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This is my first build thread, but here goes...

So got my RS4 Avant back in about July 2015 with about 54k miles on it and in pretty good condition.


I got the engine decoked and as the car was still new to me i couldnt really tell any difference. Got some pics of the before and after but cant find them on my computer at the moment.

Anyway, few months later had some clutch issues and as the car was still on the original clutch and now on about 56k miles i thought would be best to fit a new one.

I had the centre silencer removed from the exhaust and it sounds sooooo much better!! this is how it should have been from the factory.

Always had my cars on coilovers but with my previous car (A4 2.0tdi) i put air suspension on it and never looked back and so i had to put my RS4 on air asap. Whilst at it i also put on some 20" rotor reps. Install was done by Car-Audio-Security in London. They did my last car too. Amazing work as always.

The end result





Heres the boot build, it also has a false floor to go over the top of the sub so i can have full use of the boot when needed..





I had a road trip planned to drive through Europe to go skiing in Jan 2016 and so i decided to paint my original wheels with Plastidip to make them a bit more interesting but also to protect them a bit. I went for matt bronze. Sprayed them myself and did 4 coats of black followed by about 4 coats of bronze metalizer..



mid road trip driving through snow and ice, filthy!!



Despite driving through snow and ice, the air suspension did the full 3k miles without a glitch!! very impressive!

arty snow shots!





The exhaust sounded amazing in the tunnels too!!


I decided i cant run replica wheels on my RS4 and so started the hunt for something a bit more special. I came across some Ispiri ISR10's and decided to go for them. They were 20x10 et35 but due to the design they would clear the front brakes without spacers, bringing them down to about et22. They now only just about cleared the front calipers and also poked a bit. They looked amazing when air'd down but cornering even at full ride height they would rub a bit if going over bumps etc and so they werent ideal.





Next up was to paint the air tank black so that it tied in a bit more.



Oh and also got my calipers painted in a baby blue:




Now to make the front look a bit better i did the joey mod and replaced the front and rear rings for gloss black:



Also got the light smoked rear dectane tube led tail lights:






The Ispiri wheels were proving too difficult to live with and so i thought id get some 19" daily wheels and some 20" wheels for shows etc.

So for my 19's i went with some Strom DS15 wheels.





Then for my 20's ive gone for something a bit more OEM+ and really happy with the outcome! theyre 20x10 speedlines off a Q7. Running 15mm adaptors. No rubbing and easily clear the calipers. Had them refurbed with a polished lip and light grey centres and red centre caps.






Last thing i wanted for the front end was a splitter. Didnt want anything too crazy and so opted for the DTM splitter from Argon Creative, although i didnt opt for the Carbon Fibre one.



Thats all up to date, havent many more mods planned as yet except maybe a remap but all in good time! lol.

And heres a few pics of my car from a show i went to at the weekend.

Jesus you get through more wheels than most of us hot dinners, like the Strom wheels the best though! what fitment are they? direct fit?

I had 19" x 9.5 Ispiri ISR10 wheels on my previous TTS, looked amazing but totally ruined the ride.

Not overly keen on smoked lights but your car looks

And i though i had a fetish for changing wheels lol

Welcome Piers. Sounds lke you've been busy.
Looking forward to seeing the photos, they don't seem to load on my phone or iPad.

TobyRS4 wrote:Jesus you get through more wheels than most of us hot dinners, like the Strom wheels the best though! what fitment are they? direct fit?

They're 19x9.5 et40 iirc and I'm using 15mm spacers on all 4 corners. The calliper is very close to the barrel of the wheel though so may have to change for another set of wheels. lol.

Everyone has said they're fine as they clear but if they were to buckle in anyway then I'd know about it as it would cause the wheel to then hit the caliper

No pics here either

Piers90 wrote:

TobyRS4 wrote:Jesus you get through more wheels than most of us hot dinners, like the Strom wheels the best though! what fitment are they? direct fit?

They're 19x9.5 et40 iirc and I'm using 15mm spacers on all 4 corners. The calliper is very close to the barrel of the wheel though so may have to change for another set of wheels. lol.

Everyone has said they're fine as they clear but if they were to buckle in anyway then I'd know about it as it would cause the wheel to then hit the caliper

There is probably about 1 or 2 mm clearance if that between my wheels and calipers (RS5 wheels 9x20 et26 no spacers).

no pictures loading up im on my laptop

No pictures also

Piers, I read your thread earlier and when I saw it was on air and been to a show it made me wonder if you were air_ess_4 (theres not that many bagged rs4s). I just saw the photos on Instagram again and realised y must be you from the number plate. If so, nice car!

Sounds good no pics thou mate.

Yea my Instagram is air_ess_4

And not sure why pics work for some but not for others... Bit annoying. Any ideas how to get it to work. I've used the image URL from my Google photos.

Another wheel whore, welcome!

I wish i could see the pics - tried on iphone, macbook, and PC.

Perhaps this will work?

https://www.reddit.com/r/google/comment ... image_url/

Otherwise, photobucket and flickr are popular pic hosting sites on the forum. Alternatively, you can upload pics directly to the forum (see "upload attachment" option below the "submit" button when editing or replying (in full editor mode).

pics were definitely showing before, aren't now for me either!

Ill try upload the pics properly again later tonight