.:Project Daily Driver. (Another Audi. Another Money Pit)

[panix73]

What up guys, I'm back!

Some of you may remember me from when I was posting around here when I had my silver B5 a4. Well, I ended up selling that when I picked up a B5 S4 last year. Everything was great with the car. I started running it at the track; was able to run a 12.5 on stock turbos, until I finally blew the infamous first and second gear synchros on the 00-01 01E tranny. I put the car down, picked up a rebuild kit, started looking for a deal on some turbos, one thing led to another and now I have a second B5 in the driveway! I just needed something to get from point A to point B and was able to pick this up at a deal considering it was in a slight fender bender. So here I am now, on my third B5 (lol), second A4. This time, laser red but autotradgic (). Its a shame its an auto, but I guess the idea is that this will be the daily driver...

Since I picked this car up a few weeks ago, here are a few progress pics.

This was what she looked like when I picked her up. We had to do a custom widebody job to the car when we picked it up in order for the front passenger side tire to clear, as well as make our own headlight to drive in the dark. Drove it home from CT to NY with one real headlight and one bulb hanging where the passenger headlight would be. lol.


A few days later I picked up another fender and got a bumper from the classifieds with some fogs on its way. I also couldn't stand the purple tints, so I peeled them bitches off too.


Once the bumper arrived, I decided to snatch my coilovers from the S4 and swap them into the A4 and then went off to get everything painted including the lowers. Here is how it came out. For the rear, I decided I'd do the same I did with the S4. A DIY Euro Rear, except this time it would be the opposite of what I did with the S, as the rears are not painted on the A4. So I guess this is v2.0. Oh, I also shaved the fenders to use some one piece headlights and put an exhaust on the car that week. Here is how she sits about a month after I picked the car up.

No headlights or grill yet. Paint was still too fresh. It still needs to be wet sanded.


Headlights in, grill installed. (Grill is sanded to be plasti-dipped)


Rear shot.


The more I drive this car, the more I want to chip it or put a k04 on it, but it would be such a waste of money IMO considering its an auto and supposed to be a daily driver. So, here we go again. Another audi. Another money pit.

Opinions welcome.

[boostedup]

do u have close up pics of the DIY s4 rear, looks good from far away, what about up close?

[hossified]

How much did you pick it up for when it was wrecked? You can pm me, I was just curious how the market up there compares to over here.

[pipe7284]

almost twins!!!!!

[Avant1.8BT]

what kind of exhaust or muffler is that?
car looks good.

[Stampy]

nice

[BONFIRE074]

x2 on the bumper

[explosionsteve]

diy euro rear? i'm intrigued! any more pics or a write up?

[VTAudiA4]

do u have close up pics of the DIY s4 rear, looks good from far away, what about up close?

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Do you have any links for a DIY?

[urban96]

painted lowers on red looks pretty good

[Vreihenmotor6]

diy euro rear? i'm intrigued! any more pics or a write up?

looks like its just the masking job on the paint

looks nice though, my car came from a similar state, and I too am trying not to dump too much cash into it

[CycloSteve]

Nice DD...understated and well done. Would love to see the S4 rear DIY also. Love the shot of the empty engine bay on the S4.

[Nebone]

Looks like the rear lip is painted on the sides and the center left alone so it looks like the euro S4 bumper.

[JumboBlack1.8]

Lookks great.....we need to see that DIY euro rear writeup.....great work so far

[willowtreexx]

ive been looking for that style roof rack!! where did you get it and for how much? i thought someone said it was a OEM rack or something... ??

[panix73]

what kind of exhaust or muffler is that?
car looks good.

2.5" exhaust with a Milltek resonator and an Autospeed muffler.

[panix73]

almost twins!!!!!

Almost, except you got a sunroof. LUCKY! This is my first car without one. Feels weird. I don't like the no sunroof, especially on the daily!

[panix73]

nice

Thanks!

ive been looking for that style roof rack!! where did you get it and for how much? i thought someone said it was a OEM rack or something... ??

Yup, it's an OEM audi rack. I picked it up here on the boards a couple weeks ago for about $160.

diy euro rear? i'm intrigued! any more pics or a write up?

Write up?! lol what is there to write up? Mask, paint, unmask. lol

looks like its just the masking job on the paint

Yup, you nailed it. Basically just measure the corner distances, use something round to help draw your curve lines on the bumper, mask out the part you want to keep black, wet sand the surrounding to be painted area, paint, and done! Well in my case I just did all the prep work to paint the lowers as I was having the shop that was painting my bumper and lowers do the DIY euro rear.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I think it's coming along nicely. I just wish it had some more power. I'd love to swap a 2.7t in to this car, but would just end up with the same problems I have with the other S4. I was thinking maybe a k04 and chip for the car. What are people considering the torque threshold on these 1.8t trannys now-a-days. Still no good for a k04 setup?

[panix73]

More pics of the rear.

[Das General]

lookin good Vin!

get that A/C fixed so you can drive on hot days in the rain.

[biketsai]

looks great!
The rear looks awesome too but it just doesn't appeal to me as much when I see the close up pic. But good work, I wonder what a molded rear lip would look like or a molded lip with an s4 valence and paint the middle black

[boostedup]

Looks like the rear lip is painted on the sides and the center left alone so it looks like the euro S4 bumper.

i figured that, just wanted to see close up pics of it......

[sirmeeps]

ok bringin this one back.... sorry if this is a nooob question but, I was wondering what you guys use to mold the lowers in.... Bondo? i think that diy euro rear would look a lil better with the painted parts molded in.....