I bought this 1999 1.8T 5sp Avant in Washington a few months ago from the second owner.
Only 82K Miles! The original owner had it from 1999 until 2021 and serviced it at the same dealer that it was bought from until he sold it. Upon buying it and giving it a once over I drove it from Washington through Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, down through Ohio, and back up to Rochester. Car did amazing aside from a small coolant leak. Definitely finished the trip wishing for a sixth gear though.
First improvement was swapping out the american flat glass for some european convex mirror glass which almost completely eliminate the blind spot, would highly reccomend for only $60.
Then for some maintenance, did an oil change, valve cover gasket, and spark plugs.
Ordered a wing from poland, (took i think 4 weeks to arrive) but it seemed to fit just fine
The off-color coolant resevoir was bugging me and I needed to swap out the incorrect green coolant for the right purple stuff, so I thoroughly flushed the system and changed to a new coolant resevoir.
Decided to replace the fuel filter as well, this was a pain in the ass job that took longer than I wanted, but I'm glad I did it as it was original to the car.
Replaced the rattling stock speakers with some infinitys, definitely helped the sound quality but it was immediately obvious that the stock amplifier is absolute crap. I will probably make a post dedicated to this project when I finally get an aftermarket amplifier and figure out the best way to set it up.
Found a facelift grille at the junkyard for $10, nice improvement.
Realized some of my 3rd brake light bulbs were out, tried replacing them using what rockauto said would fit but they were no good, I ended up paying $3 a bulb from fcpeuro for oem bulbs and they work great. The part number for the corre
Got some RS6 style wheels from a friendly Audi/VW Guy in Syracuse (I have never seen so many 3.0ts in one place), they'll need refinishing and summer tires, so putting them on will have to wait until next spring.
Car had a weird pulsing feeling when slowing down from 10mph to a stop, figured it was the rear brakes as they looked very crusty and original compared to the fronts that seemed like they had been replaced at some point. Replaced the rear brakes but the problem still persisted so I replaced the fronts as well. Replaced front brake lines as they were cracked, should do the rear brake lines at some point as well.
I went with Akebono European Premium Ceramic pads on the recommendation of a friend but I honestly cannot reccomend them, as much as its nice that they don't make any noise and create very little dust the pedal feel is shit and unless they're warmed up the bite is pretty crap as well. Will probably go with semi-metallic when I eventually upgrade to either 17z or 4-pot Porsche calipers
Did another oil change, this time with my favorite liqui moly additives and oil for the winter.
Friend had a small accident in the driveway and spidered the paint on the rear bumper, got it repainted and threw in the front license plate filler and wing at the same time. Wing fits great and is exactly what I think the rear end of the car needs to not look quite to egg like.
There were a few other small projects that I didn't have any pictures of but that's just about everything I have done so far. Coming up is probably going to be bilstein shocks/H&R lowering springs to improve the looks and handling, and a 42 draft designs exhaust and a K04 to make a little more power and noise.
If for some reason the images don't work the link to the Imgur gallery is https://imgur.com/gallery/sPsc1gG
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Originally Posted by Blazius
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