Whats up guys, my names John and I drive an 01 A4 1.8TQM. I've had it since November when I traded my 94 Blazer for it. Ive been doing a decent amount of work to it recently so I figured I'd post up a thread, I always love reading other peoples threads.

And yes the previous owner did the full timing belt service right before I bought it, pictures and receipts to prove!

I bought it with some parts already on it such as:
Turbo
Frankenturbo kit (stock tune)
Forge DV

Exterior
Satin Black paint with Brilliant Black hood and roof
Euro A4 front bumper
Euro trunk
Euro stubby passenger mirror (put stock back on)
M3 trunk lip
Shaved center molding
S4 sides

Interior
S4 black interior
S4 grey leather seats with matching door cards
Camo wrapped door trim
Podi column boost gauge
All weather Audi sport floor mats
A6 coin tray
A6 Door handles painted black

Engine Bay
Euro B5 Passat power steering cover
B6 Audi charcoal grey coolant tank

Wheels/Suspension
17x9 BBS RC's, color is flat Olive Green
3mm spacers in the rear
Raceland coilover kit

Intake/Exhaust
Custom 2.5in straight back exhaust
Magnaflow muffler with custom turn downs
VMR test pipe with RAI motorsport J pipe (No CEL’S)
VMR downpipe
K&N Panel filter

Extra Parts
CXRacing FMIC with 2.5" universal piping
Clutch masters FX300 clutch kit and new flywheel (sold)
Winter wheels (AT Italia S5)
Passenger mirror

Since then I have installed a few parts and done a few things such as
440cc Bosch Green Giants
Motoza Tune by Dave (awesome guy to work with, recommend him 100%)
K&N Panel filter
Fuel filter
Cabin filter
NGK Spark Plugs
SAI, N249, N112 deletes
Installed CXRacing FMIC and cut up bumper
Cleaned up the headlights some, want to do some more
Painted the BBS' gunmetal

Now some pictures! (I am by no means a photographer AT ALL and the pictures will reflect this, any tips welcomed)

A few days after I bought it at school, didnt even wash it yet


From a quick shoot I did


I got lucky and got a sweet sunset picture


I have always liked this one


EURO plate


Interior


And now the FMIC install




At Island Import Day 3/18




And I just painted my wheels, some pictures of that:

Little sanding prep


Painted and stacked up to dry


Ready to put on


On the car!


And really the only decent picture I have of them on the car right now



And thats my B5! Any thoughts, opinions, critisims, compliments, ideas whatever is welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

love it! how do you like the frankenturbo set up? im really torn between going frankenturbo or GTRS...

 

Im happy with the Frankenturbo. I bought the car with it already on it, if I bought a stock Audi I might have gone with the GTRS. I dont really know much about it since I already had the FT. But for a responsive, reliable, fun, quick daily driver I am satisfied with this. Pulls very nice in 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and enough power for me to have fun on the highway. Ive also never been in a GTRS or BT Audi.

 

Had a little road trip this weekend with her.

Friday morning I left at 6:30am heading for Redline Speed Worx in Washington, NJ for an alignment on the Hunter alignment rack they have. Awesome shop, awesome guys, very happy with the service they provide. Ryan showed me around the shop and they are a friendly bunch of guys and have some cool **** in there! They could only align the rear though because both of my front tie rod assemblies are frozen -.-. I am going to pick up some S4 ones eventually and throw them in. They charged me half price for the alignment which is very fair. Overall I would recommend them 100%.

From there I went to Maryland to visit some family and just got back about 2 hours ago. Audi drove so smooth, just scraped on some roads really bad near NYC! I need to buy a skid plate...

 

On another note... I am kind of conflicted right now. I dont know if I should keep going with this car (mod wise) and enjoy it OR start to save up for my dream car (Z32 300zx) for a second car/toy.

If I keep modding the Audi brakes are next and thats $750 for everything. Then suspension... which I dont even want to think about yet.

If I start to save for the Z32 I would stop modding the Audi and just keep it clean and keep doing the maintanence that comes up on it and take care of it. But a Z will be a long ways away... a year or two.

Let the argument commence!

P.S. I ordered a DDM Tuning 55w 5000k HID kit for her today hahahahaha

 

The A4 would be a great daily driver. I'd say just keep doing maintenance on it, and maybe do small things for her here and there.

 

I have a Z32. I've owned it for about 5 years now. It's an NA, but I've been looking for a TT. And I have to say that although I like my Audi, I love my Z. But, in the snow the Z will just spin the tires and the Audi has no problems. If you're looking for something sporty and fun, I would go for the Z32 TT. Although it seems a bit childish, I like to spin the tires sometimes or kick the back end out some in a turn and it's just not the same in a quattro. Plus the Z32 has a huge following and you can find out about anything you need to in the forums because more than likely someone else has done or tried it and can give advice. And with a few bolt-ons on a stock TT you can be looking at about 400hp. That's just what I think. I know some people will disagree with me.

 

Post a pic! Are you on 300zxclub.com?

If I had a Z I would store it for winter, no way it would see snow. And I know them like the back of my hand inside and out, I've flipped two Z32's and worked on a few friends cars so I am familiar with them.

 

A good friend of mine has been dying to take pictures of my car, so me and her went out for a little photoshoot today. First pictures with it sqeaky clean with the new wheel color.

Let me know what you think

Heres the first pic she sent me, I'll post more as I get them

 

The rest of them can be viewed here
Shoot with Lauren pictures by dalers08 - Photobucket