MNAudi101's Build/Journal thread

[HayWood]

Looks Awesome! Really clean car :)

[MNAudi101]

Looks Awesome! Really clean car :)

Thank you man, I have to repost some pictures of when I had it right away

[gottaBdope]

Phenomenal man. That car's got a killer shine!

[MNAudi101]

Phenomenal man. That car's got a killer shine!

thanks man it was nice for about a day but of course we have about 5 inches of snow on the ground now and freezing rain so its dirty again

[gottaBdope]

Look into opticoat.

[MNAudi101]

Look into opticoat.

whats that?

[gottaBdope]

Lol, I said look into it. It's basically a liquid that bonds t o your clear coat and repels absolutely everything that comes at it, tk include wax. It'll stay shiny (not as shiny as a really good wax) but you won't have to keep cleaning it frequently, especially for snow.

[MNAudi101]

Lol, I said look into it. It's basically a liquid that bonds t o your clear coat and repels absolutely everything that comes at it, tk include wax. It'll stay shiny (not as shiny as a really good wax) but you won't have to keep cleaning it frequently, especially for snow.

I know I did but I was lazy and didnt do much research, looks good. I picked up some nice wax last month but I have to wait until paint is ready which will be around a month and a half.

[MNAudi101]

Well this isnt something I wanted to see but oh well I guess I have to replace this axel.

[customa4]

It's not that bad of a job. It's good to see some action in this thread though, whether bad or good. At least we know you're still building!

[MNAudi101]

It's not that bad of a job. It's good to see some action in this thread though, whether bad or good. At least we know you're still building!

yeah its just another thing to add since I am done mostly with cosmetics and started to piece together my motor I am swapping in. so its a side detour which sucks but oh well. I have to take some pictures of the motor build up soon

[customa4]

Axles get you a little more familiar with the suspension. I've done a few on my car due to cheap aftermarket axles and probably having my car too low without adjustable control arms. I would suggest just buying new bolts for the axle. The axle bolt that goes through the spindle is one time use so you need a new one anyways. I stripped one of the M10 bolts that bolt to the axle flange on the transmission so I think for the price of the 6 bolts it's worth it. One thing about changing the axle too is if you leave the car on the ground it makes for hard angles at the flange bolts. I found it easy to just leave the opposite side semi-jacked so when I want to spin the axle for a better angle you can just lift the other wheel off the ground and spin the axle freely. Someone else might have a different way to do it but that worked for me.

[MNAudi101]

Axles get you a little more familiar with the suspension. I've done a few on my car due to cheap aftermarket axles and probably having my car too low without adjustable control arms. I would suggest just buying new bolts for the axle. The axle bolt that goes through the spindle is one time use so you need a new one anyways. I stripped one of the M10 bolts that bolt to the axle flange on the transmission so I think for the price of the 6 bolts it's worth it. One thing about changing the axle too is if you leave the car on the ground it makes for hard angles at the flange bolts. I found it easy to just leave the opposite side semi-jacked so when I want to spin the axle for a better angle you can just lift the other wheel off the ground and spin the axle freely. Someone else might have a different way to do it but that worked for me.

thats the plan so far, new bolts and axels I did both side and all control arms and linkages when I had a B5 so I am not worried, I love getting the hands dirty I was just disappointed because I was on a roll of everything going smoothly haha oh well. I also wanna take a look at rear sway bars but thats later

[SourCream]

yeah its just another thing to add since I am done mostly with cosmetics and started to piece together my motor I am swapping in. so its a side detour which sucks but oh well. I have to take some pictures of the motor build up soon

2.7?

[MNAudi101]

2.7?

Nope, no 2.7tt for me haha I have something else I want

[MNAudi101]

So I picked up a s4 rear sway bar yesterday to get rid of my non sport 16mm one, paid 39.99 for it with bushings and everything, the car it came off had low miles and was in the salvage yard due to an engine fire so no damage was done. Today I sanded it down along with the clips and gave them a fresh coat of paint. I know it seems silly to paint something you will never see but I always like to give parts a fresh look. I painted the clips black and the bar red. here are some pictures of it as well as it compared to the non sport one.









I think I will be happy with the improvement.

[SourCream]

Nice mod! And the fresh paint looks very good. Give us a feedback of the improvement!

[MNAudi101]

Nice mod! And the fresh paint looks very good. Give us a feedback of the improvement!

huge improvement from the stock non sport one, the car is a whole different car around corners

[MNAudi101]

Did my coolant flush and replaced my reservoir with a new clean one:

all ready:



Old:



New:



Heres what was inside my old one, yuck

[MNAudi101]

Did one of my two axel replacements, did the passenger side, next up is the driver side.

Old one with ripped boots:




Old vs New:




All done and ready to takle the other side:

[SlickFix]

Good job, son. That axle job doesn't look too hard. Which control arms did you detach in order to do that job?

[MNAudi101]

Good job, son. That axle job doesn't look too hard. Which control arms did you detach in order to do that job?

non if you take the heat shield off you can wedge it out and in without taking anything off.

[MNAudi101]

started re wrapping my interior tim tonight, its a brushed titanium color, the photos look like they are brushed silver

true color:



one door down:

[MNAudi101]

Started with this oem color:


then went to this some grey suede:



Now new wrap, I really like how its looking so far,

Finished all the door trims next moving on to the center:





close up:



its darker then what it looks like in the photos

[MNAudi101]

All finished:









its funny how light it looks in the photos

[HayWood]

Nice Job! I'm thinking about wrapping my trim set with suede soon.. Have any tips and tricks for me? :D

[MNAudi101]

Nice Job! I'm thinking about wrapping my trim set with suede soon.. Have any tips and tricks for me? :D

get wide blue painters tape to put under it with no seams, if you have seams under the suede you will see it, also use good adhesive for it to stick and not fall apart in the warm summers

[MNAudi101]

So the car was down but not out, Fuel pump went out, gave it a couple hits but no luck on getting her home from town so she spent the night on the side of a side street until we got her towed home, ( thank god for knowing the tow guy and he giving us a deal on getting it home the 9-10 miles it is.)

So this morning heres it coming home: the companies flat bed is in for repairs so this did the trick





Old fuel pump:



New one going in:



Then I took my fuel filter out and cleaned it while my new one is getting shipped here: Yucky, to my surprise though it was not original so it has been replaced

[Elliott]

How many miles on the OE fuel pump? I'm considering replacing mine before it leaves me stranded somewhere.

[MNAudi101]

How many miles on the OE fuel pump? I'm considering replacing mine before it leaves me stranded somewhere.

if it was the original it would have 170k on it. I put a used OEM one from a 02 that had 80k, its a really easy swap out so it went fast

[l0uietheking]

nice build!

[MNAudi101]

nice build!

Thanks

update, test fitted my new wheels

[A4natomical]

Ohh yes! It's gonna look so awesome. Who doesn't like LM style wheels?

[MNAudi101]

Ohh yes! It's gonna look so awesome. Who doesn't like LM style wheels?

Thanks I cant wait to get some rubber on them, I ordered some red BBS center caps the other day. I also need cone lugs for them which sucks but isnt too big a deal, the guy who sold the wheels has them for me.

[jubei4769]

what size?

[MNAudi101]

So I picked up a s4 front end the other week, No more usp for this guy, I got a good deal on it with the fog lights and fog light grilles.

here is it when I was finished installing it, its really dirty and needs to be buffed.


the other day I went back and got the lower grille which doesnt have the chrome surround but I wanted it instead of having a hole in the middle, got it for $25


Then this morning I picked up a upper S4 grille as well for $45 from a salvage yard in Wisconsin, so I made the road trip and went and got it, I then plasti dipped the chrome surround and installed it:



from a distance the upper and lower look to be complete which is nice, next on the list is a car was and then a good buff and wax

My other bumper is now ready to go to a new home.

[milan2k13]

Awesome bro! Love the rims.

Do you have any pics with them on?

[MNAudi101]

Awesome bro! Love the rims.

Do you have any pics with them on?

no longer mine anymore here they are on there new home

[MNAudi101]

Little tease of the new wheels I put on today, Car is so so so dirty I didnt want to take pictures of it like that so tomorrows another day. Sorry for the quality

[SlickFix]

A5 wheels?