patelbadboy2006
Registered User
Hey Guys,
I have been a lurker for a while now, and thought I'll post the conversion my car has gone through so far.
I bought the car back in June of this year, it was a standard 1.6 3Dr Ebony Black Audi A3, with everything as basic, from the cloth interior to the concert 2 head unit, with standard speakers.
The first mod i did was i tinted my car, got the Car tinted from Tint My Car in East London, got 20% at the back and 55% at the front i believe it was, they used LLumar Film and it has been great every since.
Next mod for me had to be the MY11 Rear Lights, searched the net for ages but just couldn't find them for the price i wanted, and then stumbled onto Nigel AKA NHN on the forums, and he sorted them out for a great price.
I highly recommend Nigel if you are looking for the lights, the price for a brand new pair i couldn't find anywhere.
After a few weeks pasted the Mod bug really hit and i wanted a S-Line conversion, and after quiet a few hours of reading i figured out that i needed.
-Single Grill Bonnet
-S-Line Bumper
-S-Line Grill
-Fog
-Fog Grill
Most of the info needed for the conversion with part numbers can be found in the following 2 threads.
-Conversion pre-facelift double grill bumper(2003-2005)to facelift S-line bumper
-My "SPORT" to "S-LINE+" Conversion *COMPLETED* (Part No's, Prices & Tips included)
It took another month or so to source all the parts for the car, for a good price.
Product, Sourced from, Price Paid
-Bonnet, Ebay, £110
-S Line grill, Ebay, £55
-S Line Bumper, Gumtree, £40
-Fog, Ebay, £25
-Fog Grills, Ebay, £18
-Rear Bumper, Ebay, £40
The main problem was all the parts weren't the same color as my car.
So i had a choice pay a body shop £600 to get the parts painted and sort out the doors and wings, or get the car wrapped.
I really wanted a Matte White car so i decided to i would get it wrapped when i save up enough.
A few weeks later i had the car booked into Total-Dynamic in Enfield to get the car done in Matte White, the roof in Matte Black and the Mirrors in Matte Black.
The result
I really need wheels for the car but couldn't afford the ones i wanted, so i went onto modding other bits.
Next in the list was changing the steering wheel, i wanted a leather 3 Spoke MF steering wheel, after stumbling across one on pistonheads for £120 i couldnt resist, got that fitted in by a local garage.
The one thing i wanted when i bought the car was leathers and i couldnt find one locally so i could pick them up, all the ones i saw were on ebay and quiet far away, until i found some on gumtree that came off a 07 plate A3 as i was told.
Haggled the garage down from £500 to £320 as they were dirty and needed a clean LOL.
I took it upon myself to get these fitted, after more reading online and help from a mate i got these fitted, it wasnt as hard as i thought, took the door cards out, front seats, rear seats, and then put the leathers in and bolted them on.
While i was doing the seats, i put on a new front Grill, i found a honeycomb one thanks to the classified links section above from ebay for £52 shipped and fitted this in on the same day, results are.
While i was working on the interior i thought i might as well change the lights inside to White LEDs, after being confused for ages and trying to work out what would work and what wouldnt and how i would do it etc, i stumbled unon a thread stating i needed canbus ready LED and t8ups supplied everything i wanted, the interior LED's along with the number plate ones, so i ordered some from him and the car looks amazing and is so much more brighter.
At the same time i changed my side lights to LED's(also supplied by t8ups) and my dipped and main beams to Philips Blue Vision Bulbs, which i got from powerbulbs online.
Installation guide for the interior lights i got from
Interior LED Package installed (PIC HEAVY!)
I thought that was the end of modding for me, until i came across some BBs 3.2 Ju was selling on the forums, i just couldnt say no as they were the ones i wanted and for a great price, even tho i was broke, so i bought them and got some tyres fitted for them today, here is how the A3 looks today.
The Car needs a clean tho, i will get better pics up once i have time to clean it.
I have 3 more mods im going to do to the car when i get more monies
-Rns-E MK2
-Rear Spoiler
-Side Skirts
Any other mods you think i should get??
Jay
I have been a lurker for a while now, and thought I'll post the conversion my car has gone through so far.
I bought the car back in June of this year, it was a standard 1.6 3Dr Ebony Black Audi A3, with everything as basic, from the cloth interior to the concert 2 head unit, with standard speakers.
The first mod i did was i tinted my car, got the Car tinted from Tint My Car in East London, got 20% at the back and 55% at the front i believe it was, they used LLumar Film and it has been great every since.
Next mod for me had to be the MY11 Rear Lights, searched the net for ages but just couldn't find them for the price i wanted, and then stumbled onto Nigel AKA NHN on the forums, and he sorted them out for a great price.
I highly recommend Nigel if you are looking for the lights, the price for a brand new pair i couldn't find anywhere.
After a few weeks pasted the Mod bug really hit and i wanted a S-Line conversion, and after quiet a few hours of reading i figured out that i needed.
-Single Grill Bonnet
-S-Line Bumper
-S-Line Grill
-Fog
-Fog Grill
Most of the info needed for the conversion with part numbers can be found in the following 2 threads.
-Conversion pre-facelift double grill bumper(2003-2005)to facelift S-line bumper
-My "SPORT" to "S-LINE+" Conversion *COMPLETED* (Part No's, Prices & Tips included)
It took another month or so to source all the parts for the car, for a good price.
Product, Sourced from, Price Paid
-Bonnet, Ebay, £110
-S Line grill, Ebay, £55
-S Line Bumper, Gumtree, £40
-Fog, Ebay, £25
-Fog Grills, Ebay, £18
-Rear Bumper, Ebay, £40
The main problem was all the parts weren't the same color as my car.
So i had a choice pay a body shop £600 to get the parts painted and sort out the doors and wings, or get the car wrapped.
I really wanted a Matte White car so i decided to i would get it wrapped when i save up enough.
A few weeks later i had the car booked into Total-Dynamic in Enfield to get the car done in Matte White, the roof in Matte Black and the Mirrors in Matte Black.
The result
I really need wheels for the car but couldn't afford the ones i wanted, so i went onto modding other bits.
Next in the list was changing the steering wheel, i wanted a leather 3 Spoke MF steering wheel, after stumbling across one on pistonheads for £120 i couldnt resist, got that fitted in by a local garage.
The one thing i wanted when i bought the car was leathers and i couldnt find one locally so i could pick them up, all the ones i saw were on ebay and quiet far away, until i found some on gumtree that came off a 07 plate A3 as i was told.
Haggled the garage down from £500 to £320 as they were dirty and needed a clean LOL.
I took it upon myself to get these fitted, after more reading online and help from a mate i got these fitted, it wasnt as hard as i thought, took the door cards out, front seats, rear seats, and then put the leathers in and bolted them on.
While i was doing the seats, i put on a new front Grill, i found a honeycomb one thanks to the classified links section above from ebay for £52 shipped and fitted this in on the same day, results are.
While i was working on the interior i thought i might as well change the lights inside to White LEDs, after being confused for ages and trying to work out what would work and what wouldnt and how i would do it etc, i stumbled unon a thread stating i needed canbus ready LED and t8ups supplied everything i wanted, the interior LED's along with the number plate ones, so i ordered some from him and the car looks amazing and is so much more brighter.
At the same time i changed my side lights to LED's(also supplied by t8ups) and my dipped and main beams to Philips Blue Vision Bulbs, which i got from powerbulbs online.
Installation guide for the interior lights i got from
Interior LED Package installed (PIC HEAVY!)
I thought that was the end of modding for me, until i came across some BBs 3.2 Ju was selling on the forums, i just couldnt say no as they were the ones i wanted and for a great price, even tho i was broke, so i bought them and got some tyres fitted for them today, here is how the A3 looks today.
The Car needs a clean tho, i will get better pics up once i have time to clean it.
I have 3 more mods im going to do to the car when i get more monies
-Rns-E MK2
-Rear Spoiler
-Side Skirts
Any other mods you think i should get??
Jay
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