Project Pine Green 1.6

The Lupo although a lovely box is very short geared. If I stick with it 18” wheels might be an option to raise the gearing. I’ll pm you to avoid boring the rest of the folks!
The size of wheels won't raise the gearing as such, it's the size of the tyres (larger oversized profile) that will do that regardless of the size of wheels 👍
 
When I first run this engine in my A2 I used the gearbox from the fabia AUB engine, but because the car weight was 1100kg not 900kg like the A2 , Skoda fitted it with lower ratio gears. So went back to the original A2 box .
 
FEA60D16-0F91-4871-A99B-16ED1C0F524B.jpeg

A week or so ago I got these Stance+ coilovers from the marketplace. They were manufactured in 2020 and hadn’t seen much use so were a good buy. They did have a fair amount of surface rust though. Nothing a wire head drill bit and a fresh lick of paint couldn’t sort.
CFDEB0CB-7AA6-4A55-BC2F-001CE81F458B.jpeg
40DA62BC-B051-453A-8352-18A6D51F3FE3.jpeg

Will wire brush the paint off the adjusters once these are dry and then give them a good coating of white grease. New top mounts and they will be ready to go on the car.
 
I’m unable to get a photo in the garage without one of them photobombing it.
Ours likes the home comforts too much to go out.
Mind you in this weather he has a point.
 

Attachments

  • PXL_20211224_144311019.NIGHT_compress96.jpg
    PXL_20211224_144311019.NIGHT_compress96.jpg
    630.7 KB · Views: 83
  • PXL_20211224_144207358_compress66.jpg
    PXL_20211224_144207358_compress66.jpg
    458.5 KB · Views: 84
@2work are these what you have waiting to go on OEM?
Morning Erling,

Not quite, what I have to fit into Project OEM is also from the A8 D2 though. This is what sits in the garage waiting for the day I finally fit the a Votex kit:

F1A65EC2-8B82-4349-A4EE-DD26AAC8D490.png


The wheels have been on sale at Audi Tradition recently and was considering seeing if it was worth the effort getting a new set. Here’s what OEM should look like with them fitted:

AA0FF515-14E5-4E39-9CC4-26859E6D4800.png


Additionally they should really stand out next to a colour coded Votex body kit:

E174C660-A363-412D-8BAC-D58B4F509F1E.png


These wheels and recoloured body kit should have been fitted many months ago now but my time to tinker has been greatly reduced this year.

Maybe 2023 will see them finally fitted.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
View attachment 102173
Met up with Steve this morning @Cenick to do our wheel swap deal. I am over the moon with them. They fill the arches so well, are oem+ and work well with the coilovers. Can’t wait to get this car on the road.
Steve,

These wheels look fabulous. What an astonishing look, so much wheel and not so much spoke will look awesome against the beautiful Pine Green Coachwork. This is going to be fantastic.

Really cannot wait to see what else you’re doing to this A2. Truly great stuff.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Steve,

These wheels look fabulous. What an astonishing look, so much wheel and not so much spoke will look awesome against the beautiful Pine Green Coachwork. This is going to be fantastic.

Really cannot wait to see what else you’re doing to this A2. Truly great stuff.

Kind regards,

Tom
I won’t really be doing any more mods to the outside. I want to keep it looking clean and simple. I’ll be painting the lower plastics in satin black over the next few weeks to freshen the plastics up though.

I’ll probably be doing lots of mods to the interior though to make it a bit more luxurious.

9C29B922-1902-4BDF-8DA0-1C9238105AA0.jpg

Looking at this photo I’ve found of the alloy, they appear to use SE 6 spoke centre caps and look a lot better than the ones fitted at present.

I may invest in a new set from tradition once I’ve confirmed they fit.
 
I won’t really be doing any more mods to the outside. I want to keep it looking clean and simple. I’ll be painting the lower plastics in satin black over the next few weeks to freshen the plastics up though.

I’ll probably be doing lots of mods to the interior though to make it a bit more luxurious.

View attachment 102213
Looking at this photo I’ve found of the alloy, they appear to use SE 6 spoke centre caps and look a lot better than the ones fitted at present.

I may invest in a new set from tradition once I’ve confirmed they fit.
God damn those wheels are 👍 top
 
I won’t really be doing any more mods to the outside. I want to keep it looking clean and simple. I’ll be painting the lower plastics in satin black over the next few weeks to freshen the plastics up though.

I’ll probably be doing lots of mods to the interior though to make it a bit more luxurious.

View attachment 102213
Looking at this photo I’ve found of the alloy, they appear to use SE 6 spoke centre caps and look a lot better than the ones fitted at present.

I may invest in a new set from tradition once I’ve confirmed they fit.
What kind of alloy is that? Looks like a 17"/18" version of 14" pepperpot alloys.
 
Back
Top