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Driveline Upgrades (ie. new transmission ect)
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Suspension Uprgrades (ie. LCA's, subframes, ect)
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Now what should I do?

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Old 10-24-2006, 07:46 PM
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It is now hybernation for the TA and thus another season of modding shall begin. Help me spend my money (on my bird please. ) What should I do to get the best bang for the buck. My current mods are in my sig.

Cosmetic would be replacing the fender that i don't like and getting new carpet headliner.

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if you KNOW your going to be putting down power....start from the back forward...rear/suspension/tranny/motor....for you right now id go with those LCA's and SFC....youve already got pretty good shocks....then ive get the tranny built and then go with a nice H/C package
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I hate to admit this . . . but I was watching Pimp My Ride, and discovered something pretty nifty. If you use fleece, and whatever glue they use for Carbon Fiber, and brush it on the fleece, it basically turns INTO Carbon Fibre. Why, is because they're really close to the same material, so if you layed it across your headliner mold (the plastic under the headliner) and did this with whatever color you want, it would NEVER sag!

If you have an A4, I'd go with getting the tranny rebuilt with a nice shift kit, more clutch packs, and the best servo money can buy!
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what type of tranny do you have, it would probablt change a lot of peoples minds on what you should get.
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Just depends on your goals and how you like / have to drive around .
My opinion , go ahead and get heads and cam since you have headers .
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The tranny is weak, just a stock a4. But Im not having any issues with it yet, still sounds good. But 85% of the time i drive really easy on it, I only thrash on it when I need to. The rear is good too, no worries there yet.
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Don't do suspension, that can wait,

Get the car fixed up, (cosmetic) if it's dinged up get that fixed. Put some nice wheels on it.

Then do a cam only/pulley on a budget in mid-summer.
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I forgot to accuratly describe the cosmetic part. The only thing wrong, is my passenger fender gap between the door is off. It just bugs me, you would never see it from a distance.
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If you ask me you should get that suspention tweaked....LOL!!
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Form follows function......do the driveline upgrades first.
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Cam and supporting mods. Since it is an A4 you should be fine with the stock tranny and rear for a while. Mid size cam and a good stall or some nitrous
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hey smitty, just get that camber adjusted and then the power can floooowww!
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I voted suspension, dunno about you, but my 103k mile STOCK components feel like **** so I decided winter was a good time to tackle that part...

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