So, after gearbox went bang on my little fabia, my mrs father let me use his 1.9 TDI so I wasn't without a car for work etc, as he barely uses it .. long story short, he let me have it off him for £1500, fair price id say!

 

it's going to be a slow moving project.. as you can imagine buying the car, then the extra £650 insurance, then the £185 tax has drained my funds!

 

the plans are as follows;

 

- 18" or 19" alloys

- Lowered slightly, depending on how the new wheels make it sit

- 'decat' .. most likely just knocking out the internals so it still appears normal for MOT time

- EGR valve blank/delete, if possible.. apparently its the funny shaped electronically controlled one so may not be possible.

- HID headlights
- Smoked LED tail lights
- LED sidelights, plate lights, interior lights etc
- Cupra R front splitter

- Small boot lip spoiler

- Headlight eyebrows .. maybe?? havent quite decided if this would lok abit tacky or not

- Full debadged front grill, similar to widemouth on the fabia mk1 vrs, i want to remove the full lot, including the licence plate to the side, then fill it with honeycomb mesh

 

As well as all the obvious maintenace jobs.. anyway, here it is

 

 

 

That's a lot of money to spend on a car worth £1,500!

 

It will sit the same on 18" or 19" wheels as it does now, provided the correct tyres are fitted as the existing and replacement tyres will all have very lose to the same overall diameter.

That's a lot of money to spend on a car worth £1,500!

 

It will sit the same on 18" or 19" wheels as it does now, provided the correct tyres are fitted as the existing and replacement tyres will all have very lose to the same overall diameter.

 

just cos i got it for that doesnt mean thats what its worth, he's gave me a fairly heafty family discount going off the prices of them elsewhere..

 

what i mean is, if the arch gap looks too much and it looks too high once the wheels are on, i'll lower it a bit.. i understand about the tyres and sizes to make it the correct diameter.. thanks though!

what i mean is, if the arch gap looks too much and it looks too high once the wheels are on, i'll lower it a bit.. i understand about the tyres and sizes to make it the correct diameter.. thanks though!

What I meant was that even if you change the wheels/tyres the arch gap will be the same.

i know mate i know.. but right now that arch gap looks fine, however im sure with nice 18s (currently on 16s) for example, while the arch gap will still be technically the same, it wont look as suited so will probably need dropped slightly .. im probably wording it badly, but i know what i mean lol

Nice car. I've always liked the DTM version of the B7

noticed the first picture has disappeared for some reason so here it is again.. followed by my 18" ronals just fitted.. i think it needs lowering slightly personally 

 

 

I had 18" ronals on mt B6, it had S line suspension though so was quite a bit lower.

yeah i will be dropping it slightly, just for cosmetics though so will just go for JOMs or FK coilovers.. nothing too expensive

started the LED take-over .. interiors done, will hopefully get round to the plate and sidelights tomorrow.. as well as fitting new wiper blades hopefully

 

just a few maintenance jobs over the last few days.. new wipers & a new cabin filter..

 

while i was there though i checked out the EGR, it was so built up inside, im surprised the car still ran! .. but i gave it a good clean out, and since these BKE engines have a strange set up and cant readily buy deletes, i knocked up some card templates which ill get made up asap

 

 

today i went and got the rear windows tinted 20%.. then i replaced the front discs and pads, old rotors were a pig to get off!

 

few pics

 

 

old rotors

 

 

new rotors and pads

 

filthy air filter replaced .. 

 

not much progress this week.. although I've stock piled a few things which I intend to get done this weekend, which are.. oil and filter change, alternator pulley bearing, RS4 style debadged honeycomb grill & Cupra R splitter

 

for now I just gave it a good clean though! It's booked in for a full detailing on the 8th of Feb with my mate who runs his own business

 

my EGR delete from the other side of the pond arrived as well! much quicker than i expected, so i can get rid of the EGR and EGR cooler over the weekend hopefully

got some work done today.. got rid of all the crap and fitted my EGR delete

 

 

also managed to do the oil and filter change.. old oil was horrible, thick and jet black! unfortunately the dipstick tube broke so ill have to nip to audi tomorrow or sunday to get a new one, looks like a clean break atleast

 

 

 

alternator pulley looks like it may be a garage job unfortunately .. but i got the rs4 style grill and splitter fitted to the bumper and put the car back together this morning..

 

 

replaced the alternator pulley yesterday, and booked in for a remap next wednesday with Armstrong Performance, formally known as 'the diesel doctor' .. will post the results afterwards, in the mean time.. heres another photo haha

 

Looking good

 

diesel oil is like that, wouldnt worry about it. Turns black within a few minutes its soot in the oil!

just a small update, still booked in for a remap on wednesday .. black rings and tinted tail lights, i think it needs an s-line colour coded diffuser and better exhaust tips to finish off the back end

 

 

 

decat fitted and remapped. I'm happy with those numbers, not sure what else I could do for more power without spending big money, so it will probably just be cosmetics and handling from now on.. I have ordered a powerflex snub mount, heard they make an unbelievable difference putting the power down ..

 

powerflex snub mount! 

 

anyone wanting to swap some 19s for these 18 genuine audi ronals? all four tyres have good tread on .. 5x112 fitment

so I (finally) got round to fitting my coilovers.. think I need to raise the front just slightly as I get scraping over bumps and have to crawl over speed bumps.. well happy with the looks though, makes such a difference.