SoFresh's A3

[SoFresh]

The day I bought the A3:






Cleaned it up a little bit and did a quick photoshoot with a friend (another member of NWQuattro). New BF Goodrich KDW G-Force tires, love the traction, wouldn't recomend any other tire.


















Decided that I couldn't rock fake wheels anymore (BBS LM reps, they were actually Luff M1s in 19"x8.5" et 45) So I picked up a set of 19"x8" et 45 BBS CKs, thanks to the guys and gals over at Tirerack.com, and my best friend John over at Interstate Tire in Burien, WA for the set of KDWs


Thanks to my friend Matt Hilaman for his photography skills and a little private photoshoot in the Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride garage

[SoFresh]

My First Car Show, WaterWerks 08 at Tacoma Stadium

2nd place Best Audi A3:

(Photo taken again by Matt Hilaman)




Decided to step it up within a couple weeks for Pacific Waterlands 08 in Oregon... (again 2nd place Best Audi A3....)

-Oettinger sideskirts
-Rieger front lip
-Painted side bumper markers
-Eurojet catback exhaust (Thank you EuroJet)
-Neuspeed P-Flo Intake
-Titanium Blacked out front Grill
-Black front license plate delete

[SoFresh]

A couple at the show:

[SoFresh]

A couple weeks later, another package arrived from Joel over at Eurojet, thanks again

-Eurojet Grenade DV
-Eurojet DV relocation kit, EA pipe
-Eurojet Valve Correction
-Eurojet Heat shield (to replace the Neuspeed one)
-Eurojet TB pipe
-Eurojet 3" Downpipe

[SoFresh]

[SoFresh]

Blacked out the rear rings:



NWQuattro Dyno Day (barely made it onto the rollers...)











More pics to come soon... currently car is getting S-line front bumper, AWE turboback exhaust...

[Anthony]

Nice thread. Although, some of the pics are posted multiple times...

[SoFresh]

^^ oops, I just noticed that, fixed that problem, thats weird cause when I loaded them they werent doubles lol

Upcoming Changes:

-BBK, maybe just upgraded rotors for now.
-Either painting mirror caps black to match opensky roof, or going with S3 caps.
-Rear lower lip (not sure which one I want to go with yet, maybe S3 painted black insert)
-CF interior door trim
-Ashtray delete
-Black floor mats (gray ones suck to keep clean)
-Some custom paint work.... working on ideas right now
-S-Line front bumper
-HID foglights, color match to HIDs

.... more to come...

[chadb2434]

Looking at your car makes me like the A3 even more!! Very nice!

[littlewhite]

The Portland event is Pacific H20land ;)

WHen are you coming down to pickup your car. Pending Clamps* BWhaha

[SoFresh]

The Portland event is Pacific H20land ;)

WHen are you coming down to pickup your car. Pending Clamps* BWhaha

Got the email today, pretty sure Matrix is finished up with the car, they shortened the tips pipe cause it was sticking out a little too far for my liking (thanks Jeremy and Justin over at Matrix )

So just waiting for Sunset to give me the call saying insurance is all done (paid up) then I can find a way down there (probably via train again) and pick it up! I'm excited to get it back!! Its been almost 2 months!

I think you and I need to get a photoshoot of just our cars... some rollers, industrial pics, and some sweet seasonal pics (if that makes any sense) lol, maybe some rollers in a lighted tunnel?

[littlewhite]

Cool, yea need to shorten the tips. After is warm up it sticks out like 1”. I was there Fri after work, your car was still up in the rack. The Eurojet exhaust was pretty F-up… don’t know what the hell you hit lol ! You can sell the DP though, still new and fresh

[SoFresh]

Cool, yea need to shorten the tips. After is warm up it sticks out like 1�. I was there Fri after work, your car was still up in the rack. The Eurojet exhaust was pretty F-up… don’t know what the hell you hit lol ! You can sell the DP though, still new and fresh

Nice! I was planning on doing that to recoup some of the $1k I had to fork out for the insurance deductible! LAME!! The rear EJ tips should be good too, a lot of vdub owners love those laser etched stars in them. You happen to snap any pics of it up on the rack? I got a couple from Jeremy of it on the ground.

[littlewhite]

Negative. When I went after work he SO the lights. It’ll take like 10mins to get it back up hahaha. When is the car going back to Sunset. Maybe I can stop by to snap pix of our cars together or something.

[SoFresh]

Negative. When I went after work he SO the lights. It’ll take like 10mins to get it back up hahaha. When is the car going back to Sunset. Maybe I can stop by to snap pix of our cars together or something.

I don't know when the car is going back to Sunset, maybe tonight/tomorrow? Have no idea, haven't heard anything from Sunset yet. All I know is the exhaust is all finished up

I need to purchase some s-line fog lights however (Insurance didn't want to pay for those since I got them to give me the S-line front bumper). So I guess it would be a good time to convert those fogs to HIDs as well...

*cough* I need to get a hookup on some OEM new fogs.... *cough* haha

Maybe ill convert them into brake ducts... I love fogs though too much to ever not have them.

[littlewhite]

yea fogs are important in the PNW with the rain and fog

[SoFresh]

Plus I just wanna aim them really high up and blind everyone




no but seriously, the fogs make all the diffrence in the world! Do you think yours light up more with the yellow bulbs? I want to color match the headlights and fogs with 6500k, but I was also considering 3000k fog bulbs....

[littlewhite]

Yea, you can tell a bit different with the yellow fogs. They cut through rain quite well

[the4ringer]

1) do you have any video clips of your car
2) dyno numbers?
3) why convert to S-line bumper? car looks dope with the lip kit. No available lip kit for S-line bumpers [and the retarded cupra lip doesnt count].

[littlewhite]

I think I can answer it for him hehe!

1)most likely
2)I think he dyno ~215-220 or so?
3)God he hit something rock solid early in the morning that took out the badass lip and front bumper along with his Exhaust… so now with S-Line front

[SoFresh]

I think I can answer it for him hehe!

1)most likely
2)I think he dyno ~215-220 or so?
3)God he hit something rock solid early in the morning that took out the badass lip and front bumper along with his Exhaust… so now with S-Line front

Haha, yup littlewhite speaks the truth

Don't forget to mention it took out the $12k DSG transmission out as well, and oil pan was replaced, ripped off the rear o2 sensor, and cracked the front suspension brace, broke the OEM DV down below (so I just heard... just leaks a little now with the Eurojet DV block off plug in there, so ill have to re-plug that up, until then Im assuming a little boost leaky leak) I think thats it...

Its been a headache to be quite honest, I haven't seen the car in 2 months.... however some good news!!! I get to go pick it up today!!! (Pending if the overnighted check from Insurance makes it into Audi's hands today like planned)

[SoFresh]

1) do you have any video clips of your car
2) dyno numbers?
3) why convert to S-line bumper? car looks dope with the lip kit. No available lip kit for S-line bumpers [and the retarded cupra lip doesnt count].

I actually prefer the s-line front, OEM is better IMO, the Rieger lip was sweet looking however sitting an inch off the ground spoiled the fun of driving the car as a daily driver. I look forward to having the front bumper sit a little bit higher.

As far as the Cupra lip... I am picking one of those "retarded" things up pretty soon, most likely after winter.

[littlewhite]

dam$

btw... you made it back? Traffic SUCK A$$ tonight. Was stuck in 3 car crashes... WTF

[SoFresh]

dam$

btw... you made it back? Traffic SUCK A$$ tonight. Was stuck in 3 car crashes... WTF

Yea I made it back, did take forever, was stuck in traffic so ended up stopping off at Beem's (Brian's) house and waited till his roommate Ryan got off work, then we all headed up to WA for the Toys for Tots Drive. Great turnout at PIR for the drive.

Here are some quick winter mode pics I snapped with my point and shoot Casio while walking around Greenlake, sorry for the horrible quality of pics, enjoy:

[the4ringer]

damn man. sorry to hear about your run-in [literally]. i know what you mean about bein low off the ground. I've babied my car and managed to start scrapping up the bottomside of the front bumper. nothing dramatic, but i know its there, and it bugs me

keep on wrenchin' and keep us posted

[littlewhite]

looks good man. I'll post some winter pix up in the NW forum tonight

[SoFresh]

looks good man. I'll post some winter pix up in the NW forum tonight

Thanks buddy POST THEM UP! You never post pics... we need to work on that! lol

[SoFresh]

<<12-19-2008 UPDATE>>

Today I received my new OEM dark charcoal floor mats, these will replace the light grey mats that I have currently. Nothing special, simple details matter however:

[votblindub]

VERY nice. can I steal that DOPE sticker?

[the4ringer]

snap a pic of them installed. was thinkin about doin the dark mats cause mine tend to get dirty and im all sorts of anal. i can imagine it, but a visual helps as well.

where'd you get em from? $?

[RomanA6]

colormatch wheels to the car

[SoFresh]

colormatch wheels to the car

Hope you aren't being serious right now....

Updates I hope to have done before mid February:

-S-line fog light conversion w/HIDs
-S-line rear lower valance

[littlewhite]

HAha, seems you are stuck with the S-line fogs or whatever you need to make it happen.

S-line exterior for sure adds a nice touch and different

[SoFresh]

HAha, seems you are stuck with the S-line fogs or whatever you need to make it happen.

S-line exterior for sure adds a nice touch and different

I have an idea, sell me your fogs (you dont need them, they're overrated I hear) and also swap me rear valances I know you want to!

[DeeR]

the s-line front looks great

[SoFresh]

the s-line front looks great

Thanks DeeR, I noticed in your sig you are going to go with the Eurojet K04, and a uni tune, you do know that the Eurojet K04 can simply use a premade Revo file?

[SoFresh]

So, I've been on a budget lately, saving up for a house/mortgage and some other investments... and I was thinking to myself... what mods could I do on a budget...

I prefer DIY mods and custom fabrication to stick out from the rest of the crowd. So lately I have been experimenting with some carbon fiber, fiberglass and kevlar/carbon materials...

I will be creating some Carbon Fiber goodies here shortly as soon as my materials come in the mail. So keep checkin back

[UltrasportFreak]

Love your A3 man, flat out awesome. Thanks for all the help recently too.

[Sim4]

Saw this thread for the first time. Awesome to see the progression your A3 has made. Very tastefully done and great choices on products! Overall A+ A3.

[SoFresh]

Saw this thread for the first time. Awesome to see the progression your A3 has made. Very tastefully done and great choices on products! Overall A+ A3.

Thanks man

I should be getting my new Audi TT vent rings/vents in the mail early this week.

Next on my list are a TT dead pedal and GLI gas/brake pedals to complete the interior look Im going for.