Well its been awhile and I keep meaning to update since I picked her up from the body shop but I haven’t had the time from school and other things. Finished off the USP rear and installed the Recaro’s, got my old seats sold finally and still have a few interior parts left if anyone needs any check AZ classifieds or Ebay.
So I drove down to Rancho Cordova yesterday to Luxury Auto dismantlers which has a quite a few cars with hard to find parts. So I found a white on black B7 titanium with full black interior but the problem was my rear seat wouldn’t go down because I accidentally shut it with the plastic clip off so I can’t get it to open but somehow i fit the carpet in the trunk with the dash going through the small seat that would go down. And carefully stacked everything in the back seats with the lady in the passenger seat which obviously wasn’t a good idea to bring her for the ride. But I made it back with everything. and so far I am only missing the control module for the steering wheel and the wiring harness but I think as far as that I got everything else I’ll know more when I go to install everything.
So upcoming I'll post pics of USP rear. I bought new front 034 stiffer mounts and oem for the rear shocks and struts. Which I'll finally be able to get installed soon hopefully. I also bought B7 hinges and shocks thinking they were the right one for the automatic rear trunk but I don't think they are cuz I don't think they have springs as part of the hinge.
Up Next:
-Install Ohlins coils with 034 stiffer mount and new rear upper oem
-Full Interior Swap to black
-Install full heated seat harness with new climate control (will be using OEM harness from another 3.0 for a clean install)
-B7 Steering MFSW upgrade
-B7 Console with…
-OEM Auxiliary plug Install (my main reason for B7 console, not cup holders as I don’t allow anything but bottle water in my car that’s just a bonus)
-3m Di Noc Carbon Fiber Wrap for new set of trim that is Piano black.
-Oil Change
- 2 new ballasts (to clear dipped headlight figure if one is going other is not far behind)
-Cupra Lip? (Not sure if I want to do this mod, still deciding)
-USP rear foil leave it off or install new one? (its basically a big black sticker that goes on the rear USP bumper
-Possibly Sound Dampening kit either Secondskin or Cascade Audio, still researching this if anyone has info or advice its much appreciate, my goal is too kill road road noise and some small few vibrations I can hear but mainly road noise is the priority. After that I am likely going to keep the car as is and enjoy it as is or do a few more things to finalize my build and have the car ho
Future and final Mods I’m considering:
-JHM HFC on OEM exhaust, to keep a quiet OEM sound, possibly S4 catback if its any bigger with new chrome just tiny bit larger tip to a newer OEM size.
-4:1 Center Diff
-BBK with JHM 350mm Light Weight Rotors front + rear
-Light Weight Drive Shaft
-JHM light weight pulley
Figure depending on the drive shaft I can loose about 20lbs rotational mass I don’t want to get a whole lot faster but I want the car to be responsive, not a slouch, quiet on the road, proper stiffness but comfortable suspension. A beautiful OEM sport look and sound with possibly a little extra tuned affect. Mainly I need to make up for the significant loss of power due to the elevation I’m at. When I drive to Cali at lower elevation the car is much more enjoyable.
