Carbonio Intake (July 16th, 2011)

So I'm very delayed on this update, I actually installed the intake on July 16th but have been very lazy to update the blog. But I'm finally getting around to it and will aslo include another update of a subtle mod to the front of the car. I received birthday money from my uncle, which combined with some of my money I was able to purchase a Carbonio Intake from APR as well as a snub mount (which I haven't been able to install due to the lack of a lift) from APR. The install wasn't bad at all because APR gives you a set of instructions. The hardest part had to have been the Carbon fiber lid because the holes dont line up perfectly with the heat shield. But after 30min of being scared of breaking the carbon fiber lid I just said screw it and screwed in one screw at a time and pushed each individual hole to line up, and it worked! The sound is phenomenal I hope to get a sound clip up soon, hopefully I'll be able to convince my little brother to film it. I didn't feel a change in power or torque but it does accelerate smoother. Anyways here are some pictures!

Engine bay before the Intake

Old airbox needs to get out of there!

Old Airbox

New Carbonio Intake

Audi iPhone Case

Ok, this is unrelated to the car but I had to show off my Audi case that I got for my new iPhone. Ofcourse the lock screen is audi as well!

Window Tint- June 16th, 2011

I finally got my car tinted thanks to my girlfriend. She was the one who paid for the tints and made it my early Birthday present. I got them done thursday and have been slacking on the blogging but today I finally had sometime to take pictures. I think it makes the car look 2x better.I went with 30% in the front and %15 in the back (almost went with 5% in the back but I wanted to keep it looking classy and also this way the 30% blends in with the 15% better.

 

I was driving over the overpass and saw that the moon was out so I had to snap a picture with the new iPhone

I found a nice little ally by my gym and snapped some pictures to show off the tint.

Looking good right after a wash!

Swiss Front License Plate

So a lot of people like to put the German Euro plate on the front of their cars. But since I'm half Swiss I thought it would make more sense if I threw on a Swiss license plate for the front of my car. So luckily my Dad was able to supply me with two Swiss license plates, I decided to install the second one because it will match the S-line badges better. All I had to do was remove the old plate, drill some new holes in the Swiss plate and here are the pictures!

First Mod- Clear Sidemarkers

Took out the stock orange sidemarkers and replaced them with clear sidemarkers that I got from ECS Tuning. Chose the clear ones to match the clear blinker lights but now I'm thinking tinted ones might look better. I used instructions off of a forum.

Had to remove the two hex screws so that I could pop the first two hooks off the sidemarker from the inside. Then I used a long screwdriver to remove the clip at the end of the sidemarker.

Mount Diablo- 4/30/11

Took the Audi up Mount Diablo on Sunday afternoon. Although it was $10 to get into the park the drive was fantastic. The weather was awsome with barley any clouds and a lot of sunshine. For the most part the drivers ahead of me pulled over but I did have a couple who didn't pull over which was expected since were in America! It definetley was very annoying but luckily for one of the cars I was able to pass them safely on the left.


Unfortunately I couldn't get the picture I had envisioned (picture of the car with a nice background of the east bay) but I did snap a few and one of them turned out really nice. 

Best Picture of the Day

Built in USB port for the iPod