The Project Pad

Needed a new daily, and thanks to someone posting up the Auctions America listing for 3 coupe quattros, i decided to bank on it and hope i won. And i did.

Plans for this car is basically a rally look for right now, reiger spoiler, s2 bumpers, big brakes, hubs, some custom grills and mudflaps, maybe some exterior vinyl like the audi rings on the lower door. Keep the motor stock for now excluding exhaust/intake

It'll then be just daily driven until i decide to add some power. I don't plan on rallying the car, maybe take it to some rallyx events when i know i have a backup car if i break something.

Details;
1991 Audi Coupe Quattro w/ 176k on working speedometer

picking it up


Good:
Clean interior
smooth running motor
solid body no rust
Black on Black :-)
Original Floor mats
OEM stereo works
cruise works

Bad:
Dead Battery
Dirty Interior
Dent in passenger door
Drivers window regulator is starting to make scary noises
Rear Diff mount i believe is bad
Sunroof seal is a little off
Passenger tail light seal was allowing water in
Stock headlights
Dirty engine bay
Dirty Wheels
Radiator Leaking
CEL came on and brake lights
Stock bumpers


TO DO List:
detail interior - done
install coilovers with new strut mounts - done
install s2 front bumper - done
install s2 lights after painting - done
install s2 steering wheel - done
install optima red top - done
replace drivers window regulator - done
install new radiator / tank - done
replace power steering fluid - done
replace tail light seal - done
install leds in gauge cluster - done
replaced both front axles - done
install aluminum trim - done
install rs2 bumper - done
install rs2 plate - done
install 034 injectors - done
install intake boot - done
create heat shield for intake and mount isv - done
put on cone filter - done
paint valve cover and intake mani - done
replace valve cover gasket - done
detail engine bay better - done
fix interior lighting - done
install reiger spoiler - done
fix door locks - done
polish rear tails - done
replace door rubber trims - done
install brullen exhaust - done
install ford rally wheels with proper fitting tires
paint fog inserts
plastic weld lower lip better
get whole car re-sprayed
replace passenger side door
install remote door locks
install mud flaps
reseal sunroof rubber
swap to s2 hubs
powdercoat rear subframe
swap out rear subframe and diff
install poly diff mount
replace stock radio with oem concert II
replace speakers
replace hvac system with electric b4 unit
paint surface rust metal core supports
install bigger maf
replace O2 sensor
try out E3 spark plugs
recover recaro seats
install seats on b3 manual rails
install seats

On to some before pictures (as it was when i bought it freshly off the trailer






















After pictures to come!

is that mold?

yes that is mold, but it cleaned right off, you should see it now. after pictures coming after i do some interior modifications

first thing done was fixing the leak in the rear, the lil bucket was full over stagnant water when i went to get the car. Lucky i knew exacly where it was coming from.

Removed tail lights and cleaned up behind them, removed old butyl rubber sealent, cleaned, applied new 3M butyl rubber and put back on! looks perfect.

before

after cleaning

tail light with new rubber





going to make use of these
first 10 miles of driving and i get a CEL, wouldn't be an audi if it didn't give me one of those

choosing the best and putting them back together


got my first cel after 10 miles of driving, it's christened!

very nice catch, I love black on black.
I think she got a good new home

nice

Im really glad you saved this one. Saw my friend tonight who works for Auctions America and told him you got it. We were both pretty happy (and a bit surprised) at how cheap the car went for. Looks like a very complete and original car, which I love.

Bring it to Carlisle next year

Nice. :cheers:

Was Joe Marconi bidding on it too? hehe....Jk !

^^haha no but he actually is selling me a door skin to replace the one dented on this one. alas, one coupe died to give nicer parts to another.

Any idea who grabbed the other 2 CQs?

You lucked out - looks like you have a great DD there.

Nice score, just looks like it needs a little elbow grease!

Brendan

no idea who got the other cars, they sold though for a lil less then this one.

this cq getting some of peters goodies, plus something special that is hopefully coming over from the UK in the next couple weeks.

radiator is going in today i hope with other maintenance stuff. I have to work tonight so we'll see how much i can get done. might end up driving the opel again to work. lol

I love this car! great find Cory!

i need to repair my tail lights as well. lots of mold just like that one.

Glad this went to a good home.

I would have liked to have gone to this auction, but was out of town. Alot of interesting stuff there, probably just as well I missed it.

some things went for a lot more then i estimated, some went for way less. definitely interesting experience.

towing that car back was scary, the jeep is just an 04 grand cherokee with the straight 6. no where near enough power or a long enough wheel base to be towing cars on a 2,000lb tongue heavy u-haul trailer... especially through the hills of vermont. Some hills i was going about 25mph in 1st gear up the hill. The hills seemed to last forever, both up and down, wearing out my brakes.

Anyways, i figured i'd give a lil taste of whats to come with this car, I've bought a couple things/colelcted some items that i'll install on this one instead of my other project.

over the next couple weeks

interior wise:
s2 steering wheel
brushed aluminum trim

exterior:
v6 coupe/s2 w/o washers front bumper
custom s2/rs2 look alike rear bumper to move the plate down
rs2 tub light
reiger wing
rally mud flaps
brushed aluminum mirrors
vinyl audi rings on lower door trim
buff and polish

performance:
brullen exhaust
possibly injector upgrade
porsche big red front brakes with a8 rotors
porsche rear brakes with 300mm s4 rotors
5x112 knuckle/hub swap (thanks peter!)
o.z. superturismos/gunmetal b5s4 winter studded wheels
poly rear diff and rear subframe mounts


all that plus just about every maintenance item replaced, the rear subframe looks a bit crusty so i'm going to swap in my rear subframe from my 90 with the bigger rear sway bar.

this car is going to look fast and stop fast, but it'll just be a slow reliable car... for the time being.

bring on the haterade.

Sweet! My car will look nice and sit nice, but its still slow.

making the mud flaps out of 60a 1/4inch thick neoprene rubber. then attaching an aluminum plate (rivet) to the backside with some vinyl stickers for giggles.

should look interesting. just hope the rubber will hold up the way i want.

well , i bought one of the other ones , i got the white one had 201k on it.

awesome, congrats. someone told me they were checking out the white and black ones while i was there. you must of picked yours up after mine. I didn't even get a chance to go over and look at it because i was in such a rush.

post up a thread about the restoration of it.

we got the coupe home and it need a fuel pump , and a battery . i changed the fluids and the car runs amazing . i am haing an issue with the PS and brakes . the drivers rear caliper is seized ( have one coming) and new rotors/ pads all the away around . i dont know this system for the brakes and steering at all . if you guys have info PLEASE TELL ME!! . the coupe is pearl on blue leather we paid 1100. i also bought a w123 wagon 300TD . so it was a great day

BLUE LEATHER!?!?!?

PICS

ok you have to wait untill tomorrow ! i need to get this damn steering issue sorted

had a productive day today, bought another of my custom grills for my mkII b3/s2 lights, last one was a lil showy i think.

bought some b4 headlight pigtails, the proper steering wheel copper ring to work with the s2 wheel so that the horn works, and checked out the bumpers that were supposed to be painted... they were, just the wrong color

the bumpers were accidently painted in "brilliant black metallic" which looked amazing, but alas, the car is "brilliant black" paint code

here's brilliant black in the form of my old CQ that i miss. (note grill and rs2 lights)

Wow, I really like that grill and headlight setup. Do you have any more pictures of that? I was actually thinking about doing something really similar with my CQ. Thanks in advance.

yeah sure, check out the build thread for that car
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