How did you do it?
I did mine
What have you done to your 8V today?
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I did mine
CanadaA3wales
Canadian living in South Wales - Audi A3 8V 150BHP
Powder Coat, they had curbing ect.
Paid £300 for all 4 inc balancing and fitting, they even provided me some loaners to keep me on the road.
I know do u have dimond cut or just basic wheels ?
CanadaA3wales
Canadian living in South Wales - Audi A3 8V 150BHP
Just the basic Audi Alloys.
Refurbished my alloys myself
Sanding from 150 upto 2000 grit sand disks.. Then polishing.. £50 pounds for 2x wheels I don't need to do other two as they are ok
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Painted calipers from boring tacky red to car color ...100x better..
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oh dear are you doing off roads? with such massive profile? tyres?
Bolt caps arrived from AliExpress.
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Looks great! Who did it?
It's pain in *** to keep this colour clean right ?
I washed yesterday
I know it will be dirty fast..
Worst color.. To keep car clean for longer
I know it will be dirty fast..
Worst color.. To keep car clean for longer
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Spent 3 hours de-de-chroming the grille. Well, un-black-wrapping it. To be honest I didn’t do a “proper” job, as I was unsure how all the trim pieces came apart, but judicious use of a scalpel and a hot air gun got the job done adequately. Looks a lot better to my eyes. Just got to go over it with some Goo-Gone then a quick wash. Also had the reversing camera fitted by a mobile fitter from Hazzydayz. That’s it until it gets to spend 3 days with Adam @ Refined Details for paint correction and ceramic coating. Oh, and I’ve got to source some Loctite 2422 so I can do the Racingline stud and nut conversion. That’s proving a challenge.
Just fitted my custom made spigot rings today. I'm running 8mm hubcentric spacers with a 6x45 chamfer which is too big for a normal spigot ring which only fits a 3x45 chamfer. I've very sensitive to vibrations and I won't accept my wheels to vibrate just the slightest so I made this to eliminate all vibrations because it's almost impossible to fit the wheels correct without a spigot ring.
CanadaA3wales
Canadian living in South Wales - Audi A3 8V 150BHP
Debagged my rear silver parts and replaced with black rings.
Millions cars are fixed and they will not mention it's been in accident becuse ppl are too moaning like : ''oooh noot thaaatss CAT S nooo I doooon't waaant iit that's baaaad or making excuses to get it cheaper.. and damage of chassis in many cases is very little so audi perfectly knows about all accidents but if it is very very minor like mine (where is little piece of metal bended and it is cat S) audi won't mention it...Well , what can you do
I understand that...... it's leaving the damaged parts on that's annoying, they must have repaired the bumper so why not replace the crash bar
Anyway, everything lines up ok and looks right so I can live with it. On the plus side I've got my new map on and the scorpion downpipe. The neighbours are going to be ****** as the resonator is gone too
It is like Honda NXS alloy wheelsDropped the car off Friday for a full correction and ceramic coating
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It is like Honda NXS alloy wheels
they are BBS CL-R's
https://www.wheelbasealloys.com/all...MIj_DujJCk6gIVUIGyCh3tmQBKEAQYASABEgKravD_BwE
fuu expensive ..
Over here in North America we have the crummy orange reflectors in the headlamps so I swapped to euro assemblies. So much better looking. Won’t be too exciting for most of the people on here though haha. Also have the euro tails on the way.
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Why actually u have all orange ?? so now u swapped police won't stop you ?
Over here in North America we have the crummy orange reflectors in the headlamps so I swapped to euro assemblies. So much better looking. Won’t be too exciting for most of the people on here though haha. Also have the euro tails on the way.
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Over here in North America we have the crummy orange reflectors in the headlamps so I swapped to euro assemblies. So much better looking. Won’t be too exciting for most of the people on here though haha. Also have the euro tails on the way.
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Looks way better with the orange gone smurf in the best colour also .
Absolutely NOT distracting
We have archaic laws that pertain to vehicle lighting that havent been updated in 50 years. We require amber reflectors up front which are side facing. Our crummy laws are reason our dynamic tails flash the brake light as well which ruins the whole idea. And to answer your question about the police, they wouldnt notice. It isnt something thats really well known so no it isnt a concern.
Since part ex my old A3 with my 66reg A3 Saloon( Shout out to Kings Lynn Audi 
) it's been treated to carbon fibre wing mirror covers with sweeping amber indicators to match the rears,new mats and blue ring inserts for the air vents.Metal raised number plates and a rear boot spoiler and front spliter both carbon fibre are in the post.O and two new tyres being fitted on Monday.
) it's been treated to carbon fibre wing mirror covers with sweeping amber indicators to match the rears,new mats and blue ring inserts for the air vents.Metal raised number plates and a rear boot spoiler and front spliter both carbon fibre are in the post.O and two new tyres being fitted on Monday.A minor but satisfying mod, swapping out the 3 jet screen washers fo4 the fan type.
feel free to expand on this as I was thinking of doing the same myself but haven't gotten to it yet.
cheers
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Got the washer jets from Brotek
https://brotek.co.uk/store/p54/Genuine_VAG_heated_fan_Washer_jets_.html
and after watching a couple of YouTube videos, swapped mine out in 5 minutes. Note; you will also need a T8 torx screwdriver to adjust the angle of the jets. Also, the water hose needs to be pushed firmly on before being clipped. First time the hose came off one of mine = no water spray!
https://brotek.co.uk/store/p54/Genuine_VAG_heated_fan_Washer_jets_.html
and after watching a couple of YouTube videos, swapped mine out in 5 minutes. Note; you will also need a T8 torx screwdriver to adjust the angle of the jets. Also, the water hose needs to be pushed firmly on before being clipped. First time the hose came off one of mine = no water spray!
CanadaA3wales
Canadian living in South Wales - Audi A3 8V 150BHP
Didnt know you could do that. I hate the 3 squirts of water, so annoying.
Do I need the spacers for the A3 2014 or no?
Did they come with all the clips and everything you need?
Do I need the spacers for the A3 2014 or no?
Did they come with all the clips and everything you need?
U lowered? Any quality springs u have? And did u change alloys or these are standard?Got rid of the horrible gaps between the wheels and the wheel arches!
WozaS3
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yes! I used ST Suspension 20mm springs, the alloys are standard (came with the car)
I’m having stage 2 work done next week too
Yours is an 8V so no spacers. You don’t need anything other than what’s shown, except maybe a plastic “spudger” to lever up the front edge to remove the existing ones, although in all honestly you can probably just tug the old ones out.
