My Rs4 Project

[PetrolDave]

I know it's a personal taste thing, but having seen your black interior I'm SO glad that I spec'ed the light headlining and interior - the black makes the interior look so small and dark I would get claustrophobic in there.

But you prefer the black, and that's what matters.

[neilparf]

...small and dark I would get claustrophobic in there.

+1. I have the light interior and silver dash inserts - the interior is really quite light - but equally mine is a silver car, so that kinda suits the overall look. I can see the dark interior complimenting the Phantom Black of that's your taste...

Nice work on the switchover - rather you than me!

[Rick_RS4]

Thanks. It's only a 2-3 hour job swapping them over. I'm not going to sell the cream as it doesn't sell on ebay so if I fancy a change I can swap back. I was surprised how dirty the cream was when it was out compared to being in the car.

[edge]

loving the inside, I just always assumed they were all the same!

[Rick_RS4]

ive done a few bits yesterday nothing very exciting but thought i would get it done,

saturday was so hot compared to today, such a shame

i decided to wrap the entire exhaust in titanium heat wrap, ive been reading up on this and it may only be minimal but any gain is a gain, hot gas flows quicker so i thought i wrap the entire exhaust downpipe back.



and most boring ive changed the coolant resevoir



ive done a bit more carbon but thats work in progress

[Surrey Sam]

Love the head liner update, nice and snug.

Please tell me you had access to a ramp for the exhaust wrap as that wouldn't have been fun doing it from axle stands.

[Rick_RS4]

Love the head liner update, nice and snug.

Please tell me you had access to a ramp for the exhaust wrap as that wouldn't have been fun doing it from axle stands.

thanks i prefer the interior, but craving more now, i really like the suede and stitched dashboard on the modified cars out there

i would never work under a car on axel stands, i used my local garages pit to do it as it takes ages to thread it over and over,

you can just see some ramps i made out of 10 x2 then the car cannot drop down as its already down, only use these to get the jack under and used last week when i changed the fuel filter.

[Rick_RS4]

i decided to add a touch more carbon to the rear of the car by wrapping the tail pipes, they have a space between and dont touch the tip directly andd have a space all the way round



i also made a custom cai a while back after removing the aux rad and sai pump, its the largest feed possible,
i removed the old scoop for the aux rad and added a fiberglass scoop to it.



i can get my whole arm in and up to the filter




I also attended a rolling road day on saturday , heres a couple of rolling shots on the way





so after an early morning start and a drive out to the middle of nowhere i was strapped sown and ready to go



heres the vid

http://vimeo.com/104852007

it made 415 ps and 311 lbs-ft

which im pretty happy with as its yet to have a remap, just still undecided yet

[stu]

This is an awesome photo. I now see why you blacked out the headlight housing. Well done.

[MikeFish]

Dude your car looks awesome in all those photos!

[neilparf]

Mean Rick. Looks real mean. The rear shot on the rollers looks very stealth!

[N11LS_J]

Faaaaaaark seeing that in the rear view coming up thick n fast

As mentioned, mean as hell, love it

[Rick_RS4]

Thanks chaps. Really happy with it at the minute. Just thinking of the next project really.

Not that I'm a fast lane masher but when you want to go people do move out the way pretty sharpish, unlike our mini coupe.

[edge]

Love this look.

I plasti-dipped all my optics and just remvoed them as I want to get them wrapped properly and my handywork wasnt 100%!

[Rick_RS4]

Love this look.

I plasti-dipped all my optics and just remvoed them as I want to get them wrapped properly and my handywork wasnt 100%!

Thanks.


I thought the matte black looked good on yours. Made the grille stand out