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Hey guys,
so since i was involved in an accident with a lorry back May i haven't really been modding... to be honest i have been busy with work and kinda lost the want to mod it since it just looked a mess.
here is the thread with all the details of the accident: http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/a3-s3-sportback-8p-chassis/157157-they-say-they-might-write-off.html
and a pic of how bad she looked:
so i have since been looking to get the car repaired and i managed to get all the money direct from the third parties insurance company by the End of July... so after a lot of thought on what i wanted to do i got an offer for a repair that i honestly could not refuse but it meant that i had to wait a few weeks to a month to get the parts.... well that few weeks turned into 3 months and i finally gave up waiting around and getting messed about.
In that time i also had another mis-hap and done this to the front grill:
so the first thing was the parts list... well i have wanted to get a nice set of wheels on for a while now but at the same time i wanted to drop the car a bit...
but then lady luck decided to frown on me and my intercooler pipes shaped off leaving me pretty much stranded:
Good side:
Broken side:
I got myself home that night (an hours journey took me 4 hours) and then I fixed that the next day, picked up the replacement pipe from a VW dealership and carried on going.
So after a lot of contemplating i decided which alloys i wanted and some other bits too, i ordered myself these:
RS6-2 Alloys in 19s
And some A3 3.2 brakes front and rear complete (same as S3 345mm discs):
Also got myself a set of Eibach sport line springs from GNJ Motorsports here on the forum (thanks for that mate)
I painted up the new brakes:
and then i picked up some new front and rear wishbones as i had some cracks in the bushes and get that all sorted out:
Lovely Stance:
Next up was to get the car repairedâ¦
so i thought hard about it and since i was given essentially free money to fix up the car i thought why not⦠just go and get it done now.
so i started the search and started collecting the parts upâ¦
Thats right i am going to facelift it!
As you can see i got myself a full S3 front end⦠since the damage from the accident went round to the back of the car i also got myself the S3 rear bumper too but i didn't want it to just look like any other S3⦠i also had this picture as my inspiration:
so i got myself one of these:
Now all is well getting the parts together and making sure i have all the bits but then was the dilemma of actually getting it all on the car⦠not to mention the fact that the car had enough damages on it to now need a full respray...
So i started getting quotes around London for the repair work and the respray but the quotes were way over the top⦠some actually saying that it will cost me £1500 on labour!
So i decided i would get in contact with some really nice friends in Birmingham who have a nice bodyshop and quoted me an unbelievable price! lets just say it was more than half the prices i was getting in London.
Now the main problem was how am i going to get the car with all the bits to Birmingham⦠i mean the bonnet alone takes up all the space in the boot so i had no choice⦠I am going to have to facelift it myself!
now remember the only reason i decided to do this is so that i can get all the bits up to Birmingham⦠the guys there can then adjust it and do what they need to doâ¦
So i got everything i needed and made sure i had all the tools⦠planned a day to start and then on a Saturday i got ready and just did it all on the driveway!
Here is the front bumper and xenons off:
Crash bar, wings and rad surround off:
Bonnet off:
All the bits removed:
After this i got too busy and didn't stop to take pics as i was also running out of daylight⦠but with some help from Dre who came as i was rebuilding the car we managed to get the parts back on in the dark and rain! Really bad pics here!
I chose not to fit the new grill on as i didn't want to spoil it on the way up to Birmingham so left the S3 grill on the car.
But in the morning i got some more pics:
I found out that i needed a couple more parts which have not been mentioned on any forum so i got the part numbers together and got those ready for order.
so since i was involved in an accident with a lorry back May i haven't really been modding... to be honest i have been busy with work and kinda lost the want to mod it since it just looked a mess.
here is the thread with all the details of the accident: http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/a3-s3-sportback-8p-chassis/157157-they-say-they-might-write-off.html
and a pic of how bad she looked:
so i have since been looking to get the car repaired and i managed to get all the money direct from the third parties insurance company by the End of July... so after a lot of thought on what i wanted to do i got an offer for a repair that i honestly could not refuse but it meant that i had to wait a few weeks to a month to get the parts.... well that few weeks turned into 3 months and i finally gave up waiting around and getting messed about.
In that time i also had another mis-hap and done this to the front grill:
so the first thing was the parts list... well i have wanted to get a nice set of wheels on for a while now but at the same time i wanted to drop the car a bit...
but then lady luck decided to frown on me and my intercooler pipes shaped off leaving me pretty much stranded:
Good side:
Broken side:
I got myself home that night (an hours journey took me 4 hours) and then I fixed that the next day, picked up the replacement pipe from a VW dealership and carried on going.
So after a lot of contemplating i decided which alloys i wanted and some other bits too, i ordered myself these:
RS6-2 Alloys in 19s
And some A3 3.2 brakes front and rear complete (same as S3 345mm discs):
Also got myself a set of Eibach sport line springs from GNJ Motorsports here on the forum (thanks for that mate)
I painted up the new brakes:
and then i picked up some new front and rear wishbones as i had some cracks in the bushes and get that all sorted out:
Lovely Stance:
Next up was to get the car repairedâ¦
so i thought hard about it and since i was given essentially free money to fix up the car i thought why not⦠just go and get it done now.
so i started the search and started collecting the parts upâ¦
Thats right i am going to facelift it!
As you can see i got myself a full S3 front end⦠since the damage from the accident went round to the back of the car i also got myself the S3 rear bumper too but i didn't want it to just look like any other S3⦠i also had this picture as my inspiration:
so i got myself one of these:
Now all is well getting the parts together and making sure i have all the bits but then was the dilemma of actually getting it all on the car⦠not to mention the fact that the car had enough damages on it to now need a full respray...
So i started getting quotes around London for the repair work and the respray but the quotes were way over the top⦠some actually saying that it will cost me £1500 on labour!
So i decided i would get in contact with some really nice friends in Birmingham who have a nice bodyshop and quoted me an unbelievable price! lets just say it was more than half the prices i was getting in London.
Now the main problem was how am i going to get the car with all the bits to Birmingham⦠i mean the bonnet alone takes up all the space in the boot so i had no choice⦠I am going to have to facelift it myself!
now remember the only reason i decided to do this is so that i can get all the bits up to Birmingham⦠the guys there can then adjust it and do what they need to doâ¦
So i got everything i needed and made sure i had all the tools⦠planned a day to start and then on a Saturday i got ready and just did it all on the driveway!
Here is the front bumper and xenons off:
Crash bar, wings and rad surround off:
Bonnet off:
All the bits removed:
After this i got too busy and didn't stop to take pics as i was also running out of daylight⦠but with some help from Dre who came as i was rebuilding the car we managed to get the parts back on in the dark and rain! Really bad pics here!
I chose not to fit the new grill on as i didn't want to spoil it on the way up to Birmingham so left the S3 grill on the car.
But in the morning i got some more pics:
I found out that i needed a couple more parts which have not been mentioned on any forum so i got the part numbers together and got those ready for order.
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a couple from the side and rear.
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