Audi A4 BAT - Quattro Project by Tom's Garage

[dannydizzat]

this car could not be more legit! props for top quality materials and excellent craftsmaship!

[mgpdoc]

I love this build! Just put the disco potato on my a4 and would love to turn it into something of this proportion.

this car could not be more legit! props for top quality materials and excellent craftsmaship!

Thank you very much guys.
Happy you are enjoying this

[mgpdoc]

Do the Lexan Windows by Plastics4Performance work with Electrical Powered Windows ?

The answer is yes, they do, and perfectly too

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBaPl4HTsAs"]Plastics4Performance - Audi A4 B7 Lexan Window Kit - Electrical Powered Windows Test•2 - YouTube[/ame]

[LCG]

Is there a disclaimer on scratching appearing from rolling them down and up?

If not, that is one tuff product.

[mgpdoc]

No scratching on them windows from the electrical windows system, as said by manufacturer.

[mgpdoc]

Well, I have some updates for you

First of all, I made some orders today.

1. Ordered the remaining RS4 sideskirt for the right side from the stealership cause I got bored of searching over the net, and sellers bored to ship it over to me. Whatevah.

2. I ordered all the bumper-fender-sideskirt supports, all new from stealership

Now, what i have left for the end, are the rear inner arches, and I will order those new, if and only if, I make sure that it cant be done without them. I guess that is the case. But I need to be sure. Then I will order those as well asap.

So waiting for those to come, and when they do, I will get to installing almost everything that can be installed by me. Which is pretty much everything but the rear fenders.

A lot of work ahead of me, and I love it

What is more, I managed to do some work on the RS4 grill.

Some sneak pics.





Stay tuned for more

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

I found some time to play with the rear bumper and make it look like I wanted it to look, and make its weight, the weight I need it to have for my needs.

So, let's see

Removed all the OEM Parking wiring and sensors, these are also for sale if someone wants them



From this



To this



50:50 shot



Time to remove the real weight of the rear bumper

This big chunk, that weighs almost 5lbs



Then the game got more interesting . . .

Made a template



Measure twice, cut once



My hand was not shaking one bit - drilling was excellent even though I had the room for error due to the forthcoming paint session

Then, I took some of these



Now we are getting somewhere . . .



Ready





Lets throw it on the car to see how it looks for a quick snap



This is when I would smoke a cigarette if I was a smoker



Cheers for now. I have some more updates coming.

Stay tuned

Mike

[loekaaz]

I may sound stupid, so pls forgive me, but why do you make holes in your rear bumper?

[Twannnd]

The holes in de rear bumper are to much for me, otherwise great car

[244Brick]

I may sound stupid, so pls forgive me, but why do you make holes in your rear bumper?

I believe it's to help the air under the car flow better.

[mgpdoc]

It is to reduce drag caused by the air getting trapped in front of the bumper.

[mgpdoc]

So I have another surprise that showed up today.

After a long time, more than two months I think, the cage has finally been made, and sent to me

Needless to say I was over the moon when they called me it had arrived.

Sadly, it wouldnt fit inside the Golf, so I went there with a nice Grand Cherokee of a good friend, that's what friends are for



Tried really hard to not rip the box apart and take some pics of it first



This boxed later turned out to have the material/insulation I opted for it to have. But I will not use it at least for now. We shall see later.

Lost no time and put everything together to see how it would look . . .









Some random shots





Raw aluminium just like I picked it, cause I have other plans







Then i turned everything to pieces again





And took some notes . . .



So as to go to the trim shop that did my dashboard . . .

But then some more parts arrived there . . .



Hm . . . who knows why . . .

More to come

[mgpdoc]

So, I lost no time, and took the cage out for a ride. Not with the Audi however.



And these, as well



My other option for transportation was this, out of a Wrangler chassis





But maybe next time - LoL

Here it is in the shop



I also left these, for which I have some surprises - hehe



Now, I did some work on the front bumper, preparing it for the next week.
If all goes well, given the new things from stealership arrive in time, I will start the efforts of mounting everything in the front end.

Here is what I did

The bumper I sourced, came with these two parts fitted - the ones in black, partially removed.



I was ready to order those again, but last minute, I luckily thought I already had them, so cancelled their order. What is more, I dont need them, so I would have two pairs for nothing. Here they are removed



Then, it was time to throw the grille onto the bumper for the first time to see how it will look



Can you spot which part will be cut off ?



Easy I guess

Front view



Rear view



Bye bye



Again as I said in the past, a heatgun and a paper-knife, works wonders in plastic, and gives you the ability to cut perfectly, and have no trimming work to do afterwards



I then installed the fog light grilles so as to see if I could remove some more weight off the bumper



Seems like this part is not needed for me

Before



and after



this goes away



Same thing from the other side



So these can go to the bin -well okay to my storage room, cause I dont like to throw away things



So bumper came out cleaner and lighter



And threw it next to the car, just to see how it would look . . .



Cant wait to find time for more work

Cheers everyone

Mike

[e.mury]

Im absolutely loving this build. Amazing work

[mgpdoc]

Hehe, thanks a lot