Beastly
June 14th, 2009, 22:27
Hello all. I have made a few posts here but wanted to give an intro (warning - its long with lots of pictures) I am a long time Audi owner living in San Jose, CA USA and in late March bought a 2003 RS6. With some good fortune I was able to upgrade my 2001 4.2 C5 and as such I have a good understanding of the non-RS bits on the car, but frankly almost everything under the hood and behind the wheels is different (and that's a great thing). Truly I am amazed (and happy) how flat better this car is in every way from the 4.2. I did copious research (thanks RS6.com) and was lucky to be able to drive 5 local examples before closing on my black beauty. It was super tight well taken care of in and out. Black out and in with options: Nav, Carbon trim, Solar, shades, and SE Exhaust. What really sold me was mileage of 22K and the balance of a Fidelity Platinum warranty that will carry me thru 2013 or ~85K miles. Also the first t-belt was done based on time not millage. This was no cheap <$30K purchase, I wanted the right one and paid for it.
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=12&pictureid=94
Geeked up with this new purchase I went to work with a few minor mods:
Tackled an RNS-E Install, here is a picture from mid job, taking stuff out is always the easy part....
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=109
Took those silly amber reflectors out of the headlights, here we are mid job:
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=110
I did this on my previous car and this job was MUCH harder due to the lack of space. Almost just need to pull the bumper on these cars. The Finished Product:
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=111
Also did an air filter upgrade from stock to itg:
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=107
Also added the LED tails. Changed the oil right away per drill and wow finding 505.01 spec oil was not easy. Also I did get the oil filter out (and in) with out dropping the sway bar - sweet victory!
Looking forward to a new DRC system in Aug, called Audi to try and do it early and it was no-go, may be better to let them get experience with this then do mine as was suggested here. In the future, I would love to chip the car to see the max HP, but that may be a long way off as I like the security of the warranty and the power it has now is not boring.
As most of you, all I can do is smile when ever I walk up to the car, its awesome, its a BEAST.
Cheers.
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=12&pictureid=94
Geeked up with this new purchase I went to work with a few minor mods:
Tackled an RNS-E Install, here is a picture from mid job, taking stuff out is always the easy part....
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=109
Took those silly amber reflectors out of the headlights, here we are mid job:
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=110
I did this on my previous car and this job was MUCH harder due to the lack of space. Almost just need to pull the bumper on these cars. The Finished Product:
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=111
Also did an air filter upgrade from stock to itg:
http://www.rs6.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=107
Also added the LED tails. Changed the oil right away per drill and wow finding 505.01 spec oil was not easy. Also I did get the oil filter out (and in) with out dropping the sway bar - sweet victory!
Looking forward to a new DRC system in Aug, called Audi to try and do it early and it was no-go, may be better to let them get experience with this then do mine as was suggested here. In the future, I would love to chip the car to see the max HP, but that may be a long way off as I like the security of the warranty and the power it has now is not boring.
As most of you, all I can do is smile when ever I walk up to the car, its awesome, its a BEAST.
Cheers.