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WHY:
First off let me say that I love the ABT kit, however I noticed a fitment issue straight away.The rear valance and sides fit great, but that front lip never looked quite right to my eye. It was shipped from Germany and along the way through temperature changes and such,became too twisted and warped to sit correctly. The ABT kit was the most expensive kit for the A3 at the time I bought it, so it always seemed strange to me. So ever since the day I had it installed, I always wanted to get it all melded together to look like one piece. Getting this front end re-done was nearly as expensive as the entire ABT kit! I had to do it though, you know me. It's a focking obsession really.
WHAT:
So this front end pays respect to 4 things I love about VAG.
1. The 2.0 TFSI A3 bumper (keeping it OG as a base to build the perfect bumper from)
2. The S-Line A3 bumper (the smoothness of the "rub-strip free" S-line bumper)
3. The Singleframe S3 grille (de-badged from the S3 for obvious reasons and re-badged with a modified ABT keychain fob)
4. EDITION 38 + The entire Belgian VW/Audi tuning scene (Belgian temporary tourist license plate from 1966)
WHO:
Andrew @ Anchor Auto-Body and Detailing (www.anchordetailing.com) in Burlingame, around the corner from Rector Audi
Carlos is the master craftsman over at Anchor who handled this for me. His attention to detail throughout the process earned him the rights to handle any and all of my future autobody work. I am buying that man a fruitcake for XMAS for sure!
HOW:
Carlos countersunk and riveted the ABT lip onto the OG non-Sline bumper adding a high strength body panel adhesive to ensure that on low speedbumps, that bastard would not move at all. Our primary concern was that after body filler and and then fiberglassing, that if I did scrape on a high speedbump, that the joints would not shift and crack. So after he glassed over the newly sculpted lip, he shaved off the bumper rub strips, for that clean S-Line look. Finally he had to rebuild the bottom of the grille cavity, and raise it 3/8" in order to meet the bottom of the slightly shorter (in height) S3 grille. We finished it off with an ABT emblem in place of the S3 logo on the grille.
WHY:
First off let me say that I love the ABT kit, however I noticed a fitment issue straight away.The rear valance and sides fit great, but that front lip never looked quite right to my eye. It was shipped from Germany and along the way through temperature changes and such,became too twisted and warped to sit correctly. The ABT kit was the most expensive kit for the A3 at the time I bought it, so it always seemed strange to me. So ever since the day I had it installed, I always wanted to get it all melded together to look like one piece. Getting this front end re-done was nearly as expensive as the entire ABT kit! I had to do it though, you know me. It's a focking obsession really.
WHAT:
So this front end pays respect to 4 things I love about VAG.
1. The 2.0 TFSI A3 bumper (keeping it OG as a base to build the perfect bumper from)
2. The S-Line A3 bumper (the smoothness of the "rub-strip free" S-line bumper)
3. The Singleframe S3 grille (de-badged from the S3 for obvious reasons and re-badged with a modified ABT keychain fob)
4. EDITION 38 + The entire Belgian VW/Audi tuning scene (Belgian temporary tourist license plate from 1966)
WHO:
Andrew @ Anchor Auto-Body and Detailing (www.anchordetailing.com) in Burlingame, around the corner from Rector Audi
Carlos is the master craftsman over at Anchor who handled this for me. His attention to detail throughout the process earned him the rights to handle any and all of my future autobody work. I am buying that man a fruitcake for XMAS for sure!
HOW:
Carlos countersunk and riveted the ABT lip onto the OG non-Sline bumper adding a high strength body panel adhesive to ensure that on low speedbumps, that bastard would not move at all. Our primary concern was that after body filler and and then fiberglassing, that if I did scrape on a high speedbump, that the joints would not shift and crack. So after he glassed over the newly sculpted lip, he shaved off the bumper rub strips, for that clean S-Line look. Finally he had to rebuild the bottom of the grille cavity, and raise it 3/8" in order to meet the bottom of the slightly shorter (in height) S3 grille. We finished it off with an ABT emblem in place of the S3 logo on the grille.
But we need more pics pleeze!
