hinrichs b5 build

[hinrichs]

yeah i liked the elevel, just **** having the gauges, thats why i was gonna go with the autopilot this time but just never really liked how it worked

[Alex@BagRiders]

Yeah you could always go with the SwitchSpeed again and if you ever wanted to upgrade to eLevel in the future, you would just need to send your ECU back to AccuAir to get it reflashed and buy the four sensors with linkage.

[hinrichs]

i tried setting up my friends car with e-level but we gave up, plus i just dont wanna spend the money on that right now even though it would be my 1st choice to have

[Alex@BagRiders]

just called will about it lol, deff gonna get a setup, just wish i didnt have to wait for anything, biggest decision is gonna be management, i liked my old switchspeed and ***** my avs switchbox...id do elevel if i had someone to install it for me and he was telling me that theres a new easystreet comming out but not for a little while

Haha awesome! Yeah the AutoPilot V2 is nearing the final stages of development but eLevel is quite amazing and the install isn't that bad if you do it yourself

[hinrichs]

just called will about it lol, deff gonna get a setup, just wish i didnt have to wait for anything, biggest decision is gonna be management, i liked my old switchspeed and ***** my avs switchbox...id do elevel if i had someone to install it for me and he was telling me that theres a new easystreet comming out but not for a little while

[Alex@BagRiders]

i want to, just dont wanna dump that much into the struts alone, what kinda pricing tho?

With our group buy, the fronts are going to be $850 (originally $1,000) and the rears are going to be $750 (originally $900)

[hinrichs]

Looks great man, those Etoile's are sweet!

If you're ready to put bags on the daily, we're doing a pre-order sale on the B5 struts... Just saying

i want to, just dont wanna dump that much into the struts alone, what kinda pricing tho?

[Alex@BagRiders]

Looks great man, those Etoile's are sweet!

If you're ready to put bags on the daily, we're doing a pre-order sale on the B5 struts... Just saying

[Sobigsofly]

great work as always Jim, by the way this dude does all his work right there in the driveway...

[DDM]

Out of those 3 possibly colours I actually think the dark purple would have looked best:P
And I thought the gold looked pretty good!

[P78]

sweet daily

[hinrichs]

the benz wheels were only 8" wide...they had some stretch but i just was never really into them, oh and this is susposed to be my "daily"

[P78]

i like

never seen those etoiles before

looked okay on the benz's too, maybe some spacing and some stretch and u would have had awesome stance imo

tho must admit

etoiles look heaps better

[hinrichs]

never made a thread for this car yet...so here goes

thought id start a build thread in here rather than keep updating my intro thread with pics

1999.5 A4 1.8t quatro
126k, 5 speed
United Motorsports Tune
APR TIP
APR Catback
Test Pipe
Bailey DV
ST Coils


bought it completly stock, well had a bailey dv that I didnt know about



first mod was my a new headunit and matching shiftknob




then added a boost gauge, took a while to cut the vent



ordered ST coils a day before I bought the car, no install pics tho....also went with a set of 18x8 et44 mercedes 6 slots




then ordered 25 and 30mm spacers to get it almost flush



also got bored when Dr.Hermie was over and did some wood grain on the wheels





Added some stickers along the way...some WFSU stickers have been added thanks to a private donation :thumbsup:



When it broke down...ended up being a bad fuel pump ground which stumped me for a few weeks...just had to use the triangle



Random gas pump shot



Decided I wasnt happy enough with the stance on the 18s so I sold them in a day, put on the stockers and painted them white





then ordered these....Etoile 455 17x8.5 et 20 17x9.5 et 25 Nankan NS-II 205/45 all around



Wheels mounted up...needed a 14x1.5 to 12x1.5 stud conversion and lug nuts due to the wheels have 12mm lug holes...may end up drilling them out to 14mm




edit: wheels are just spray bombed and basically temporary till i figure out what color i like, reason for painting them was the gold was done poorly and the centers faded differently than the center caps did which was annoying, plus the po of the wheels had a black b5 and a few people thought it was his car

Here were my 3 choices that I picked out



Ended up with this combo




Need to get better pics of both sides later today, also need to either remove or remake the drive train stabilizer and 2 other small things under the car that are hitting everything after I lowered the front, I have about an inch between those things and the ground