2014 Ibis White Allroad Quattro 2.0T | Mods by Peter

[plim]

Since the RS4 Avant isn't available stateside, I guess this'll have to do for now.

After 5 months of searching, I finally found one that met all my requirements. Flew out to Phoenix to pick it up and made a road trip out of the return trip.

2014 Audi Allroad Quattro Tiptronic Prestige
65,000 Miles at purchase
Price paid: $26,998

Specs:


Stock:


Present:


Completed Mods:
- APR Stage I
- R8 Coil Packs
- NGK Spark Plugs (BKR8EIX .24 Gap)
- Avant S-Line Sports Suspension
- CR-15 strut brace
- Hotchkis Sway Bars
- 034 Adjustable Control Arms
- Audi S5 5 Arm Rotors 19x9 wrapped in Nokian WRG3 255/40r19 (15mm rear and 10mm front spacers)
- Clear corners
- Yellow fogs
- WeatherTech floor and cargo mats
- Thule AeroBlade Edge roof rails
- Thule Force XL Cargo Box (Painted white)

[Wagoon]

Welcome to the allroad brethren! Glad to see you found one with the sport package. Those are tough to come by in an already tough to find car. I look forward to the build.

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[Rocs]

Nice! Can we see interior pics of the sport package options?

[plim]

Welcome to the allroad brethren! Glad to see you found one with the sport package. Those are tough to come by in an already tough to find car. I look forward to the build.

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Thanks! Looks like you found one with sport package also, love that silver!

Nice! Can we see interior pics of the sport package options?

Haven't take nice pics yet, but here's one from the dealership (haha you can see the dash cover, previous owner was an old lady that had the seats, steering wheel, and dash all covered):


I'll have more pictures once I get more mods in :D

[dropshadow]

Welcome to the allroad brotherhood. Nice car.

[Killerboots]

Congrats! That's a great looking mug indeed. Is it me or are the prices of these getting much lower? I haven't kept track of my depreciation. Never saw those color seats before!

[plim]

Welcome to the allroad brotherhood. Nice car.

Thanks!

Congrats! That's a great looking mug indeed. Is it me or are the prices of these getting much lower? I haven't kept track of my depreciation. Never saw those color seats before!

I think I got a killer deal on mine, it was basically listed at a dealership for KBB private seller value, the manager told me they screwed up on pricing but since I inquired they would let me have it for the initial listing price (who knows, might've been a tactic, but it worked :P). I think the lighting makes the seats look almost beige but it's more of a cold gray.

[plim]

First "mod": weathertech floor and cargo mats. Fits like a glove! Pricey but worth it imo.




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[oatzel]

Congrats and welcome. Definitely seems like you got a great deal, especially on a Prestige with Sport.

[DirtD1ver]

welcome to the fam.

[dubjager]

Awesome, welcome!

Love the seat color and it seems like you got a great deal!

[f_399]

Love it!

How does the adaptive cruise control work? Does it have front parking sensors?

[slow_poke25mph]

Ibis white is always epic. Good looking ride!

[plim]

Love it!

How does the adaptive cruise control work? Does it have front parking sensors?

It's pretty awesome, works just like regular cruise control but slows down if the person in front of you slows down, all the way down to around 15mph, if its slower than that, it'll beep and give you control again. If cars speed up, it'll catch up, up to the speed you've set. You can also set the distance you want to follow, it's pretty generous in the amount of space it gives, so I always set it to minimum distance.

There's a sensor to the right of the driver side fog, when I was shopping for the car, that's how I was able to identify it. Either by looking at the Cruise Control lever (to see if it had the distance setting), or by looking at the fog light housing (to see if it had the circular sensor).

The sensor:

[WeeManDoc]

Subscribed! Looks like an awesome base to start with!


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[plim]

Latest mod: Thule Aeroblade Edge in black. Was able to hack it slightly to make sunroof fully operational! I am noticing some whistling though which is a bummer, anyone have tips for reducing noise?





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[AUDacIouS4]

Latest mod: Thule Aeroblade Edge in black. Was able to hack it slightly to make sunroof fully operational! I am noticing some whistling though which is a bummer, anyone have tips for reducing noise?





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Reduce noise.... .take them off!!
Just kidding, I have the same bars. You get used to it. Make sure they're facing the correct direction. You should read the Thule logo if your facing the hood.

a slave of corruption no longer

[plim]

Finally picked up a box! Thule Force XL. Was originally looking for Atlantis so I can get it painted but decided to save the money for future mods. I’m liking the matte look more than I thought I would.


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[chip_]

Looks great!

What is your next mod on the list?

[plim]

Looks great!

What is your next mod on the list?

Thanks! Looking into strut and sway bars to get rid of the awful body roll.

Any tips or suggestions?


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[chip_]

Sway bars mine came with the Hotchkis 22836r & 22836f. Also many people seem to run these on there allroads.

The other option is H&R. I believe these are the part #'s for them but I would double check.
Front Sway Bar - 30mm
Part #70061-2

Rear Sway Bar - 24mm
Part #71061-2

If you are talking front strut bars -
Front Strut Bar
Ultra Racing $129.00 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E6P8QLE...iglink20461-20
Canyon Run CR-15 $129.00 https://www.facebook.com/CanyonRunCR15/

I have the UR one but my car came with it so I can't compare before/after.

[plim]

Found some S5 rotors for $900 from local craigslist ad. Here they are with 255/35/19 stock tires at stock height. Plan on getting fatter tires 255/40/19 and coil overs in the next month or two.

[dropshadow]

Found some S5 rotors for $900 from local craigslist ad. Here they are with 255/35/19 stock tires at stock height. Plan on getting fatter tires 255/40/19 and coil overs in the next month or two.

Nice find. If you're going to go lower, I'd stick with the 255/35 size.

[KevinLBS]

Latest mod: Thule Aeroblade Edge in black. Was able to hack it slightly to make sunroof fully operational! I am noticing some whistling though which is a bummer, anyone have tips for reducing noise?

Hey Plim,

Can you tell us more about your hack? I was thinking you could just put something like a cutout from a mouse pad to slightly elevate the bar mount without rubbing... Something like that?

Thanks!

[chip_]

Nice find on the rotors.

[plim]

Hey Plim,

Can you tell us more about your hack? I was thinking you could just put something like a cutout from a mouse pad to slightly elevate the bar mount without rubbing... Something like that?

Thanks!

I've been struggling with this for a while now. At first I used something to raise it, some spare rubber from another project, about a quarter inch should do. This worked but when I was installing my box, I also figure out that if you push the bars as far forward as possible, it should also clear the moonroof because the rails are actually farther apart towards the front of the car. Because of this new position though, the bars are angled slightly down, so I think this is why I'm getting whistling noise if I don't have my box on, BUT with my box on, I can't open my windows anyway... sigh.. can't have everything. I love the way my box looks on the car so ill likely just leave the box on permanently now, but if I ever take it off I'll probably go back to raising it so I don't have to deal with the wind noise. Hope this helps.

[chip_]

Are you doing coils or air?

[plim]

Are you doing coils or air?

Getting air installed next weekend! Stay tuned.

[Fantasiamon]

I've been struggling with this for a while now. At first I used something to raise it, some spare rubber from another project, about a quarter inch should do. This worked but when I was installing my box, I also figure out that if you push the bars as far forward as possible, it should also clear the moonroof because the rails are actually farther apart towards the front of the car. Because of this new position though, the bars are angled slightly down, so I think this is why I'm getting whistling noise if I don't have my box on, BUT with my box on, I can't open my windows anyway... sigh.. can't have everything. I love the way my box looks on the car so ill likely just leave the box on permanently now, but if I ever take it off I'll probably go back to raising it so I don't have to deal with the wind noise. Hope this helps.

I used a combo of rail placement and the below rubber filler pieces to allow clearance on my old Sportwagen with whisp bars. Worked well for me.



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[plim]

Just got my car back last night. 3H Air Lift Performance suspension installed! Wow, what a difference a few inches can make :D

Time to get a car wash and go shoot some pictures. In the meantime, here's a preview:

Before:


After:

[chip_]

to low for my taste but still looks good!

You mention Vinyl work (roof, bottom of doors, rail, spoiler) can you expand on that?

[plim]

to low for my taste but still looks good!

You mention Vinyl work (roof, bottom of doors, rail, spoiler) can you expand on that?

Haha, yea, definitely too low for me as well, but had to post both extremes. I'll post ride height pictures once I get her cleaned up :D

Vinyl work will be blacking out all the mentioned parts.

[chip_]

Are you going to black out the audi emblems in back/front?

[plim]

Are you going to black out the audi emblems in back/front?

No, not a fan of the blacked out logo look. I'm considering blacking out the vertical bars on the grill though. Still undecided, need to do some photoshopping before final decisions. Gonna be later this year though, not very high on my list of priorities.

[BeerBrent]

Looks great! Looking forward to seeing pics of it not so slammed.

[PNWUSP]

Haha, yea, definitely too low for me as well, but had to post both extremes. I'll post ride height pictures once I get her cleaned up :D

Looks good! Curious about the ride quality on normal run around mode. I'm leaning more and more towards bags as opposed to C/O's for the on demand adjustment. Have air stock on the Q but don't really need it there. lol

[alhutch]

Looks good! Curious about the ride quality on normal run around mode. I'm leaning more and more towards bags as opposed to C/O's for the on demand adjustment. Have air stock on the Q but don't really need it there. lol

Aww, it's so fun to go full Comfort and "skyjacker" mode when the snow flies! Last December and January were very entertaining in my Touareg (like running around on stilts!).

[G_Wagon]

Sway bars mine came with the Hotchkis 22836r & 22836f. Also many people seem to run these on there allroads.

The other option is H&R. I believe these are the part #'s for them but I would double check.
Front Sway Bar - 30mm
Part #70061-2

Rear Sway Bar - 24mm
Part #71061-2

If you are talking front strut bars -
Front Strut Bar
Ultra Racing $129.00 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E6P8QLE...iglink20461-20
Canyon Run CR-15 $129.00 https://www.facebook.com/CanyonRunCR15/

I have the UR one but my car came with it so I can't compare before/after.

If u haven't already bought a strut brace...ECS makes a super cool one...
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-part...hoC3B8QAvD_BwE

[Allthea]

subb'd. Nice job with the white on black. I have a glacier white, not too sure the difference. Maybe it's "cooler" in the color range (meaning cool vs. warm, so more blue tone). Jealous of your sport package. Also - I just noticed... the sport package is only a $500 upper when bought from factory?!

You're headed toward where I am moving toward with mine. Going air this spring with wheels. I love the look of rotors but I have plans for other wheels for the summer and can't justify tossing the stock wheels/tires for a winter set just yet.

How does it ride with the air? Any reduction in body roll due to the better planting and stiffer "springs" on the system? I'm really trying to avoid over-modding this (aka going full F/R sways, control arms, and a strut brace on top of the air ride) since I went a little crazy with my Subaru, so I'm trying to do the minimum to make the car "feel" right with not a ton of body roll. I see you've got a strut brace already and I've heard that it has decent bang for the buck.

Did you have to upgrade your control arms when you went air? Alignment was able to be achieved without needing the adjustable front control arms?

[PNWUSP]

Aww, it's so fun to go full Comfort and "skyjacker" mode when the snow flies! Last December and January were very entertaining in my Touareg (like running around on stilts!).

yeah not that we need it for ANY of that this year even at the Mt! now back to the regularly scheduled thread. ;)