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Little_Dave:
Ok so as some of you may know unfortunately my GTI was written off in an accident in January, which I was absolutely gutted about, but I had already had plans in a year or so to move on to another car and this just made my decision a bit sooner than anticipated

For me I wanted to stay in the VAG stable and initially thought about just going out and getting another GTI straight away  :party: but after sitting down and thinking about it any GTI I got would have to be an edition30 for the extra tuning potential and limited edition garnish

However I was not enjoying the wheel spin and traction issues I was having with my stage2+ GTI in damp and wet conditions and so adding more power for me personally would not be a good idea unless I wanted to invest a lot of money into the car

I narrowed my search down to two choices, a mk6 golf R and a facelift audi S3

Looking around it became obvious that a golf R was out of my price range and so began the hunt for a 3dr dsg S3

After some searching I found a very nice silver 3dr dsg S3 and it was love at first sight  :love:

This is how it looked when going for a test drive



Totally standard apart from a black edition front grill surround

Even in standard form it felt quicker than my GTI and the traction and grip was immense  :driver:

First off I wanted to get my wheels and brakes swapped over from the GTI and address the reverse rake the standard suspension has so gave Alex a call at AKS and started the ball rolling with the following mods -

Bilstein B14 coilovers
Superpro ALK
H&R front and rear arbs
Db9 astons fitted
TT top mounts
Alignment
Revo stage 1

Ended up being an all day marathon but at the end of it the car looked and handled spot on





Now that was all I had planned for quite a while but I've got two friends on here that are bad influences plus Alex was tempting me with all sorts of goodies  :signLOL:

So a deal was made and a kind of mini group buy set up for this little lot to be fitted



So my engine bay went from this



To this  :pomppomp:



That's how it stands at the moment but I've ordered a BCS full exhaust in the group buy and already have the loba hpfp in place to go stage2+ when that's fitted in a week or so

Here's a few pics after a good clean a few weeks back before early edition







Looking forward to trying out the new chemical guys stuff I've just got when the weather starts behaving itself  :fighting:

That's about it for now thanks for reading

Dave  :drinking:

Wooosh:
Looking great so far Dave liking the engine bay, keep up the good work & your build thread. :happy2:

omeydz:
Yummy stuff Dave!!

JoeDarKa:
Looks lovely. And if its anything like your GTI, this will be a cracker!  :party:

Matt112:
Think I see this at pod, spring fest? Brakes are awesome!

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