Background:
The week I got it:
I originally purchased the from my cousin several years ago as a daily driver while I was in Technical School in lovely Cleveland, Ohio. Equipped with a euro front bumper, headlights, some kind of lowering springs and full RS2 setup, it was nothing short of a fantastic daily driver. Rain, snow, sleet, and anything else that got thrown at it. I did some maintenance, and kept it going. Completed school, treated the car to a euro rear bumper to match, exhaust shop special exhaust, and some different wheels. Decided it was time to "move up" in the world and ended up selling it to a gentlemen in Michigan.
The day I sold it off the first time :
I ended up buying a laser red B5 S4, and since doing single turbo builds was cool, ended up doing this build: http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/502354-Project-Red-Arrow-S4-Resto-Mod
Sold that, moved to California and had the opportunity to work at 034 Motorsport as a technician. Immediately contacted the person that bought my urS6 and got it back from him, in slightly rougher shape. Did some maintenance, updated the tune via Rip Chip, and continued to daily drive the car. Came across a very low mileage B5 S4, Traded the urS6 for that, and then built this: http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/608560-Project-Blue-Arrow-3-0L-STK-2-Build?p=9965591#post9965591
See a trend here?
Moved across the country to the east coast, grew up a little bit, got promoted to foreman, built a house, and discovered an empty spot in my life. So naturally, I found out who bought my urS6, got in contact with them, and bought the car....for the third time.
This time it came back to me in pretty good shape, some nice euro tail lights added on, and a dead misfire due to a wide open injector. Repaired the injector, did some more maintenance and enjoyed the car for a few months and all the memories that came with it. Here she was enjoying her time on the east coast:
And then coming home one night from dinner, the head gasket decided to retire. In a cloud of smoke, we made it home and shut down the engine for the last time. Sure, I could have replaced the headgasket, cleaned everything up, and kept driving it. But wheres the fun in that? I've wanted to get this car back to "like new" condition ever since my cousin let me drive it for the first time 10 years ago, so off we went...
Started by pulling all the trim, windows, moldings, bumpers and anything else that would hinder an excellent paint job. Any and all minor rust issues were brought to the surface and prepped for repair. Found the trunk rusted out at the plate lights beyond repair, but was able to locate a clean replacement. Got everything packed up, and off to body she went:
The body shop has had her for a few months now, working out all the dents, dings, surface rust and various odds and ends. Some updated pictures they snapped for me:
Got the call on 6.14.2016 that she is finally all done and ready to be picked up! Dragging it home this Saturday to start getting it re-assembled. Pics to follow!
