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Old 06-17-10, 11:16 AM
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So, had a bright idea a few days ago about putting my EXE Konvex Wheels on Jordan (RollininStyle2004)’s whip for SofaKingFresh 2010. That's a pretty cool invite only met here in ATL. Since my car was going to be down for a while due to the audio build we decided to give it a try.

Jacked up one side to test out one wheel.



We had to check to see if there were pockets behind the hub so that Jordan could reuse the adapters that he used on his Passat when he had the Eurolines.

Score!



Then drove the car over to Jordan’s crib and jacked her all the way up









Started taking off the wheels on the Allroad



I took the time to do some touch up painting while the wheels were off my whip





Size difference



Tread difference



We cleared the stock air ride bags by ¾ of an inch



All the way up

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Camber



Laid out on level 1



Rear level 3



Rear level 2



Rear level 1

Old 06-17-10, 11:17 AM
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Tucky



Front level 3



Front level 2



Front level 1





Passenger side done



Took a break between doing the sides



Size difference



Me driving an Audi?









Thanks to Marshin Graphics for the vinyl

Old 06-17-10, 11:18 AM
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Some American Radio love



















Rollin out to the meet



















Hopefully the car will get more work done on it soon. We are going to an audio show this weekend in the Allroad so the wheels are staying on it until after that and that also means no more work on the GS till that is done and over with haha
Old 06-23-10, 06:46 PM
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Just more sound deadening today... We should be getting started on this box soon...
Old 06-26-10, 07:52 AM
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Got the majority of the sound deadening in the trunk done now. Starting to see more progress in the form of extending wires and sub box floor boards.

Enter Stinger Roadkill Expert Sound Deadening bulk pack #2



Cut out a piece of MDF for the sub woofer box base plate leaving room for wires to be run



Fine tuned the mirrors and added sound deadening on the insides





Brett AKA Steve the Pirate helped me out with some deadening



I am determined to get every nook and cranny



Starting to look all deadened out


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Old 06-26-10, 08:02 AM
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damn, thats crazy lol.
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i can't wait to see the finished product for your audio set-up.
car is amazing btw
Old 06-26-10, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by LiCelsior
damn, thats crazy lol.
lol not even the least bit crazy.. you should see some cars we do here at the shop. 3-4 layers of deadening easy. i am only doing 2 layers

Originally Posted by lowKut
i can't wait to see the finished product for your audio set-up.
car is amazing btw
thanks slowly but surely

more progress today:

got some rails for a super secret compartment and some PL400 to glue down the subwoofer enclosure floor board



used just about the whole bottle on the mdf board and then put the rest on the edges and put my subs on it to keep some pressure on it





since we are going to run wires a little differently in the trunk we decided to extend some wires so that we could route the wires away from the subwoofer enclosure.





Thanks to Mr. Marsh for doing this the right way. Solder Iron FTW!!!









Enter Sound Deadening Bulk Pack #3



That is all for now

Old 06-26-10, 04:14 PM
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Carbon, your car is F***ing hot!
Old 06-26-10, 04:23 PM
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Your car has come a long way. Too bad I can't hear the audio in person afterwards!
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Very nice build I am impressd
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I definitely like the final result.
Old 06-26-10, 07:43 PM
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Tony wheels look great on the Audi.. I don't think they could fit any better.. Nice work
Old 06-26-10, 07:47 PM
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cars looking really dope keep up the good work
Old 06-26-10, 08:17 PM
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Very nice man! I am assuming I will see this featured in a booth at HIN-NOPI in a month?


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