Audi A1 by mgpdoc ••

So, I love the new steering wheel. And from what I have seen so far, so do most of you people.

But, you know me. Cant leave anything just be. I have to add my own personal touch

So, I have been cruising lately like this



LoL

That is just for me to hit the horn when needed. Lucky me i know which pins to use for horn from my racing steering wheel experience. Where is my airbag I hear you saying.

i will tell you that even with it on, no horn, no bueno.
No light in the buttons either. Airbag? No, not really.

So first things first.

The airbag went to the trim shop. hehe



Dont rush. This is just a first attempt



And although it wasnt bad, it was a bit tacky



Rejected the red airbag attempt

Stitching was perfect and would stay



Made some LEGO key chains till airbag attempt #2 was ready



And it was ready



YES, now we're talking









I loved it



Installed it





yes you are seeing correctly - buttons are red now





Then went for a mountain ride to enjoy it on twisty roads



Athens from above



Buttons as you saw are now red with interior lighting, horn works, and also airbag
And I tell you it wasnt easy. The hardest part though, will be to make multifunction buttons work, even on a car that had multifunction steering wheel before.

More to come



Cheers​

Had some more travelling with the car

















Bought some OEM stuff for the forthcoming 30k service pit stop



Also bought a Cupra Lip, doesnt seem to be able to go on easily but might give it a shot before i abandon the idea, otherwise I will sell it



New international deliveries



Steering column stuff from a TTs













Also, bought me again a new vcds





So did a forced regeneration for the dpf to try it



Car is running stronger for some time now, but more on that later



Cheers



Mike​

In other news we had a roadtrip, this time, three people, luggage, fully loaded, Clima on, car had zero issues with the extra power from the ECU tune







Destination was Thessaloniki, to meet friends, and visit the 1st Detailing Showroom held by Dazzle Showcar promotions

Arrival



White Tower



Exhibition







Yummy



Car did 1500km and here is the state it was afterwards



























Time to clean this mess





After















Cheers

more to come



Mike​

Hello there. I have some updates to show. Those of you following me on instagram, @mgpdoc , have already seen this.

So, a while back I had bought a cupra lip, which I didnt go ahead to fit when I bought, because it was very much off, and even an attempt to go for it, required serious amounts of time.

There were already scratches at the lower part of the bumper, result of living the low life with this as a daily beater.



So decided to give it a go and see how it goes.



Here is my manual on how to fit it, LoL



And this is what I mean by off





Unlike the A4 that was very similar to the lip shape, this here was a different case





Up it went, and down I went



Slowly but gradually started mounting it







This is how it mostly looked from the underside





And this is the hard part



Decided to go with pie cuts, and heat, to make it shaped the way i want it



Almost done















I really like how it turned out to be honest





What I didnt like is the 4 or 5 hours it took for me to make it happen. Yes, that is correct. So tired. But well worth it. It gives more....volume to the front end. I will now install some more bolts for more secure fit, now that I am sure I like it



Cheers



Mike​