This is my SQ5 thread. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

[phillyquattro]

I've had the car for almost a month now so I figured it's about time I get one of these started for this vehicle. Coming from a 2016 S3 that handled like a go kart it's certainly taking me some getting used to (please 034, make me some suspension parts). While it's wildly different from my previous car, I absolutely love it. It doesn't have that low end jump that I love, but it's also not useless above 80MPH. Love the sound of the engine and can't wait to get the AWE exhaust in the near future to really amplify it.

First the car specs:

2019 SQ5 Premium Plus
Quantum Gray
Black Napa interior
Black optics
Carbon inlays
Bang & Olufsen
Sport package
Dynamic steering

Straight from the factory she's pretty damn close to perfect, but I'm not one to leave things alone. Here's the list of mods so far:

1. 35% tint on front windows
2. Cete suspension controller
3. 034 Dogbone insert
4. 034 Trans mount insert
5. Full black badging set
6. Tinted tail lights and markers
7. WeatherTech floor mats and trunk liner
8. BC Forged 21x10 ET30 wheels with MPSS 285/35/21 tires
9. Paint matched reflectors
10. AWE exhaust with resonated downpipes
11. AWE AirGate Intake
12. AWE ColdFront Intercooler
13. Forge atmospheric dump valve
14. Brembo GT BBK with matching rear rotors
15. Carbnlab CF mirror caps
16. Redstar high flow cat

As if any of you care about words, you're only here for the pics, so here you go.





More soon, I promise.

[jackhelmhold]

pic of tinted tail lights?


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[phillyquattro]

pic of tinted tail lights?

I knew that would be the first request. LOL. I'll get you one this weekend after a wash. She's filthy right now. Also I'm going to have the tail lights redone as it came out too dark for my taste. I like them, but I'd like them more if they were a bit lighter like what I did with my S3.

[buggravy]

Looks killer. Are you doing BC Forged?

[Treeskier]

Wait, I thought this thread was about an audi... I only see VW Beetles and maybe Bumblebee in the background...

Drop looks perfect; wheels will complete it.

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[Mops@Nemesis]

Looking good Brandon! That is honestly a great ride height. I need to tint my markers too, and PPF the front cover and carbon caps.

Did you personally pull the grille badge? I need to try and pull mine, and see if my MOPS badge will fit. Thinking I might do the stock wheels in full satin black.

Hugely excited to see the new wheels mounted. 😎

[will13k7]

you made the leap! love quantum gray, nice choice!

[MK2SQ]

Perfect specked car and awesome list of modifications. Also interested in the tinted rear light pictures and information. Was thinking of doing light tint on hatch mounted light and darker tint on bumper light however can’t decide right now. Might just do it and see the results

[phillyquattro]

Looks killer. Are you doing BC Forged?

Yup! Build time on my first choice wheels was way too long and I was feeling impatient. BCF was about 5 weeks, which I can deal with. So I'll keep the first choice as a potential back up for the future.

Wait, I thought this thread was about an audi... I only see VW Beetles and maybe Bumblebee in the background...

Drop looks perfect; wheels will complete it.

Haha, yea they had a few Beetles that are getting restored. All the cool cars were in different parts of the shop or out front. Totally agree that wheels will basically complete it. Shows just how good looking this car is from the factory. Wheels and a drop gets you 95% of the way done.

Looking good Brandon! That is honestly a great ride height. I need to tint my markers too, and PPF the front cover and carbon caps.

Did you personally pull the grille badge? I need to try and pull mine, and see if my MOPS badge will fit. Thinking I might do the stock wheels in full satin black.

Hugely excited to see the new wheels mounted. 😎

Carbon caps are on my future list as well. Yea I did all the badging myself. Trim pry kit for the front rings and the front model badge. The whole plate comes off for that particular one. Tell me more about this MOPS badge?

you made the leap! love quantum gray, nice choice!

Yea finally pulled the trigger after seeing a Quantum Q with black optics in the local Safeway parking lot. Made me fall back in love with this model. For far too long you couldn't get black optics and there wasn't Audi Exclusive so the color I wanted wasn't a possibility. Then they offered BO finally and even made it in a color that's pretty close to what I wanted. How could I say no?

Perfect specked car and awesome list of modifications. Also interested in the tinted rear light pictures and information. Was thinking of doing light tint on hatch mounted light and darker tint on bumper light however can’t decide right now. Might just do it and see the results

I will take some pics of the tails this weekend. They're too dark for my taste. I tinted them a few weeks ago and have given myself plenty of time to decide if I liked them or not. This is the "light" tint that the shop had. If I remember correctly it's about 23% or 25%. It's by no means "light". Something in the 35-40% range would be perfect I think. A darker red, but not black at all, still would allow you to easily see all the nice details in the lights themselves.

[buggravy]

Yup! Build time on my first choice wheels was way too long and I was feeling impatient. BCF was about 5 weeks, which I can deal with. So I'll keep the first choice as a potential back up for the future.

Nice! My experience with BCF, both with the purchase process, and the wheels themselves, has been very very positive. Feel like sharing details of what you got? I understand if not.

[phillyquattro]

Nice! My experience with BCF, both with the purchase process, and the wheels themselves, has been very very positive. Feel like sharing details of what you got? I understand if not.

They're a 2 piece forged wheel. That's all I'll share for now. :P

[bbrough07]

Congrats on the new whip! Hope to see it around soon. We Bay Area AZers need a meet up lol


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[Mops@Nemesis]

Carbon caps are on my future list as well. Yea I did all the badging myself. Trim pry kit for the front rings and the front model badge. The whole plate comes off for that particular one. Tell me more about this MOPS badge?
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I have the OEM carbon caps now. Hit up Nima when you're ready if you'd like us to source them for you.

Gotcha! I'll try and remove it when I get around to detailing the SQ. A forum member here made it for me many years ago for the A5. He used the OEM plate, and custom machined the badge from aluminum and attached it to the plate with tiny fasteners. I just spent 30 minutes looking for it without success. I'll tear the house apart if it comes to it lol. I wanted to take some pics of it. Here is it mounted and dipped in black -



I'll remove that pic later today

[phillyquattro]

Congrats on the new whip! Hope to see it around soon. We Bay Area AZers need a meet up lol

Thanks! Look up audigruppe_siliconvalley on Insta. They also have a FB page I believe (don't have FB, can't confirm). They do a ton of meets tho they're usually more localized to the South Bay area, which is even a pain for me to attend a lot of them. They're always a lot of fun tho. Plenty of nice drives too.

I have the OEM carbon caps now. Hit up Nima when you're ready if you'd like us to source them for you.

Gotcha! I'll try and remove it when I get around to detailing the SQ. A forum member here made it for me many years ago for the A5. He used the OEM plate, and custom machined the badge from aluminum and attached it to the plate with tiny fasteners. I just spent 30 minutes looking for it without success. I'll tear the house apart if it comes to it lol. I wanted to take some pics of it. Here is it mounted and dipped in black -
I'll remove that pic later today

That's so coo! You don't need to remove that picture, it's dope. Tear that house apart man! Be careful with the garage tho, don't tear it up too much. Who's Nima?

[phillyquattro]

Here's a few pics of the rear with the tinted tails/markers. I fucked up the spacing on the SQ5 badging. Lesson learned, never trust the template as it comes. Luckily I bought 2; one for the car, one for the garage tool cabinets. The more I look at the rear the more I honestly consider completely debadging it, or maybe running just the "S". I don't know. The internal struggle is real. Speaking of cleaning up the rear; how useful is the rear wiper? It's not really rainy here right now and there's a decent chance at this point that I won't see real rain fall again until the late fall. The reason I ask is because I'm curious if a rear wiper delete would be a bad idea? It sure as hell would look good! LOL.

[MK2SQ]

This looks sick, very nice

I de badged my and think like it looks 100% better. I’m also looking in to the wiper delete Let me know if you gone do it.

[wrcardon]

How do they tint the rear lights? Are they removed? What product did you have applied? Looks sharp.

[JD S4]

Car looks awesome, Brother


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[Bezlar]

Nice!!


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[phillyquattro]

This looks sick, very nice

I de badged my and think like it looks 100% better. I’m also looking in to the wiper delete Let me know if you gone do it.

I struggle with the de-badging decision on "S" cars. If it were an "A" model, I wouldn't hesitate to remove them as it just looks so much cleaner. Something about that little red rhombus though. I just love the tiny pop of color against the neutral body paint. I know it'll look good without it tho. I'll make a decision in the next week or so while I wait for the body shop to finish painting my extra set of amber markers in the front. Give myself a little more time to think things over.

Not sure about the wiper delete yet. I've never had a hatch before so don't know much about them. Gotta look around for a kit and get some feedback on how often people use that rear wiper.

How do they tint the rear lights? Are they removed? What product did you have applied? Looks sharp.

It's a vinyl wrap. You can certainly remove them and it'll make the wrap job easier, but it also costs more due to time to remove/re-install. The shops that I've used on this and previous cars all offered that option but let me know they could do just as good of a job without having to remove them. I do not know the name of the product but if you call any local place that does car wraps there is a very good chance they offer tinting your tail lights via wrap too.

Car looks awesome, Brother

Nice!!

Thanks guys!

[Mops@Nemesis]

That's so coo! You don't need to remove that picture, it's dope. Tear that house apart man! Be careful with the garage tho, don't tear it up too much. Who's Nima?

Found it LOLOL





MOPS on the Move!

[Mops@Nemesis]

Welp I gotta tint mah rear lenses now. Looks good. And damn that is some shiny paint!

@tcm glx did the wiper delete on his B8.

I was so mad washing around the SQ5 gate badge today 😛 Audi forgot to remove it. And they said they'll not remove my RS5 lid badge 😂

[phillyquattro]

Found it LOLOL

Hiding in plain sight! LOL.

Welp I gotta tint mah rear lenses now. Looks good. And damn that is some shiny paint!

@tcm glx did the wiper delete on his B8.

I was so mad washing around the SQ5 gate badge today 😛 Audi forgot to remove it. And they said they'll not remove my RS5 lid badge 😂

The paint does look extra shiny in those pics. Good thing about badges is that they're easy to remove yourself when the dealership forgets or refuses. :)

P.S. It's Monday and I still don't see LMs on your car. Y U NO PUT LMS ON CAR YET?!?!?!

[jamesj2k]

Love the tail light tint. I went to a reputable tinting place that does vinyl and tinting and other cosmetic upgrades. They tried vinyl and called me and said they were not able to get it wrapped because of the curvature of the middle "bump". I even tried vinyl and was unsuccessful (I have tinted other cars with less intricate bumps/curves).

Was your tail light vinyl ONE piece or did they have to do multiple pieces?

[phillyquattro]

Love the tail light tint. I went to a reputable tinting place that does vinyl and tinting and other cosmetic upgrades. They tried vinyl and called me and said they were not able to get it wrapped because of the curvature of the middle "bump". I even tried vinyl and was unsuccessful (I have tinted other cars with less intricate bumps/curves).

Was your tail light vinyl ONE piece or did they have to do multiple pieces?

I didn't ask but looking at it just now I don't see any seams or cuts. They did ask me before they started if I wanted to make that "bump" a different darkness than the rest, and if so they could cut a separate piece for it. I did not want to do that, but that lends a little bit of evidence towards it being multi-piece. If it's indeed multi-piece, they did a hell of a job hiding any evidence of seams/cuts. If you're opposed to multiple pieces you could always get them sprayed, but obviously that's a lot more permanent.

[phillyquattro]

To quote Mops: "Sexy time as fuk".

[KillerQuattro]

Oh man, this is gunna be good. Congrats!

[MK2SQ]

Wow can’t wait to see them mounted

[Bezlar]

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[Mops@Nemesis]

To quote Mops: "Sexy time as fuk".

I type out what first comes to mind. 😁

[phillyquattro]

[Mops@Nemesis]

This is going to be really good Brandon! Liking how those rubbers fit too.

[phillyquattro]

This is going to be really good Brandon! Liking how those rubbers fit too.

Can't wait to get them cleaned up and detailed this weekend. Also excited to take the curviest, hilliest road on my way home and test out the new lateral grip. If I don't update this post again you'll know that my confidence outweighed the grip and I'm probably dead in a valley or stuck in a tree somewhere. LOL.

[Mops@Nemesis]

Can't wait to get them cleaned up and detailed this weekend. Also excited to take the curviest, hilliest road on my way home and test out the new lateral grip. If I don't update this post again you'll know that my confidence outweighed the grip and I'm probably dead in a valley or stuck in a tree somewhere. LOL.

Dibs on the wheels!


MOPS on the Move!

[phillyquattro]

Dibs on the wheels!

That's cold man. LOL!

[VezSQ5]

Very nice!! Cant wait to see them on

[Mops@Nemesis]

Very nice!! Cant wait to see them on

😎

[phillyquattro]

And a few more...








These turned out so much better than I could have hoped. Thanks again Mops!!!!

Will have paint matched reflectors in a few more days. So long horrible amber!

[JD S4]

Looks amazing


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[phillyquattro]

Looks amazing

Gracias!