BLACK A3 TDI (uk tings yo!)

[MTW]

yo yo, thought it was about time i put my current project on here, as its just gone through somewhat of a change! anyway.

i got it about 3 months ago, in a bit of a state, as you can see....

the car came with the bentley wheels, and the decent leather retrim.

and the engine is the 1.9 tdi with a motech map with around 190bhp so its not shy!

so...

from this....





to this





















and one from early edition show in the UK.



so there we go, the new soundsystem is awesome....

System spec -

JL Audio XD400-4 4 channel amplifier
JL Audio 12"w3v2-2 subwoofer
JL Audio c3 650 csi component set in factory locations with reinforced baffles.
DYNAMAT.

to get it lowwer we removed the helper springs and fabricated longer drop links.

and the wheels were split and rebuilt after dealing with 8 hours of locking wheel nut removal and snapped bolts with the heads glued in thanks to the previous owner then finished in gloss black.

also the rear wiper was removed, and a set of 2011 rear lights installed which really finishes the car off

overall im mega happy with how it sits now, cant beleive how much 1.5 inches can change the look of the car!

still to come...

full respray
boot, headlining and pillars trimmed in alcantara (maybe a few more bits too)
6 or 8 mm spacers on the back
tinted fogs and indicators
lows
another set of speakers in the rear.

so there she is, hope you like.

[Jorge]

I like the black on black. Quite a nice A3, that figure is very optimistic for a 1.9tdi though.

Bringing it to the next meet in MK?

[P78]

this looks good

but imo the black finish doesn't suit the bentley wheels
for me the orange looked better

[MTW]

I like the black on black. Quite a nice A3, that figure is very optimistic for a 1.9tdi though.

Bringing it to the next meet in MK?

yea probably, thats what last owner reckoned, prob about 170 really, its a very good map though, its rapid whatever it is, kept up with carl and tosh's worked mk2's no problem :-)

this looks good

but imo the black finish doesn't suit the bentley wheels
for me the orange looked better

must be the first person who said that!....fair enough, but ive never liked bentley wheels simpley because no one ever paints them one colour i think dont look good with different colour lips, and never seen any all in black before so thought id give it a crack!

[Jorge]

Black wheels are something you can only appreciate properly in real life.

[P78]

maybe so

don't get me wrong

like the current setup

black just doesn't do wheels justice in my opinion

[MTW]

Black wheels are something you can only appreciate properly in real life.

THIS

and yea deffinatly going to get up to a meet soon if i can, last one looked awesome

maybe so

don't get me wrong

like the current setup

black just doesn't do wheels justice in my opinion

i do know what you mean, to be fair, we all thought the wheels might get lost with the black, but in person its very suprising, somehow you can see the wheels better in black than when they were orange.

[I_R_5m4r7]

i work with a guy that drives a white a3 tdi. thing is nice. i personally love those wheels in black...very nice work

[MTW]

thanks buddy

[a3 german]

+1 that like's a lot the black wheels.

congratulations, great project

[M3_GT]

Nice car mate.

[trickydik_1]

that thing is sinister, and the interior is icing on the cake...........and I'm not a bentley fan nor black wheel fan

[MTW]

cheers lads :-)

[Irfaan]

Those rims are uber sexy!!! Euro FTW

[MTW]

cheers, another pic from edition