A3. 8L. Black on black. On black.

[eltonking]

also not to spark up a bit debate but powdercoating vs 2pack paint? and any experiences with the places in melbourne to go as well as a rough price range?

[tonymy01]

Audi A3 1.8T 8L on Vimeo
A quick vid showing the car as it is now!! Wheels and racks woo!!

Nice vid, love the barb wire "audi rings" Why does vimeo take about 5hours to load the vid for me though (slight exaggeration).

[eltonking]

Nice vid, love the barb wire "audi rings" Why does vimeo take about 5hours to load the vid for me though (slight exaggeration).

yeah i swear vimeo takes forever whats up with that?!

thinking i'll go with a charcoal for the centres. lips are almost done just need tyres for the front now! if anyone has a pair of 215/40/18 let me know!!

[Stiggy_21]

when do you get back frenchy!? picking up adapters tomorrow and will do a trial fit and send you some sneaky pics... started refurbing the lips today. already a bazillion times better. still undecided on what colour to go with... at the moment silver is the colour of choice but i feel it is just sooooo boring. black i think will look semi-chat and a colour just wont look good... thinking possibly gold bolts to give it a bit more pop? but even then i'm undecided... opinions people?

i think the 17th july.. too soon
as for powdercoating Vs 2-pac paint;
some alloy wheels can buckle under the temperatures powdercoating requires to cure.
for instance my RA's were been painted with 2-pac, because i've heard they buckle.
but i dont know what those wheels are like.... anyone???

[eltonking]

ok i've decided on a colour for the centres - but am now presented with a pickle. to compliment the said colour (secret) i wish to have gold bolts. problem is - mine are silver. all (140~?) of them.
should i a) drill holes in a plank of wood and spray them gold. b) get new, gold bolts. c) anodise or powdercoat (or whatever) my existing bolts professionally or d) deal with it and keep them silver.

each have pros and cons - a)i feel as though if i spray them, they will either chip or flake when fitting and over time turn to ****. also i cannot 'polish' paint. but, cheap. b) expensive. very. but they're gold. c) look at 'b)' but maybe tone it down a little (get rid of the 'very') and d) cheapest option. but, they're not gold.

thanks in advance

[rayray086]

Awesome wheels, something I would snap up myself!

Buy new bolts. Spraying/powdercoating them won't give them that shine, and I reckon anodising them could cost more. If you're not in too much of a hurry, I'll be bringing in a few sets of new bolts in a week or two and can get a quote for your set, I'll just need some info on the bolts, specifically the thread diameter and pitch, length of the bolt and diameter of the head. Just PM me.


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[Jarred]

I'm debating about what to do with my bolts for my RS's too! Not sure which way I want to go.

[eltonking]

Awesome wheels, something I would snap up myself!

Buy new bolts. Spraying/powdercoating them won't give them that shine, and I reckon anodising them could cost more. If you're not in too much of a hurry, I'll be bringing in a few sets of new bolts in a week or two and can get a quote for your set, I'll just need some info on the bolts, specifically the thread diameter and pitch, length of the bolt and diameter of the head. Just PM me.


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cheers ray! but i think spending any more on the wheels (...not that i've spent much.. ) is the last thing i need to do at the moment (had a few, more pressing issues pop up recently requiring monetary funding) so i'll unfortunately have to pass this one up!!

I'm debating about what to do with my bolts for my RS's too! Not sure which way I want to go.

gold for sure!! i know i would if i could afford it...

lips currently being polished, centres should be all sprayed up ready to roll in the next week and i'm picking up two 225/40/18 tyres as well as the adapters in the next few days, just need to find two 215/40/18 now and reassemble the wheels!

[eltonking]

one of the front coilovers installed... saving the next one til tomorrow. hopefully i can beat my previous time of 48 hours...

[Water Boy]

Looks good slammed. I saw your car parked on Glen Huntley rd yesterday afternoon. I was looking for ya to say gday but couldnt see ya. (If you were at Coles that place is a joke, bloody crazy house)

[eltonking]

Looks good slammed. I saw your car parked on Glen Huntley rd yesterday afternoon. I was looking for ya to say gday but couldnt see ya. (If you were at Coles that place is a joke, bloody crazy house)

no ****! i was at loco grabbing a coffee. but yeah cheers man, lips all polished up just about to start prepping the centres for paint but still havent decided on a colour

also, coils are all the way down but it still isn't THAT low, especially at the front - would these give me a little bit more drop?? eBay Australia: Buy new & used fashion, electronics & home d

anyway cars slowly getting there pretty happy with it so far

[rayray086]

Any pics of your current coilovers? If they have the helper springs, just remove them and you can run lower, at the cost of comfort though of course.


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[Bflat]

Any pics of your current coilovers? If they have the helper springs, just remove them and you can run lower, at the cost of comfort though of course.


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What's comfort?

I should probably ask a MKV/MKVI owner.

[eltonking]

What's comfort?

I should probably ask a MKV/MKVI owner.

Ahaha cheeky!! They have an aluminum cap on the top before I put on the bumpstops? Or bushings? Forget the name. Bushings
I think, I got mk4 r32 bushings off ecs and am running them at theoment but they seem
Larger than the stock ones... Heard polo ones are smaller and add more lows??

[Water Boy]

Remember you are on stockies atm. Wait till you have yoru new wheels/adaptors/tyres etc.