Cheap (tasteful) Mod Thread

[4rings2turbos]

Always thought this was necessary for this platform. Stolen from various other forums.

Viewer Rules:
1- Keep the idle talking minimal
2- Viewing is nice, contributing is better, get creative and post something new too
3- Enjoy


Contributor Rules:
1- Must be $100 or less
2- I'll make a glossary so we can avoid dupliates, be sure to check that before posting
3- If the mod hasn't been posted yet, create a new thread on this forum and come here to add your entry.
4- Use the template below
__________________________________________________ ________

-Mod Name:
-Why Worth It:
-Cost:
-Parts needed:
-Where to buy:
-Time required:
-Difficulty:
-Instructions or DIY Link if available/necessary (i.e. the mod cannot be explained in 3 pictures or less)
-Picture(s): (1 picture required, 3 max)

I'll post stuff today to get this going! Try to keep it tasteful and useful, this is the C5 section after all, not the 'tex.

[Eurylo]

Nice! Here's a couple...

-Mod Name: El Diablo
-Why Worth It: Looks cooler
-Cost: $5
-Parts needed: Spray Paint/ small flathead
-Where to buy: Autozone type place
-Time required: 20 minutes
-Difficulty: Easy



-Mod Name: Aluminum Door Pins
-Why Worth It: Looks cooler
-Cost: $20
-Parts needed: Patience, screwdriver, chaka demus and pliers
-Where to buy: Ebay
-Time required: 30 minutes
-Difficulty: Easy

[4rings2turbos]

Be sure to tell peeps how you did it too!

[Eurylo]

Oh..... my bad

Button covers just pop off and a little flathead pushes the tabs out- spray paint then BAM!

Door pins require the removal of the door cars, twist old door pins off guides using chaka demus and pliers LOL and new pins twist on guides BAM!

I'll put a few more up later too, great idea though 4rings!

[NuGGet_PuFFer]

Yasssssssss bish yassssss

*edit* sorry boys, will add another cheap mod here eventually.

[NuGGet_PuFFer]

I don't have pics and my car is currently in a million pieces, but I swapped out the front card holder for another cup holder, since my console one was broken like they all are and I always keep my arm rest down anyways. Pretty self-explanatory but the cuppies are interchangeable with the cardies.

-Mod Name: Dual front cuppies
-Why Worth It: cuz no need cardholder
-Cost: whatever u can find another cuppy for
-Parts needed: spare cuppy
-Where to buy: eBay, CL, AZ, etc
-Time required: less than an hour

[4rings2turbos]

Funny because I deleted all cup holders in my car and swapped the dash cuppy with a cardy.

[SteelyS6]

Mod name: painted y-pipe
Why: looks better and hides your greasy fingerprints better
Parts needed: varying grits of sandpaper, including for wet sanding, high temp paint and clear
Where to buy: auto parts store
Time required: an afternoon, but take your time sanding, I rushed the first time and was not happy with result
Difficulty: Easy

Only have a bad cell picture unfortunately

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[NuGGet_PuFFer]

Funny because I deleted all cup holders in my car and swapped the dash cuppy with a cardy.

Haha not a bad idea, NO DRINKS ALLOWED! this rule will be implied once I'm Silver inside, eff that noise. They're really only good for small water bottles anyways but I find the cardholders useless and will prob just eventually replace them altogether with gadgets of some sort.

[4rings2turbos]

Tahoe replaced the bank of allroad buttons with some custom buttons set up for various functions. I'm thinking of doing the same eventually and deleting my tray (even though I love it!)

And yes, ZERO food or drinks in my car. It gets vacuumed a few times a week when it's driven.

Keep up the good work guys, I'll get these organized on the first post and contribute a few things myself tonight.

[Mad Cow]

Haha not a bad idea, NO DRINKS ALLOWED! this rule will be implied once I'm Silver inside, eff that noise. They're really only good for small water bottles anyways but I find the cardholders useless and will prob just eventually replace them altogether with gadgets of some sort.

I put a homemade digital boost gauge in that spot in my b5, it's the perfect size for a 16x2 character LCD. Now I just need to figure out a faceplate, thinking of 3d printing one.

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[Eurylo]

-Mod Name: Aspherical Mirrors
-Why Worth It: Safer driving experience/ looks ill
-Cost: $60
-Tools needed: Flathead and gloves
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 20 Minutes
-Difficulty: Easy
-Instructions: Angle mirrors all the way in, access behind mirror w/ flathead and pop mirror out/ unplug harness. Same in reverse for install.


-Mod Name: Black RS6 Door Pulls
-Why Worth It: Aesthetics
-Cost: $80
-Tools needed: Screwdriver/ Flathead
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 60 Minutes
-Difficulty: Easy
-Instructions: Remove Door Cards, remove screw from door handle assembly/ remove door handle assembly, pry handle spring back to remove spring and push dowel looking thing downward to remove handle.
Put black door pulls in and repeat aforementioned process in reverse.


-Mod Name: Cubby Masta
-Why Worth It: Cubby!
-Cost: $30
-Tools needed: Screwdriver/ Socket wrench
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 45 Minutes
-Difficulty: Easy
-Instructions: Remove Knee Panel, Remove aluminum crash bars behind knee panel and install that isht.
Before:

After:


-Mod Name: Euro Glove Box
-Why Worth It: Bigger glovebox (4" wider & 1" deeper) w/ Insurance Clip, pen holder and 2 rice bowl holders
-Cost: $30
-Tools needed: Screwdriver/ Socket wrench
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 60 Minutes
-Difficulty: Mid
-Instructions Remove old POS glovebox, Remove 2 aluminum crash bars and swap locks from old to new. Install new glovebox and BAM!
Before:

Pieces to remove:

After:


<3 cheap mods

[Dubious]

-Mod Name: Aspherical Mirrors
-Why Worth It: Safer driving experience/ looks ill
-Cost: $60
-Tools needed: Flathead and gloves
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 20 Minutes
-Difficulty: Easy
-Instructions: Angle mirrors all the way in, access behind mirror w/ flathead and pop mirror out/ unplug harness. Same in r
everse for install.


-Mod Name: Black RS6 Door Pulls
-Why Worth It: Aesthetics
-Cost: $80
-Tools needed: Screwdriver/ Flathead
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 60 Minutes
-Difficulty: Easy
-Instructions: Remove Door Cards, remove screw from door handle assembly/ remove door handle assembly, pry handle spring back to remove spring and push dowel looking thing downward to remove handle.
Put black door pulls in and repeat aforementioned process in reverse.


-Mod Name: Cubby Masta
-Why Worth It: Cubby!
-Cost: $30
-Tools needed: Screwdriver/ Socket wrench
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 45 Minutes
-Difficulty: Easy
-Instructions: Remove Knee Panel, Remove aluminum crash bars behind knee panel and install that isht.
Before:

After:


-Mod Name: Euro Glove Box
-Why Worth It: Bigger glovebox (4" wider & 1" deeper) w/ Insurance Clip, pen holder and 2 rice bowl holders
-Cost: $30
-Tools needed: Screwdriver/ Socket wrench
-Where to buy: Ebay all day
-Time required: 60 Minutes
-Difficulty: Mid
-Instructions Remove old POS glovebox, Remove 2 aluminum crash bars and swap locks from old to new. Install new glovebox and BAM!
Before:

Pieces to remove:

After:


<3 cheap mods

Great ideas and love the where to buy lol!
No cheap place to get those mirrors for the Allroad due to anti-dazzle and defrost right?

[Eurylo]

Great ideas and love the where to buy lol!
No cheap place to get those mirrors for the Allroad due to anti-dazzle and defrost right?

Some of my favorite additives to my car were less than $100,,, and ebay all day LOL i think i might have problemz...

Not sure if these are them- http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDi-A6-S6-A...7koRyQ&vxp=mtr

says they are for the AR just hard to confirm right now (maybe thats what all the inquiries are about),,, and they are they are under $100!! cheap modz for the win!

[Dubious]

They look awesome but im pretty sure I would lose the anti-dazzle or dynamic dimming with these :(. I had these on my MKIV GTI back in the day and they really did help!

[JBX]

If anyone would like a heated, non-dazzle/non-dimming aspherical driver's mirror like the one pictured above, I have one in excellent condition. It is probably an ECS one (the PO was an ECS executive). $40 shipped? PM me for details. (Sorry for the thread jack.)

--jb

[Grainreaper]

Satin window trim mod:
I was tired of looking at my funky spotted/discolored trim.
All that needed is some masking tape, a scotchbrite pad, and some time.
I scuffed the trim along the length of each strip ( just made sense to do it that way)



Taped up....



Bottom strip done, upper not done yet...



Both trim strips done...



All done! Satin-finish goodness!!

Now if I could just find brushed finish grille trim and emblem....

[LakeTahoeQuattr]

Thanks Eurylo for forcing me to buy more stuff on ebay. I love the glove box mod, now to find one in black and without $60 shipping. Great idea!

RHD vs LHD... Do you have a specific part # for a LHD euro glovebox?

[Eurylo]

Thanks Eurylo for forcing me to buy more stuff on ebay. I love the glove box mod, now to find one in black and without $60 shipping. Great idea!

RHD vs LHD... Do you have a specific part # for a LHD euro glovebox?

Niiiice, it gets worse- I haven't been on here in a few, been going off lately! Mad cheap mods ova here!!

Gotta be LHD, Part Number: 4B1 857 035

Unfortunately, that shipping is an unavoidable cost- may as well get the Knee Panel (4B1 863 075)/ other parts LOL to dignify the cost!

[alien_brain]

Now if I could just find brushed finish grille trim and emblem....

there is matte clear spray

[Grainreaper]

there is matte clear spray

I was going to try that stuff, I just need to remove the chrome trim and rings from the grille.

[LakeTahoeQuattr]

Cool was able to buy a full size glove box from GE for $21 + 19 shipped. Thanks for the info