Another squeaky clean A4

[johntesi]

Did a wash/clay/wax yesterday.. Been driving around since then so it has lost a bit of its luster. Beautiful day and new pics nonetheless!















Comments?

[LAS]

CLEAN.

btw, what products were used?

[johntesi]

Thanks man, you have a hot car yourself!

I am always a little embarassed to post my product list because it isn't so impressive. Haha I really think it's all about attention to detail.

Turtlewax something rather soap.
McGuier's clay, smooth surface spray, and wax
Black Magic Tire shine (I know I know...)
Magic chamois
Wet/dry vac
210 mph electric leaf blower
Soft bristle brush
Wash mitt
LOTS of elbow grease!

Hey, whatever works, right?!!

[Doctor]

Comments...? Well one actually...
I WANT YOUR RIMS...Nothing else... :p :p

Clean man, nice ride...

[AudiWxGuy]

What rims are those?

[AudiWxGuy]

Oh yeah...Car looks awesome!!!

[johntesi]

Volk CE28N
PS2s
Bilstein PSS9
That's about all you can "see".
Thanks guys!

[Quattro]

love clean black cars

[Doctor]

^^^ Volk CE28N
One of the very very very few rims I would change the OZ Ultraleggeras with....Absolutely light and beautiful...

Thumbs up from me

[Sanjman]

I like how the rims look except the fact of so many holes in the center... that part doesn't look clean but your entire car setup and the wash is perfect.

[D.C. Designs]

+1 of different wheels

[fromGMCtoAUDI]

Clean ride!

Btw, what's the ride height f/r?
I noticed you set the front higher than the back with some wheel gap, is there any reasoning behind it?

[johntesi]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the "10 x 112" look.. But once I find some centercaps that I really like (I got the free blank ones from Stasis but they just don't match) I will probably upgrade my lugs to some nicer looking ones that should clean up the bolt pattern look. Centercaps should help too.

Part of the front/rear height difference is due to the incline of the area where the car is sitting. The front is about .25 higher than the rear though. This is to prevent rubbing when I am really pushing the car (I'm running 245/35/19 on 19 x 8.5 wheels) and because the corner balance turned out that way.. It usually isn't noticable at all!
Thanks for the compliments, wish I was a better photographer!!

[harryd14]

great wash job, looks real clean! is that the honeycomb front grill as well there i see, really like that as well. have you thought about blacking out the chrome surrounding trim on the grill?

[fromGMCtoAUDI]

Part of the front/rear height difference is due to the incline of the area where the car is sitting. The front is about .25 higher than the rear though. This is to prevent rubbing when I am really pushing the car (I'm running 245/35/19 on 19 x 8.5 wheels) and because the corner balance turned out that way.. It usually isn't noticable at all!

Oh ok, but what is the ride height f/r? I have mine set at 25.5" front and 26" rear. The shop told me I should have the back higher to avoid rubbing when I have passengers in the back. Now I'm thinking about lowering the back to be 25.5" all around for the perfect stance, do you think i'll rub?

Btw my wheels are 8.5" wide too on 235s.

[johntesi]

I definitely wouldn't worry about the back rubbing, it has tons more room than the front for tires (depending on your offset of course- I'm guessing +35). You know, even though I've been underneath my car a dozen times, I still haven't taken a tape measure to it. I will do that tomorrow!
And harryd- I do have the RS4 grill and the RS4 filler plate. I contemplated going with the Titanium version but to me it didn't 'fit' right without the titanium window trim. For me, it's gotta be all black or have the nice understated brushed/polished aluminum all the way around.

[STaSIS_2.0T]

You should get the (short) VOLK GT carbon center caps, just installed them on my CE-28's and looks sweet

[jimmya4]

Thanks man, you have a hot car yourself!

I am always a little embarassed to post my product list because it isn't so impressive. Haha I really think it's all about attention to detail.

Turtlewax something rather soap.
McGuier's clay, smooth surface spray, and wax
Black Magic Tire shine (I know I know...)
Magic chamois
Wet/dry vac
210 mph electric leaf blower
Soft bristle brush
Wash mitt
LOTS of elbow grease!

Hey, whatever works, right?!!

woah woah you guys use leaf blowers to dry your cars???!!!? never even thought of that

[jimmya4]

i might start using an air compressor for the roof, hood, and trunk. just so i dont waste 2 towels drying up the huge lakes of water on them

[johntesi]

You should get the (short) VOLK GT carbon center caps, just installed them on my CE-28's and looks sweet

Any pics? Sound cool!

And yeah, the leaf blower works great to get water out of all the cracks and to minimize the amount of times I have to wring out the chamois!

[Robninja]

black cars look so awesome when they are cleaned up

[supamannn99]

damn. nice rims and clean car.

i want those wheels

[Rotond0000]

i dont know why but i just feel the need to tell you to stop there!...your car looks great!

[johntesi]

Thanks guys!! The only other planned mods that will effect the exterior are AWE quad-tip exhaust and potentially some bigger brakes. Other than that, the other mods will be invisible (when the hood is closed...)!

[johntesi]

One final bump for centercap pics!