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Audi A1 by mgpdoc ••

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
So many many things have happened while Photobucker has been letting us down, and I havent posted updates ever since. But, I decided I must keep this going on, cant afford to lose all this after all these year.

So, first I did a proper engine bay wash

Some befores

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And some afters

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Washing engine bay by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Washing engine bay by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Washing engine bay by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And here is the location that some things will change.

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

But all that in the next post.

Cheers for now.
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
Some weeks ago I ordered and received the Dpf delete 2,5 inch Downpipe from Darkside Developments. Quality was great as you will see yourselves in the picture.

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Also bought some EGR blanks

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Adapter for the lambda senson which is the only one that will be re-used

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Next posts will be about installing it and much much more to bring you up to date

Cheers
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
So, this is the place we will be working on for this post. This, and the EGR system.

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Here's an idea of the crap that goes inside your inlet on a diesel car with just 28k miles on the clock. Sad is it not ?

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Block of plate to the rescue

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

EGT sensors off

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Lamda Sensor off

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

After A LOT of fiddling and swearing, the downpipe came off
Not in piece sadly as for this to happen probably all the subframe would have to come off so ef it.

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

First test fit

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

TB block off plate - will change to matching bolts later

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Downpipe path

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Here is where it got tricky will get to that later

Final dp part which is modified with a v band to match the rest of my 3inch cat(what cat lol)back

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

This is the part where we had clearance issues. Downpipe touched the steering rack. Ofcourse, once again, bolt on fitment wasnt the case

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

So out again to modify it

Reshaped it and it was great afterwards

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Matching bolts as promised

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Sensor on

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

These however had to be left plugged and tucked in place, cause the car cannot work without them. Even after the ecu remap. Will see if maybe at a later version.

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

This map sensor of the DPF was removed though

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

As was this EGR part from the Exhaust manifold to the EGR

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Car was a little rolling-coal happy

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

But nothing a wash and wax cant fix

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Then i decided to remove the complete EGR assembly as it was no longer used, to save weight and clean the engine bay even more

Oil return line has to be removed

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And you have to make a U-joint for the water pipes that run to the coolant radiator of the EGR which is also removed. Luckily i had the U-joint from the A4 hehe

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Blocked this hole as well

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And this is what was removed

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Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Then, we remapped the car, it made another 10hp but we havent finished yet, will get back to you with more results once we fine tune it

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Big shoutout to etuners greece, and Stelios Alexandrakis in particular.

Cheers

More to come​
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
So another task I have been wanting to address, is the tailights after i removed the paing from the hazard and reverse lights.

Instead I sourced some red tint film like i said i would

Made a template of the area i wanted to cover

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Came out awesome with the slightest effort

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And still is in place perfectly after much washing, dust, and abuse

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Stay tuned, more to come

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Cheers

Mike ( @mgpdoc over at instagram )​
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
So, truth be told i was pushing my luck somewhat

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

In the past i entered the sea with the Cherokee pretty ofter at this particular spot. However . . .

This is not a Jeep

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Got pulled out by a family car, but not without my pride and my car being hurt as well. AC radiator got pushed by the bad Darkside IC installation probably, and also, wheels were scratched from the rocks at the beach.

Had no Ac for the next days, and scratched wheels, oh well

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

On my way back home, at a highway parking

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Got back to Athens, and lost no time

First AC radiator replacement, and new mounting points and brackets for the IC, properly this time, and not like my half-ass job on a bad product

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

All done and I love how the new BEHR Ac Radiator is silver instead of black

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Looks mean

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Temporary Audi wheels while mine were sent to be painted

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Gave it a proper wash

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Do these wheels make it look like a Renault or is it just me

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I also ordered this Powerflex mount - Diesel Specific - To reduce engine movement which was getting frustrating especially after the track visit.
It increased vibration, but reduced movement like it should

Powerflex by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Oem

Powerflex by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Powerflex by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And then wheels were ready

I opted for a change to see how it would look. I normally like to keep my cars in a two tone theme. And this is no exception, it was red and black.
However, i thought I'd give it a go on something rather different.

So. . .

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

This is what I came up with

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

First time on the car

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

They sure look bigger

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

To be honest at first i couldnt get used to it but the more i saw it the more i liked it

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr


Threw on some Rota caps in Gunmetal which I ordered from UK again

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And the box as well

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Car is currently away on vacation mode, seeing some dusty roads and beaches

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Mike​
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
For those who are interested and use Chrome there is a browser extension that you can add in that will allow you to see the photos behind the paywall.

HERE

Just add it in, clear your cache and it should work.
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
Some more updates then to try and bring you up to date, since my lack of time is bigger than ever due to my job.

Some shots after i washed the car on early september

Befores

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And Afters

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

I loved it

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

but, the shade of gunmetal i think quite the perfect one. I just couldnt get it out of my head. to be honest

Car agreed

Post summer wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

So, again, onto temporary Audi wheels to get my wheels repainted in the correct shade of gunmetal

Re-Refurb by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Car was looking funny once again

Re-Refurb by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Also bought me a new KArcher machinery

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gave my engine bay a good clean, as well as my mate's S3

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Results

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Next post we are gonna see how the wheels turned out and many many more things

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers​
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
Wheels were then ready

Boom

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Now we are talking

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Red caps and gold letters were an idea that came to my head this time

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Came out awesome although the painting on caps coulda been better in my eyes. Wheel powdercoating was perfect

Threw them on the car

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

In my opinion, best look of the car so far

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers, hope you like them

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr​
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
Another thing i ordered is some proper Recaro Subframe seatmounts for my car, since the ones i had were Recaro again, but for an Audi R8 it seems.

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Proper quality as always

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Octoberfest by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Installing the mounts is a bit tricky. You need to unbolt some framing off the oem seats, and u use it in between the chassis and the Recaro frames. As always pics will do the talking. I used completely new hardware everywhere and blue loctite to be safe like i have done in the past in my other cars

Part from oem seat needed, practically the slider

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Start combining the two

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Remove old Recaro mounts

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Clean canvas

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Test fitting the new ones

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

New bolts on side frames

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And ready to test fit

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Dont forget

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Looking much better and much safer

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

The car also had its programmed maintenance schedule

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Oil, Oil Filter

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Front and rear pads although they did not need to be changed

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Wish I had the time to install the Porsche calipers someday though....

And also made some more orders

Seat mount and pads by mgpdoc, on Flickr

But more on that, on the next post​
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
So i ordered and installed a KN specific kit for my car

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Started like this

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Removed my oem box

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Old filter

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

New filter and housing assembly

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

All back in place

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Also, i mounted my fire extinguiher in the rear seat

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Came out clean like i wanted it

November by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Uploading more pics as we speak . . .
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
So lets see some progress. . . .

Fabricated some custom spacers of 20mm for the 5x100 pcd

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

I already run 15mm on summer wheels, but wanted another set of 20mm spacers for my winter set of wheels . . .

Threw the ski box on, in time for winter season

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

My other project was also there seeing the progress fealing jealous

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Then I had some more parts trimmed

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I love how they came out

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mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
Then, I started removing stuff . . .

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Had some trouble removing the radio main unit - needed some metallic specific tools to pull it out . . . however i came up with this that i broke of a pen, hehe

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

All done

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Also removed the main tunnel console for further changes

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Pile of parts got bigger and bigger

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Resulting in this going out and.....yeah you guessed it, it will be retrimmed . . .

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Also, I managed to source some gunmetal 19mm plastic caps for the lug nuts

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Much better

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And also modified the audi tool i have for taking them out- shortened it to be able to get in there

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Then I decided to work on the bumper, and make the loom retrofit to activate the rear parking sensors which i was a bit bored to do

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

We did the whole retrofit however, we did not manage to activate the optical thing on the MMI

Updates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

I hope we manage to at ome point, cause i love that. I now just have the audio warning, with the music volume going down and all, but not the visual thing

Had another roadtrip on the countryside

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Ofcourse, having the dashboard apart like this, was an opportunity i couldnt pass on. I had the chance of changing all the interior light in clear white, instead of red, like on all the new audis.

So, time for that, not easy, i can tell you. You have to take out all of the door cards for instance, just for one window switch, etc etc. . . .
While i was there, we retrofitted a new dome light with leds from factory that i had for some time now, and also ordered a new one for the rear "seats".

pics to follow

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OEM one out, and rewiring ready to be done

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

I removed all 4 door cards

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Various parts where switches and lights are hidden

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WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

We also changed from red leds to white on the new dome light

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
This was the hardest to dissasembly

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UpDates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Now that's what i like

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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Oem leds and reading lights

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Ambient light changed from red to white

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Bluetooth microphones wired as well

UpDates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

WhiteLed by mgpdoc, on Flickr

UpDates by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Ordered this for the rear

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Will put everything together when the dashboard is ready from the trim shop and will take nice pics :)

More updates to follow, uploading them as we speak

Cheers
 

mgpdoc

Ready to race!
Location
Greece
Finally, i have another interesting update, which i personally enjoyed A LOT

So, this is, or at least was till last year, winter setup on the oem 17s, painted gloss black

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Summer wheels were removed and will be washed and polished and stored next to my Golf till next season

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Winter 20mm spacers, vs Summer 15mm spacers in the back

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What for , you will ask. And I shall reply. For a new set of wheels

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i can remember myself wanting these wheels since i was a child, and i never went ahead with it. Till this Xmas :)

Here they are

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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I have opened many boxes with car parts, but there are few that i was excited like this time. I love these wheels.

Inside the boxes, were also some stickers i custom ordered to spice things up a bit

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Rare Rims uk, Rota Dealers, delivered once again

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Now that is what i am talking about

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Specs are 8,5x17, ET35, 5x100pcd square fitment

the blue beast was once again mad at me

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After i threw the stickers on, time to mount them

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Spacers on

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Test fitting

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Dont know if i will be selling these, we shall see

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Damn so sexy

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Currently running my 215.40.17 Kleber Krisalp IIs, but next seasons i will go for 225.45.17 which can be fitted, and are much cheaper and with no stretch on the 8,5 wheel

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Threw them on, and installed center caps as well

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

First touchdown and i am in love

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Threw the lug nut caps, which are a pain in the ass to remove, to say the least, but they look tidy af, so they went on

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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Fitment with the 215.40s

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Went for a quicky shoot jut before rain and snow started, excuse the dirty car

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

D154s by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers :D :D
 

unie01

New member
Location
ohio
Love the car:thumbup:
 
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