Hey hey, I know it's been awhile things where kinda hectic with holidays and all but I am back and have a few small up dates for now. First cosmetics, I got my s5 nose on today; the car was noseless for awhile. I finally found an s5 crash bar so it was time to switch it all over. First i removed a lot of useless junk, air lines that went nowhere, extra plastic bracing, air ducting etc.


Then i popped off the s4 crash bar and put the new one in. This was my first rodeo with the s4 to s5 swap so it took me a minute to piece together what all was needed, but eventually i got it all sorted out. This picture was from later in the evening when it was all done:


Ok, couple of things. First, ignore the gaps, the hood isn't attached and i still need to square up the lights. Second, notice all those empty holes? Well, today I learned that S4 turn signals do not work with S5 bumpers, and on top of that my flash to pass lights where broken accidentally. Kinda bummed about these things, but I will find everything I need.
After I got the bumper on, i moved to the tail lights, a friend is trading me a set of S5 tails for a set of s4's I have since one of his is broken and i have an extra pair. Anyway i found a passenger s5 to replace the broken one at pull a part. after i put it on i found a small problem:

These are my factory units:


And this is with the one i got put on:


Like I said my first swap rodeo. I didn't realize that 'vert tails where different from standard s5's. So i am right back where I started on that.

Well that's it for now, this weekend I am back to trying to squeeze that beams in that bay. I have a plan of attack, posts will come soon. Oh, and thanks for all the positive feedback guys!