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Yup, 12 months of A3 1.8T motoring are up and i'm off to pastures new. Shortly for sale shall be a host of parts: S3 Avus Alloys with Michelin Pilot Sports Carbonio CAI Forge Boost Hoses Forge 007 DV Forge TIP 312mm Discs and Carriers EIP Tuning Dogbone Mount S3 Lower Strut Brace REVO...

I'd always waxed my silver A3 but had read a lot about Acrylics and how they are better on silver metallics as they don't 'mute' the flake as much. Well here's what she looks like after a good wax: Not too bad, certainly had a fairly glossy look. No real flake to the paint though so...

Just a quick question... I've noticed on a few threads (mainly in the A3 8L section) that more and more 'traders' are popping up and posting replies, mainly advertising their own services. Aside from DPM and AMD are any of these companies site sponsers? If not, should their posts be...

Well, sort of Sat-Nav. It's actually a trafficmaster YQ2 system but same differance. Anyhoo, it comes with a cigarette lighter attachment, i've opened it up and it looks like this: It has a simple 0.5amp in-line fuse, on the +ve wire is a resistor. Both the terminals are then connected...

Bit sceptical myself, but interesting none the less as it would be very un-Forge to launch a product that didn't work... http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=1703DV&product=FMDVSPLTR Still, others have tried and failed with similar designs. I'm happily waiting for...

Many moons ago i was in to car audio in a big way and my car at the time was dynamatted, and full of MDF and Carpet trim stuck down with spray glue with huge fuse boxes and all sorts of crap everywhere. These days i prefer to spend money on my home entertainment, but every so often the...

I attended the AMD Rolling Road day and my A3 1.8T Sport made 192bhp and 218lb/ft. All in all i'm happy with the result. I'm reasonably confident of the accuracy of the result as a completely stock A3 1.8TQ made 182bhp which is right on the money. The shape of the curves are smooth and...

Just ordered me some German Style number plates. Gone for pressed aluminium plates without the country badge with UK letter spacing and some rather handsome 'Audi Zentrum Ingolstadt' German Audi Dealership number plate surrounds. :) I'll post some pics when they arrive and i get them fitted :)

My 1998 A3 1.8T Sport came with crappy old school wipers that don't really wipe the windows and make a funny noise. Until now, if i wanted fancy areo wipers, i thought the only option was to swap to the arms and aero wipers from late spec S3's/Golfs/TT's etc. This upgrade is about £60 and a bit...

My A3 1.8T came with crappy 288mm discs. Probably fine for 150bhp running to Tesco and back but not what is needed when running higher boost and and a new agile suspension setup. The upgrade options for 288mm discs are limited plus no matter what you do you'll still have small discs. I...

As per the little, had these done today. At the same time i changed the topmounts, bearing, droplinks and lower wishbone bushes. First thing to report is the drop... H & R Claim 35mm. i already had the sport suspension so the drop should be more like 15 - 20mm, but my suspension was 89k old...

Giving the car some beans on the way to get my Eibach/H & R suspension/ TT Brakes fitted this morning ( i was all excited)... Flying along the dual carriageway when POP! and all the power vanishes :(. Limped to the garage and asked the mechanic if he could look at that too. Turns out he...

So here's a couple of pics of the engine bay from my 1998 A3 1.8T. Posting them because i've just fitted a Carbonio CAI to replace my previous Green Panel Filter in OE Airbox setup. Under there are a load of Forge Motorsport silicone hoses and a Forge 007p. Not the prettiest engine bay in the...

when i'm turning into or reversing out of my drive i get a clonk from the front (probably nearside) of my A3 1.8T. What's this most likely to be? Car's going in to the garage for shockers and springs next Thursday and i'll ask the mechanic to take a look but i thought i'd check on here first...

Anyone know which are the correct H & R Springs to get for a 1998 A3 1.8T (<40mm drop)?. I think they do them by drop and axle weight but the H & R website is pony. I want a 30mm-ish drop and my front axle weight is 915kg.

Righto... Posted about this a while back. But still got problems so looking for new ideas. Problem: In warm weather (ie ambient temp >23°C) i get an issue where if i rev the engine or drive along, then disengage the clutch and allow the revs to settle to idle they don't; Initially the...

Are the calipers on my 1998 A3 1.8T Sport the same as fitted to the TT225?

Finally managed to coincide cleaning my car with good wheather for taking photo's! Hope you like: And the obligitory shot to show how shiny it really is:

Audi UK are dumb... I have a 1998 Audi A3 1.8T Sport. My centre console/fascia trim (the one that sorrounds the stereo and climate control) is metallic blue. My ashtray and the trim/tray around the gearstick (where is chuck my wallet and phone) are also blue. I've looked on the gallery on...

Does the 8L A3 1.8T have a light on the dash that tells you if the bonnet is open? I was cleaning my engine bay on saturday and noticed that a wiring loom was going in to the remains of a microswitch right by the bonnet catch. It was totally ****** so not exaclty sure what the switch should...