Audi A1 by mgpdoc ••

[Gearn94]

I love the details to. Looks realy awsome!

[mgpdoc]

Cheers, thanks a lot

[becausephilchow]

I love the attention to detail!

[mgpdoc]

After 3,5 year of owning the car from new, and 55k kms, my floormates were looking tired. Not bad for a daily.
I didnt like the options my dealership had to offer, so i searched online for something custom, and subtle. So, onto the pics as always.

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Out with the old ones

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Transferred my custom billet securing clips onto them

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That uneven stitching gets my OCd a bit, but oh well . . .

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Installed them on the car

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Looked perfect

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And the rear ones

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Cheers guys

Mike

[TEASY]

Love to read and see your build!
Just great - keep up the amazing documentation and you work on you cars also!
Maybe in future when I come to Greece again I will visit you!

[mgpdoc]

Then it was a matter of installing all of the new bushed and things to complete the puzzle

Old rear control arm bushings

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Inner Arches were tired

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Disassembling

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Front suspension removed for the top mount bushings and bearings

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OEM vs Powerflex Black Bushings

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Steering rack ball joints, that love my wide wheels+Spacers+Ride Height combo a lot, i am sure

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Control arms removed

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New arches bought from the dealership, ready to be installed



In place

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I need to clean my suspension, makes me sad to see it like that

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Putting shinny things back on

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Old bushings removed, new ones, Powerflex black bushings front and rear, in place

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These are not only firm, but also, stealthy, noone knows they are there, except for you. Ok maybe the passenger as well.

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Until i show you some final photos after the alignment and fitment of the new suspension components, here's a small, but not cheap side projects i have been working on.

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Any ideas ?

I bought this expensive bad boy. It is suitable for M5, M6, M8 and M10 rivnuts. I always wanted this, and instead of going to body shops, have one just for me. This gives you the ability to go oem fitment on all custom mounted parts, so it's just what i wanted.

Also acquired some cobalt drill bits all the way to 13mm. Cant go wrong with quality tools i guess.

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First job i tried it on, was the rear fire extinguisher mount.

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It was installed with self-tapping screws, which due to vibrations, at some point, fail.

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Drilled the holes to 8mm

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M8 Rivnut with some red loctite

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Ah, better

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Now, for the fitment photos, after the suspension has settled. Car feels amazing, mush stiffer but in a good way, not here and there, more like in one place. Sharper, and precise

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Without doing anything to the front ride height from the suspension settings, look how much higher it sat from the changes of components....

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Cheers everyone, I hope you liked the updates

For faster updates, as always, follow me on instagram, @mgpdoc

[mgpdoc]

So then naturally, i just had to find some time to put all the things, and see how it went. First stress of the process was to see of the mounts would actually fit, since, they were not listed for my car. However everyone reassured me after a lot of photos going back and forth that they would actually fit.

Driver's - Gearbox side

Airbox removed

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Mount removed

Side by side

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What a weird shaped mount. Seems like they will be ok though

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Test fitted and went in first time

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Marked my bolts, cause you know me.

Installed the airbox back in- needs a good clean, LoL

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Now, for the passenger's - engine side

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This is the actual mount

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This was very tired. Side by side with the VT one

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Installed in place

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Finally the lower mount - no problems here

Out with the old oem mount with the Powerflex insert

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In with the complete replacement of the VT one

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I was very anxious as to how it would behave, given this is a diesel engine, and vibrations are there. Even in a petrol car, when you go to stiffer mounts, you can feel it in the cabin. However, no drama. Yes, when the car is cold, and the ac on sometimes it can get a little harsh, but nothing major, and only at idle. Feels very very nice, and no going back whatsoever . . . .

Cheers

[DawsonLiri]

Clean job as usual

But black mount for a daily? Not a good idea for me...

[mgpdoc]

What i didnt like is the engine movement back and forth, when letting go off the gas pedal , and while shifting, despite the Powerflex rear dog mount. I obviously needed new mounts , oem or something even better. I could find nothing available for my car - as always- so i searched and talked a lot, wit companies. I think i came across something, which, fingers crossed will fit. If it does actually fit, we will have to see how the vibration is inside the cabin as well, as these were not intended to go on a diesel car. Along with the engine mounts, I also ordered some black - yes black - powerflex mounts for some suspension components. I will let pictures do the talking

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Top Strut Front Suspension Bushings, lets hope these will hold better than stock ones- already changed once

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And now for the engine mounts - I bought the Vibra Technics, great quality - lets hope they fit. They told me the dog mount is not suitable for non-petrol cars, and if i see that's the case, i will use my existing Powerflex Diesel specific one. As for the other two, although not listed for my car, they told me they would fit. Bought them through Darkside Developments, and they told me that if they dont fit, I can return them and get my money back. Let's see.

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Engine side

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Gearbox mount

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Dog mount

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Fingers crossed they fit

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Cheers

More to come, hope you liked the updates

Follow me on Instagram, @mgpdoc for quicker updates

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Then i gave the car a proper service, oil, filters, cleaned the KN intake, etc.

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Wheels got a wash prior to storing them

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Summers 18s back on, and car ready for a summer trip

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Car felt great on the trip

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In the middle of nowhere

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Also bought another two OSIR pods for my side vents

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[mgpdoc]

Then, I removed the rear bumper to match the lower trim in gloss black

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While i was there I went for a full bumper respray to make it fresh

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Car was like this for a while, since number one rule, is to not time-push your painter

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Polished the exhaust given the chance

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Love this photo

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Bought some new OEM hardwate to convert the tailights to the Facelift ones that i had bought a while back. All this lot in the picture, costs no less than about 100euros. It sucks I know

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Out with the old

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In with the new and everything working like it should

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Here with the bumper installed in gloss black as well. I liked the rear end it was very fresh and these tailights when on, are very smart. I will show you in pics to follow.

Changed the boot seal as well which was looking tired

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Then, seeing that the talights were looking very white at the indicator i thought i'd give it a go with red tint like i always to see what they looked like

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Came out really nice

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I liked it and left it like that for a while

Then I bought some Audi R8 ashtrays

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Removed my tall one

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Modified to fit

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Installed in place

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Much nicer, and subtle

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Also took my GTX3076 MKv out for a stretch

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[mgpdoc]

It's been a while since I updated this, mostly due to lack of time, not lack of things happening.

However let's take things slowly, hopefully in the actual time frame they happened.

Got the car on the dyno

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Car made a healthy 160hp, and almost 29kg of torque.

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Got the car stuck - again

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Sideskirt were painted

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Installed with all new hardware

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Loved the sideskirts

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Installed new beefy Bridgestone summer tires on my winter wheels - go figure

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225-45-17s

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[mgpdoc]

Again, I have some updates to show you.

So, I sourced a pair of power folding mirrors, and heated as well. A nice retrofit i always wanted to do

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Complete with the loom

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Control unit

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And thes ECUs

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I will install them when i have some more time i guess

Then, although i said i wouldnt do this, in this car as well, i fell for a set of cf mirror caps. I just had to

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Lost no time, and installed them

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They came out great, amazing quality, and suit the car nicely.

What is more, I purschased some LED facelift tailights. I already had LED ones which i like. But thes are also cool. I think i will keep both, lol.

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Car was very happy with its gifts . . . but more was to come . . .

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I sourced some S-Line Sideskirts, german ebay is your friend sometimes.

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Only part missing

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Then, I ordered some more boxes from the dealership, this time it was the chassis-mounts for the sideskirts. These were new, and cost more than the sideskirts themselves. I also bought the fittings, and bolts. I wanted to do it right, or not at all.

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From this

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So, i went ahead and decided to fit the mounts. As my car didnt come from factory with the S-Line parts, it did not have the guides, like studs, to where the mounts should sit. So i had to measure some things, and then bolt these on the car. It had double sided tape from factory, a very strong one. I used bolts in the 7 holes given, and also some adhesive glue in the flat contact points.
In my opinion this is going nowhere.

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Then the other side

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I put them on without clipping them perfectly , because they need to be painted misano red

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They came out awesome....imo

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[mgpdoc]

Your attention to detail and documentation is awesome!! Keep up the awesome builds.

Thank you very much, glad you like it and enjoy it as much

love everything about that interior... god dam, now i want to wrap my dash. i blame you for this...lol

You know you want to

[C2_mad]

love everything about that interior... god dam, now i want to wrap my dash. i blame you for this...lol