Got the whole car primed and blocked out, ready for color. Decided not to reshoot it in Tornado red (didn't want to jamb it or redo bay) but after all this work I said screw it and decided on Lamborghini grigio telesto grey pearl. I like Nardo, but its a tad too light for me, this is a good compromise.











shooting color this weekend!

Damn she's looking happy and ready! Nice work!

its come a long ways.... couple motor build shots too















cant wait for the weekend!!!!

I like Nardo grey too that is what I was gonna go for but that grigio telesto grey pearl look sick. let us see how it comes out. I might copy you for my CQ. wait is it tri stage paint?

It is not tri stage, a lot of lambo is, but I chose it because its not lol. it has a lot of flop, it gets pretty damn dark in low light, or it changes on body lines really nicely.

Nice! can't wait to see the outcome

I was just gonna say that (about photo bucket being lamerz lol) but that engine shot looks real good. I like the color choice. Threads like this are making me want the 5 cyl symphony again!!

got some colors

Nice! it came out a little darker than I thought it would!!

in the sun it will bright right up

Looks awesome. Wish I had access to a paint booth like that.

Wow that color looks great. Well done and good choice!

Thanks, just building doors now, got new moulding clips coming from the UK and new door handles. took some pics outside as the sun finally came out. Also sprayed the trunk black, even tho the inlay covers the red. I used a sound deadening kind of chip seal stuff. cant hurt.

Got the Spoiler re-taped and installed


Got bumper and some lights in


Got the trunk built out and all lights in and wired.


Got all the rocker trim installed (pain in the ass)


Refurbished my grill. This stuff is awesome, called trim black from SEM finishes so nice. scotch brited the grill and painted it. I will be removing the plasti dip from around the window frames and redoing them in this. I redid some allroad flares in this stuff two years ago and it still looks awesome.


Starting on the front end during my lunch hour (work at the body shop) All new door handles will be here today, then I can finish building the doors.

got the doors built, and front put together. Man I wish I had some euro lights... I hate these ones.




Gonna pull the dash again to make installing the windshield a tad easier. My plastic trim in the windshield and back glass seal, are shrunken, and don't meet how they should. anyone know of anything universal that will lay in the seal and look good?

Grigio Telesto is such an awesome color, looks good man! I almost went with a color from the Lamborghini palate but I couldn't get away from damn Oceanic Blue.

Oceanic is bitchin. and rare, hard to argue with that!

All together cut and buffed sans, belt mouldings. clips coming from UK. need to lower it baaaad

Looks amazing. Loving it without the door/side moldings. Definitely needs a ride height tweak, but sounds like you're on it.

Got a little bit lowered, need to get the ground control setup on it.

Been doing some small stuff, the cluster illumination went out, was down to last bulb si I did some SMD LEDs



much better at night, and still has a lot of dimmer function.

Then I wanted the rest of the controls to have that nice and vivid red back lighting like the newer audi's. so I ordered some 3mm and 5mm 12v leds. and did the hvac panel and awd panel





Didn't get after pics of the awd panel. I also opened all the switches and soldered led in those too. once I have some nice night pics I will post em.

Post up some part numbers/links for those LED's yo!

I need to do this to my cluster too.

These are the 194 style cluster bulb, I also did my 3rd brake light with them too 6 bucks for ten
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jtech-10x-T10- ... UB&vxp=mtr


These are the 3mm LEDS they are wired for the resistor already for 12v, 20 of em for like 3 bucks
https://www.ebay.com/itm/9V-12V-3mm-5mm ... eWWHIoLQjw

after 3 weeks I finally got my Quattro decals from my dude in Serbia lol. they are exactly what I wanted! This is the only decal I wanted on the whole car. just a matt black Quattro.

Pissed off as well, my dash started getting really shakey... so for the 4th or 5th time I pulled it all out, and found I tightened the two 10mm studs going though fire wall too much and they snapped off of the dashboard. so I removed them and used body panel epoxy to bond in two new studs. Cured that issue right up. Now im chasing a water issue. I had about half inch of water in my glove box. The new windshield seal is nice and tight, cant be sunroof drains. they are free flowing and not broken. guessing its coming around the heater box in the rain tray. those drains are clear, but I don't have the water deflector in yet.