Purple Tom
S3 time...
Morning!
Currently recovering after a stag do (not mine!) so thought I'd put a quick thread up about my S3.
To cut a very long story short, I've been after one for a while. I've had many cars from the VAG stable; several Corrado's and Polo's as well as a few mk4's and an 8L 1.8 20v NA that was utterly *****. My current daily is a 2004 Octavia PD130 which has been breathed on a bit but I wanted something more interesting.
Eventually, a few weeks back an S3 came up in the spec I wanted - sunroof and heated seats, although it had wheels that I wasn't keen on:
I went to view it and came to a deal. The day before I went to fetch it I found a guy on here who wanted some 18's in place of his standard 17's. Managed to work it so I went to pick the car up, met him at a nearby services and did the wheel swap in a car park
Before:
After:
Drove it home and while I'm waiting for the paperwork to take the private plate off I've made a little list of what I'm going to sort on it. Most of the stuff I've already got in stock but I've had to buy a few bits and pieces:
Fit refurbed calipers all round along with discs and pads
Repair rear xenon level unit
New xenon bulbs
Cambelt and tensioners
Water pump and thermostat
Full service including haldex
Mk4 aero wipers
Replace beesting gasket
Fit Alpine head unit with Bose adapters
Hardwire a phone charger
New mats
Repair armrest
Remove 'Quattro' stickers from the windows
Good clean and polish
It's a 2001 AMK btw, completely standard, 104k with decent history. Only had one cambelt though, in 2007 so it's about 3 years overdue!
Thanks for reading, I'll chuck some more pics up of it in bits as and when. Aiming for it to be back on the road in a couple of weeks.
Tom
Currently recovering after a stag do (not mine!) so thought I'd put a quick thread up about my S3.
To cut a very long story short, I've been after one for a while. I've had many cars from the VAG stable; several Corrado's and Polo's as well as a few mk4's and an 8L 1.8 20v NA that was utterly *****. My current daily is a 2004 Octavia PD130 which has been breathed on a bit but I wanted something more interesting.
Eventually, a few weeks back an S3 came up in the spec I wanted - sunroof and heated seats, although it had wheels that I wasn't keen on:
I went to view it and came to a deal. The day before I went to fetch it I found a guy on here who wanted some 18's in place of his standard 17's. Managed to work it so I went to pick the car up, met him at a nearby services and did the wheel swap in a car park
Before:
After:
Drove it home and while I'm waiting for the paperwork to take the private plate off I've made a little list of what I'm going to sort on it. Most of the stuff I've already got in stock but I've had to buy a few bits and pieces:
Fit refurbed calipers all round along with discs and pads
Repair rear xenon level unit
New xenon bulbs
Cambelt and tensioners
Water pump and thermostat
Full service including haldex
Mk4 aero wipers
Replace beesting gasket
Fit Alpine head unit with Bose adapters
Hardwire a phone charger
New mats
Repair armrest
Remove 'Quattro' stickers from the windows
Good clean and polish
It's a 2001 AMK btw, completely standard, 104k with decent history. Only had one cambelt though, in 2007 so it's about 3 years overdue!
Thanks for reading, I'll chuck some more pics up of it in bits as and when. Aiming for it to be back on the road in a couple of weeks.
Tom
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