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Old 10-31-2016, 03:50 PM
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NO, I'm the guy that's always letting his A.D.D. get the best of his multi-tasking abilities!
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NO, I'm the guy that's always letting his A.D.D. get the best of his multi-tasking abilities!
I envy you J. I wish i had more time to fuck around with my toys in the garage and such... got so many projects I want to tackle (3 friends' headlight retrofits queued up..., bicycles to build, fog light retrofit, brakes job, transmission fluid flushes.. more garage organization) but I don't have the time anymore
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at least you're never bored, ever!
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Continuously adding to the plate + never having time to chip at things off the plate = a dull thoiboi
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But you're never dull...
you're my hero, you're always bout that experience new things life.

At the end of my days do you think it'll be cooler to be like, wow...I waxed my stupid fucking lawnmower and made sure the trash was taken out every week?
Or I saw all over the country and world, ate every type of food from every type of culture, laughed and loved (okay, I do that) with my boo all over the world, made educated decisions was wise with my money.

Trust me, you don't have anything to envy...you're licking ass and taking names, bro.
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Old 10-31-2016, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
Continuously adding to the plate + never having time to chip at things off the plate = a dull thoiboi

You gave me the feels.

I feels the same way.
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I believe your car has 1 x K03 Turbo and they're good for ~15 psi all day long, dependable turbos IMO (Mine are at 120k and there's a slight whine in the morning, but as soon as oil temp gets over ambient temperature it goes away).
The ST has a K03 and full boost hits around 22-23 PSI.

Great reliable turbo. Just runs out of air at the upper RPM band.
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Old 11-01-2016, 09:34 AM
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But you're never dull...
you're my hero, you're always bout that experience new things life.

At the end of my days do you think it'll be cooler to be like, wow...I waxed my stupid fucking lawnmower and made sure the trash was taken out every week?
Or I saw all over the country and world, ate every type of food from every type of culture, laughed and loved (okay, I do that) with my boo all over the world, made educated decisions was wise with my money.

Trust me, you don't have anything to envy...you're licking ass and taking names, bro.

You're a sweetie J

Way to threadcrap all over Tyler's Owdi thread..


Reported

^Can't tell if the joke is less funny or more now that we're mods
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Old 11-01-2016, 09:41 AM
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but by then you're onto the next gear, no?
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Originally Posted by RPhilMan1
The ST has a K03 and full boost hits around 22-23 PSI.

Great reliable turbo. Just runs out of air at the upper RPM band.
Totally agreed, for what it is .. K03s are great turbos. I don't know if you have a more updated version of the K03, but what is the maximum recommended boost you can push through it?

The Stage 2 tune for my car runs them to about 20 psi .. my turbos are too old for that
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Old 11-01-2016, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by TylerT
Totally agreed, for what it is .. K03s are great turbos. I don't know if you have a more updated version of the K03, but what is the maximum recommended boost you can push through it?

The Stage 2 tune for my car runs them to about 20 psi .. my turbos are too old for that
I believe stock they make 15-17 psi. Tuned ST's will make 22-24 psi. That's the max they make for safe power. I've seen a guy on stock turbo pushing over 25 psi, but who knows how safe his tune is. Max boost usually hits around 3k or a little below, which is bad for the clutch when doing a bunch of low rpm pulls just to see a high boost number on the accessport.

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Old 11-01-2016, 11:04 AM
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Refinished stock wheels look great Always loved the wheels from that generation S4.
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Refinished stock wheels look great Always loved the wheels from that generation S4.


Thanks man.

I'm not saying any names, but the cheeky bastards here on AZ were right
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
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The refinished stockers look great! Much, much improved over the aftermarket wheels.
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UPDATE:

I picked a very busy week to install coilovers, but I'm chipping at the project slowly but surely between days at the gym & plans after work. Front shocks are removed and If all goes as planned, I should them installed by Friday night!

Trying so hard not to go low, but I do have the opportunity to lower it roughly .5" until it starts scraping the driveway.



Thank the lawd for a second car.
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I knew that from the time I laid eyes on you, you were a badass and would do the right thing.
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Originally Posted by TylerT
UPDATE:

I picked a very busy week to install coilovers, but I'm chipping at the project slowly but surely between days at the gym & plans after work. Front shocks are removed and If all goes as planned, I should them installed by Friday night!

Trying so hard not to go low, but I do have the opportunity to lower it roughly .5" until it starts scraping the driveway.



Thank the lawd for a second car.
Well instead of fixing the height of the car, can you just fix your driveway?
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I think his exhaust will handle that...
he should just take a diamond disc and angle grinder to a 4" section of the highest point in the driveway to do that...bam...
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Pics of the new sexy stance?
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I was really hoping to have it done this weekend, but I need to wait. After removing the front struts, my upper control arms / bushings are totally shot. A replacement set should be here this week .. I just can't stand the fact of putting it all back together with worn out components.

Annoyingly, the front 2 shocks were a PITA to remove because both of my upper control arm bolts were seized to the suspension assembly which made removing the 18mm bolt connecting the shock to the lower control arms impossible (long story short, if the upper control arms are not detached, the 18mm bolt runs into the lower control arms coming out and there's really no wiggle room around it.)

Pic I found online:



I have a plan on what I'm doing tomorrow, just takes more disassembly

No joke, the rears came out in literally 45 minutes.

I 'd today, I sent Jeremy a message saying my car cuts it's own springs


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man!

self-cutting springs FTW!!!
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Explains the very strange noises my car was making over speed bumps.
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Damn your whole thread making me really consider picking up a fixer upper like a CLS6 for a few grand and fixing her up to be a solid DD.. Not ballsy enough nor are my pockets deep enough for a german beast like yours but just something that I can wrench on...
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
Damn your whole thread making me really consider picking up a fixer upper like a CLS6 for a few grand and fixing her up to be a solid DD.. Not ballsy enough nor are my pockets deep enough for a german beast like yours but just something that I can wrench on...
We both know what you should be saving up for and it's certainly not another beater.

Honestly, having a 15 year old car is pretty exhausting at times. The PO kept up with some maintenance, but I would say the suspension is one of the most neglected pieces of the car. I couldn't put the car back together after seeing what the upper control arms looked like

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I was eye fucking S4 B5 or whatever today...
bad idea.
Real bad idea.
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i know i know...
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
I was eye fucking S4 B5 or whatever today...
bad idea.
Real bad idea.
Live vicariously through my thread, trust me.

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If the Audi wasn't my only DD car...it wouldn't be that scary.
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If the Audi wasn't my only DD car...it wouldn't be that scary.
The S2k / S4 combo compliment each other quite well. You wouldn't seriously consider a B5 would you?
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Originally Posted by thoiboi
Damn your whole thread making me really consider picking up a fixer upper like a CLS6 for a few grand and fixing her up to be a solid DD.. Not ballsy enough nor are my pockets deep enough for a german beast like yours but just something that I can wrench on...
I know man, I saw an awesome looking black CL500 for sale at $5000 in (supposedly) good condition. Took every ounce of restraint I had to not buy it.

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We both know what you should be saving up for and it's certainly not another beater.

Honestly, having a 15 year old car is pretty exhausting at times. The PO kept up with some maintenance, but I would say the suspension is one of the most neglected pieces of the car. I couldn't put the car back together after seeing what the upper control arms looked like
I have a 12 year old car, works just fine. Don't know what the big deal is?
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I have one too! And go figure, it's actually driven
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I have one too! And go figure, it's actually driven
yeah, yeah, thanks for that jab lol.

Mine is going into hibernation next weekend.
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yeah, yeah, thanks for that jab lol.

Mine is going into hibernation next weekend.


Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

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It'll be more like this...

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Reliable old cars! Yay!
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Tyler you know I'm a maniac, I'd consider almost anything.


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