Audi A4 B7 2.0TQ | Project Déjà-vu

[mgpdoc]

So another thing I wanted to address, that every B7 owner knows about, is the cupholder. Or tha lack of. I mean, yes we have one at the center console, but you have two options. You either use it, and destroy it in some time, or you leave it alone, and decide that the A4 is not a car to drink your beverage in. The end.

I dont daily the A4, but sometimes, I might. On the other hand, I dont intend to destroy this cupholder, I love it, plus it costs a fortune. What is more, if it breaks, the coffee will go on alcantara, and gauges and at that point, thigs will get ugly.

So luckily someone saw into that, and made some 3d printed cupholders for an unused space we have below the armrest. Yes, the armrest covers it, but you can lift it, and use it. I also happen to have some R8 / A8 ash trays, and a Q3 one, which fit nicely in there, they look awesome and are extra storage space for little things out of sign. So let me show how it went.

Bought two, one for each car

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Very good quality out of the printer

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Test fitting things in it

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Installed it on the 20vt car to see how it fits in the console.

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Perfect fit

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Here's how things fit in it

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However me being me, I wanted to trim the upper surface in alcantara to look perfect and match the interior even better. What is more, i took the material and did it myself, which i enjoyed.

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One done

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Finished.

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Looking much better

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No difference in how they fit

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And then in the other car

Before

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Sorry for the blurry photo

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Just love it

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Cheers guys

[Buick40]

Nice work! The attention to detail is impressive, as always. The trunk hatch cover in CF made me laugh - in a good way! I would never think to dress that up, hehe. Your upholsterer does great work, too.

[mgpdoc]

Nice work! The attention to detail is impressive, as always. The trunk hatch cover in CF made me laugh - in a good way! I would never think to dress that up, hehe. Your upholsterer does great work, too.

Thank you very much for the good words. Yes, the trunk latch, is something not so ordinary, I agree. One day i opened the trunk and said, hmmm what if i could make a visual continuation of the cf of the trunk to the inside, that would be nice. And so the idea popped up

[mgpdoc]

Hello to all,

So some more updates then,

First some better pics of the amber side repeaters in the sun

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Love how it came out, seems period correct to me

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new look for the side Quattro badges, visible yet more subtle

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And some better photo of the trunk latch i got some messages about too

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Weighed the car as is now,

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Enjoyed it as a daily

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Got my carbon fiber RS4 front bumper lip

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Came out amazing and very light

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Side by side with the oem one

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Installed

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Labelled my coilpacks for when they go off. A vag guy knows that in advance.

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Bought some supplies for polishing a small Peugeot Sport Rallye 1,3 car

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Came out amazing see it in my my other threads, and also over at instagram @mgpgarage

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Also my cf end caps came in , they look amazing

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They are custom made, and here is how they will be used in my roll cage, where i will use the rear section of it and the front receiving ends will be left open

From this

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To this

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Like that, snug fit

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Cant wait to install the cage, and also them

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Cheers guys, more to come

Mike

[Radoo8V]

As always, very nice to see all the small updates and attention to detail.
Love the Carbon/Alcantara theme.

[mgpdoc]

As always, very nice to see all the small updates and attention to detail.
Love the Carbon/Alcantara theme.

Thank you sir

[mgpdoc]

A thing I had been wanting, a small one, but very special to me, is a colour matching carbon fiber part for my car keys so as to easily tell them apart from one another.

Sourced these

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Fitment is perfect, and bought two in red and two in carbon fiber, to have a set with my other 2 carbon kevlar ones (dont mind me, i just want one extra spare from everything lmao)

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Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Then after quite some time (more than 1 year) I managed to source a discontinued part that i was looking for , the RS4 B7 footrest

I found them on Germany, and came as a set with the other three pedals. However I had bought the other three ones, new from dealership, as they are still available to be bought. So I could keep the other ones as spare ones.

Here is how they came

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Tired

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Refurbish time

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Tools used

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Old one removed

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Installed

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Super happy with such a small item noone will see

[mgpdoc]

Sourced something that you guys have and we here didnt have up to now

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Also some B7 RS4 door sills

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Before

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During

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After

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Before

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During

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After

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Passenger

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The time it took to make it look like this . . . .

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Cheers

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[mgpdoc]

Some pics from the rear of the car as it is now

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Bought a BOV

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Havent installed it yet though

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You can never have too many interior LEDs

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As you know when in EU, you wanna do US things, and vice versa. So to match the amber side repeaters, I replaced the white LED DRLs

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With these

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Love em

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[mgpdoc]

Also, sourced an RS4 gauge cluster.

Here is how it came

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Looks perfect, but uppon closer inspection i see room for improvement

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Take it all apart. polish the front cover and clean the inside part.

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Cleaning everything on the inside. Or as much as possible

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Close it again, and then polish time with my new tool

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Before

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And after

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Applied some Swissvax wax by hand

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Old one goes out

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New one goes in

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Some ECU tweaking by Etuners

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More to come on this

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