Well technically i've had them for around 6 weeks, but i refurbed them from a normal silver to satin black. They suit the car pretty well i think, just need some lows now.
Lavis' S4 Build
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Cheers, these are only reps that i rattle canned but will see me through this year. Going to be looking at going for some klutch km20's once I've recovered from dropping all my saved up cash on buying the car!
If/When i do go low it will be on air anways, i would need for it to be easily adjustable for when i have to park the car off the road when surfing etc so springs are not a option for me.
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Cheers guys.
Honeycomb grill will be ariving tonight and going on next week. And i curbed one of my wheels trying to get into a particuarly tight parking space, thankfully it's only a very small graze so going to mask it up whilst on the car and give it a couple fresh coats
Honeycomb grill will be ariving tonight and going on next week. And i curbed one of my wheels trying to get into a particuarly tight parking space, thankfully it's only a very small graze so going to mask it up whilst on the car and give it a couple fresh coats
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Honeycomb grill went on today, had a bit of spare time so cracked on with it. Was a ebay special, but fitted fine, had a bit of fiddling to do to fit one of the parking sensors but got it clipped in in the end. Was lucky i had some paint kicking around from painting my wheels so i could spray the crash bar, completely forgot about it! Going to pick up some double sided tape tomorrow then the S4 badge will be going back on
Thanks guys, just gotta fettle about with the S4 badge now to get it to fit on the grill. Going to get some 3M double sided tape, dremel the bottom of the clip flat then stick it to the bottom of one of the honeycombs. Hopefully that will do it.
Can a mod change the title of this thread to Lavis' S4 Build please? might as well stick all my stuff in here rather than starting a new thread!
Anyways latest update! after trying to decide what intake to buy i bit the bullet and got the ECS kit, is it overpriced? maybe.... but the kit was brilliantly made, looks awesome and sounds awesome so i'm happy with it
I think i'll end up getting carbon engine covers as well, i got a $50 ECS voucher in the box with the intake so that will cover a chunk of the engine covers.
Future plans: blow over/respray (staying sprint blue, just freshening it up), air ride, wheels (possibly klutch km20s or vossens, unless i see anything unusual pop up that i like.), strut brace, and a new rear diffuser
Anyways latest update! after trying to decide what intake to buy i bit the bullet and got the ECS kit, is it overpriced? maybe.... but the kit was brilliantly made, looks awesome and sounds awesome so i'm happy with it
I think i'll end up getting carbon engine covers as well, i got a $50 ECS voucher in the box with the intake so that will cover a chunk of the engine covers.Future plans: blow over/respray (staying sprint blue, just freshening it up), air ride, wheels (possibly klutch km20s or vossens, unless i see anything unusual pop up that i like.), strut brace, and a new rear diffuser
Progress update: Been in Bali for a couple weeks on a awesome little holiday, so most of my spare cash lately has been put away saving up for that. came home and had the holiday blues. so picked up a non-res milltek today .
Also i had my diffuser from Nick at Driving Passion, dropped that and my dash trim off to get hydrodipped on Wednesday and picked them up today. Diffuser and Exhaust are getting fitted on Monday. Dash trim went back on whilst i was in the car park
Dip demons have done a awesome job hydrodipping these parts and making them look like the real deal. Usually i don't like the fakery but real carbon just isn't economically viable for these parts. Real carbon wing mirror covers and engine covers coming soon.
.Also i had my diffuser from Nick at Driving Passion, dropped that and my dash trim off to get hydrodipped on Wednesday and picked them up today. Diffuser and Exhaust are getting fitted on Monday. Dash trim went back on whilst i was in the car park
Dip demons have done a awesome job hydrodipping these parts and making them look like the real deal. Usually i don't like the fakery but real carbon just isn't economically viable for these parts. Real carbon wing mirror covers and engine covers coming soon.
And here's a video of the diffuser being dipped. It gets lacquered and tinted after this.
Yea i pulled the dash off myself, it's only held in by a few clips so comes off easy, just use a plastic tool to get in behind to leaver it all off, looked weird driving home with none of the dash trim on and my hazard switch flapping about
Got it all fitted today, the diffuser was pretty simple and a great fit, hardest bit was pushing all the clips in due to the bumper flexing, but clips in fine with a bit of persuasion. Looks great against the sprint blue!
The milltek was a PITA. the downpipes have a couple nuts that are almost impossible to get to, we finally managed to get them off by cutting a spanner down to around 1" long and hitting the stub with a punch to crack the nut. Very happy with it now that it's on though, sounds awesome, nice and throaty without being too loud. There is a little bit of drone as other people have reported but nothing i can't live with. Here's a sneaky little picture whilst my mate was fiddling with the exhaust tips when we were trying to line them up. Will get some better photos tomorrow now that it's all lined up and bolted up tight.
The milltek was a PITA. the downpipes have a couple nuts that are almost impossible to get to, we finally managed to get them off by cutting a spanner down to around 1" long and hitting the stub with a punch to crack the nut. Very happy with it now that it's on though, sounds awesome, nice and throaty without being too loud. There is a little bit of drone as other people have reported but nothing i can't live with. Here's a sneaky little picture whilst my mate was fiddling with the exhaust tips when we were trying to line them up. Will get some better photos tomorrow now that it's all lined up and bolted up tight.
Treated the car to the ECS carbon engine cover kit, a bit over priced for what it is, but makes the bay look a lot better, goes with the carbon intake very well.
Yea, i saw someone at ADI who had their engine covers dipped and it did look pretty good but i prefer the real thing where it's available, would end up being a bit cheaper for sure. wouldn't do the intake justice though, the weave direction and distribution perfectly matches the carbon intake cover and intake pipe
Another little addition, carbon wing mirrors. Been spending a fair bit getting my house ready to sell so not much has been happening with the car lately. That will change once the house is sold
Found front bags going for hella cheap today in real good condition. Couldn't resist. Just need management (going 3P) and rear bags then im going to be on air! No rush at the moment though, still working on the house...
One of my mates set me up a awesome deal for the rest of the air ride kit, couldn't turn it down!
Not sure when it's all getting fitted yet, one of my mates is an absolute wizard with air ride, does some really fancy boot builds so he's going to fit mine when he's got some free time. Will still be sat on my busted up old bbs ch reps for a while but got new wheels planned
It begins. Protip - if driving on a field and you have a little play with launch control, make sure your windows are up. And prepare to take half the field home with you. The amount of mud on my arch liners was impressive!
Picking it up on Saturday took a bit longer than expected, had to cut down and re-weld the brackets on the air tank to sit a little lower so i've had to do the 60 mile round trip to my mates unit a few times to sort a few bits. Got told today the carpet for the false floor in the wheel well has arrived so he's just got to glue that down, bolt everything down and it's ready to go.
There was also a little fire but lets not go in to that... damn pinch bolts...
took a bit longer than expected, had to cut down and re-weld the brackets on the air tank to sit a little lower so i've had to do the 60 mile round trip to my mates unit a few times to sort a few bits. Got told today the carpet for the false floor in the wheel well has arrived so he's just got to glue that down, bolt everything down and it's ready to go.There was also a little fire but lets not go in to that... damn pinch bolts...
