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    Short term: Getting it cleaned up. Previous owner left some minor scratches all over the paint, the center console is...well. "Gooey" as best can be described. Working on cleaning it out, looks like he spilt coffee all over it from the center console's cupholder. A few other minor things though. Already been rear-ended in it. Lady driving a Lincoln Aviator jumped a redlight with me in front of her. I wasn't in a hurry that day and apparently she was.

    Performance wise, I'm definitely considering a turbo swap, but first on my list are some more basic stuff. The wheels are the stock 17"s and the tires are in great condition, but the wheels, specifically the front driver, has some scuffing pretty bad, wheels are therefor on my list. Probably an EBC, AEM Tru-Boost mounted in the top center vent seems like a pretty sneaky way to manage it. Also would really like to get blacked out lights for the back, though that's a way off.

    I'm hoping that by this time next year I'll hit my goal of 300whp, alot of people have told me GIAC, EBC and k04 swap should easily get me there, but I'm still doing my homework on all that before I pitch the money in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser
    Short term: Getting it cleaned up. Previous owner left some minor scratches all over the paint, the center console is...well. "Gooey" as best can be described. Working on cleaning it out, looks like he spilt coffee all over it from the center console's cupholder. A few other minor things though. Already been rear-ended in it. Lady driving a Lincoln Aviator jumped a redlight with me in front of her. I wasn't in a hurry that day and apparently she was.

    Performance wise, I'm definitely considering a turbo swap, but first on my list are some more basic stuff. The wheels are the stock 17"s and the tires are in great condition, but the wheels, specifically the front driver, has some scuffing pretty bad, wheels are therefor on my list. Probably an EBC, AEM Tru-Boost mounted in the top center vent seems like a pretty sneaky way to manage it. Also would really like to get blacked out lights for the back, though that's a way off.

    I'm hoping that by this time next year I'll hit my goal of 300whp, alot of people have told me GIAC, EBC and k04 swap should easily get me there, but I'm still doing my homework on all that before I pitch the money in.
    I enjoy fixing peoples messes, its easy to see all the work you do.

    Just make sure not to buy the first rims you think look good in a magazine. My suggestion is get on vwvortex.com there are tonnnnnnss of clean cars. I am thankful that I waited to buy rims until two years after I got my car.

    As for the turbo, GIAC is a good way to go, k04 is a great turbo for daily driving. If you just want to be really fast(in the world of audi/vw)go gt28 or gt30, but for the money k04 is a nice upgrade. If you are awd you wont make 300hp easily, but if you're fwd that shouldnt be a problem.

    Let me know if you have any questions, and if I cant answer them I have a huge network of people that can.

    Oh and BTW I drove a B5 A4 2.8 for a year when I got my license.
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