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I think these are RS wheels which with the wide body on that model may suit it but on mine it looks all wrong and the offset is terrible. In the week of owning it I have seen the rubbing on ther arches and picked all the melted rubber off ! I have found some lovely Le Mans genuine Audi 18. 8J X 18 ET 43 18/235/35 in anthracite which should be perfect without any spacers.

Yes indeed. Please ignore the wrong wheels, overtyre look and the dodgy "fast and furious" styling by the previous owner. He was from Essex after all 🙂

Lovely. I assumed something was missing or broken as to me the build quality of an Audi does not warrant a flappy rear bench 🙂 I will try to source that part.

I am changing my wheels next week ( as the current ones are wrong and at 19" just rub ) so when I do I will investigate the suspension to see if anything is uprated. and also check out the ARB situation.

Hi Rob Firstly thank you for all the replies, amazed at the level of detail you have gone into so thanks. Guess your years of ownership has given you a great insight. I shall try to reply to them all in sequence. I did remove it, turns out it is a Sony XAV-AX3005DB unit. At first glance all the leads and cables looked plugged in. I could see the some form of kit that attaches to the loom but to my untrained eye everything is connected so a mystery on the DAB and I get some reception on the aeriel so assume a poor reception. At least I know what model it is but yes a proper audio centre may be able to help as I do like to have some form of radio/tuner in the car on long journeys. The advert said 300+ but I have taken that with a pinch of salt. I can see the FMIC, I know it has a performance exhaust and a remap ( no documents) ECS induction -see photo) so I guess a rolling road will be the ultimate test. I come from the world of Subaru Impreza ownership so am familiar with the path to BHP upgrades via turbo with supporting mods so the theory is similar but the audi world is new to me so enjoying unravelling stuff as I dig deeper. I will attempt to get the option codes. Some previos owner decided audio was more important than a space saver so the entire wheel well is covered in dynomat !! which of course covers the area where the options sticker is meant to be ..grr. I will see if I can peel back the dynomat and if the sticker is intact. Re the seats. Mine is the solid bulkhead as it stands now with the fold down centre armrest. I have sourced the split rear folding seats already from soneone I know. Apart from the fitting I think the main challenge will be the way the backs lock into the sides of the C pillars as normally there would be bars ? Thank you I have looked at various companies that do retro fits on the CC but some are charging £300+VAT so for now its a luxury that can wait. Maybe later down the line I can source the parts and get someone to recode it.

Now the ECS, well hiding under the carbon cover is the ECS induction kit but not sure what is hiding under this shield over the turbo ?

Ok after some investigation in the engine bay it seems I have an Airtec Intercooler upgrade for the B7 https://www.airtecmotorsport.com/product/airtec-motorsport-front-mount-intercooler-for-audi-a4-b7/ As it looks similar to the hose colour and logo sprayed on the fins

Thought as much. As its sony I will see if i have any tools to pull it out to have a look at the back It has an ECS induction kit with all the pipework, what looks like some ECS heat shield covering the turbo and then yellow pipework/hoses to the intercooler. Its tricky to see or read as it is tucked behind the honeycomb grill but I will see if I can take a photo or read the logo as it seems to be sprayed on the fins in yellow like you get with a impreza sti intercooler. Exhaust is straight through to a quad exhasut at the back and apparently Stage 2 remap Ok will take it up to investigate and thanks for the heads up on Autologics

Audi A4 B7 2.0T S Line special edition 2006 As always there are a few niggles that I would like to sort and maybe you lot can help. As I am new to Audi many of these will be ' face palm' questions to you seasoned group so please excuse me for that. 1 ICE. It has a lovely Sony head unit in it ( double din) with all singing and dancing touch screen, Apple car play etc but even though I can see a DAB aeriel on the windscreen the DAB function just sits there saying Receiving and no signal. same for Tuner, shocking reception as if there is no aeriel. I assume I need to give you the model number to investigate however I have no manual and there is nothing in the menu that states what model it is nor on the surround. but just wondered if this is a fitting issue ( as in nothing conencted ) or a common problem. I guess I may need to take it to a car audio place to see if they can sort it 2. Performance and questionable upgrades. Advert said 300BHP which made me chuckle as although I can see some evidence of fettling , there is no paperwork that shows this work . I also know that these engines/turbo are at best on 220/230 so although it says Stage 2 Remap and I can see ECS Tuning all over it ( lovely yellow hoses) and what looks like an uprated intercooler, I was wondering what to look out for to see what upgrades have been done. Obviously sticking it on a dyno would give a true readout. 3. Rear seats conversion to split folding. Now this is a biggie as I know this may be impossible wo whilst I can get split folding rear seats , it is the fitting that will be tricky as I assume it is a solid bulkhead behind the grey boot carpet and then find some way of adding in the top bars to support the rear seats. My question is this something that anyone has ever considered or attempted ? 4. Talking about the rear seats, as it stands now the actual bench just seems to sit there and is loose. Surely as something as well built like these cars are, it cant just be plonked on the top, no fittings etc ? 5. Retro fitting cruise control. I saw the really helpful sticky in the How to section. I know that I would need to get it recoded, question does anyone have recommendations for this work in the Bucks/Herts/Oxford area ? Thanks in advance

Thank you Steve. You guys are points ahead already as despite me joining two other Audi forums and posting , your forum is the only one that has ever had a response ! That makes me feel more confident that if I post some questions I might actually get a reply 🙂

Hello everyone Not new to car forums but certainly my first ever Audi and quite excited to be honest. No doubt there will be some issues that members can point out to me so happy to get feedback I dont know a huge amount on these cars. I have done extensive research before buying so am aware of the potential pitfalls and what to look out for in terms of maintenance etc but for now I am just enjoying the build quality compared to my other daily, A subaru impreza classic , night and day ! So for now I shall just post up some pics. Note : although the advert said 300BHP, lets just say we shall take that with a large pinch of salt as a) there was no supporting paperwork, rolling road/dyno figures and no evidence in the paperwork for supporting mods b) unless the turbo has been fettled then these engines wont get past 260/270 on a good day And yes I do appreciate that a) the wheels are all wrong for the car and I will be selling them for some 18" Le Mans 235/40/18 at some point and b) the previous owner may have got a bit carried away and gone all 'fast and furious ' on the styling so may change some of it in the future. Hope you approve