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Hi and welcome to my on-going progress/build thread.
A bit of history on the car, it's a 2004 3.2 V6 S-line DSG with 115K on the clock, FASH, Bose, parking sensors on rear, Half Leather and 18" RS6 alloys. It's been Superchipped too, adding around 15 BHP.
I bought this A3 with the intention of just cleaning it up and re-selling straight away, as it was mis-advertised as a Sport and was underpriced some-what! But after driving it and loving the engine smoothness and power, I decided to sell the wife's car and keep this! (She has my Octy VRS instead, so she's not complaining!)
I've had to do some mechanical work, replaced the O/S driveshaft, new drop links and put 2 new tyres on the front.
I've had an A3 2.0 TFSIQ previously, which I restored and added many bits to. But on this 3.2, I've decided to do more to the interior, than the exterior, but you never know.
So, over the last 3 months, I've been steadily buying bits and bobs to upgrade or replace old knackered parts. This thread will be quite picture heavy and I'll add more as I do more.
The car on the day I bought it.
Here are few pics of the original condition.
Interior isn't too bad at all, but it was owned previously by a smoker, so I will be giving the interior a full detail and clean and feed the leather to freshen it up.
DSG. Bose Symphony, looking a bit tired, but works well.
RS6 alloys need a refurb, they have been poorly refurbed in the past. Missing centre cap!
Not too sure if this is original, but it looks ok, but needs repainting and sticking down properly.
Parking sensors, nice.
Aftermarket mirror caps, look ok actually and if someone nicks them I won't be too upset!
Standard pedal set up.
Exhaust tips need a good polish.
Here are some pics of the scratches and defects over the bodywork. These will be corrected at a later stage.
The classic mark where the wiper hits the boot. I've since adjusted the wiper so it doesn't hit it now.
Some minor and more major marks around the car.
This one is a bit nasty.
Top tip...DO NOT scrub at bird lime....this is what you get!
Front wing.
Rear bumper marks.
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So, the first thing to do was to give it a good bath! Boy did it need it!
This is during and after a good exterior detailing.
The alloys were given a good de-toxing, AS Smart wheels first.
Then Iron X
Then onto the bodywork. APC'd all the nooks, crannies, doors shuts and jams etc, then a 2BM wash.
Bodywork decontaminated. First with Tardis, then clayed.
This fallout was just on the bonnet! The rest of the car was just the same.
Then dryed off , cleansed and sealed with Werkstat Acrylic prime, via DA polisher.
Looks better and is protected from the winter elements.
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A bit of history on the car, it's a 2004 3.2 V6 S-line DSG with 115K on the clock, FASH, Bose, parking sensors on rear, Half Leather and 18" RS6 alloys. It's been Superchipped too, adding around 15 BHP.
I bought this A3 with the intention of just cleaning it up and re-selling straight away, as it was mis-advertised as a Sport and was underpriced some-what! But after driving it and loving the engine smoothness and power, I decided to sell the wife's car and keep this! (She has my Octy VRS instead, so she's not complaining!)
I've had to do some mechanical work, replaced the O/S driveshaft, new drop links and put 2 new tyres on the front.
I've had an A3 2.0 TFSIQ previously, which I restored and added many bits to. But on this 3.2, I've decided to do more to the interior, than the exterior, but you never know.
So, over the last 3 months, I've been steadily buying bits and bobs to upgrade or replace old knackered parts. This thread will be quite picture heavy and I'll add more as I do more.
The car on the day I bought it.
Here are few pics of the original condition.
Interior isn't too bad at all, but it was owned previously by a smoker, so I will be giving the interior a full detail and clean and feed the leather to freshen it up.
DSG. Bose Symphony, looking a bit tired, but works well.
RS6 alloys need a refurb, they have been poorly refurbed in the past. Missing centre cap!
Not too sure if this is original, but it looks ok, but needs repainting and sticking down properly.
Parking sensors, nice.
Aftermarket mirror caps, look ok actually and if someone nicks them I won't be too upset!
Standard pedal set up.
Exhaust tips need a good polish.
Here are some pics of the scratches and defects over the bodywork. These will be corrected at a later stage.
The classic mark where the wiper hits the boot. I've since adjusted the wiper so it doesn't hit it now.
Some minor and more major marks around the car.
This one is a bit nasty.
Top tip...DO NOT scrub at bird lime....this is what you get!
Front wing.
Rear bumper marks.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, the first thing to do was to give it a good bath! Boy did it need it!
This is during and after a good exterior detailing.
The alloys were given a good de-toxing, AS Smart wheels first.
Then Iron X
Then onto the bodywork. APC'd all the nooks, crannies, doors shuts and jams etc, then a 2BM wash.
Bodywork decontaminated. First with Tardis, then clayed.
This fallout was just on the bonnet! The rest of the car was just the same.
Then dryed off , cleansed and sealed with Werkstat Acrylic prime, via DA polisher.
Looks better and is protected from the winter elements.
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