Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

[mgpdoc]

Here is the first one

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0XW5lfN0Vw"]Tom's Garage Audi A4/RS4 Project - Fenders and Trim painting - YouTube[/ame]

[mgpdoc]

Hello all.

I have some interesting progress to show you.

Let's begin with the bodywork being finished earlier this week

Rear passenger door ready



And all of the damaged spots the car had through the years, were fixed







Door trims and door blades removed too, to be prep'd



Then I got to drive the car - LoL



Bye bye ramp



Time to meet the MAHA lifter



Up it goes



For work to be finished on the arches and underbody



Everything Zinc'd



Seam sealed



And then a base colour coat was given



Boot hinges were removed too





And car was left to rest here



So as to put some work on the removed parts



Final touches



And the line-up for paint booth was starting to grow up rapidly







More sanding and prepping







Primer landed on the first parts









Temp was not random too - LoL



So painting came smoothly







ClearCoating



Some first pics of the bumper-sideskirts parts













The man in charge



Love the reflections



Even without ANY polishing





Mooooaaar parts



Primered



And finished











Coming up in a while, some videos of the whole process.

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Noooo! Don't take the audi engine out! Won't you lose awd capabilities?

Why ? Is it obligatory to lose Quattro if I chose to keep it ?

[dubs&boost]

Noooo! Don't take the audi engine out! Won't you lose awd capabilities?

[mgpdoc]

So here is another update now that I found a laptop to play with, cause I was away from the city for a while - summer calling



Bodywork-wise, some work on the door was done, and it is getting there





Grinded down this upper trunk side



Window trim rivet holes filled



And then grinded down



Mr Akis is NOT joking.



Minimum work for the painter



More welding



Finally this



Received more work





An experienced hand can never lie



Almost done before sanding



Time for the paint team to start playing some ball







Sanded















More to come . . .



Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Thanks a lot guys. Really appreciate the love

[Belvader]

damn, I love the craftsmenship and dedication your putting into this build

[TeckniX]

pinch welding back the pinch weld - now that's proper work.

Luv the build mate - can't wait to see more and of course some motor work

[mgpdoc]

Today's progress was very interesting and unique.

First of all









All ready to be welded







Drilled the holes for the bumper's quick release system





And here comes the nice part

Did some work on this



Then grinded this





Test fitting



Hell yeah





Needs work



Then we did some work on this little part here that needed some love from some previous cutting sessions







All done, some sanding and will be ready for paint



Say hello to my little friend



Which lets you do this









Meanwhile, removed body parts (yeah, that sounds awkard, lol) started receiving some love





And I bought these little sockets on the bottom and some colours to play with.



But more on this later

Cheers everyone

Mike

[mgpdoc]

An absolutely impressive project!
Keep up the cool work!
RESPECT!!

If its getting built there isnt any point in going gte. possibly why he went with that.

I guess it depends on powergoals, but starting with a front facing intake instead of having to buy/make one and factory piston oil coolers (squirts), the little stuff would've been first on my list.
It's all debatable of course, and was a question as to why, not judging the choice.

ps: what transmission are you going to run?

1. at the power levels I am going for, non of the
-oem turbos
-oem manifolds
-oem internals

are staying. So there is no point in going for a gte. What is more, the ge is better in some points, depending on how high you are going to go . . . Again, I did not buy this by chance.

We shall see for transmission.

Cheers

[TeckniX]

I see your "better", and raise you with a "why is it better, and for what use".
It is not like black and white.

I did my homework before choosing an engine

I guess it depends on powergoals, but starting with a front facing intake instead of having to buy/make one and factory piston oil coolers (squirts), the little stuff would've been first on my list.
It's all debatable of course, and was a question as to why, not judging the choice.

ps: what transmission are you going to run?

[TEASY]

Mp..

An absolutely impressive project!
Keep up the cool work!
RESPECT!!

[Thom]

So why did you get a normal na 2jzge vvti and not a better one like the 2jzgte vvti? Cost was first on my mind but then i remembered the alcantar so I don't it factors in...

If its getting built there isnt any point in going gte. possibly why he went with that.

[mgpdoc]

So why did you get a normal na 2jzge vvti and not a better one like the 2jzgte vvti? Cost was first on my mind but then i remembered the alcantar so I don't it factors in...

I see your "better", and raise you with a "why is it better, and for what use".
It is not like black and white.

I did my homework before choosing an engine

[TeckniX]

So why did you get a normal na 2jzge vvti and not a better one like the 2jzgte vvti? Cost was first on my mind but then i remembered the alcantar so I don't it factors in...