Good luck with the S4, LakeShow! Heck of a car.

Well done on the S4 LakeShow. Former Audi owner myself. Most likely the new S3 sedan will be in my garage next year!!

Changed rear brake pads for track day tomorrow. Unfortunately it's going to 90% rain. So it will be a slow day especially being a track that is all off camber.

Racing at Auto Club Speedway with Speed Ventures! Should be an awesome track day, temps in the 80s.

Drove my z to jimmy johns for lunch

Drove to Lakeland to Alarms Etc and had the windshield fitted with 70% 3m crystalline tint. I go back May 25th to finish the rest of the car with 40% 3m crystalline. The drive home I had about 30 lovebugs stuck to the front of my Z, so, wash the car and re-wax the front end, mirrors, and window posts with Klasse All-In-One and topped that with P21S carnauba wax.

Got her back from getting the headliner replaced. All I can say is it was full of fail! First, the new headliner is miss shaped, so the pillar trim pieces do not sit flush and have gaps. Second, there are scratches on all of the plastic trim pieces that were removed. And third, the top seatbelt feed arms were put back on wrong, so they would adjust towards the back and not the front! WTH!!!!
Anyways, I was not a happy camper, so new headliner on order, all new interior trim pieces on order, and seatbelt arm were put back on correctly.
Basically, there will be all new interior pieces put on, from bottom of window up, and all on a car with only 3k!

:eek: Woah! :thumbsdown: Dealer did that $hit? :shakes head: Did they try to give it to you as though everything was fine, and if so, did they acknowledge it when you said something or try to argue?

The service manager is the only one I will deal with. He is pretty cool.
He made sure I looked over everything before I left (as I always do), to make sure everything was good. Found those problems, showed to him, and he was all about getting it fixed. He scolded his techs for the scratches while I was there. If they weren't so cool about it (as they should be anyways), then it would have been a worse scene!

Glad you didn't have to verbally rape someone :ugh2:

Plasti-dipped the rear diffuser and front fangs. Not a bad job for my first time. I will probably redo it again in a few weeks.

Thank you for the kind words, I concur, the Audi is just an spectacular car, love everything about it, nothing like German engineering. :tup:

Finally washed the car for tonights meet :)

Congrats Show! As an Audi owner also (well Jr Audi, Volks GTI owner lol), they are fine cars. Enjoy :tup:

did one last adjustment on the whiteline swaybar today and took the car for test drive. (picts of wat i did in the suspension section). :D

for the first time in 4yrs, my wife came along and sat shotgun while i tossed the car around. :icon17: she said she luved my car. :D comfy, sporty, nice sound, great looking driver, etc. ... ok, i just make up the last comment... :p

washed the car yesterday after work :tup:

Motored the Z to work today :tup:

Drive home got lots of bugs on windshield and bumper :ugh2::icon14:

Put quite a few miles on the Z the last two days. She's filthy but damn I can't stop smiling when I drive it.

Ordered some sound deadening last week. Will be doing the hatch and doors next Saturday.

From GTMat I hope. :tup:

Got my new F.I. exhaust installed today :happydance:

Did this. The paint and clear coat did not come out how I intended. I put it on anyway, and will figure out what to do from here. I still like it, though:
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What was your intended look? It looks sorta like the DupliColor Shadow (black chrome) I sprayed my side markers with today.

The aluminum edges are still poking through, even after three coats. I thought the two-tone would look good, but the cheap paint flaked a bit when I was working around the letters with a toothpick. I may take it off and do another coat of black and clear coat. Debaged doesn't look too bad either.

Took out one of my stock tweeters to use as a pattern to make mounting plates for new speakers I bought over a month ago and have not found the time to install. Decided to use an old black DVD case -- looks like it will do the trick.

I just finished the last coat of clear on my side markers. It was a bit of a fiasco having to paint three times before I damaged one of the side markers and had to start over completely with a second set :shakes head: But I managed to learn from my mistakes, and I am very pleased with the results. One medium-heavy coat of DupliColor Shadow transparent black basecoat, 3 light coats of clear, and 2 heavy coats of clear. I'll be putting them on tomorrow morning before my trip to the tuner :tup:

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Let my dad drive the beast for almost 100 miles. Finally after the tune and all the parts I put on there I have learned to really love my car. I now have the same feeling about my 370 as my dad has about his 350. Awesome cruise and fun times.

Went out and bought a new microfiber wash mitt and drying towel and washed her up this morning. Having the right towels on a black car makes a huge difference! Now she's all clean and ready to sit in the garage for the next 5days lol

Surprisingly, gunmetal is almost as bad as black. Leave it alone for two seconds and you might as well rewash. Oh you should see my towel collection. :ugh2: lol

I'd like to wash mine today but it is cold and it'll be raining all freakin week. Gettin' my Stillen fascia put on on Thursday. Picking up Friday. Hopefully it isn't raining so I can clean it up for the Sumospeed meet here in VA Beach on Saturday. Don't wanna be the clown in a dirty Z. hehehe... dirty Z. :eek:

Had a decent detailing start yesterday. Finished today for a nice cruize to brunch!:driving:

Drove to the store this morning. I wanted some fresh blueberries, and to test the 70% 3m Crystalline tint on the front window. Parked at the store the car was facing the sun. When I came out I felt some heat and was a bit disappointed, untill I headed north and the sun was coming in through the passenger side window. Quite a difference. The car seat and my arm were HOT. I can't wait until I get the rest of the car tinted with 40% tint. :eekdance:

Discovered yet another door ding. Now i have a matching pair. Fffuuuuuuuu

There a ton of paintless dent repair guys out there. A buddy of mine (Halskie, may he rest in peace) had a VERY nasty door dent (not a ding, a dent) and this guy Pierre made it look like it was never there. You should check it out.

Not cool. Very sorry to hear this.....

Yes that technology makes a world of difference these days. Good call!

Clean and wax for the week. :tup:

Sigh. Thanks u guys:tup:

I hope you get good results!!!

I washed and wax my car today dam pallon falling from the tree. At least it's not as bad as last week. I'm about to take a trip to Woodbridge and hope that nissan/infinity meet still going on. If not I'll be at my cousins lol

I feel your pain, try to let it go, get it fixed and get ready for the next one :icon14:

:icon14: is right. And TY!

Yeah. The darker colors look great clean though. I've had a silver and a metallic grey car and both were infinitely easier to keep clean. Good thing the Z isn't a dd. I'm too much of a clean car freak.