Brilliant Red A4 Mini Build/Photo Thread

[Audacious]

Finally got the window trim done. Peeled off the plastidip and got a local shop to do the vinyl work for me. I'm obviously not smart enough to use BMW shadowline but if anyone has patience and a steady hand, go for it.


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My ugly ass is still waiting on AWE for a rear valence.


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[jordancl]

hahah nice ass shot!

How is the contrast between the plasti-dipped grill and the vinyled trim?

[TofuShop]

sounds awesome. always wondered what the rear looked like with no valence

[Audacious]

hahah nice ass shot!

How is the contrast between the plasti-dipped grill and the vinyled trim?

I believe plastidip would be more durable in the long run, but vinyl still should hold up pretty well. Vinyl is smoother and well worth the cost of professional application.

sounds awesome. always wondered what the rear looked like with no valence

Thanks, and trust me, it looks worse in person. Valence is a necessity.

[Audacious]

Ah, here it is. Fresh from Alex@AWE is my non s-line quad tip valence.


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I really don't know what else to do with this car. Springs will go on in the spring (ha) going to wait for winter to pass before I drop it. E-codes might come along eventually but don't make sense for me right now. Other minor things like side skirts (rock guards), intake, air filter, SS brake lines will all probably be added slowly over the next 1-2 years. School is starting up again soon so I'm going to have to put the mod bug to bed and let it hibernate for a while. In the mean time, I'll do my best to take some pictures of it wherever I go and live up to the "photo thread" part.

[Okan509]

looks great man, I love your car. It looks absolutely decent at this height IMO. That's a beefy lookin exhaust too, AWE is awesome for offering this valence, it's cheap and looks great.

[inNout]

Tips stick out a little far?

[Greg Nelson]

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Looks excellent IMO

Tips stick out a little far?

Possibly, imagine could be adjusted inward 1/2"

[naemcivic]

well, if OP is planning to put in a flame thrower then the tip are sitting where its supposed to be in the photos above; however exhaust note is intoxicating!

[rippin'av]

That looks really nice! Tips are pretty aggressive looking out that far. If that's what you're going for, cool.

Great looking rear valance...which one is that?

Thanks for the videos...gotta love the Valentine 1 at start up in vid #2...lol

[Audacious]

looks great man, I love your car. It looks absolutely decent at this height IMO. That's a beefy lookin exhaust too, AWE is awesome for offering this valence, it's cheap and looks great.

Was thinking the same thing about the height which is why I'll hold off on lowering it for now. Never know how much snow we can get up here

Tips stick out a little far?

I noticed the tips stuck out quite a bit when the exhaust first got installed, but thought with the valence it would hide it a little more. Guess not. I don't mind them being that far back, and I'm not sure if they can even be adjusted. They do pick up a lot of tiny rocks and sand from the road so I might have to look into that.

well, if OP is planning to put in a flame thrower then the tip are sitting where its supposed to be in the photos above; however exhaust note is intoxicating!

Not planning on a flamethrower....yet...

That looks really nice! Tips are pretty aggressive looking out that far. If that's what you're going for, cool.

Great looking rear valance...which one is that?

Thanks for the videos...gotta love the Valentine 1 at start up in vid #2...lol

Valence is from AWE and IMO the best choice for going quad tip on a non s-line car without breaking the bank. V1 <3

[Fitztacular]

Damn that thing is sexy

[Jacon]

Someone needs to develop a S/C kit for the 3.2

[Audacious]

Finally grew some balls and went through with this. Way too excited right now, just put the second headlight in. Sorry for the mediocre iPhone pictures, will definitely have a proper shoot in the next couple weeks before school starts up again.


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Big thanks to NJDeVsFaN for the help with this, he answered all of my questions and made this mod very simple for me

Will give a more thorough review as soon as I grab my real camera and take some better pics.

[jordancl]

look sgreat!

[Highlander1010]

You're doing an excellent job with your ride man! Keep it coming.

[naemcivic]

wow, I would really want to melt my head light housing off to do the amber black out mod here.

[dyeingst]

ride looks great man! My 2012 Premium Plus just docked on the 21st and I can't wait to pick it up in a week or so and start modding!

[Blitzz]

Someone needs to develop a S/C kit for the 3.2

Agreed

[Audacious]

Alright...pic whore time:


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Still haven't washed the baby in the last two days (surprising, I know) so can't comment on the water tightness of the headlamps. Overall the whole process was quite simple. Stressful, but simple. Would recommend this to anyone who has patience and even a small amount of skill around a car

[Audacious]

Washed her today, no condensation. Great success! Starting to look for black mirror covers...so much for no more mods

[jordancl]

Try vinyl?

[Okan509]

great man!

[Audacious]

First I want to say thanks to everyone for the compliments, without this community I don't think I would do half of the mods I did. Thanks for the inspiration!

Try vinyl?

I'll give my vinyl shop a call, I don't want it to start peeling. Plus I have 3M on the mirrors already, so not sure if that affects anything.

[RLTW]

hey man I dig your car. I'm planning on putting a similar one together. What size are your wheels and did you have to get separate tires from the factory tires or did they still fit on the originals?
Thanks.

[Audacious]

Thanks, wheels are 19x8.5 on 235/35/19 Hankook V12's. My stock tires were on 17's soooooooo no they didn't fit

[JA4B8NYC]

Car is coming along awesome, love the red color, I cant really tell but did you install the coilovers yet? Keep up the awesome work.

[Audacious]

Car is coming along awesome, love the red color, I cant really tell but did you install the coilovers yet? Keep up the awesome work.

Thanks, I haven't installed any suspension mods yet, the H&R springs are still in their box. It looks farily low for stock doesn't it...

[AndyLien79]

nice ride Audacious!

[Audacious]

Thanks Andy

[hender]

i usually have reserved opinions for red b8's...but yours (and cory's) make me believers. lookin' great, d00000000000d
(even the alberta plates match, ghyuk hyuk!)

[Greg Nelson]

wow, I would really want to melt my head light housing off to do the amber black out mod here.

Well, since Clear did this mod well over a year ago (search "J-Codes") successfully and many others since then, vtheman most recently,
why would you allege this mod would 'melt' your housing off?
Cheers

[Audacious]

i usually have reserved opinions for red b8's...but yours (and cory's) make me believers. lookin' great, d00000000000d
(even the alberta plates match, ghyuk hyuk!)

Thanks hender! It wasn't my first color choice, but I have grown to love every bit of it. Red gets so much attention, which is both a pro and a con. Cory's avant is beautiful, I got some of my inspiration from his car.

Well, since Clear did this mod well over a year ago (search "J-Codes") successfully and many others since then, vtheman most recently,
why would you allege this mod would 'melt' your housing off?
Cheers

Thanks for backing me up on this one Greg. It truly is a low-risk mod, if you simply take your time. Been proven over and over again to be successful as well. Don't knock it before you try it.

[s0dhi]

Here's mine in Garnet Red.

Very cool! We finally picked ours up yesterday. What an awesome machine!



Sorry for the thread hi-jack.

[Audacious]

^^ mmm I love those s-line wheels...

[wpg2.0T]

Very cool! We finally picked ours up yesterday. What an awesome machine!

Very nice. Excellent choice.

Make sure you troll over to the Avant only section and post your ride.

[Audacious]

Changed flickr accounts, so some quoted photos don't work anymore...Blake do you mind cleaning that up for me?

On to the updates:

Alu Kreuz going on Thursday! From what I've read this is an excellent product so I'm excited to have it bolted up. Also got a pair of 5mm spacers for the back wheels, throwing the offset to ET30 (I think).


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Rear door locks from DavidB8:


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Dipped my rear valence a couple weeks ago, still holding up strong:


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Winter wheels should have arrived by now...estimated date is now early next week. Got a couple other surprises up my sleeve in the next month or so

[Julien15]

Very clean and aggressive look. I love it. I'm waiting myself on my 012 brilliant red...euh since august, getting really impatient. Also bought the same rims, beautiful wheels. Keep it up, going to look up to your car for inspiration, same direction I want it!

[Audacious]

New wheels installed for winter!

RS4 replicas
18x8 ET whatever.
Blizzak WS70 225/45/18

Before:


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After:



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Will try and grab some better shots tomorrow. So far, the tires are soft. Really want the snow to hit so I can put them to good use

[Audacious]

Almost forgot about the s-line steering wheel I picked up, can't wait to install this!


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