Impulse's Progression Thread (Picture Heavy)

**impulse** · 07-29-2017 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Solarsuplex

Stop the tail light quest unless you are going to retrofit some a3 lights into the a4 homes and have the 'line' of light. Leave them red. Thats the way it is. haha

Yep, I agree. I may even try and swap the red lenses on to these ones, they have a nice light pattern. Just are ricey looking. If I were able to crack them open and paint them like my headlights I think it could look very good

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**klrider44** · 07-29-2017 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by impulse

Yep, I agree. I may even try and swap the red lenses on to these ones, they have a nice light pattern. Just are ricey looking. If I were able to crack them open and paint them like my headlights I think it could look very good

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Are your tail lights the one's listed below:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/172612816090

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**impulse** · 07-29-2017 01:01 PM

I think so. The brand is Spyder but they look the same, I just put some lamin-x gunsmoke film on them in hopes of making them suck less

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**klrider44** · 07-29-2017 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by impulse

I think so. The brand is Spyder but they look the same, I just put some lamin-x gunsmoke film on them in hopes of making them suck less

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I was thinking about picking them up and throwing some red lamin-x on them.

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**impulse** · 07-29-2017 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by klrider44

I was thinking about picking them up and throwing some red lamin-x on them.

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I thought of doing that too, it's just $50 per set of lamin-x. Maybe I'll wait for you to do it first

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**klrider44** · 07-29-2017 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by impulse

I thought of doing that too, it's just $50 per set of lamin-x. Maybe I'll wait for you to do it first

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Yea I already got burned on a set of lamin-x. I bought a used set of LED tail lights and put on some smoked Lamin-x on them only to find out when I installed them that they don't work lol.

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**impulse** · 07-29-2017 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by klrider44

Yea I already got burned on a set of lamin-x. I bought a used set of LED tail lights and put on some smoked Lamin-x on them only to find out when I installed them that they don't work lol.

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Ouch. I got burned because I still hate the way they look lol

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**impulse** · 08-08-2017 02:04 PM

Visited my long lost friend today. Buttoned the rear back up, got rid of my ugly tail lights.

Also the motor is being prepped

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**Dusty Mauve** · 08-11-2017 10:14 AM

Jesus, I´m in love. That color

**impulse** · 08-11-2017 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Dusty Mauve

Jesus, I´m in love. That color

Thanks dude

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**yxri** · 08-11-2017 10:33 AM

Very HOtt

**impulse** · 08-11-2017 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by yxri

Very HOtt

Thanks

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**impulse** · 08-12-2017 11:01 AM

Paid another visit to my baby today. The shop is very hopeful to have it done by Tuesday

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**jbain2** · 08-12-2017 07:38 PM

Very shiny! They have some work to do. Hopefully they cleared their schedule to get it running.

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**Ashtonts** · 08-12-2017 07:46 PM

man. Excited to see some more real progress!

**impulse** · 08-12-2017 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by jbain2

Very shiny! They have some work to do. Hopefully they cleared their schedule to get it running.

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Originally Posted by Ashtonts

man. Excited to see some more real progress!

Their work is cut out for them, but I feel like he's going to come through for Tuesday. Fingers crossed!!!

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**jbain2** · 08-12-2017 08:02 PM

Got the tires mounted. Thanks. Will go on this when she's up an running.

I am sure you said in a previous post but who's doing the tuning?

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**impulse** · 08-12-2017 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by jbain2

Got the tires mounted. Thanks. Will go on this when she's up an running.

I am sure you said in a previous post but who's doing the tuning?

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Awesome, good to hear!

One of the OG B5 guys is doing it, street tune. He's good friends with Agron, his names Steve. Has a B7 RS4 now. He also had a 2.7T swapped B7 as well

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**jbain2** · 08-12-2017 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by impulse

Awesome, good to hear!

One of the OG B5 guys is doing it, street tune. He's good friends with Agron, his names Steve. Has a B7 RS4 now. He also had a 2.7T swapped B7 as well

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Is he going to do all the ECU recoding as well? Keep in mind there will be some things to iron out.

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**impulse** · 08-12-2017 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by jbain2

Is he going to do all the ECU recoding as well? Keep in mind there will be some things to iron out.

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Yeah Agron has done this swap plenty of times, and Steve-o knows what he's doing. I got my K04's with a ECU and injectors, so it's apparently "K04 Tuned" already. I believe Steve-o tuned Agron's car, which I drove... and damn. That thing could boogie. Felt sooooo smooth too

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**jbain2** · 08-12-2017 08:22 PM

The fueling/tuning is the easy part. The way the B5 ECU and the B7 communicate can be problematic. A lot of communication in B7's is done through can-bus. The B5 ECU doesn't do this so there there will be signals that need to be coded/accounted for. In addition to that the wiring is not entirely the same from the ECU to the body and cluster. Fun stuff.

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**impulse** · 08-12-2017 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by jbain2

The fueling/tuning is the easy part. The way the B5 ECU and the B7 communicate can be problematic. A lot of communication in B7's is done through can-bus. The B5 ECU doesn't do this so there there will be signals that need to be coded/accounted for. In addition to that the wiring is not entirely the same from the ECU to the body and cluster. Fun stuff.

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The wiring should already be sorted I was told, so that's not a concern. I know I'll be losing ABS and Traction Control but whatever. He said Steve-O is able to handle all of that, so we will see

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**jbain2** · 08-12-2017 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by impulse

The wiring should already be sorted I was told, so that's not a concern. I know I'll be losing ABS and Traction Control but whatever. He said Steve-O is able to handle all of that, so we will see

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The ABS is the big one. No cruise control either. A few other nagging issues, but the powah!!!

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**impulse** · 08-13-2017 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by jbain2

The ABS is the big one. No cruise control either. A few other nagging issues, but the powah!!!

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I was only concerned about the ABS but I'm never going to drive the car in the snow again so I doubt I'll find myself locking them. Cruise control kinda sucks to lose but whatever

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**jbain2** · 08-15-2017 08:48 PM

Well, it's Tuesday...

**impulse** · 08-15-2017 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by jbain2

Well, it's Tuesday...

I got nothin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just regurgitate what I'm told

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**impulse** · 08-22-2017 09:24 AM

I bet you thought this was an update post....

NOPE!

But... he's back from Florida today, based on the last time we spoke.... so, hopefully the car is done within a week from today. We can hope, right?

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**A_Karl** · 08-22-2017 08:14 PM

Fingers crossed for ya man 🤞🏻

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**impulse** · 09-10-2017 05:49 AM

Got accepted into top 100 at StanceWars, super stoked. Now, just need my car to be done. The show is on Saturday, Sept 16. I was told the car will be done Wednesday, Sept 13. We will see, right?

Motor is looking more whole. I was told it goes in at 1pm today. The car can't be done until some of the other sensors come in, as well as my replacement front axles

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**b7_Andy** · 09-10-2017 11:42 AM

Damn that motor looks brand new

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**impulse** · 09-10-2017 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by b7_Andy

Damn that motor looks brand new

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A lot of degreasing and a little bit of paint goes a long way! The motor only had 88k on it prior to this rebuild

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**bhyrman** · 09-12-2017 12:20 PM

Hello Joe,

I got here following your link on A3 8P Picture Thread - and had to go through all the 14 pages

Whoa, what a huge job you're doing on his A4, my hat off !!!

I wish you the best of luck with this build but if you have something to say about your A3 - feel free to start a thread there

Just FYI, here is Goldie:

Cheers !!

**impulse** · 09-12-2017 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by bhyrman

Hello Joe,

I got here following your link on A3 8P Picture Thread - and had to go through all the 14 pages

Whoa, what a huge job you're doing on his A4, my hat off !!!

I wish you the best of luck with this build but if you have something to say about your A3 - feel free to start a thread there

Just FYI, here is Goldie:

Cheers !!

Hey there!

Thanks for the support and thanks for reading! The end is hopefully near for this 2.7t swap. The car has been down since February 24

definitely sucks.

I did plan on starting a thread over in the A3 section, but that build is going to be very basic and very very slow progress wise. I'm thinking of making it OEM+ this time around, opposed to going over and above. I need to start saving money and buy a house soon! But... race cars are life!

I definitely love the 3.2, such a fun platform!

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**Solarsuplex** · 09-12-2017 01:40 PM

IS IT DONE YETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTtttttttttttttttttttttttttt tttt t t t

**bhyrman** · 09-12-2017 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by impulse

Hey there!

Thanks for the support and thanks for reading! The end is hopefully near for this 2.7t swap. The car has been down since February 24

definitely sucks.

I did plan on starting a thread over in the A3 section, but that build is going to be very basic and very very slow progress wise. I'm thinking of making it OEM+ this time around, opposed to going over and above. I need to start saving money and buy a house soon! But... race cars are life!

I definitely love the 3.2, such a fun platform!

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Sounds good and car looks great

Just like here, lots of good info over on A3 8P forum (Audizine) as well as on VWVortex site. Hope to see your stuff there

Cheers,

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**impulse** · 09-12-2017 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Solarsuplex

IS IT DONE YETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTtttttttttttttttttttttttttt tttt t t t

I was told I'll have it for stancewars this weekend. Take it with a lot of grains of salt though....

Originally Posted by bhyrman

Sounds good and car looks great

Just like here, lots of good info over on A3 8P forum (Audizine) as well as on VWVortex site. Hope to see your stuff there

Cheers,

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I'll work my way over there in due time! Stay tuned here, I'm always updating this thread

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**impulse** · 09-14-2017 06:13 PM

Tomorrow is hopefully the big day...

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**impulse** · 09-15-2017 06:10 PM

Well, the car won't be done for StanceWars unfortunately, but I was still there today. I assembled the short shift kit while AC worked on the downpipes. They need to slightly lengthened for the swap.

I also put this sucker on / took photos of the motor

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