after a lot of frustration and cutting the FMIC finally fits decently. i think i am going to have to relocate my power steering coolant lines because they are hanging down enough to push on the lower valence and i dont want to get them caught on a speed bump. the HID kit install was CAKE. ordered them from VVME and i got them in a week! after reading about all the late orders and different bulb colors i was getting scared....

oh and i also got a new euro-plate....i know i'm going to get flammed for it, but what can i say i have pretty much lived in the south all my life, therefore i'm soooouuuthern

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man alive, i know what you went through on the FMIC.. it's worth it though! looks great

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the other thing you want to worry about vvme is their ballasts, try to locate them in low-heat areas. the passenger side one that I have near my intake area is already starting to go bad and I've had it less than 2 months. the other one I have located between the abs and p/s res is doing fine.

one place you can put it that's a low heat area is between the fender and engine bay. there's like a post one the passenger side after you take out the headlight where you can ziptie the ballast down. i had to do that on this one dude's 1.8t because he had stock intake and nowhere else to put it lol.

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01.5 2.8qm: Custom CAI, 18" Hp Lightning on 245/40/18 Kuhmo Ecsta MX, CC mod, tinted tails, 2x 12" Jensen sub with a 300 watt Bazooka Amp, Asian driver....

thanks for the heads up! i actually have it strapped down to the bumper support post right under the air intake box...i may move it now. the other one is strapped to the old intercoolers spot.

i was driving down the road and came to a stoplight...light turned green so i floored and BOOM! one of the hoses came undone so i drove like 25mph back home and reconnected it....i dont think i tightened it down to begin with! doh!

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Looks good. Which FMIC did you go with? Have any ideas for the lower grills?

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01 A4 1.8T Quattro Sport
Eibach, Hotchkis, Upsolute, Borla

i bought the FMIC used from elitetuning1. i think its an ebay one. as far as the grill goes i am going to try and find some kind of mesh that will match the grill and paint it the same color...i think i am going to paint the pipes black too.

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put some hair spray at the end of the hoses and then clamp them down. i hope you're using t-clamps as they work the best. as for the mesh, a home improvement store will have it. do it and then post up more pix

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01.5 2.8qm: Custom CAI, 18" Hp Lightning on 245/40/18 Kuhmo Ecsta MX, CC mod, tinted tails, 2x 12" Jensen sub with a 300 watt Bazooka Amp, Asian driver....

The one thing that i like about the racetec is that you can mount it withouth taking out the lower grills. But looks reall good.

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2001 A4 2.8 quattro 5 speed.
H&R Racing springs:RS4 Grill:CAI:Short Shifter:Magnaflow:EuroPlate:Clear Corners:Speedtuning ECU re-flashed:

that happened to me about 3-4 times before I just tightened everything down to the breaking point, then I got t-bolts. This is why t-bolt clamps are best, since in order to prevent the hoses from coming off with normal screw clamps you pretty much have to almost break them. You can clamp t-bolts as far as they'll go without sweating it.