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Rupie
Recently sold the Polo as I felt it was time to move on, so thought I'd better get a build thread up of the new car.

I wanted something practical, reliable and reasonably economical, so I decided to opt for a Audi A4 S-Line 1.9 TDI.

I drove all over the country to look at a few different ones, and finally decided on this one..



I had a pretty good idea of where I was going to go with the car before it was even purchaced, so I'd got a few parts ready to fit.



I decided to opt for 19" Bentley GTC wheels, I've always loved the design and it was between these and Rotiforms.
I initially got a set of chrome plated Bentleys, which were immaculate apart from some slight curbing to one wheel. I rang everywhere seeing if i could have the wheel rechromed but with no luck I eventually decided to get a second set of wheels to be mirror polished by Rainbow polishing.

This is one of the chrome plated wheels i originally bought..



Along with the curbing damage to one of the wheels


I bought a curbed set to be polished up to replace the chrome ones,




I took them to be polished at Rainbow in Birmingham, they polished my Steffans on my Polo a few years ago, and I can honestly say i was amazed at how the Bentleys turned out..




I sold the chrome wheels at a loss and decided to run the polished set.

I opted for some budget tyres after reading some good reviews online and as i dont really drive any of my cars too hard.



I decided to go for 215/35/19 tyres





Meanwhile, I bought a second set of headlights to split to remove the offensice orange corners...







Had the car into the garage for a cambelt and had the front light popped in at the same time. I felt it made a huge diffence to the front end, making it look much cleaner.



Got some nice new clean plates and ditched the plate surround..


And dewipered the rear...
This took abit more work that I had thought, as it became apparant upon removing the rubber grommit under the wiper that audi had forgotten to paint some of the glass!







The car was pretty stonechipped due to being a motorway rep mobile, so I had the front end resprayed by a local company who did an outstanding job..


And then it was coilovers on and testfit of the wheels...



Decided the wheels didnt really fill the arches enough, so ordered some 10mm spacers..


She's back in the bodyshop tomorrow for the rear bumper painting, being an avant its had alot of stuff dragged across the bumper during loading and unloading so just sort that out then I'll be happy with the paint.

Sold the polo yesterday, so a retrim is on the cards, not sure I'll be able to get it in before Early Edition now but I've nearly a month afterwards with no shows planned so I'll get in in then.

I've popped the standard wheels back on for the moment, as i plan on polishing the bentleys up, rim waxing and jetsealing them whilst the cars in the shop this week.

I'll get some full pics up as soon as I'm happy how its sitting smile.gif
B-shaw
Amazing surprised.gif
neil_dubgt
i do like this fellow audi snob lol.gif
Rupie
QUOTE (neil_dubgt @ Sunday 3rd April 2011 - 7:16pm) *
i do like this fellow audi snob lol.gif

yours looks awesome mate smile.gif been keeping a cheeky eye on it on facebook!
neil_dubgt
oooh cheeky cheeky smile.gif
SamC
kept seeing loads of sneeky photos on facebook, but now you reveled the car awesome rup!
dub17
hmm, its still not as revealed as ide like it to be!
Been waiting for you to get a move on with a build thread. Is getting there mate, cant wait to see the full pictures when you got her sitting how you want, is gunna look mighty fine indeed.

Richibobs
Definitely going to be keeping any eye on this biggrin.gif
Prox
QUOTE (Richibobs @ Sunday 3rd April 2011 - 9:40pm) *
Definitely going to be keeping any eye on this biggrin.gif

x2
Rupie
Cheers guys smile.gif more updates soon!
robbodred
awesome man, wish i got a look at it while i was down
Irmscher
Stunning A4 mate - a credit to you. If you decide to have it tuned, give us a shout...
Rupie
QUOTE (Irmscher @ Monday 4th April 2011 - 12:00am) *
Stunning A4 mate - a credit to you. If you decide to have it tuned, give us a shout...

I am actually thinking of a remap mate, you have a website? drop me a PM
PSWPolo
Lovely stuff!
bananaskin
Looks amazing!
Rupie
Cracked out the metal polish today, spent a while polishing them up, then use some rimwax one them before finally jetsealing them, so hopefully wont need polishing again for a while as it takes a while!

Excuse the crappy iPhone pic!



MattTaylor13
Wow, this is stunning. I love A4 Avants, Those wheels are SICK.
Alex
Nice! Love these!
dirt_monkey
Shit the bed those wheels are schaweeeeeeet!
Irmscher
QUOTE (Irmscher @ Monday 4th April 2011 - 12:00am) *
Stunning A4 mate - a credit to you. If you decide to have it tuned, give us a shout...


Yes mate, I run www.premiertuning.com

Get in touch and mention you're from here and I will look after you mate.
mattpolo5491
stunning mate, Rs4 rear bumper with twin pipes? nod.gif
goride85
Ill!
colm94
love these even more so if an rs4
Rupie
Cheers guys smile.gif

Got sent the wrong rear springs for the A4 and I'm still waiting to get the right ones before i slam it, fit the spacers and wheels and get some proper pics up!

Its been in the bodyshop this week, had the rear bumper painted as it was scuffed from the prefious owner dragging things in and out of the boot. Also had the mirror backs done and the S-line door trims, as they were abit battered.

Spends nearly 5 hours today cleaning, correcting and polishing. Treated myself to a beerski or two whilst i applied the dodo juice wax!

Here are the results



deelej
loooking good mate i love a4 estates and this looks sweet!! dint think ud be able to better the polo but looks like ur gona top it by a mile!! dodo juice came up well! i love the stuff expensive but very very good!! hope to see this driving round york!
mooey65
Lovely car you have there..
s-olo
looks smart cant wait to see it with wheels and lows!!! might see it around, I'm near york
Rupie
Right, abit of progress finally.
After a 3 week wait the correct springs finally turned up


Got to work swapping them over





This got it sitting how I wanted it.


Lowered the front abit more and removed the front mudflappy things as they were just scraping along the floor. lol.gif


Arch liners had to be trimmed to give me a few more millimetres of tyre clearence, as with the 10mm spacers on the back, things were looking tight.


Then it was just a case of bolting the wheels on, quick polish and some piccies smile.gif









VWking
Looks EPIC! I reckon you need a private plate to finish that off though biggrin.gif
doug
Top work dude, that does indeed look epic! cool.gif
stevemk3
I cannot believe i saw this thread sooner, this is my dream car! Truly envious my friend thumbsup.gif
Rupie
Cheers guys!

Maybe after the retrim and remap I'll consider a provate plate, not a huge fan of them however!
VWking
QUOTE (Rupie @ Monday 18th April 2011 - 2:11pm) *
Cheers guys!

Maybe after the retrim and remap I'll consider a provate plate, not a huge fan of them however!


Literally can't wait to see the rest of the progress on this! Haha, what about R111 RUP? R12 RUP? biggrin.gif
B-shaw
Oh fuck... That looks stunning dude.
dirt_monkey
<3
Spade
amazing! love it!
ollyvwnut
this looked amazing yesturday at elsecar
Rupie
cheers mate, took best other vag.



ollyvwnut
thought it would of won that lol
andy1625
one word stunning smile.gif
Rupie
Cheers for the kind words guys.
Few new pics, nothing major to update...
Starting to think about air in the near future, realised that loading it up with people/stuff for shows is bringing the arches dangerously near the wheels, and with the rear adjusters out theres not much I can do about it!




superdan91
100% sexual
colm94
QUOTE (superdan91 @ Friday 20th May 2011 - 12:01am) *
100% sexual



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PoloMattMatt
Epic poke on them wheels man! Awesome car, get some camber and it'll look sick!
Richibobs
QUOTE (Rupie @ Thursday 19th May 2011 - 10:36pm) *


Looks spot on in this picture, as if you don't need air.

Amazing car biggrin.gif
dmonday
Love you wink.gif
breadvanaddo
QUOTE (colm94 @ Friday 20th May 2011 - 10:55am) *
QUOTE (superdan91 @ Friday 20th May 2011 - 12:01am) *
100% sexual



x2

x3 lol.gif

looks the nuts chap!
dadude01
I envy you so much!
Car looks boss man!
Ross74h
Hum, now sort that Octy out too!
A_d_a_m
Love this !

Adam. smile.gif
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