach itself from the cylinder in the "alarm" setting. so when you get in the car it turns the alarm on unless you go over to the passenger side door and unlock it... but that's only a 1 time fix.
le sigh.
well, i'm a pro at putting the window regulator in and out at this point, as i had to remove it 3 times total in the last 24hrs to get to either swap to the new one or readjust, or get to the locking mechanism... which i thought i had fixed (tested it while in the car and no door card) and all worked great.
after i drove it home it decided not to work again, the drivers door doesn't want to lock down, the other doors work though. you can't turn the key properly. As long as it's not in the "alarm" position i'm happy for now.
just picked up my brullen exhaust from my friend who repaired it for me, that should be going on next week after i get some new bolts and gaskets for it.
installed the drivers side lower door trim, i have to figure out how to remove the rear one now as that looks bad next to it. luckily i have a whole set.
i am very impressed on how bright the s2 headlights are. much brighter then my rs2's with the hid's installed it seems. all i have in them is silvania silverstar bulbs
October 24th 2012
coming soon.
-tranni seals and fluid
-axles
and coilovers with s2 hubs and porsche brakes
October 26th 2012
went to my friend zak at stickerbomb and he wrapped the wood trim in brushed aluminum vinyl. I'll get a better picture later, but it seriously looks awesome. He also wrapped the sideview mirrors. looks odd without my lighter color wheels on it.
the mirrors were so pitted, i was sanding for half an hour on this one, and an hour for the other one with the deeper pits in it
also had to smooth out the cracks in the interior wood trim. didn't want it showing through the vinyl
picture at night
looks just light silver here, but it's actually got a nice brushed feel to it. looks real.
Alright, here's some better pictures of what's done with the interior
mirrors
As she sits now
presents i got in the mail:
rs2 style S2 bumper
Big brakes for the front and rear. To the left is a b5 A4 1.8t Rear disc and caliper
October 31st 2012
total mileage on car now is 178k, i've put 1.5k on it!
new empi axles were installed in the front along with flange seals and new gear oil. Man does the car sound more quiet now, i used to have a strange gurgle before when i pressed the clutch in, at first we thought it was the throw out bearing but the sound is completely gone now. and no more clicking from the passenger side axle.
my buddy painted the reiger spoiler, but it had some drips so i wasn't happy about it and told him to redo it. He apologized and said he'd get it done asap.
he did however finished repairing the rs2 style s2 bumper, that'll be going on tomorrow along with the rs2 plate i hope. should look lovely. too bad the paints aren't going to match for the time being, nice n glossy new paint vs old n pitted satin looking paint.
November 5th 2012
small update, my friend finished painting the rs2 styled s2 bumper. looks great.
and i temporarily mounted something to see how it fit...
Reiger wing, i love it.
clickables
November 7th 2012
I popped the brullen on there today
Exhaust has a very deep sound, although lil raspy. It's better then the stebro that we put on my last coupe, i think another resonator up closer to the dp will help
out with the old and rusty
in with the new
i'll get a sound clip up tomorrow
November 9th 2012
Video of brullen exhaust, it was cold out hence the smoke show. Don't worry I had it up to temp before doing this.
Also installed the rs2 tub and rs2 styled S2 bumper
Now it's the only black rs2 styled (rear) coupe in the us. There's a pearl white, a nagaro, and possibly a red one.
Soon I'll have the reiger wing on properly.
November 11th 2012
picked up some winter wheels, going to keep the 4x108 for a lil bit and put the hubs on the other coupe
November 16th 2012
more presents
going to get painted i think before i get them mounted
plugs and wires are odd, i'm going to have to do some weatherproofing and figure out how to wire the suckers up better.
December 6th 2012
Alright, Pictures.
i installed the 2bennet coilovers, covered the threads with antiseize then wrapped them in vinyl tape to protect them. I have them set as high as they can go in the front, and the rears are just a few threads down. This achieves an overall ground to fender of about 27.5" compared to the 24.5" on most front coupes stock.
Tires are 225/55/17, they're a bit big... i wouldn't recommend going this big as i go have some rubbing issues when turning tightly. but in a straight line and around corners at speed there's no problem.
I have a slight issue with one of the rear tires hitting the front of the fender wall corner
compared to front
roof rack and votex headlights are installed as well, i think it looks pretty good from the front. lights not as good as the b3 euro's or b4 euro's though.
more pictures.
December 10th 2012
Couple pictures thanks to some of our local talent!
me driving my car
IMG_5138 by TheKeyMaster, on Flickr
rafe driving my car
IMG_5632 by TheKeyMaster, on Flickr
once again, thanks to Jim with his photography!
December 12th 2012
yesterday i was driving along and all of a sudden my car turned into a racecar with an open exhaust. looked under the car and my pipe had come out of the band clamp. oops. drove it home and gave it a lil "power" through the rpms... at 12am. Sounded so good i had a smile on my face the whole time. Fixed the exhaust and clamped it a bit better so it wouldn't happen again.
installed the missing lower rubber trim on the passenger side (stole it off my pearl coupe
)polished the rear tail lights so they match the center panel a bit better. the red is a darker shade for the us tails, but at least it's all glossy now.
before
after
color difference
cleaned up the rear hatch some and attempted to fix the squeak again. got it a little bit better.
also made an appointment next tuesday to get the front windshield replaced. it's definitely needed.
more pictures thanks to my hero dan
December 13th 2012
Car reached 180,000 miles
Engine is running a lil rough on start up, poor stock injectors and probably dirty maf and old O2 sensor. Replacing all of that will help hopefully.
Changed the oil for the second time since owning the car. switched to synthetic 5w30 mobil.
I am going to look into some 15" saab aeroblade 3-spoke wheels today. looking forward to getting them. They look sexy on the coupes.
My painter said the spoiler will be done this weekend... i heard this a few times. Alas he's a good guy and is just behind.
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