New owner here, need advice
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The stock exhaust on this car is similar to the stock intake in that it's really well-designed and flows great. Over the years it's been shown that the V6 cars don't gain much from a catback. Most just do an axle-back to gain the sound and style. Long-standing logic with Audi is to buy the turbo variant if you want power mods and get the V6 for smooth power and less-intensive maintenance. With a V6, buy a supercharger or enjoy the car's engine as-is and mod for handling and style.
And if your car is a 99 and doesn't have projectors, it's an early 99. A 99.5 would have projectors already.
And if your car is a 99 and doesn't have projectors, it's an early 99. A 99.5 would have projectors already.
Just buy the 1 piece projectors from any 99.5-01 A4 or 00-02 S4, trim the fender a little for them to fit, do the clear corner mod if thats your taste and then get a DDM tuning HID kit and you're all set. Theres a DIY out there for the 2pc to 1pc conversion, start at audidiy.com.
Yeah I was looking at that, nice supercharger setup for about 3.5k, and no intercooler too. Personally anything turbo is a nono for the weather up here, it's fine for places where the temps are nowhere near the freezing point, i've seen too many engines have cracked turbo spools or intake plenums because it was just too damned cold outside, or my favorite, spool blades chipped because of ice that got formed inside. and then yes the extra maintenance,
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Just buy the 1 piece projectors from any 99.5-01 A4 or 00-02 S4, trim the fender a little for them to fit, do the clear corner mod if thats your taste and then get a DDM tuning HID kit and you're all set. Theres a DIY out there for the 2pc to 1pc conversion, start at audidiy.com.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...Q5fAccessories
but nowhere does it say the type of bulb used
I find that there's little supoprt for aftermarket part for this car, maybe i'm just not looking at the right places
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Sorry i did'nt fill out my whole profile, "Up here" is Montreal,quebec, lately we had temps of -30 celcius (-22 farenheiht) -44 (-47 farenheit) with wind factor, we've seen many cracked manifolds, broken blades and a whole lot of other issues due to the cold, and mostly all japaneese and german built cars, but that's another debate ;-)
It's almost impossible to get any original parts here, most scrap yards here don't have the original headlights, and quite frankly i find them dull, i was looking at nice ones on ebay like theese ones
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...Q5fAccessories
but nowhere does it say the type of bulb used
I find that there's little supoprt for aftermarket part for this car, maybe i'm just not looking at the right places
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...Q5fAccessories
but nowhere does it say the type of bulb used
I find that there's little supoprt for aftermarket part for this car, maybe i'm just not looking at the right places
The fact it doesnt specify bulb should tell you something.
You're not looking in the right places for parts.
www.034motorsport.com
www.ecstuning.com
www.goapr.com
www.eurocodetuning.com
www.purems.com
www.mjmautohaus.com
thats just a start. All of these places I've ordered stuff from personally and are quality distributers with quality products.
Also, you can look in the classifieds here and on Audizine.com for used parts like the headlamps.
This site has good stuff too. www.parts4euro.com
I like thier S5 style lights. The leds look more at home on Audis than halos imo
http://www.parts4euro.com/DCShop/pro...70dcbfc1582fcf
I like thier S5 style lights. The leds look more at home on Audis than halos imo
http://www.parts4euro.com/DCShop/pro...70dcbfc1582fcf
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This site has good stuff too. www.parts4euro.com
I like thier S5 style lights. The leds look more at home on Audis than halos imo
http://www.parts4euro.com/DCShop/pro...70dcbfc1582fcf
I like thier S5 style lights. The leds look more at home on Audis than halos imo
http://www.parts4euro.com/DCShop/pro...70dcbfc1582fcf
http://www.parts4euro.com/DCShop/pro...70dcbfc1582fcf
Thanks, now i just need to find the proper ballasts and bulbs, and most likely some hacking of the harness,
now I just need to find the same ones at a decent price, meaning CHEAP !
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