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due to some so and so hitting my front bumper in a car park, im going to change the front of the 8L

As its £300 for a whole bumper, i saw a good kit on ebay and seems to have good feedback as well as a good following in germany. this is the front bumper.

here

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was also going to add these under it as my car has never had fog lights

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as im getting the whole bumper taken off for spraying, is it worth me doing a intercooler now?
Car is remapped to 200bhp ( so i was told by the owner and seem history is on this site)

is there any good models that wont need much chopping to put in ? budget is £100-£150 ish

btw

anyone used or had that kit fitted?

also i have 18inch merc wheels on the car and never been told the offset. I have 15 or 20mm spaces on car all round and takes it (told by old owner) from 5x100 to 5x112
google says a 1999 a3 1.8 T should have a offset of et38? so if i wanted to get rid of spacers and get new wheels ( same wide) what would i do?

on
http://www.wheel-size.com/

says i can get on a 1.8tfsi ( is that the same as a 1999 1.8 turbo?)

tyre : 225/40R18
rim: 8Jx18 ET38
bolt : 5x100 ( so spacers gone)
thd: M14 x 1.5 ( dont know thd?)
cb: 57.1 (dont know cb)
 
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You'll struggle to find anyone on here that has a bumper like that. They usually end up looking a bit tacky/max power on a a3 8l.

the 1.8TFSI are the engines on the newer cars, usually those wheels have 5x112 pcd wheels
 
well i agree, but it does look too boy racer or plastic and seen a few cars on the germany site with it on. Not hear of max power for ages lol

just after a new semi not the norm front bumper, any ideas?

so what should i do about replacing the wheels and get rid of the spacers?
 
I've got am aftermarket bumper on mine, was on when I bought it.

Its the Caractere RS3 kit, think it looks pretty subtle and freshens up the car

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