Hi all,
I figured I'd start another thread as my other one got lost in time lol. I've had my A3 for a month now and stock didn't last long
. Here's what I've done so far:
Badge Delete (I'm from Chile btw)
Synthetic coat (can't afford a ceramic coat yet)
Bought a RS3 grill (not installed yet!) and a tow hook license plate mount to not ruin the look
Changed my wheels from OEM 17x7,5 ET 51 (I think) 225/45/17 to RS4 Reps 18x8 ET35 225/40/18. LOVE THEM!
I know, holy wheel gap! Worry not, Eibach Pro-kit Springs are on their way!
As far as the rest of the list goes:
- Tint my rear windows
- Wrap the rest of the roof after the sunroof gloss black
- Wrap the lower lip of the front bumper in gloss black
Trying to keep this build clean and "oem" while still being different from the 10250419 A3s driving around lol. This is my daily driver so I can only go a certain length. She's also a 1.4t and under warranty so a tune (APR and REVO available locally) is out of the list...for now .
Since having it, I've had this rattling sound during accelerations at low revs. I thought it was because it was brand new and needed to get broken into but a google search showed me the famous "turbo wastegate actuator rattle" suffered by many owners and that there is no fix. Mine is a 2016 model and most forum posts were from 2014 so I'm surprised the problem still exists on the later models. Is there a fix?
Last but not least, my last mod would be something in the exhaust department. I've got this muffler delete available from another 8v owner for stupid cheap (same guy that sold me the RS3 grill):
His was a 1.8t so the sound may be different but he said it definitely gave his car a noise-change. I'm not a fan of cutting a month old exhaust to fit the muffler delete, but if the options below are not recommended by ya'll I guess I can get persuaded lol (it's stupid cheap...literally lol)
The other options are:
- Custom made Cat-back in stainless steel with either a muffler or resonator (Which one would help me delete the "drone" sound. I do a lot of highway driving and it would drive me insane)
- By insane I mean a muffler and resonator delete....or yolo? hahaha sounds crazy but highway driving = kill me plz lol
- REMUS Catback exhaust...sounds SICK but its the most expensive option out of the bunch.
Very happy with how the car is turning out and a joy to drive! (except the rattle thing lol). Learned lots in this forum so I hope I can get some feedback on the rattle issue and exhaust option!
Thanks in advance!!!
I figured I'd start another thread as my other one got lost in time lol. I've had my A3 for a month now and stock didn't last long
. Here's what I've done so far:Badge Delete (I'm from Chile btw
)Synthetic coat (can't afford a ceramic coat yet
)Bought a RS3 grill (not installed yet!) and a tow hook license plate mount to not ruin the look
Changed my wheels from OEM 17x7,5 ET 51 (I think) 225/45/17 to RS4 Reps 18x8 ET35 225/40/18. LOVE THEM!
I know, holy wheel gap!
Worry not, Eibach Pro-kit Springs are on their way! As far as the rest of the list goes:
- Tint my rear windows
- Wrap the rest of the roof after the sunroof gloss black
- Wrap the lower lip of the front bumper in gloss black
Trying to keep this build clean and "oem" while still being different from the 10250419 A3s driving around lol. This is my daily driver so I can only go a certain length
. She's also a 1.4t and under warranty so a tune (APR and REVO available locally) is out of the list...for now .Since having it, I've had this rattling sound during accelerations at low revs. I thought it was because it was brand new and needed to get broken into but a google search showed me the famous "turbo wastegate actuator rattle" suffered by many owners and that there is no fix. Mine is a 2016 model and most forum posts were from 2014 so I'm surprised the problem still exists on the later models. Is there a fix?
Last but not least, my last mod would be something in the exhaust department. I've got this muffler delete available from another 8v owner for stupid cheap (same guy that sold me the RS3 grill):
His was a 1.8t so the sound may be different but he said it definitely gave his car a noise-change. I'm not a fan of cutting a month old exhaust to fit the muffler delete, but if the options below are not recommended by ya'll I guess I can get persuaded lol (it's stupid cheap...literally lol)
The other options are:
- Custom made Cat-back in stainless steel with either a muffler or resonator (Which one would help me delete the "drone" sound. I do a lot of highway driving and it would drive me insane)
- By insane I mean a muffler and resonator delete....or yolo? hahaha sounds crazy but highway driving = kill me plz lol
- REMUS Catback exhaust...sounds SICK but its the most expensive option out of the bunch.
Very happy with how the car is turning out and a joy to drive! (except the rattle thing lol). Learned lots in this forum so I hope I can get some feedback on the rattle issue and exhaust option!
Thanks in advance!!!
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