What have you done to your A3 (8p) this week

[J0N]

I remember the first and last time i used my rsne for nav and that was the day i bought my car and it took me home the looooong way

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I does that haha...


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[J0N]

I take it your S3 is your daily?

It is, yes.


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[J0N]

Opinions??? Anyone

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I’ve heard them mentioned quite a bit but never had anything to do with them, go for what you know I say.


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[J0N]

Here’s a photo of my Pioneer setup. The key is to get the right Connects fascia so it fits nice and flush.

I really like how thats set back, my facia was a quick eBay job. I might have to look a bit further??


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[J0N]

I think they look great - what model are these? I’m in New Zealand now and we don’t do DAB here (no take-up after Government trials apparently) but I’d like a change from the RNSE, which, doesn’t have/get NZ maps.

I know there is an ICE forum and without starting a new thread (or researching) is the bezel/filler panel easy to come by, any additional parts needed ?

My one is a Pioneer SPH-DA130DAB, it by no means a range topper but after the Audi Symphony 2 it’s positively space age haha. I don’t think DAB was especially high on the priority list where I live either??


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[Bryant1998]

It is, yes.


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Fair enough mate, I’d probably do the same if mine was my daily but it’s just my toy

 

[e9_mustii]

Fair enough mate, I’d probably do the same if mine was my daily but it’s just my toy

Bryan what that red thing on lower part of your grill wish i could s3 swap my daily

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[Bryant1998]

Bryan what that red thing on lower part of your grill wish i could s3 swap my daily

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It’s a quattro sticker, adds a little something to the front of the car, had a larger ‘badge’ type thing but wasn’t good quality and I couldn’t find one that was good enough and looked nice.

Found some quattro stickers for sale and ordered a multipack and found a size that looks right to me

(What I used to have) \/

 

[e9_mustii]

It’s a quattro sticker, adds a little something to the front of the car, had a larger ‘badge’ type thing but wasn’t good quality and I couldn’t find one that was good enough and looked nice.

Found some quattro stickers for sale and ordered a multipack and found a size that looks right to me

(What I used to have) \/

Yea i stuggled to find a good quattro badge, may just have to use stickers

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[Bryant1998]

Yea i stuggled to find a good quattro badge, may just have to use stickers

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To be honest the sticker looks great imo, subtle enough it’s not in your face and follows the red Side bits in and around the car, what sort of grille do you have?

 

[e9_mustii]

To be honest the sticker looks great imo, subtle enough it’s not in your face and follows the red Side bits in and around the car, what sort of grille do you have?

No badges all black but yellow caliper so.maybe in yellow ?

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[Daveyonthemove]

No badges all black but yellow caliper so.maybe in yellow ?

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You need to paint that crash bar Black so it blends in, it was the first thing I did when I was fitting the honeycombe grill.
Hamerite does the job nicely and dries quick.

 

[Bryant1998]

No badges all black but yellow caliper so.maybe in yellow ?

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Yeah yellow would work nicely, did your rings bracket break?

 

[e9_mustii]

You need to paint that crash bar Black so it blends in, it was the first thing I did when I was fitting the honeycombe grill.
Hamerite does the job nicely and dries quick.

On my never endint to do list

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[e9_mustii]

Yeah yellow would work nicely, did your rings bracket break?

Nahh bought the car with this grill installed

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[e9_mustii]

You need to paint that crash bar Black so it blends in, it was the first thing I did when I was fitting the honeycombe grill.
Hamerite does the job nicely and dries quick.

Dave did you remove the plastic/foam around the bar?

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[Daveyonthemove]

Dave did you remove the plastic/foam around the bar?

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I didn't have any plastic or foam around mine, it was bare metal.

 

[Sawyer928]

Dave did you remove the plastic/foam around the bar?

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When I changed my grill I neglected that the crash bar was silver so just left the foam surround on the crash bar. It slightly presses onto the grill so it does need to come off and get painted black.

 

[henkkeumus]

When cleaning the A3 I saw my grille had some cracks in it. The plan was to replace it un the end so now I got a good excuse to make it my new upgrade .

Cleaned the A3 today and since I have swapped all my interior for S-line one its black on black.
This means my mirror needs to be black aswell, since I can't source a good mirror (auto dimming) in black for a reasonable price I just got some paint and painted it black.

Seems good to me

 

[e9_mustii]

When cleaning the A3 I saw my grille had some cracks in it. The plan was to replace it un the end so now I got a good excuse to make it my new upgrade .

Cleaned the A3 today and since I have swapped all my interior for S-line one its black on black.
This means my mirror needs to be black aswell, since I can't source a good mirror (auto dimming) in black for a reasonable price I just got some paint and painted it black.

Seems good to me

Looks like a factory paint job paint


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[henkkeumus]

No badges all black but yellow caliper so.maybe in yellow ?

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This looks so good mate.

How do you attach your license plate? Does it screw into the bar behind your grille or is it attached directly to it? And when you want to attach an Audi logo, do you need a "plate" for that aswell?

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[e9_mustii]

This looks so good mate.

How do you attach your license plate? Does it screw into the bar behind your grille or is it attached directly to it? And when you want to attach an Audi logo, do you need a "plate" for that aswell?

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Theres alot of options when it comes aftermarket honeycomb grills some good some bad this just has non of the plate or badge attachment brackets.

My license plate is printed on a sticker stuck to the LHS of the bumper under the headlignt

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[EvilSmurph]

why do you need map for NZ , its an island

 

[samuelh_888]

why do you need map for NZ , its an island

Very true! It’s sensible posts like this that make me realise I don’t need to spend more money!

 

[lafa3ro]

Been mostly shoveling snow off of mine lately... And of course testing the haldex system on basically every drive.

 

[tcardio]

When cleaning the A3 I saw my grille had some cracks in it. The plan was to replace it un the end so now I got a good excuse to make it my new upgrade .

You had to clean your A3 to see that. LOL. I can refer you to a local opthalmologist mate

 

[AbsoluteA3]

Not the best picture but it’s been a busy day. The white sticker on the bottom has now gone and the blue buttons on the left hand side are now red to match the heater controls. I’m really happy with it although it was probably assembled in China haha. CarPlay works really well and it sounds great. The phone quality is brilliant after getting used to the interference I had when I retrofitted the Audi Bluetooth module.

Looks great! I had contemplated picking up a used RNS-E head unit to install, b/c of plug-in-play install. But Kenwood caught my eye and wouldn't let go. While mine has some physical buttons, they're very subdued... hidden in a lower "bar", and color matched red via the config options.

 

[J0N]

I like that. I had RNS-E in my last car and to be honest it seems very dated. Audi sat-nav isn’t my favourite either.


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[EvilSmurph]

I like it more then RNS

 

[EvilSmurph]

Been mostly shoveling snow off of mine lately... And of course testing the haldex system on basically every drive.

At least you are fit and healthy

 

[e9_mustii]

At least you are fit and healthy

Nahh that looks like 2 weeks in bed and pneumonia to me

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[EvilSmurph]

Nahh that looks like 2 weeks in bed and pneumonia to me

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thats because ur using small shovel get larger one so you will be twice as faster

 

[e9_mustii]

thats because ur using small shovel get larger one so you will be twice as faster

Nahh ill just put the kettle on and watch some tv whilst my younger brother does the shoveling since he love being passenger in the s3

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[henkkeumus]

You had to clean your A3 to see that. LOL. I can refer you to a local opthalmologist mate

Well I knew about the crack in the chrome part, but never saw the crack on the black part.

I had chrome strips fitted on the grille so never bothered to "inspect" it.

 

[J0N]

Semi fitted my Boost Gauge, looks kinda familiar??

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[Bryant1998]

Semi fitted my Boost Gauge, looks kinda familiar??

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Don’t supposed you want to post a guide of how to fit the boost gauge, I want one but don’t know anyone who’s got one fitted :/

 

[JayA3sline]

Don’t supposed you want to post a guide of how to fit the boost gauge, I want one but don’t know anyone who’s got one fitted :/

I’m selling mine if your after one, never fitted but it looks brilliant. PM for details.

 

[J0N]

Don’t supposed you want to post a guide of how to fit the boost gauge, I want one but don’t know anyone who’s got one fitted :/

I didn’t take any pictures but basically this one has a red, a black and an orange wire. Red is switched 12v, black is earth and orange goes to the headlight circuit so the gauge dims when you switch the lights on. I found all of these on the head unit wiring harness. The pipe goes to the inlet manifold, in my case into the blanking plug that came with my Forge catch can. I’ve yet to have the pleasure of removing the glove box and finding a route trough the bulk head.

You use your own vent after pulling out all of the flaps and fitting an adapter disk off eBay. This is a ring with lugs that fit where the flaps used to be. Here’s a link but you don’t actually get any of the things pictured. It’s a bit misleading but it does the trick.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/163913594823



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[Bryant1998]

I didn’t take any pictures but basically this one has a red, a black and an orange wire. Red is switched 12v, black is earth and orange goes to the headlight circuit so the gauge dims when you switch the lights on. I found all of these on the head unit wiring harness. The pipe goes to the inlet manifold, in my case into the blanking plug that came with my Forge catch can. I’ve yet to have the pleasure of removing the glove box and finding a route trough the bulk head.

You use your own vent after pulling out all of the flaps and fitting an adapter disk off eBay. This is a ring with lugs that fit where the flaps used to be. Here’s a link but you don’t actually get any of the things pictured. It’s a bit misleading but it does the trick.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/163913594823



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Is that all you need to order to fit it? Seems cheap lol

 

[J0N]

Is that all you need to order to fit it? Seems cheap lol

If you’re talking about the eBay link, you don’t get a lot for your 8 quid and it’s a bit fiddly but it does the job. The gauge was about £40.


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